Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1855-10-13
WHOLE NO. 523.

aud supreme in whatever concerned itself solely,
yet cooperative in more general spheres so that
there was perfect equilibrium in the centripetal
and centrifugal forces forces of government, as in
the solar system. The great object Of the ar.
rangement the security, tho elevation, the
freedom of the individual, who regarded rs tho
child of God, as the joint heir with others # the
earth, as an immortal spirit, capable of on Infinite
growth in love, ond truth aud beauty, was too
sacred not to be hedeed round by every defense
and helped forward by every kind nurture aud
care. lie the Prince of tho Great King, for
whom all the granaries were to be filed, and all
the treasures displayed and all the bells to ring
out u joyous welcome.
We must turn to fundamental principles
to our primitive spirit, to the noble and manly
moral tone, which made us giants in our youth,
but in the loss of which we dwindle into dwatfs,
No single measures Of improvement, nor series
of measures, can help us. if we do not recover.
along with them the old inward health and
soundness. A restoration of the Missouri Pro-
hibition, for instance at which many aim.
though important as sign Of repentance, aud us
restitution for wrong dore, would be, in ITSELF
but first step towards the infinitely greater end
the regeneration of the mind of the people on
the subject of slavery. There will be no peace
nor purity nor noble yigor, until, as federation
we shall have discharged ourselves of all respon-
sioity for system vitality at war With its objects
The separate States have larger and more diff
cult task, and they must stand or fall by their fl
ucliy W tuey IuusG struggle Win their
own burdens; cannot help relieve them, except
by their own consents but the confederacy Las
but one single, plain, and inevitable course Ii
must be free how wildly so ever interested fac.
tions may rage against the attempt to recover the
ground that mas been lost, deep and wide as are
the delusons which are to be scattered, pain fu
as may be the process of healing even to the
tearing asunder of the joints and marrow, the Re-
public must be freei The dearest memories of
the past the saddenng aspects of the present, the
hopes of the future alike proclaim it as the imper-
ative law of duty for us of the present day, that
the Republic must be free. As in days of yore-
"IIilIs flung the 1ry to hills around,
And ocean mart replied mart,
And streams whose springs yet unfound,
Pealcd far away the startling sound
Into the forests heart"
So let it be again flung abroad till every stain
is wiped from our soil, and the re,reancy Of our
hearts retrieved. There is time in the history of
nations,as there is in tho life Of the individual and
as there was in the life of Christ when the Devil
carries them up into high mountain. and offers
them all the kingdoms of the earth, if they will
but worship aim. AT such time have we arrived
in our national career. The spirit of evil points
US to tho vast outlying regions of the globe, AID
promises that all these shall be ours, with riches
and power and glory, if we will but covet them
and take them, and think no more of the other
spirit, which only whispers in sadness to our in
most soul, tnat goodness is better than wealth that
truth is greater than power that the beauty of
humane and benig1ant life is the brightest glory
of man. Let us beware how we choose!