Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1856-07-26
WHOLE NO. 564.


'cres of the public domain are freely given to
Alabama OR railroads, and even as gratuities,
while not a dollar can he obtained to remove the
rocks of llelgl ani the sands Of the Oyerslaugh
or tie bars in Lake st. Clair or in the mouths of
Jour lake harbnrs. Canada, lying all along your
Northern BORDERS, must not even be looked upon
lest you may lust after it, while millions upon
millions are layished in war and diplomacy to
annex and spread slavery over Louisiana, Florida,
Texas, Mexico, Cuba AID Central America. Your
liberty uf speech, where is it2 You may not
without severe rebuke, speak Of despotism in
foreign lands. lest the slave overhear YOU on the
plantations of the privileged class the foreign
lespnt visit them. in retaliation. for your unavail.
ing sympathy. The Itioual flag, the emblem of
universal liberty COeerS cargOeS OF slaves, not
oaly in your own view. but dlunts defiance over
tbHm in foreign ports. Judges Of the United
States Courts, safe under the protection of tho
President and the Senate, charge grand Juries, in
advance of any question, that obnoxious snd un-
equal Federal laws cOnsti Dltlonal ana obiiga-
tory: thev give counsel t0 legislative bodies how
to frame laws which they will sustain instead OF
waiting to review thvse laws when enacted. They
even convert the writ of freedom TO an engine OF
slavery. and they pervert the power OF punismng
irregularities committed i'll their presence INTO the
machinery of u tyranny Udiuus as that OF the
star-chamber, The privileged class III Virginia
i'm prison your seamen in their torts IN retaliation
for the Independence of your executive authorities.
and you already in a d"u ttul struggle for the
right to exclude the traffic in slaves iIUni your own
borders"
And what has brought US to this straight but
paliering Coniessedly, it is cuinpruiirise and
what is compromise but paltering, under
respectable name3 Allowedly, it was concession;
and III such case, what concession but pal
tcrlngf 10 make q bargain, known to be unprin.
cipled, III order to secure peace and quietness, is
not that paltering? To 81 IN away trhe of REQ
ttude for the sake of keeping huge mass of pros
perIty, Is not that pa!terlng? Under an act Of
| Ham. ul,1 al, ,ha
Of God, to relinquish ever little Of Of his claim
on the soul is nOI that paliering How these
promises regarded 10y those " hU made tbem2
History proves that the, who made the compact in
tovur Ut slavery, knew they we're doing Wrong;
they compressed their lips and knitted their brows
they protested that they yielded to circumstances;
they called G"d to witness shat what they did was
done surrowIuilJ; that nothing more was resigned
than Necessity demanded But not this palter-
ingr Was it not serving desire and soothing c0n-
science at the same time? Was it not obcyirg pas
sion and sel-lntorest under the sacred name Of Du.
y! Most assuredly II was There is not a shad-
0w of doubt about it. And one concession led to
another. Every concession Of good provoked
new claim Ut evil. And 81 the mischief, through
our own fault, has hecune what it is.
How plainly palterng showed it's hand in the
i"n'oua compromises IF 1850, when Cbfhmerce
,siined the victory over Conscience, and Chfibts
image. carved in ebony, sold for Southern
'otes-when the Higher Law was Houted in the
ded i'll the name Of cotton; when. under the holy
gulse OF Peace, men sought prosperity, and, chdsr
the sacred pretext o saving The Union cut the liv
ing bands of brUherhood-when, with the most
solemn words 0i duty their lips, men plotted to
crafty The most material desire, and alleged the
obligation of Il Divine contract as excue for pas
sing and executing the Infamous slave bill. Then
pateing w;.s elevated to the rank of science en6
diGnted with the character cf principle. Asa
substitute for the Golden Rule. it was preached
from the ?uricos IF Ia, erns, and the desks Of ly
ceuuhalls, and the pnl pits Of churches. Lay
preachers, the most eminent and powerful, enlist.
ed aS missionaries Of the gospel. Great otates.
men became its apostles and wrote epistes to the
s. nas"gueS OF Trade, urging the people to over
;nme, under the name If ''preiudices" the noblest
dictates Cf their moral sense. Aud did not the
new gospel have its martyrs too Did it not bring
DOWN the great OF New England in sorrow "
his grave?
All this was sad enough; but when the Nebras>
ka bll came, the paltering was renewed. Instead
t rallyihg at once To meet the foe, mullitudep
made of Senator Douglas II scape-goat for their
hsn sins. BY tremendous outcry against the
breaking up OF an old compact, they sought to
cnyer up their own shame in making H. BY pre-
tend ID Indignation that the friends of the slave
system should have vulat al IL bond by which thcy
pledged themselves that this system should never
lyerpsss II certain defined limit these foes of the
system, who had pledged themselves that the insti-
luton they gbhUrred should remain forever uidis-
urhed within its new boundaries. made capital for
heir se-righteuusness. Men rose in public and
confessed that they had tried to stife thcir con.
>cences; that they had struggled to restrain the
expression of their feelings and to repiess their
rising convictions of truth; men boasted Of their
fidelity infamous promises and of their success in
forgetting their religious principles, and seemed to
think that in all this they might be held justifabe
and righteous if they only complained vigorously
enough of their adversares who had merely re-
pudated civil contract which they made with
out any moral scrupleS whatever.
Then there some who stOrmed in the name
of all that holy az inst the movers of the Me-
braska Lill, denouncing it AS pehdty and crime.
lifting up their hailds in piuus horror at the
though of such niouty when all they regretted
was the Troublesome renewal of Northern agitation
and the awakening of the Northern conscichcs:
They sought not righteousness, hnt peace--they
resented not the extension If slavery, bu, the re-
opening of the quesuuh-they feared NJ the az
yressiun Of TYRANNY. but the Opposition of tree
dum--nut the energy of Satan, but the energy VI
God. Aud So, in order t. keep God qniet in human
souls they Illuminated in his name against Sainn.
When shall we e e.rn to speak plainly ana Sin-
cerely against slavery, aud 10 follow up ur speech
by our deeds When shall We learn tn throw our
whole action unreserveGly on the side Of God
VIII will believe that he wfo seeks nfst the
kind IN uf heaven shal have everything else add
ed TO him They threaten US with war II ve take
this position Useless threat! The war il already
hegun The war has been raging for hall cen
tury Slavery itself is n condition OF war. IL
had its origin ir war IT'S FIRST victims being cap
tive, of the spear. 1t lives by war--its agents BE-
ing perpetually engaged in f,menting ieuds be-
tween the native princes of Africa to gain mate
rial for their rafc. It protects itself by war--t
hides behind walls and gates rings alarm bells
iis barracks are guarded by armed patrols-it new
er walks abruat without howie-knite and pistol
il appears in Boston. aud the streets bristle with
files of soldiery--the hull of justice is stunned oy
the din of arms-outcast ruftans and murderers
stalk about insulting the citzens. 1t extends it's
elf by war. riding into Kansas with rifle ans hal
ter, 10 conquer territpry it has sten substitu-
ting martial for civil law, and Ir claming the war
riors axiom that might is right. The very viz.
tues incident to state of slavery. the virtussot
the dominant class are warlike virtues such 90
belong 70 the soldier alono. The dashine reetr