Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1856-07-05


destined to become, constantly, more absorbing in
its interest ond more general in its bearing, so that
one will be at cnmity with his own household, and
all be sworn to battle, either for, or against Cypress
ion. 1t needs no prophet to foretell of this the
very air is pregnant with its coming.
We know that the right cannot be destroyed,
but justice may be delayed therefore, it belongs
to each lover of freedom to FURNISH his own armor,
at the same time enlisting the interest of others.
As the crusade of wrong against right approaches,
we have need to secure our individual forti6ca-
tions against that love Of popularity, which will
carry us at variance with principle. AT this point,
some, whom we had reckoned tried friends, will
leave us. They will sail by our side SO long as the
wind seems favorable, but the moment it slackens
they are floating with the current. hetyran have
always outnunlbcred the hands of freemen, and
tie most brilliant victories have been achieved by
the smaller number, because, where the will is
strongest. there power is greatest.
What, friends, can so nerve the heart to contest
with evil, as the thought, that every effort made to
free ourselves, and others from bondage, will tell,
in all coming time, upon the happiness, and pros
perity, not of our country only, but of the whole
world?
KANSAS MUST be FREE and if Kansas is free,
the ration must bc.-If Slavery enters not her
borders, then shall the blood hound cease to
track the Slave over the Savannalis of the South,
or across the prairie of the west, then shall the
term Slave be erased from the statutes, and no
longer recognized by courts of law. Slavery is
doomed for God never made the earth, or u spot
upon it, 80 be its abiding place tho very elements
of creation forbid it, the whole of human nature
rises against it. But if blind force, and carnal
warfare be used to destroy it, neither Justice nor
morality can be promoted. The hour calls for
moral heroes, who, with a grandeur of soul and
an elevation of purpose, unknown to the military
~chieftain, will give direction to the revolutionary
thought of the hour and cause it to bring forth
fruits of repentance, and righteousness. To fight
for freedom in Kansas, does not ne ed that one
should go there, or gOing,does not call for a sword
or rife. The daily influence for good, which a
right minded individual can exert, will tell better
and more bravely in the end, than the murder of
the whole crew of %rufians. The experiment Of
warfare has been tried sufficiently to prove its in
efficiency to produce good, and it ought to be out
of date in an age which boasts of discarding old
fashioned, clumsy methods.
The Unborn aspiration for liberal government
ana universal liberty, which has been moving the
world ever since the Exodus of the Jews, has now
acquired a greater momentum of knowledge, and
numbers than ever before, and it demands u higher
expression than the world has yet given, and if
events should prove, that many are 50 much in the
rear us to consider recourse to arms desirable,
those who would stand in the vanguard may re-
member that their vaonnne shall bn Of tbo eo;r;t
they shall cry aloud in the wilderness, thus pre-
pairing Il way for the coming of Christ-like prin-
ciples.
Let the Worldwide scoff as they will, nothing
short of Il practical embodiment of the best teach
ing of Jesus in the policy Of government can sat
isfy the heart of humanity. That government is
said to be the best, which bestows the greatest
privilege upon the greatest number-but that only
is good which Expresses none. Admitting this,
one which is based upon force must be evil. The
salvation of the country depends then, upon the
leaven which true reformers may infusc through
the mass Of thought. Their single handed means,
unto the Greek fooiishness, will strike Il deadly blow
at the root Of oppression.
However long before the complete triumph Of
justice, hope looks through the vista Of years, and
points to the children of a freed and noble race,
who mark the present as the opening of d new era
in the history Of the world. If America is first
engaged in this contest for inherent right she will
again draw the eyes of all nations, and they will
respond to her call for Libcrty-france, taught by
past failures, and her present dynasty will come,
England with her poverty and her wealth will
listen and answer, the German States-Switzerland
and italy-will be p~ervaded by the sentiment, the
%uttermost people shall hear the glad tidings of
freedom, and when the earth shall be redeemed,
America will stand glorious among the nations.
Be firm, my brothers,
God will speed ths right =
This hour, to others,
Else, may end in night.
June ist, 1916. A. L, l.. Il.