Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1857-11-07

the revolution, and lopgea for the aesh.pots of
prosperity which they had enjoyed previous to
l776. Such | believe will be found 70 be the his
tory of all revolutions.
Ouis 10 a revolution. not a reform. We contem-
plate the entire destruction Of the present Nation.
al Government and Union. And il is only by con.
slant effort, all the more earnest and sacrificing as
the glorious contamination approaches, that we
can hope to succeed. We must fire up the opposi-
tion, and create such a spirit Of resistance that our
opponents will be pushed to extremes. TheRepub-
lican party must be driven over to the enemy, as il
will not take the true position. The battle must be
fought face to face, This is the work we have to do,
this the final issue to which we must come at last
Every year brings us nearer to the impending crisis.
When it comes we shall learn that tho enemy was
bold and insolent and proud because of his many
successes and that he will yield, ingloriously. be-
fore the manly and open opposition of those deter.
mined to sustain the cause Of freedom.
And we alone can now carry on the work that is
to end thus gloriously and triumphantly. Let us
therefore at this convention act in unison and
with determination; no matter though our num-
Der be small. We have no time to lose. The slaves
cause is our cause also. just so long as the black
man is a slave, SO long are our children on the nuc-
tion block at his side. Slavery must be overthrow
or it inevitably curses the country, and our child
rem must become either its victims or it's perpe.
traitors. My prayer is that we may never, never,
to either that we will save our children
from the terrible doom Of slavery, and the still
moro fearful calamity of becoming Shareholders.
PARKER PILLsBURr, spoke of the Importance al.
tached throughout the West TO the Convention ad-
vertised to be held in this city at this time. He
believed those who had announced the POSTPONE
meet of that Convention will never know, in this
world, the extent Of the evil they have done. The
cause of Freedom has never since its commence.
ment received go great a blow, l do not believe
that even the apostacy Of 1910 bore any comparison
in its evil effects, to this act Of the Committee of
Arrangements. If our cause can survive this it
will be proof, strong as can ever be adduced, that
only because l believe in the immortality of truth.
Where the accustomed wisdom and devotion Of
these men could have been when this act was done
l am utterly at loss to determine. If this thing
had been done by any other men than those who
did il, l should have doubted NO longer the doc
trine of total depravity-nor questioned farther the
sin against the Holy Ghost which it is said is never
forgiven. So great a bassness as this postpone
ment would have been, il it had been done with
any malignancy Of design, l never witnessed and
cannot conceive of. Here some twelve or fifteen
of us have been for months rushing through these
Western States with the midnight cry upon our
lips, Behold the bridegroom cometh"l / have
been as much inspired as was the herald who pro-
claimed glad tidings of great joy on the plains of
Judea, and who was Joined by the Angelic host In
their anthem of "Glory to God in the highest /;
on earth peace and good will to men," and if amid
those songs Of joy and rejoicing that greeted the i'd
vent of the babe Of Bethlehem, another angelic mes.
senger had appeared to declare the postponement
Of that glorious event, the announcement could not
have been more strange or more astounding, than
was, to thousands of the people. the news Of the
postponement Of this convention.
Ihavs no language to describe tbs disappoint.
ment and regret we felt. Our hearts had been fill
ed with joy and rejoicing as in view of q coming
Millennium. If the brightest morning that ever
dawned on the world, should be instantly changed
to darkest night. by q veil of blackeness that should
utterly shut out the sun in his strength, it would
not be more terrible in its effect than was the let
ting down OF this blanket of darkness" between
us and the bright prospect before us. 1, will
take years to bring the people of the West back
again to where they stood forty hours ago--before
this announcement had reached them. / can con-
cieve nothing more unfortunate since Willard Fill
more placed his name to the Fugitive Slave Law
freedom. was by no means so fatal as this, as it had
an alloy of good.
Large numbers of those who have been voters
were looking to the action of this convention as
the beginning of q new era in their political and
moral existence. They were coming In large mum.
bers to attend it. They had become sick to death
OF the cowardice and treachery of the Republican
party. They came to our preliminary meetings
and listened as never before. We called upon
them to be here, and they would have come. Blu,
where arc we this morning Of the large mum
bers who would have come. even from this city
few if any will enter the house.
Many of the people of Cleveland feared evil tc
their cherished idols from this convention. Their,
was never such joy and ~gladness amongst them III
came with the news of its postponement. Ant
SO will it be all over the land. The South will
send up q shout Of joy over this disaster. Moth
ing in the history of the country is like it. Wher
the Central America went down, with her hal
million of treasure, and her hundreds of lives, i
was a fearful calamity. But the hearts and hope
of millions will sink deeper than the lowest cav
erns of the ocean on account of the postpone
ment of this Convention.
The foe was before us we were ready 70,
the struggle victory was about to perch upon oul
banners when our leaders sounded a retreat
and we were compelled to yield all to our enc
mics! hope what we shall do to-day will show tn,
indignation that is felt at the West on account o
the action Of the Committee of Arrangements
that has thus defeated the noble purpose for whicl
We have soiled SO long and earnestly.
ABBY K.FosrER. Notwithstanding the evil effect
oil his postpt nement, it will l trust, indirectly
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