Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1856-04-19
Mistellanecus.
THE ANNIVERSARY OF THOUGHT.

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but next time l shall not" Such confessions
would be bitter did not hope also breathe its bet
ter assurance. Yet the future finds the soul inn
perfect, and from its own deficiency it looks to the
Ideal man.
The Ideal man Of The Past, was all wise and oil
good, lie communcd with angels, lie was the Son
of God. But that which is attainable for one, is
a sometime possibility for all, and since every as
piration of the human soul, must, somewhere, ac-
cording to the perfect plan of the Universe, find
an adequate realization, it follows that every such
aspiration must be a prophecy, whose fulfllment
is in no way uncertain. Every effort at improve
men,, and every advance, is a herald of that which
cometh in a future age, and that again, of what
will succeed it.
The Ideal man of the Future then, is not a crea-
tnre of the Imagination. lie shall be clothed in
flesh and blood, but he shall so comprehend and
have dominion in nature. tina, he shall free his
physical being from the accidents and diseases
which flow from ignorance in man and want Of
culture in the material world. lie shall be so
clear Of vision as to enter into the secrets of Crea-
ton in all its variety and hidden essence, and to
trace, unerringly, all cause and effect. lie shall
move in all social relations without discord. lie
shall be most glorious in his worship of Deity
lie shall praise Him because of the understand
ing he has, of His wonderful, works. lie shall,
like those of the Golden age, walk with angels, he
shall be no less than one of the Sons Of God.
These things ale attainable now, in degree, not
in fulness. Before these hopes can become actual
tiles, the human soul must every where be eman-
cipated from every chain. This is the first boon
every where striven for. Many armed contests
are the means of tyranny aud seryile suhjection.-
But when the oppressed strike their chains with
fire and battle axe, the echo tells Of love for free
dom even though it may not conquer it. One
proof of this universal Offering which humanity
makes at the altar Of Liberty is seen in the long
continued observance Of certain anniversaries
The thought which has at some time burst forth
in daring deed, or which has been embodied by
the individuality of a soul, whose proportions have
excelled the mass, is cherished in the heart of gen
%erations, after, and for the thoughts sake these cou-
spicuous expressions of it are reverenced. Yet
every observance tends to mere form and those
who regard the form most punctillously, are not
always those whose hearts glow most f~ervently
with the truth which long ago had its heroes and
martyrs. And the ages will be marked by new
heroes and new forms. This outgrowth of the
old is an necessarily working cause of revolution,
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ly the outward revolution of history.
In all time an assertion of inherent right has
been the leayen which has been working to purify
and preserve the nations from imbecility and uni,
versal slavery. The more of such assertion which
any tribe or nation has made, the more lofty and
reverenced is their niche in the temple of the
Past.
When it is crushed and seemingly quenched
= AL s..so- - a.
calling for vengeance. If the Serf has too little
manhood, or if he be too utterly enslaved, he and
his brethren may all die out and pass to oblivion.
But if the spirit of the Gods has descended upon
them, they will throw of the oppressor's rule
where it presses most sorely, and when in time
other restrictions are felt, the tide of combat shall
reach yet higher and sweep the hated i.hing int
the ocean Of the Past. When personal freedom
is gained, there are the thousand tyrannies o
thought, law and custom, from which the otto o
Progress, bids REVOLT. Such recurring anniversa
ries Of freedom have ever marked the worlds his
tory. and will continue to do so, until every person
is truly a sovereign in the realm of his own indi
viduality.
1t seems to be an arrangement Of Divine Provi
dence, that when one race or nation, has by it
mode of existence, presented some fact or idea t
the world, it passes, like the individual, to tn
grave and its place is occupied by another, young
er, and more vigorous race, who in their life ant
government, become a better index to the sam
truth, and also demonstrate new phases of civiliza
ton.
A nations only security rests upon n due incor
poration of all facts which pertain to the we'll be
in Of the individual, into its institutions and gov
nrnnnant hanv Of thasn mo ba laorpa1 nv in
ference from history, but an unerring teacher i
found in the constitution of humanity. There
here no clause of disputable construction as to tn
legality Of enslavement. That government whic
places any restriction Upon the free, full, harmoni
Gus development of the human soul. contain
within itself the certain seeds of destruction; it i
the maker of its own ruin. 1t is from such deca
and from such resurrection as follows, that tn
home of the Ideal man of the future shall proceec
and his time shall come: VIC have OF it, a sur,
prophecy,
With these thoughts before US we must trembI,
for the fate of our own nation. Can we boast O
our future when the Eagle of the Union, with hug
talons, strikes the life of Liberty from millions
and with vulture like beak, threatens any one VIII
may dare bid him defiance? May it not be tina
We shall shout Liberty, till as a nation, the tom
receives us, and only the echo, not the fact, of tha
glorious word will mock our existence.-who ma
say that the foundation of our overthrow is nj
laid deep in the frame work of our national edi6ct
and that by cruelty and oppression we are nc
planting, aud watering the seed in hearts full
uprising, divine energy, which will in q comm
day, oyershadow us with its thick branches?
We can only hope to escape such destruction b
entering the paths of Justice. Will our ruler
lead us thither? A. L. L. Il.
ANGOLA, April, 1856.
THE CHEMISTRY OF FOOD.