Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-01-16
For the Bulge.
NRW.YEAR'S REFLECTIONS.
By MARY p. TODD.

The clock strikes twelve; and with the last vi
brating note, the last moment Of the dying year
passes into oblivion. The next moment o New
Year is usbered into existence, bearing on lite face
the i'm press Of the accumulated crimes and guilt,
and deep laid plans Of the old. When we look
over the past history of our country, we see a con-
tinued and unbroken progress of wrong from the
days when thoee restless victims Of British oppres-
sion, for the sweet boon of Liberty, babe farewell
to their native land, and risked their all on the
oceans fearful wave, down to the present., When
this little band of liberty loving men and women
came in sight Of land they hailed il as the Pales-
tine Of the human family the land that had never
been trod by the feet of tyrant or slave, freedoms
home the heritage Of unborn millions. As their
numbers increased and adversity's clouds passed
by, and prospsrity's sun warmed and gladdened
their hearts, they made laws and formed CON-
pact, that embodied the very essence Of oppres-
sion. One would suppose after periling their
lives to gain freedom, they would have been lon
lent; but a moro rigid code was scarce ever
formed. Multitudes from the Old World fooked
here, in hopes to find a free ASYLUM. Among
their numbers were men that keenly felt, the 40
cumulated oppression of ages, that was eating
away tho heart and life of the home they had
left. Far ahead in the dim distance Of the future
Liberty's star beckoned them onward. In due
time they resisted taxation without represent
alton. They declared that resistance TO syranny
was obedience to Cod. This was too much for
tyrants cars. Soon dissention and riot were ram
pant throughout the country. The land was del.
urcd with the blood of the black man as we'll as
white, and their bones found a common resting.
place. In the midst Of perils . Congress sent
forth to the world a parchment that contained
some noble sentiments. They proclaimed the
eternal truth, "that all men were created free and
eoual". A few years since. this sentence was de-
elared a mockery, by a prominent member OF
the Senate. A Senator from the land Of the
Martyr Hayne, stood up before his brother sena-
tors, and declared this sentence a falsity. Yes,
said he, "the Bible. the law of God, and the Con-
~stitution of the United States, the law Of the land,
both assert that in this land there must always be
castles and classes. rich and poor, masters and
slaves. There, in the Senate of a pretended free
people, this man, with giant intellect, stood up
and advocated the perpe,uation of evils. be-
meath which the mother country had groaned for
years. Was this the liberty for which the mar
tyrs of the revolution had shed their blood, and
strewn battle fields with their skeletonsf Was il
that the few might drink from the cup of liberty
and riot on the hard earnings of othersf Was i
that treason and oppression might preside in oul
senate hall, that such men as Isaac Hayne, JOSEPH
Warren, and Nathan Hale, were sacrificed. How
our country needs the spirit and counsel and ex
ample of the men of the revolution Behold tn,
IL young eagle of Kansas in its attempts to rise.
val Il. ---L-At- ..I:.:-
functionary Of our country divesting of all rights
four million of men, women and children. Thin
Is of the Douglasses, the Remonds, the Watkinse
possessing the best minds Of our country, havinl
a no rights which white men are bound to respect
is If they enjoy privileges, it is in spite of thi
III government. There is no place on the broa
a lands of the United States, that a poor, painting
bleeding fugitive, flying from the injustice Of
southern despot, can find safety. Let the Eliza'
g. and the MargaretGarners Of our land, go to the high
~ est mountain or the lowest velley, or even knee
beneath the broad and ample folds Of our cour
try's flag, and there pray to Almighty God, I
ill protect them and their little ones, from the He
lot commissioned Officers that are on their track, an
40 they will be answered by the scourge of til
tyrants lash sinking deeper and deeper into the
al tTemDIuS, QuiNerinS ueou' lnoy uhy prosS ~
lie. cold steel to the tender hearts Of their darlir
rs. babes, and free their little spirits but their ON
liberty is a mockery it is to work to starve,
= TO die. Here in this boasted land of free instit
lid tons, where woman holy and beautiful, is so
he to ID amnation (; and man, with stout heart, stro,
ia nerve and sinewy arm, trembles at the commal
nL of his inbumsn brother.
lty How many t%hrobing hearts will hail with
light the ominous New Year the day and age
,u fraught with unparalleled incidents, it is indie
the golden age of science. The new Truths
ode the nineteenth century out shine the glory
icy ancient Rome! May the New Year behc
eS' despotic rule and iron creeds give way that t
ara millions of hungry, heart forsaken, dispairi
ON souls may hope. The true and tried friends
the Anti-slavery cause are working with redou
ed energy. When success shall crown their mol
efforts. may they send forth to the world. a MI
ma Charta, that shall secure happiness to cart
the crushed millions.
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