Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1855-11-24

tlOn-so long will he continue to rob aud oppress
The victims OF his cupidity. lie must be made to
ieel, as does the foreign slavc.trader, the over.
Nhelming power Of public septiment-that he is a
sinner OF the first rank utterly without excuse,
and deserving Of universal abhorrence. Is your
Invitation to him, gentlemen, at all calculated to
produce any such lceiing2
Gentlemen, an act wholly unnecessary is labor
lost. The adugc, that it is not worth while to car
ry Goals to Newcastle, though trite, is in this con-
%nection both pertinent and instructive. Is the
anti slavery cause, even IN its mildcst phase, SO
popular III BUstun-arC the apologiSts and defend.
gro OF Southern slavery 50 few and odious-that
you deem II a mcritorious act to import the leading
Shareholders OF Virginia, Georgia, Missouri, and
South Carolina, to sustain their horrible system
against such overwhelming odds? How much fur
ther advanced, in prime pie, on ;his subject, is Boss
ton than Charleston, Richmond, or Savannah Z
W hat OF the pulpits and churches Of this city ?
W hat is the animating spirit Of the Daily -Adrer-
hSef, the CoHier, the Journal, the T~idtcicr, the
Chronicle, the lost, ard other newspnpers? Willie
therefore, the pulp and press, the wealth, rcspcc-
liability, commercial strength, popular sentiment,
ana religious influence OF Boston, are all actively
combined to crush cut every Vestige Of %anti.sla.
very feeling aud action. Is it iudicious or wise for
those Who are the victims Of this all-prevailing
pro-slavcry eminent to put their hands into their
pockets, and prefer a liberal pecuniaiy bride and
every ciyility to induce the Observation-Disclosures
south Ut Mason and Dixon's line, to add their dia.
bolisn. to the the general corruption among US?
10 ask is to answer the quest on.
Gentlcmen, what would be thought of the sanity
OF the American Beard of commissioners if ipsti-
tutlns a course OF lectures for the subvcrsion of
%idolatry, they should invite some of the most subtle
and malignant worshipers Of Brahma to come over
ana favor US with the views prevalent in their vi
clnlty-onering not only to give them enough to
deirhy their expenses across the Atlantic, but to
put a handsome sum into their pockets ? All
tEIlStf IN xr,tl1 rAa,,,al Ill .--I-l -sz--r
derision and shouts Of laughter. When it shall be-
deemed proper to hire burglars, h'ghwaymcn
counterieiters, and pirates, to show that honesty,
justice and mercy ought to be treated as fanaticism
madness and treason, then no objection can con-
siStentiy be raised to securing the services Of slave
liberty.
How reads the Declaration of Independence I?
We hold these truths to be sELF-EyGDENT:- that
ALL MEN are created EQUAL that they are endowed
by THEIR CREATOR with certain INALIENABLE RIGHTS:
that among these are life, LIBERTY, and the pur-
SUIT OF happiness The right Of a human being
to has own body and soul, therefore, is not a deba-
table question. 1t is to be affirmed and maintain
ed, not argued or proved. No stakeholder needs
to be enlightened on that point. No man living is
more conscious of his perpetual injustice to his
victims. The blood rocking slaye-cUde which he
has enacted is the confession, if not the ful Il meas
ure, OF his criminality. His guilt makes him a
as well as a %rufiln. Whatever may be his
spirit or his manners, when his right to hold slaves
is unquestioned, TIE moment that right is denied
1t operates like the touch Of lthuricl's spear, which
caused the assembling toad 10 assume his true
shape, that OF a devil. lie is then transformed into
a wolf or tiger. His passions are set on fire of
hell He spurns all barriers, and defes all re-
SIraints' lie is reai ~ for imprisoning, tarring and
ieatlerlng, hanging, assassiuating, or lvnching in
any form, the daring Nathan who had accused him
Of violence and robbery. His resort is to gags,
padlocks, scourges, bowie knives, REVIEWERS, and
other instruments ,of torture and death. His
trained bloOdEounds are the embodiment Of his
own spirit. 1t is not light that he needs, but a
heart OF the flesh. lie aspires, in the exercise of
his tyrannical power over his slave, to exalt him.
self above all that is called Cod and is filed with
Satanic pride. What is the South but one vast
graveyard, in which lie buried all noble aspirn.
items, all reverence for human rights, all freedom
of speech, all respect for justice? Truly,
The planters of Columbia
Are gods beneath the skies
They stamp the slave into the grave,
They feed on lumine's signs
lhey curse the land, the wind, the sea-
Lord! have they conquered thee?
With a frown looking down,
They curse the land and sea -
They rival hell. they libel heaven,
Bat hot have conquered thee =
There are many questions, about which men may
LiOhtstJ ulAcTi Dul the inherent turUltulG OF slave
very is not one of them. The love of liberty is
instructive in the human breast. In the eloquent
language Of Lord Broughan:
There is a law above all enactments of human
codes it is the law written by the finger of God
upon the heart of man; and by that law, unchange-
able and eternal, while men despised fraud, and
loathe rapine, and abhor blood, they shall reject
with ind g%nation the wild and guilty fantasy, that
man can hold property in man.
This sentiment is confirmed bv a DISTINGUISHED
Nirginian, Judge James G. MDowell, when he
says:
You may place the slave where you please-you
may dry up to your utmost the fountain of his
feelings, the springs of his thoughts--you NAV
close UPON his mind every avenue to knowledge,
and cIond 1t over with artificial night--you may
yoke him to labor as an OK which liveth only to
work, and worketh only to live-you NAV put ham
under any process, which, without destroying his
value as a slave, viii debase and crush him as a
rational being--yOu may do this, and the idea that
he was born free will survive it all. 1t is allied
to his hopes Of immortality-it is the ethereal part
OF his nature, which oppression cannot reach-itI
is a torch lit up in his soul ly the Deity, and
never meant to be distinguished by the hand of
man.
Slavery, therefore, is a heinous sin, not a debata.
Ole question. If a man should propose to me,
SAID Daniel OC0nnel on n certain occasion in Exc
'@ Ian, u discussion on the proprlety OF picking
pockets, l would turn him oat Of my study, for
that he should carry his theory into practice.
But he who thinks he can yindicote tne possession
of one human being by another-the sale Of soul
and body-the separation Of father aud mother
the taking of the mother from the infant at her
breast, and selling the one to one master and the
to another, is a man whom ] wiH not ansuer
nih cords. -. When an American comes into
society, lot him be asked, Are you one of
The thieves, or are you al honest mani If Yon
are an honest man, then you have given liberty to
eur slaves. If you are among thieves, the sooner
you take the outside Of the house, the better.
1t may be said, gentlemen, that in declining you-
invitation | display as intolerant q spirit
IS Mason, Wise, Atehison and Douglas, and stand
ne5uked with them by the readiness of Messrs.
roombs and billiard to take up the gauntlet flung
Town to them My reply is that the former act
Entirely consistent with their slaveh0lding theory :;
Rhile the latter are clearly conoeding it to be a
natter of controversy, and therefore one of unoer.i
alnty. Would they gravely discuss the question.