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


however, that he could not do so, and we're dis
h~eartened and discouraged; for we thought we
could not hold the Convention without him. But
e 1t was too late to put il of; the Convention was
If held, and proved to be q more successful one than
we ever hoped to mako il. Nobody seemed to
miss Wendell Phillips. In speaking Of the matter
%afterward Mr.. Phillips said to me. ABBY, both
you and | can die and the cause Of reform will
not miss u.s." So wo should all feel. In the pros
ecution Of this glorious enterprise our reliance
should be in divine principle-our trust in truth,
and notin individuals. This idea, that the absence
I, Of one individual should mar the work Of reform,
shows that we are far too much given TO shifting
- responsibilities from our own shoulders upon
d those Of others. We must DO brought to feel that
= this work is ours. If we felt this, then our work
If would 20 on. The abolitionists have long spoken
Of man-worship and condemned it. We have
found fault with the people of this country for
putting out their thinking, as they do their wash
a ing, to be done BY others. We have inculcated
h the idea that every individual should feel that he,
and he alone, is responsible for his own thought
r and action. Let US all try to be taught by the
lesson which this occasion affords, what we have
n so long laborsd to impart to others, that we are to
H.. do our own work for ourselves. If those who
D have stood foremost in our ranks were removed
from us,-if the L,6erafor were led away captive.
IL the Standard should 60 down, and the Bugle
cease its notes for freedom.-none tho less should
we feel our responsibility all the more would
each of us be bound to perform his individual
duty-in spreading The cry Of mo Union with Slave.
holders" When we are thus prepared to do our
duty. then will our cause move forward with a
power and speed that none Of us understand. If
could but impress this great necessity upon all,
l am sure our cause would never more suffer from
scarcity Of laborers, and we should succeed. For
in a cause like ours one who is faithful to his duty
can chase q thousand and two put ten thousand to
flight. This is no figure Of speech, but . practi-
cal and eternal truth. And why is il q truth 2
Not because tho Bible declares il, but because
THE RIGHT is the sruss. philosophy, the best policy,
and the highest expedicncy. l. finds q response
in every soul it reaches every conscience. Hence
he who engages in its service finds q faithful ally
in every bosom and thus aided. verify zone can
chase a thousand, and two put ton thousand to
. fight"
r The great pecunisry distress that afHicts tie
country is mentioned as a reason why the North.
ern Convention should be put of. believe this
is a reason why it should not be put off. l thank
God for that revulsion. True, it may prevent my
raising the SIC, 900 / should otherwise have oh.
tanned to carry forward our contemplated anti.
slavery operations. But it has brought the people
into a condition in which half that amount Of
= means will enable US to do more effective labor
than all of it would have done in @ time of pros
perity and plenty. Man always prosperous would
| l. - II $4,000 ~ - \
. tar Of Mammon, and l am thankful oven for sick
3 bed repentance, If it gives us the means of reach.
: ing tho sick mans conscience. 1 rejoice that this
> shrine of Msmmon at which the nation worships
is being broken down. / believe that when physi-
cal prosperity is OF an end amongst us, moral
prosperity will begin for it is true of nations
that, when prosperous, they wrap about them the
. mantle Of guilt. Prosperous nations, reyei in
dissipation and sink into imbscility and slavery.
Though 1 have been advised to look the Difficult.
" ties in the face before attempting to 60 forward
with the operations planned earlier in the season,
. yet I will 20 on. Fer now is tho time to redeem
those who have bowed 40 long to the money God
!, from their idolatry and raise their hearts to that
u God whose attribute is justice and whose name is
Liberty. l haze looked the difficulties in the face.
We will not be deferred by the present circum.
stances, but will avail ourselves Of them and
make them aid us. No possible circumstances
could furnish q reason for abating our anti. Slavery
Il labors or if this could bs, the present is not the
J time to falter let us rest, if we must, when the
land is drunk with political excitement and com
mercisl prosperity, and not, as now. when the bet
ter feelings of the people are within our reach
!. Little can be done for any reform in a time Of
t great prosperity.
am glad that two of our agents are to 60 into
the neighborhood Of the city of New York, where
the financial pressure is most severe for l be
9 lieve that now they will get o hearing. The very
o reasons, then, which our friends urge for abatine
our lecturing operations, are tho reasons why
y would continue and, if possible, increase them
just as the reason they urge for postpoD;ng thii
convention, is the reason why / would have il
held.
I hope we will all lay ourselves anew upon the al
tar. Ihope no drop of water will be thrown to COO
NJ the zeal of any. l do not wish to act without Judge
: mont; l think I do not go act. believe that til,
!. best interests of the slave, the country and tn,
world require that We should profit by the presen
opportunity for labor. Our recent la bors in Obi
have been successful beyond those of any forme
time. The earnestness with which people bea
~ the truth and ask for light, has never been create
than now. And the interest, felt and manifesto,
all over the North. in this Northern Convention i
evidence of the fact. True we must not look no,
st for much pecuniary aid from the people at large
ce We must be prepared to make sacrifices. Tn
10 longer a reform-contemplating an entire revolu
IN tion-is prosecuted, and the nearer it approache
nd its c%onsumation, the greater the sacrifices il
as friends are required to make. The America
y, Revolution illustrates this. In 1776 our father.
we had aid enough. All the people seemed willin
'se to lay 'lifs and fortune and sacred honor" upo
lot the altar. Those engaged most zsalously in carry
to ing it on were men of the people Sam Adam
ha uaa not of the arriatocracx. nor xas John ua,