Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1855-01-27

| 90 uccply: thht we attack Individual men too
| ierc"ly; that we hunt duwn regulations that we
indulge in mere cavi; that we not c0ntented
~ put the best face on affairs that do no,
| Welcome tic arising of sympathy here at the North
| hat we do not stretch out our lines before the
| Smth--show them our strength exult in the
growth ot Ant,Slavery scntiment--spread out be.
fore audiences the catalogue of our successes, and
the cheering prospect OF our gale. Well we de-
not. It is true, we do not. Other men d, it--dn
il to the applause of those WIN hear them-do il
to the comfort ot those who rely upon their state.
ments--du it to the gain of Anti. Slavery sympathy
in some quarters, and the alaying Of Anti-Shtvery
effort. in others Some men blame for critics.
ing the Church, the clergy. the Constitution, the
sacred institutions of the country. We friends
there is Sevnstupol. 1t is full Of Russians. IL j.
full of powder. 1t brstlcs with cannon. 1t ha.
the rb'est Generals Of the world wiihin its uirlle
And we ARE outside Of it, There is no powder IN
the rowdor-chest Lord Raglan says: Don't tell
of it, Iht cannons are dead, Quaker guns, nutli-
ing else. L'rd Cardigan says, Conceal it and let
the Russians come up the hi. And we say ::
I"Nn. confess thlt our guns are wunlen, and send
t" rnulnn for more confess that we have no pow
der and send home for renforcem nts cunlcS,
that the Church is sham when she stands np for
Slavery, nnl form better. confess that the Cunsti-
tuition of our fathers was mistake and never has
been able to do anything against the slave power
tear 1t tn pieces and form II better. Loud cheer.
ing do not try to stretch Il parchment until
1t cover the yawning chasm in the forum, bur
confess that the chasm is there and 20 about
all the day with u lantern as the Greek did to
find a man that will fill it and close it up. Now
that is our policy. Go over our resources See
what they arc. Confess the strength Of the enemy.
Confess your own weakness. What dues it do ?
Docs it make MS doubt that Slavery will be de.
Stroyed? Not II bit of it, Slavery will die be.
cause all lies die and just Go,j rcigns, and there
: t"rc, justice will triumph in the end But that is
, not the question new. The question with us is.
nj I1uli in I,,r,r itb
injustice how can we set ut work elemental causes
that shall work while sleep, (fnr men must
sleep that shall set to work by the nature oi
things, and :" aid in this healing Of the body
ooitic and religious Now. friends, this Is Gar
riSoniniSm YOU term it in dprison 1t is
now going about to the institutions of the North
md asking what they are, and how much you can
rely upon them. lie is bat poor calculator wru
leans upon n reed, and does ask whether it is bro.
Ken unll the trial comes. The ostrich is n fool
hat thinks she gets rid of danger 10y Hiding he
'ycs i'll the sand. You do not rake an ndepend.
eat clergy by raising both your hands and crying
1ut: Great is the Evangelical Clergy of the Uni
ed States" Words do not make things. Why
iot come to the natural and honest issue. and what
We have to work with? Men think it abuse How
Is 1t t" us? Is this country any muie precious t,
rod than to us? Did Your fathers d., more thar
'urs did to secure those institutions? Have w,
iearer wives thtn ours, aud dcarer children than
'nrs! Are we not embarked ON the ship
pluIhi 10 tile same Wft Is not t|lS YOUR
ioh as well as ours? We only put ON our ad, ice
We are odly wise 10y the experience of Yesterday
IND twenty ,ears bctrc. that is all. Now friends
slavery is not question of II fugitive slave nIhc
trc"tS Of New York. The heart has right to
eat in triumph because slavclIuldcr was shot
iod bless the pistol that did i'm Pennsylvania
Cheering. 1t was but drop in the ocean
ihe grel question remains behind. That is but
N individual sympathy. that is but appeal to
'"n'nnty. Mhy tiger. II de;cnt tiger, would
'r0tcc; fugitive slave 1t does not need Il Chris
ian, 1t does not need man, hardly. 1t is but
m"r praise. and yet how great we deem 1t. how
magnificent deem it--that there are cities ia
his broad country OF ours where fugitive slave
ares to tell his name. That is the climax of
american republicanisn. Streets where he dares
walk at da, light and tell his name. Syracuse
: one. Cleveland is auuther. Chiragu is another
applause where the noble Sconlan shoudcred
heir muskctS at the bidding Vt the United States
Marshal and turned them against him in favor u
he slave. Loud applause. Nav York is not
She robes herself in princeIy wealth and sits down
With the ccr"net OF emplrc IN her brow, and, ye
n all her broad streets she has not Il spot where
he fugitive slave darcs stop and deem himself
safe. Neither in Boston, and Philadepha hi,
'unk $" low thrt no5wly names it. Laughter.
But suppose it were otherwise, what matters it
These things do not make Character, they are
nly the little episodes. tb3 pulses, the occa
1nnal little cxcements of life. rhcy are not the
great organic, national heart. They are not the
>"urrcs Of character. In country like ours in II
new country, it is to conquer nature. to found
cities, to bring the waste into cultivation, wealth,
md the acquisition of wealth is the great question
# the day. The gaining Of wealth will draw int,
its channel all the robust cnergyall the intellectual
strength of such n people. Germany will have
her scholarship, and England wi have her mod.
crate theoretical liberty. and France will run crazy
ai:er theories. and Italy will lose herself in the
lov0 of marble and color but Young America
, hprn maj 81 tastiIv lnn,.h an
is to garner up wealth for future genorations--tu
make two blades of grass grow where one grew
refore. Now in such country as this it is nu
/ disgrace. 1t is the epoch in which we live it i
the direction into which all intellectually is turn
/, ed; it is organic part of our character. Why
, it would hardly be an exaGgeratiou--so fond is
/ this Angl, Saxon blood If ours of the evaling ol
druid aerS-it would hardly be an exlgSerltiun t,
imas baby OF six months hy the side OF its era
die plaH: ing new m"dle, with the intention o
/ getting out IL new patent. Laughter. 1t is ir
us Amid such people wealth must he strong
) capital must be nmnipntent Now the Slave row
p er commences its strength in this central germ
1t is two thousand millions Of invested dollars
t two thousand millions of dollars invested in one
} species of property. fancy see the genius o
= the American neople placing its hand on its lips
/, in the dust before two thousand millh ms OF dol
: lars. Why the Yankee loses his breath Mt til,
mere mention Of it. Llnshter Fancy pants
after it in vain A black man once went to Port
r land and attended church. lie went into good pew
and the next neighbor asked the man who owned
it why he put niger into his pew. why. Sir,
he isa lIayten." Can't help that-hes black. .
, why, Sir, he's correspondent Of mine." Cant
help that-he's black" Hes worth millions
If dollars" ''Introluce me-" Now the slave
power is two thousand millions Of property that
is its first element. 1t is in the hands of $4,000
men, women and chdren-probably not more
th,n 100000 grown men arc the owners They
are educated men. They arc educated not only
by hooks and positinn-they are educated by dos.
pair and despair doubles every mans ability. For
they know that the spirit Of the nineteenth cen
tury is undermining this wealth. They have got
to contend against with all the energy of forlorn
hope. They are linked together hy despair, form
, ing solid square around this property. They are
sagacious. Long use has made them so. lnavery
Lrnutnst for raiinnnl snnremacY thew hhye shown