Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1854-08-12

less secure. Here, where each man reads, in the
end the best thought will prevail---t is only
question of time; for, in the long rum Justice and
truth are the interest of all men. Give us time
and the idea which beat but in the heart of wo
man, child, if God inspired it, will in the end
beat down the marble of your Governments, and
the golden walls of your existing powoFs-for these
are but dead matter, while those are living IDEAS
Loud applause. In such community. what is
the position of the thoughtful class Men who do
not think may be led at random, and there lies the
danger. 1t seems to me that it is only in sacred
fidelity to individual conscience that the American
experiment of government can find security. We
have, compared with Europe no institutions: the
utmost storm of our popular fury would be to them
but spray against a deeply-rooted rock Crom-
well at Naseby inoculated tho English institutions
with Democracy; but the inherent love of aristoc-
racy has for two hundred years beaten down the
growth. Among us, the mercantile man-the Ar
chmedes of material art-has the greatest share
/ in forming American character In this Land,
where the sin of being poor is only expated by
the endcayor to be rich, the menial class must be
! powerful. This class hate storm, such as moral
truth Is sure to engender. Their type is not Wick
life nor Huss, but the jew creeping from camn TO
camp, and, SO he has his gains. caring not whether
Crescent or Cross prevails. The next moulder of
public opinion is the press. We have some GOOD
presses; but alas the American press is the sad
dest feature in our republicanism, lie who brings
us the thoughts of other nations is the apostle of
/
England IN government; we send her the boon of
temperance and 5000 miles of ocean disarm pre-
judice on both sides and each, speaking of the
other speaks as if in the future Of what is past
But even those publishers who are rich enough to
keep consciehce-they expurgate the books of
England OF all that condemns slavery. Even the
religious press, backed by all the pety of thirty
States, when once, by accident, they happened to
publish an Anti-Savery tract and were rebuked.
called iNback! This great American institution
got down on its knees before the organized Amer
ican sin, broke its stereotype plates, and like a
child IN the nursery, promised to do so no more
Laughter. and loud applause.] And so great
American authors, who when scholars published
! the truth, when they descended to be placcmen
4 cut it out Of their works. Do socalled political
leaders lead really? No. Lord John Russell has
given his testimony that in politics as with snake.
the tail means the head. 1t is the little men at
home who give the impulse. An cid friend quoted
to me an ancient Latin phrase which well describes
the politician; I0ttic'tS est quis? Homo All aa
SereH Dec ut non c0endat diaJo1um." That is,
what is a politician .? A man who serves God in
such a way as not to offend the Devil would
also speak Of the Church; who am no stranger,
but trace my descent from the pilgrims through a
( line OF clergymen unbroken save Jy one | admit
glRdly the service done to civil freedom by the
Church. In criticising institutions am not their
enemy, but for that, the more their friend. We,
us people, are great in material acquisitions and
arts-but this quality we have in common with the
ant, the bee nay, the dogs of CUnstantinople, who
portion out among them, and wo to him who over
steps his limits. ........ ..... ..
"Dut ours is the noble growth which men supply,
Ana sonls are Durtured meath our northern sky
IN orr f,hrr,h .ho s,,s4, ! ,.,l.-;,,- ~,
voluntary. In PATAGONIA and Encl,nd in St Louis
and in Rome, the Catholic represents the same
Pope-we recognize the servility where the created
kobeys the creator In England, the Church, ere
ated and filled by Tie aristocracy, supports the ar
istocracy. Here, who creates the nulpitp The
news-ond wo ,no,. foor tbot tho ,,l;t Iii .o,irn
sent those who made II / Snnak Of 10 r,,I, no.
the execution lie who evnects of tho Anaor;cor
Cburcb o stono nonpInr or,pr ononts nro ,L,,
he practises-Le exnects MIRACLES by thc tbnnsnnJ
Let him beware .yLp Ioys m tbo innricn 'Io,r,,
n task foo hno,., to Io cv,otoJ r,, ti,',
are the elcmcnfs and Gorcds u,i ,,1 "ei
the American cborocter IN ro ro,tIo,,nr, ri
tbe rcsnonsiLilty ,yhh Goa Is 10y
for Won to edncSte tvnrtH lii ' S"u II rs Is
out from these halls determined to Io ndy;J,oIs
be not bullied by institutions; that you cling
~ aniiod IiS un1i Is no. soouuCoIsulutlon or be
names surround it, no matter how much material
prosperity may be wrapped up with it. Falsifv
the old character of scholars we are renowned
lor peIiG tihlu, ana IN our tmdty, supporting ty-
rants rather than taking rUlt at the cost of tio
1norl lec!eu; EnSe was born, single shall
uie' an ana single Shail go up to Judgment Such is
the inc llhuoo pr0VGrp' ana the truth. God send the
G'y Wneh the pal9nce shai incline to the minority
in an nnnnr chomTor oF aun'pu .{ loselier
have oIyays Loon IN tho r;,.lt '"o minority
" '''o -'e e"''
Mr.. Phillips concluded amidst loud applause
At u,Pv.Rn rvtvrpsrrv
| A Rostor q, -
p"p0' sno' 'ii0 iono"ins iac's concern
ing the Alumni OF Harvard University;
The number of deaths during the mast voor Is
commencement day. Seven of the nnmbnr voro ,on,
eighty wears and UPWARDS. OF tbc srry;y;nc Al.
umni thirtv-seven are UPWARDS Of e~hiv yesrs Of
are, and five of the number are nw6rds of n;not,
years. The Trienniol Cataloguo p;yes Tho nrnd;.
TO 1854 mcnsye The wbne =, nryha yInas from F iod
in the catalogue is 800 of whom there arc cd
as deceased 2 500 still LIVING 56G ubolo rnr,-
ber of the Alumni 6Gi2. marked os deceased
4, $40. still LIVING . 273 Nnmber If cIcrGvn'on