Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-03-13
From the New York Independent
THE CONFLICT AND THE CRISIS
A STANDING ARMY. FALLING FREEDOM, AND A
SILENT MINISTRY.

STANDING ARMY, FALLING FREEDOM, AND A
SILENT MINISTRY
Actun, est de te Periisf! Who can look ;r,o
the futurity of the destnes of the United Statea
even FOR five years? But it does nos reouirs
either powerful imagination, or morbid terror
to hear the sentence Of perditon opon America a
freedom. 1ctum est de te The people are off,.
ing their necks to the yoke of their tyrants, and
putting into their bands the very knives with
| which to complete the sacrifice. Never was sucb
q spectacle beheld, of Il nation deliberately rs.
noune'ng and betraying its privilege and power
| OF sovereignty and self.government, and trem,
bling, cringing, and bowling at the motion and
will Of it's own servants whom il has set as IL,
despotlc rulers, giving them q standing armv 70
support their own deepotisn. The madpess of
the hebrews, when they asked of God KIM.
was ou; u momentary vertigo, in comr arson with
'ne permanent insanity OF degradation, with
which the people OF this country are eopsicp;n.
all their maniiness and independence and eyery
thing dear To conscience and to freedom ovs,
into the dominion of that meapest most remor..
less. ano most fer0cious Of all human tyrannies .
slaveOcTacy
What meek, inodensive, peaceful lambs are our
Senators and Representatives They blea, IL
delight Mt the anticipated sacrifice. Tbev ~.
new regiments of troops land volunteers or reou.
lars, they well know it makes no differencsIt 70
keep down the people, while the natiun's tbro.,
Is cut. The marks OF remaining spirit and ensr,
lPy uhoHS tltui are seen almost solely N
buttirg OF the goats while the sheen are Lad 10
slaughter. Pleased 10 the last they cron Thai,
fowery food, aud irisk and play while the butch,
er grinds his cleavers.
Bat the court-lambs that lose their heads az.
only metamorphosed into wolves and turned ;ntn
the fold again while the wool of their old skins il
just good to pull over the ewes Of otbs,s
Undisguised trickery and lying, corruption and
bribery violence and fraud. stalk at large and ~
few good men that remain are compelled To crv ons
under the burden which Habakkuk the nrorh.s
did see. % Lord, how long shall cry, and Tho.
wilt not hear! even cry out unto thee of VIOLENCE
and thou wilt not saver Why dost thou sbov ~
iniquity. and cause me to behold grievancef for
spelling and violence are before me- and there ~.
those that raise up strife and contention Tbsr..
fore the law is slackened and judgment doth never
go forth; for the wick ed doth cumpass about m.
righteous; therefore wrong Judgment proceedeth.'
Nea the wicked doth compass about the right
eous, and they that were thought righteous are n.
dough for the purposes of the wicked so thai n.
passage IN Hosea, with imagery that it might ba =.
been thought never again could be so com petel,
realized, is illustrated by a reproduction of The
very transactions OF abomination there recorded
For they commit falsehood; and the thief cometh
In, and the troop OF robbers spoileth without
And they consider not in their hearts that Goa
remembereth all their wickedness They msLs
the king glad with their wirkedness, and the nr;n,
ces with their lies They are all as an oven haa,.a
ny the baker, 'cho cedseth tiom raising orr \.
hath knedded he dough, until il be hayeae9 F",
they have made ready their heart like an ovsn
while they lie in wait: their baker .leepetb ali ths
night in the morning !, burnett as a flaming Ere
iney are all mos as an oven. and have devoarsd
thelr Judges There is none among them thai cal,
leth unto me- and they do not return 10 ,hs LIZA
their God nor seek him for all this! Woe mt
them! for they have Aed from me; destruction unon
them! because they have transarsssed aeains. ~
Though I have redeemed them. 70. have they .ps.