Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1855-08-18

breath Of Anti-Slavcry, reached first the Church
aud afterwards the State, and those who chung to
the high places Of either, betcok themselves to
other ,ellvorancos-but the Nilometcr still stood
firm and marked the height to which it had risen
when it swept it away.
There came a tint yet harder to bidc than any
of these, and that was when the Idea first dawned,
that Duty to The Slave required the sacrifice oil
allegiance to the Constitu ion of the Country,
and demanded Revolution as the only way oil es-
cape, FOR black slaves or white freeman, from the
despotism which was organized iuto o fundamental
necessity. Their many who were precious to US coulu
see 10 lOdger eye ~ eye with w, ana lett our
company in much sorrow and in no anger. And
50 we were left with yet dismayed ranks, but still
presenting a front to the enemy, which was never
misunderstood by them, at least. Our simple
principle has been, from the beginning, to weigh
all opinions, characters, and Institutions IN the bal
auces OF the Slaves instinct. We have tired truly
to feel with them in bonds us bound with them,
and to see whatever affected their condition with
their eyes. We have believed this to be the true
test of all Institutions, ecclesiastical and political,
in the Country, and we treated them rs we found
that they stood it. This is tho true secret OF the
apparent weakness Ut our nstrumentahties, and
of the manifest and marvellous results they have
brought about. We have used only the foolish
ness Of preaching setting forth the AnttSla
very Gospel in all lis kcenness, tcllingthe Nation
the .linS that most Of all p~ertaincd to It's peace,
calling things Sy their right names, showing the
inevitable tendencies of the existing state oil things
in Church and State, pointing out the only way
Of escape, and cxhorting Tie people TO fee from
tho wrath that was sure to ebmc-and We sec the
effects of onr persistent ag%itations ON every side.
What do we see at the moment of onr Tween
ty-second Anniversary We see the Slave Power
raging, because its time is short. Not satiated
with the sop OF Texas with which it had gorged
itself, and Of New Mexico, which it is even now
lubricatinG before swallowing it, it is opening its
hungry jaws for Nebraska and Kansas, aud ~
ing priyily land hardly sol in wait for Cuba, for
Haiti, and Tor the sandwich Islands. Twenty
years ago, it felt no appetite FOR these morsels,
and why2 Because it had then all that its real
necessities demanded, and no one mOlestcd it or
made it afraid. 1t now demands this fresh sup
ply because it feels that it is no longer sure OF
what IT now has within its coil. 1t is making pro-
vision against an evil day, which its unerring in
stincts tells it must overtakc it. Though we fear
Kansas AMI Cuba, too, will yet be seized upon by
Slavery, as necessary to its defence, we believe,
also, that it is because the citadel is weakened that
these outworks are demanded Aud whence this
necessity? Because there have been men at the
North determined to be heard as to the condi-
ton to which Slavery reduces the slaves and them
selves. And they have made themselves heard,
They have modified the sentiments and opinions
of vast multitudcs, who take not their name upon
themselves. Opinions and sentiments are now ut
tered by wcighty men and influential presses
which drew down upon us dcnunciation and even
violence, not many years ago. The very question
Of Disuuion, which has been regarded as the Shib'
boleth Of the most fanatical of the Anti-Slavery
tribes, is new Drafted in popular assemblies, anc
discussed in popular newspapers. The wedge, Of
which we only inserted the edge, is receiving blows
from without, which are driving it homo.
Our conclusion of the whole matter is, that thu
American Anti-Slayery Society was never NOR,
-sILsL. Ia al. Is Ways, before men and before
G.4 -llE 1t D. now Ii was never stronger. The
rtigs ltU1 gses CUt from 1t szs never more poten
% IN "a On - = - -
t.r Ist tsHLEg It tie Nation And tnis, not be
gUuHl 81 run uUmeGrs tor ne are lew; nor OF Cul
nHUHlu4. ~ m.1 tLl I~-1uauilAl. fr NOT mani
'1at ~ uallt Ira cpllal with Us, but because o.
Lht b4H--y Wl-L wfatA Et Amply The Ant-Siayerl
-tEi 1U M IufIrUm.1.s nd 90 llsQ-s, znd the sterI
EuaueEE wIh WLat We Fr-cl11- The results
lIif lrtulrsf AirHfa 5-garsi and plain common
HfuEF ru1ll, l1u1 Ee-lls OF s1rEW4ness, andsim
/. 1Lir1rF 81 f--L1Hrf-s zere ;aan rhetoric or .oEatory
lIr rdl 4HU- Av has l@sn eEse.uzl 10 this day, anC
d wpJlo BE -gsl rnwise ~ change 1t for any les
simple an less broad.
We have aci taken counsel Of flesh and blood
1-1 o~.-su.;e3 tie blind .nd lying oracles Of tenn
r1r4rT ezTalicncy, Whatever crushed the slave
We knew to be false and wicked, by whatsoeve
name il might baptize itself, or in whatever masl
conceal its face. BY this unerring test we hayt
tried what named itself the Church Of Christ
and We found it TO be a synagogue of Satan. W.
denied not Christ or His Church, but that mcr
who made merchandise of His brethren, and dc
MED them all just knowledge Of Him, that thcil
ownership might be the surer, were not of Him
but Of the Adversary. And so Of those who, IL
pulpit or professors chair, preached the Gospel o
Slavery, and baptized the unclean thing into th'
name Of the Father, Of the Son, and Of the Holy
Ghost. We refused to hold fellowship with thes,
uufruitful works of darkness, and separated our
selves from them forever, So when VIC saw tina
the political Institutions Of the Country were made
the citadel Of Slavery, %contriyed to.shclter, and.com
fort, and protect it forever, and that all the inha6i
tauts were called upon to be its garrison and de
tenders, We refused to recognize as a Republican
government, institutions which rested on the de
NAL Of their right to themselves Of one-sixth o
the inhabitants, When we saw that we could hole
no office under the Government without consentinl
to these things, VIC refused to enter into thost
wicked obligations ourselves, or to appoint other
F. to assume on our behalf. We have refused to lis
ten to the voice of political charmers, how wisci,
sooyer they might charm. We would not cast il
our lot with CLAY, nor with TAYLOR, nor witt
ScoTT, nor yet with the Free Sellers or the Know
Nolhings. And our wisdom has been justified b.
its fruits.
Our business is to make continual claim for H.
stolen rights Of the slaves; to make this guilt
Nation forever mindful Of the three million limo
cent victims it keeps chained in the Southern prie
%on-house, for its own imagined safety and gain t
make il impossible that the existence of the slave
i should ever be forgotten again. Tho Abolition
lists stand IN the place Of the slave, pleading hi
cause, pointing to his wounds, demanding the res
toration Of his rights, and denouncing tho jude
ments Of God on all who modest or consume hin
The Abolitionists are the conscience Of this wicke
Nation, calling on it to repent. They cannot leay
their y~ocotion to be scared with tho hot iron {
sectarian struggles or partisan conflicts. The
= know that Slavery exists because tho people loy
4 il, and think IL for their own advantage. The
know, too, that as soon as the mind and heart
the people is changed, the outward institution
! will change with them. 10 help to bring abou
i this change is our plan. As soon as the America
f. People are in earnest and resolved to be rid Of Siav
!, ry, they viii provide the Method without our hell
y All half measures are useless, or worse. An al
compromising, unsparing, unsehash Testinon
Il against Slavery, and the consuming to it Of ii
Nation, Is what the Time demands, and, God hell
ing us. the Time shall have its need.
A NEW NON,JURING CONVERT.
J AT the Celebration of the first Of August at A