Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1855-05-19

is exposed and such, also, arc the precedent,
ny which exhibit tho folacy OF the imputa
ton. P
Sir, Do not doubt that the Enterprise hns pro
80 n.'t ana irritation, amounting often to in
n'inhiatlon, among slnve.inastcrs, which, to suuer
hrInl minds, may seem inconsistent with success
pct winch tie careful observer will reconnize NJ
o!'ce rs the natural and not unhealthy effort of 4
diseased body to purge itself Of ~existing Impurities
ana Just IN proportion to the m~alignity of the con.
ccaicd poison, will be the extent Of inflammation
~ dlstenipcr like Slavery cannot be elected like n
splinter. 1t IL, perhaps, too much to cxrect thai
men tbus tortured should reason calmlv-thnt IN.
uehts mus suffering should comprehend the truo
nature ct their case and kindly acknuvledlc tho
pehehceht work but not on this account can it Lc
suspended.
In the face Of this complaint, I assert tbot ,be
Anti'Slavery Enterprise has already accumulated
incalculable good. Even now it touches the ma.
nOilal henTt ~ 1t never before was touched swecp.
my It's strings with II might to draw forth emotions
such AS no political struggle has ever evoked. II
moves the young, the middle. aged and the old. 1t
enters the iamily circle, and minnIes with the
fame Of the household hearth. 1t reaches The
souls OF mothers, wives, sisters and daughters, fill
ing all with a new aspiration for justice on earth.
ana awakening not merely n sentiment against sla.
very, such as prevailed with our fathers, but n
deep, undying conviction of it's wrong. and Il de-
termination to leave no effort unattempted for it's
N"'''"' IL III syHlputhieS OF all CnrlStcn-
dom as allies, it has already encompasssed the
slave masters by a moral blockade, invisible to the
eye. but mora potent than navies, from which
thore can be no escape except in final equalization.
Thus 1t has created the universal influence which
itself constitutes the beginning of success. Al
ready there are signs Of change. In common
speech, as well as in writing, among slave ma stcrs
the bondman is no more called n slave but a SER
vnnt-thus, by a soft substitution, concealing and
condenining the true relation. Even newspapers
IN the land OF bondage blush with Indignation at
the hunt of men with bloUdhounds, thus protest.
ing against an unquestionable incident of Slavery.
Other signs are found in the added comfort of the
slave in the enlarged attention to his wants in
the experiments now beginning, by which the
slave is enabled to share in the profits Of his labor
and thus finally secure bis freedom and, above
all, in the consciousness among slave masters
themselves, that they dwell now as never before
under the keen observation Of an cyer-wakeful
Public Opinion. quickened by an ever wakeful
Public Press. Nor is this all. Only lately promo
sitions have been introduced into the legislatures
of different States, and countcnanccd by governors.
to mitigate the existing laws cf slavery and al.
most while speaking have received the drafts Of
TWO different mcmOrials-pne addressed to the leg
%isiature of Virginia, and the other to that of North
C~arOllna-asking for the slave three things, which
twill be INDUSTRIOUS to refuse, but which, if con-
ceded, will take from Slavery It's existing charac-
ter; I mean. first, the protection Of the marriage
relation; secondly, the protection OF the parental
rclati n and, thirdly, the privilege Of knowledge.
Grant these. and the girdled Upa> tree soon must
die. Sir, amidst these tokens of present success.
and tho augnries of the future, | am not disturbed
by any complaints Of seeming damage. Though
it consume our own dwelling, who does not venc-
rate fire, without which human life car hardly
exist on earth" says the IIindoo proverb; and the
time is even now Mt hand Ehcn the Anti Slavery
Enterprise, which is the very fire of Freedom.
with all its incidental excuses or excitemcnts, will
be hailed with a similar regard.
10 be Continued