Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1855-03-24
CORRESPONDENCE OF THE BUoLE.
PHILADELPHIA, March 10, 1855.

earth all that was mortal Of that true friend of
Prcedcm, CrRus NJ. BuRLrrou, one Of tho brothers
In that gifted family, whose lame has become in.
espsrably connected with the Anti.Slavery cause
in America, and therefore with the life Of the world
forever.
Mr.. BrRLsIoH's health has been impaired for
some time past. and in January he left the city for
the quiet homo of dear friends in the country,
sbsut thirty miles distant, hoping much from re.
ipose. But his disease being pulmonary, a sue.
cession Of hemorrhages diminished his remaining
strength. and after severe and protraeted suffer-
isg. in which his faith did not fail him, undismayed
BY The approach Of death, tranquil and conscious
70 the last, he died on the 7th inst, in tho thirty
sixth year of his age.
bar. BrRLEIcH was attracted to tLe Anti.Slavery
movement early in life, and about 1889 began his
arst public labor 10 New England. In ls45 he
came to Philadelphia, and one year afterwards ac-
'eepted the call Of the Executive ommitte to the
editorial care of the Pennsylvania Freeman, where
he continued, with occasional associates, and a few
intormissions, nntil compelled by i'll health to re-
eign Hrs Bottles in March, 1854.
An editor of the Freeman, no was also a mem
Der Of the Executive Committee, where his valu.
able counsel aud indefatigable industry we're fully
appreciated. During the nine years he was activ-
ly engaged in the field as a lecturer, whenever his
editorial labors permitted, making extensive ex-
sursions into parts Of Pennsylvania, New Jersey
aud Delaware. whore Anti.Slavery was unknown,
with rare ~assiduity ard devotion Drawing the in.
element seasons, and the more savage and inhospi.
sable prejudices Of the people, telling on patiently
and hopefully. ID The slow but su!e rroessses to
hhat nnartyrdnrn uhich ,t l,u+ Iac,l H..
He was q man Of an admirable intellect, ard of
an excellent spirit, the former fuInished by jude
aous industry. the latter quickcned by a vigorous
sense Of duty. An eloquent speaker. 4 forciblo
writer, an acute and comprehensive observer Of
events, with an intelligent appreciation Of the
Reforms which characterize our time, but regard.
ing Anti-Slavcry as his frs: care, he was ready for
ewhatevcr service the occasion demanded, perform.
ing the d~rudgcry Of the cause, with the same
ahor0ughness, intelligence and devotion with
(which ne proclaimed its profoundest principle O,
enjoyed its highest privileges.
OF such clearness in his perceptions of duty
and such singleness of purpose in its performance
the doubts that impede some and tho fears tina
mislead others were unknown to him, and if oc
easionally there might appear somewhat of severit,
~" N"o ''Nio' SuC VI pcTSOIS III events, |
was but the the result of his habitual reference O
all things to principles, rather than to persons, tn,
steady effort to bring life to the test of the absolute
and the universal.
Few among us succeeded better than he ITO re-
.uaembcr those in bonds as bound with them" t,
put the soul in the stead of the soul that suf
fers," to feel aud speak as the slave would do O
his ~oes and wrongs. Brave and just by nature
and from principle, he could neither comprehend
nor tolerate cowardice or mcanness, although nj
man was more merciful to the erring, or more sym
,pathizing with the suffering than he.
oimple and singularly pure in his tastes ant
habits, afectionate and loyal in his relations, h,
was respected and beloved. To how many hearth
stones will the tidings of his death bring
shadow!
Who will supply his place in the great work be
fore usf 10! the fields are ripe unto harvest, bu
the laborsrs are few, and of the few how man,
have falleni
If = religious life consists in the forgetfulness 0
self in the service of others. in the conservation o
all tina: a man has and all that he is to his highes
apprehension of duty, then Mr.. BuRLrIou's wa
,ominently a religious life.
On the Sd of February, pursuant to an engage
rment mot previously fulfilled by reason of his i'll
ness) he was married to Miss MARGARET JONES, O
this city, sister to BENJAMIN S. JONES, Of Salem
Ohio, formerly editor of the Buglc, by whom. wit
some of his brothers and other devoted friends, h
was attended with unwearied solicitude.
No hirod watchers did for him the last kind o.
Aces of humanity, but affection, through its holes
relations, ministered to him to the end, and at hi
funeral the venerable HENRY GREW, LucRkTIA Nor
and c. G. BuRLEIcH bore appropriate testimony
the integrity of his life and the tranquility of hi
death, and n large and silent concourse of peopl
paid its tribute to his private worth and his publ
service.
He is dead. But the cause of Freedom whic
be Remembered in its weakness and defeat, wi
not forget him, in its strength and triumph. Trut
and Justice but await the fitting period to vindicat
their defenders. Time is charged with the sacrc
mission of preserving their memories and presen
ing them to the future, set in relief against tn
darkness of the ages that denied them.
When the American Anti -SlaveIy movemcr
shall have passed into history. as the moral CT,
SADIE Of these latter times, second only in impo
'tsnce to tho advent of Christianity, or the Refo
nation, men will begin to realize their indebted
ness TO its early advocates, who, with simple rel
snoe on the power of Truth. went forth to the Ii
Dor and the sacrifice. Proceeding with rare IL
aeliigence and unfagging zeal to the re-anunciatio
Of principles. fallen into disfavor among thos
who had loudest protested them. patiently submit
ting to practical seclusion from the sympathy an
society Of cotemporarics, cheerfully enduring pr
walton, obloquy and outrage, awaiting, in the s.
.rsnity Of faith. the hour of the Truths trump
and Of their own historic observation-disclosures sure
come as day and night, seed time and harvest, sun
,mer and winter.
TO this unfailing compensation of the mor'
~univsrse. this intallible Justice of humanity, W
committed the name and character of our frien
aud brother, whom zoe shall miss from the place
that knew him, more and more. d. II, P.