Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1857-05-16

der as help the cause whose advancement they
desire.
If it is diff :uit for the reformer to learn Ia la
Dor, it lie far more difficult for him to learn the
second great lesson-to suit. Perhaps there was
never q class of reformers who 30 much needed to
have impressed upon them the necessity Of pos
sessing their souls in patience, os d. the abolition
OF America. Slaveholding Is so heaven de-
Tying in lite character, so regardless Of all Of mans
rights, so constantly aggressive, and 90 contin-
ually triumphant, that it is no wonder tina, abe.
li,ionists feel not only that the system ought to BE-
destroyed, but that right speedily. No lover Of
freedom will doubt but such n CONSERVATION 10 de-.
voutly to be wished but is it reasonable to e.
pect it. and is it philosophical or christian to de.
spond, and to become weary in well doing because
the truths they utter do not, like the mngician's
plant, terminate, bud, blossom, and bring forth
ripened fruit contrary to those general laws BY
which nature regulates the seed-time and har.-
vest?
Let it not be forgotten that the same year which.
witnessed the landing Of the pilgrims from
the MayGower upon Plymouth rock. also bshsld,
the transplanting Of slavery to the shores o! vir-
ginia. 1t has been sanctioned and sancti6ed by
more than two hundred years of legislation" II
has grown with the growth Of our people, estsb-
lished its power Us our country has extended its
boundaries, has entrenchcd itself in the church..
and controls the policy of the national government.
Il has become not only our peculiar institution"
but is venerated as the greatest antiquity Of our
land. 1t draws no small support from the pres.-
tige of great homes. and our commerce has swell.
ed it into such portly proportions, that sls,oocra-
cy, the mother, and cottOnocracy. the daughter
are the two divinities of our people.
Now it is reasonable to suppose that this sys-
tenn, which is the growth of ages, which is sus.
tanned by the many, and opposed only by the few.
can be overthrow by a handful of fanatics in the
short space of thirty years! Truth is not a plant
which springs up in a night, like Jonah's gourd..
and is destined to perish in a day. " rather re-.
sembles the tiny acorn which requires the SUM-,
and dew, and rains Of centuries before it becomes
developed into the gigantic oak whose roots strike
deeply into the earth, aud whose outstretching.
arms welcome the tempest that brings destruction
unto others.
Let no abolitionist indulge in the mistake en- idea
that the Good Father laid upon him the duty Of
abolisbing slsvery. 1t would doubtless be q dc.
sirable thing to r~ightfully believe that his hand
would break the last letter. and his voice give the
key note for the song of the captive's delivorancs ::
but n mighty work is required TO be done before
we can reasonably anticipate the emancipation Of
our four millions Of slaves. Whether that time
shall come while be trends the present stage Of
action, or not until his children, or his chilSrens'
children occupy his place, afec's no. his present du-
ty and we would urge him by all his hopes Of the
ultimate triumph of right, to patiently continue
his labor. simply content with doing his duty. Sow
ing in faith the seeds of truth, and awaiting
trustingly the harvest, which has been promised
by him who appointed the seed time.
We have been led to these remarks by finding
some. who in Former days did n good work for the
establishment Of correct anti slavery principles,
and for the adoption of consistent anti-slavery
measures, now abandoni ,g the field of labor be-
cause they feel that sa very is probably doomed to
perish in blood, and are disheartened because
community will not adopt, and reduce to prse-
ticc their views. To such we would say-Dont
desert the ranks after you have enlisted for the
war. If you have faith 10 your own principles
and measures, bravely battle for them. Whom
others see them as y.u see them, they will assur-
eddy make them their own, unless you teach them
by your example to practically ignore their own
convictions, and thus retard the advancement Of
the reform which we know you have at heart. r