Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1855-03-17

Equally idle, too, is it for them to claim 10 believe
it, who vote these millions into the hands of their
oppressors and build nesro-ppws; and refuse t.
bury their dead, where black men ar6 butied. The
sternest STAKEHOLDER, on coming to believe the bi
blc-to believe it with his heart, and to drink il
I its heavenly and transforming spirit-would i'm.
medately, relax his grasp and 'let the oppressed
90 free" Show him in the bible, that the beings
whom, but an hour before, he had cassed with his
CATTLE are made but "little lower than the .nges,"
and are Crowned with glory and honor" and are
destinedto outliye the stars--and the amazing and
subdung revelation puts an immediate end to all
his saveholding. His heart is broken. lie is no
longer tyrant over his fellow men. lie rejoces
in being their equal brother.
We omit paragraph in which Mr.. Smith de-
plores the fact that many abolitionists have al
lowed their faith in the bible to be shaken;
will advert to but one other Of the many cvi-
dences of the bad character of the prevailing reli-
gon. That religion, not only leave unrebuked the
abounding wickedness in politics-but the great
ost OF that wckedness is not too great for it to
sent to practice. That religion is responsible for
: eecting to the Presidency the man, who can call
on the American people to engage 'chcerfully' in
the supper-devlish work of chasing down fugitves
from the hell of slavery. That religion, in word,
is responsible for the prUsavery action of both our
Government and people.
! You have been much censured for holding, that
the ant-slavery cause can reach success only over
rican Church Nevertheless, you right. The
religion, which tolerates-nay sanctifes-slavery
must, necessarily, be conquered, the devOtees
and dupes of that religion will suffer slavery to be
abolished. Again, so long as the actual Govern
ment is on the side of slavery, the bloodess aboli-
; ton of slavery is impractcabe. You and differ,
in respect to the inefably guilty character of the
Government which processes to dolize and to obey
! that paper.
No small proof, that American christianity, is
Il Ia al,
that, whilst the latter exacts the full Of
y righteousness, as well in political conduct, in
all other conduct, the former holds that religion
y has jurisdiction of politics, and is mpudent
= intruder and guilty usurper, whenever she mixes
herself up with politics. "Preaching politics, -
or in other words, insisting the application of
the principles of christianity to politics is consru-
= ed into of the strongest proofs of infdelity.
I a man may dabble ever much in the dirty
waters of politics" and yet be prime christian
But how is it impossible for him to be anything of
christian, who, (although it is for the holy pur-
pose of purifying those waters can be guilty of
s. dragging down christianity into them .....
Z And, now, ask, whether, in the light of these
J and other mighty influences, which are at work to
II check and prevert the growth of their manhood,
n is at all, to be wondered at, that the aboitionst:
q have proved themselves unworthy of their work
deficient in the wisdom, self sacrifice, magnani
a nifty, confidence, charity, necessary to achieve
y an object, so great so arduous sublime?
admit, tlat nad the aDOlltl0nlStS possessed the
U needed wisdom, they would never have run off to
20 side issues and subordinate issues, with the feeling
II that their work lay mainly in them and that t.
e keep Cuba out of the Union, to maintain, or to
restore, the Missouri compromise line, or to do any
u other such incidental thing, essential part
e of their mission. But they would have seen that
e. the great work, to which they called, tC
! grapple directly with the whole Of American sla
II very to show no quarter to any part of it; tC
h deny the and shelter of law to every part OF
It it and to treat it, whenever found, rs the mos
~ atrocious piracy, which ever defed God, out
is ragged man Alas, the delusion of the many good
III men, who busy themselves in circumscribing sla
e very. They bow to its legality, wherever it now
y exists and they never to suspect that it il
II owing to such courteous and gratuitous concession
er that slavery both continues to exist, where it nov
does, and, ever and anoh leaps over into new
e fields. Would they treat any other piracy so re
or spectfuly and kindly? Not they No-hot i
Y fifty Governments were to declare it law. Ok haC
IN those able men and cordial hmters of slavery--ou
Stewards and Giddngs and Chases and Summers
us instead of confessing legal obligation in its behalf
ng secuted the idea OF its possible egalization, the
OF would they have left slavery weak indeed-but
al now they have left it stronger. American SLAYER
III never so strong as 1t is, this day and stronge
or and stronger will it continue to grow, so long
IT, even its enemies honor it as law. Mr.. Garrso
'e- himself would more than neutralize all he is dc
IN ing against slavery, were he to accord to it tn
ne rights of law, or to regard it in any par
ny of the earth, anything better than piracy an
an outlay.
ne referred to the false and comparatively hhiir
Nv portant issues, which are made with the slay
ey power. No WONDER that the stress laid upo
ty them deceives the people-for it deceives tn
ne aboltionsts During the struggle on the Nebra'
III ka BILL even the abotionists regarded its oppC
NJ nents as the most trustworthy and effective ant
is slavery men and, as to the members of Cor
an gress who voted against it, why the ebUlitiohist
themselves ad0red them, as martyrs. Those men
bers may have been so ready to vote for slave
+b holders and for Fugitive Slave Acts nevertheless
they were maytyrs. To 60 against the Nebrask
bill was the mo popular thing they could do. n
,u- other thing could have gained them so much pot
So cal favor and So many votes. Nevertheless the
,n were martyrs. Although the proof which thes
nd members of Congress gave of being moved by tt
lat spirit of martyrs in their vote against the \
DIV brdska bill was about great, as would be tu
his nished by their submission to the necessity of d
are ing on the best of roast beef and plum puddin
ing nevertheless they were martyrs.
Of For months, there has been A. succession OF r
ses ioicing among the abO.itonists-nowj over I'll
an election of this and now over the election OF tn
in anti-slavery gentleman to one or the other Hous
I'M of Congress. / am afraid to sympathize wi
on these reioicngs--for am afraid that these ge
re temen will ali admit the legality of slavery. Go
re. Seward will Henry Wilson WILL And a
ty afraid that even that old Liberty party ma
Charles Durkes, will. But isit possible, that ev
ful he, too, will
p" The recent movement in Vermont and 9th
rue States for virtually nullfsing the Fugitive Sla
ear Act affords much Joy to the hboiltionists, b
ley none to me. That movement is dsingenuous, ey
sive cowardly. especially condemn it, becau
,en it implies two gross falsehoods-lst. that the
cry may be latetul slavery, and lawtal recaptu
re- of fugitive slaves: I'd that they, who are engag
on, in the movement, are prepared to stand by su
us- a slavery and to take part in such recapture.
her The aboltionists have not done shouting ov
on recent judicial proceedings in Wisconsin. B
an there Is nothing ia these proceedings to cheer
ice desponding abolition heart 1t is true, that the
lre proceedings deny, that the Fugitive Slave Act
1t Constitutional. But they nevertheless imp
ook that there might be Constitutional Fugitive Sla
ow- Act, and that is incapable of being invested wi
nps the sacredness of law and, implying this, tn
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