Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-04-10

E WiIuG tuus W lmVthCu Tue iutcHIptnSe VI
II integrity Of my hearers.
IF wish this occasion to arrest attention fron
r all secondary and collateral issues AMI 10 discus
r he main point in the controversy-Is slavery
Is inf
!. The modern advocates of slavery have me, tbi
u ssue maniully. The distinguished Calhoun. wh
!. lived gener tion in advance Of his age, may IL
10 looked upon as the founder of peculiar schOO
d upon this subject A considerable class Of poll
ticisns and preachers have followed the e1ampl
n and teachings of that remarkable man
e Let the advocates of liberty be as consisten
j. and bold those of slavery, and we may Look fol
o some termination of the controversy.
= | do not purpose to take the time to discuss OF
this occasion the Bible argument upon the subject
gladly accept the issue, but choose my uwr
weapons | wish 10 call slavery out from il.
b hiding places amidst the types and shadows VI
6 Jewish institutions and the antiquities # semi
= oarbarous antiquity. and expose Its real character
I IN the pure light Ut nature propose 10 test i,
: by revelation older than Scriptures, the Divine
authenticity OF which was never questioned and
never will be. propose to apply 10 it the law Of
God ss inscribed upon the constitution of man
at his creation, and imm utsbly stereotyped in
every successive generation, (which show the
work of the law written in their hearts," l shall
hope to show that slavery is in eternal conflict
With nature. II this can be dune it will devolve
on the Bible defenders Of slavery to vindicate that
venerated book from the charge Of collision with
nature. Two or three axoms will prepare US for
the argument
|. Gods will is law, and equally auth oritatiye
huwever made known.
! 2. A natural truth cannot be invaldatsd by a
supposed revelation Natural truth IL eternal
truth All collisions with 1t are sell destructive
III, therefore, slavery Is condemned by nature,
then if you could prove that the Bible sanctions
1t you ~ou ID not justify slavery, you would only
condemn the Bible.
d ). Tue will Of the Creator in reference 10 the
destiny of his works is determined by their con-
stitutional adaptations. These are their natural
laws
i Let US now apply this test Of Gods will to the
most glorious of his creations on earth. Let us
see if in creating man God made him for slavery
OF liberty. This will settle the question in plain
English, without either Greek or Hebrew.
| BY slavery understand the property principle.
This is expressed with peculiar force and thor!
oughness in the enactments of all the slave States
Ii Is the right TO hold and use, to buy and SELL
without restriction Say that families shall not
he separated and you change slavery 10 sertdom;
and, bad as serfdom is, it is not slavery Slavery
can tolerate no such restrictions OF the right ui
property.
i In studying the Divine will in man. remember
also that he Is endowed with intellectual and
moral powers and susceptibilities us well rs
ply slcal. God stamped upon him u far higher
destiny than to eat, labor, and die.
u Inc Jrst Law OF the human constitution TO
WLieh would advert. Is Its tendency to decetOpe
asfJ 1t is the result of the instructive desires
. oi our conmon humanity. From the dawn OF
eAis.enee these primary tendencies prompt man
10 ann ~ Dis legltiHate destiny. OOd implanted
nese natVe DESIRES ana created Their correspond
'hg o'9ects' designing the one Tor the other ana
10 ueieat tnis design rs evidently to violate the
I Ia" VI uou as inscribed on the constitution oi
man No"' IL cannot De disputed mat saverf
iays the IRON hand OF compulslon upon the whole
'a.u,e ' VI man, ana prec'odeS ts appropriate
e'o"pMeht, "hie tue voice oi Di'ihity "hhih
nua"'y Pron,p'nR man 70 oe'eiop ms
u ""u Tn"p"sh Jus uest'ny's so'a'ery s'ahuT
n''' WY" tne ,ou VI power supPreTss'hg every
eepo"eo p anu anu ParaiS %'ng every ensT'' ine "ho!e
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nan o' stu iaun "ea'g"' ,;' "a. IH';n's ~
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r,,;n rv'' n'"' 'ne ueepest s'ui !" nea'u, snl
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'V r "i1 10 pny i.n h"'u,e e.ls'e. nu' 'ne JeaouN
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ha ,;,,, .Ds S"''te". Nun oh"nns ,
"e i'ioS a. wearing 'ne aeah' my i's rune manu-
up"a .n' iner tt.ute oi .ne soul anu enueh'"r
III ~ o'o'e, .ne o''Gn' ln"se vi I've S,ea''r'
| .ea'u'e "i0i'e VI sIa'ery ''s e'eluai c"h'
i'nhu.l'h. Di
pua m 10 Ge more specihc remarK-
l. Inc law OF Tree agency is utterly violated 10y
| slavery. lh's law results from tue eAis'ehce VI
inc iacu'ty VI VIII: fot ~hat diu "'u enuo"
man WIN . 'ree WILL unless lie desighed MIN I"
''c' Ifeeiy slavery reduces man from the state
oi an inteiilgent ana responsible agent 10 mere
.hlng' mus is annihil"teo the noble attribute oi
iTee agency. that which alone renders man capi'
oie ot moral rusyect"n 70 ms goa. -,
AS 'Oe enec. oi TINS faculty VI Will, tnere
springs up IN the human breast an uhconquerabie
uesire OF lnerty, ihis law Is written III 'iood
ana tears al over the worid sad history. IL haS
oeeh Tue natural antaeonist OF human seins hneIs
III Ill ages. IL mas created more heroes 'hah al!
o'her causes IL ma ever peen the inspiration oi
poetry, the SOU 1f oratory' anu the mother "i
pati'o''sm. All ,has was beautiful ana immortal
,n IN the s"Ees oi the past sprung from TINS Ia" OF
hoerty. rev men VIII so d'shonor the ra4e 10
when they belong as to deny the existence. dig"i
do1otiui ferms the VIII OF the creator.
but mere again slavery Is III direct cohnict with
the u1d oi nature. In violation ui the teachings
of universal history, IN disregard OF the unani