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

men;., then, can never make it right to commit a
crime.
DO yes ask what one should do in the case of
y collivion Ut Duty and law | cay be free.-i
Obey the higher law. Never be brought into the
of a finite will. Let your lie 20, but
net your integrity and your manhood,
3. ! infer that all compromises with slavery are
sinful and delusise. Slavery possesses an eternal
and unnlterable moral character. 1t is a crime.
1t always was and always will be a crime, and
we muat make no CON promise with crime. Crime
Ia not the legitimate subject OF compromise.-
You may compromise interests, but not crime.
Compromise implies mutual concessions. Bat
what may | concede to crime but destruction 2
Men speak of the rights Of slavery" II has no
rights-it is Ha&o up Of wrongs urrelieved by any
ray OF justice. | may give up my property for
thc sake of peace, and thus compromise a difficult
". 1t may be wise to do 80, Bot | may not rob
my ~neighOor to get the means of purchasing
peace and quiet. l may never sacrifice %another's
rights for my own interest. 1t constitutes the
essence of all crime.
Besides, compromises with crime are always
delusive. They never bring peace. What are
called the com promises OF the American Constitu'
ton are fast working our ruin. Every subsequent
compromise has been IN advance in the down
ward tendency of our Government. The compro-
misses of 1866 we're beyond any thing ever dream
ed Of by the fathers of tho Republic. The fugi
tive slave law was the shame Of the age, much
more Of the country. ] am glad to hear Southern
politicians r~epudiate compromise. Let all ques-
tions be tested aud decided by their merits. Let
IL be remembered that we may compromise our
interests, but right, never. The only proper reia'
ton sc can sustain to wrong is aggressive,
pnceasing antsgonism. | trust oil parties have
enough Of compromise upon tho stupendons crime
of slavery. Ilenccforth let the watchword be
~'victory or DEATH"
4. Nor can we properly tolerate slavery. We
may endure the effects OF crime but to tolerate
il is 10 commiti it. May we tolerate murderf We
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nary and criminal consent. No matter what the
Inducements of self interest or expediency may
be, they cannot change the eternal nature and
relations Of things.
The world lie dying with Il lax morality. The
glorious principle involved in the Ssviour's remar-
kable words, whatsoever loseth his life shall save
It" is not apprehended, nor ~practised. Men do
not believe that "whosoever walketh ~uprightly
walketh surely - nor that Goodness is profta.
BILE" They have swung loose from God, abandon.
ed the principles of virtue, and are vainly endeav.
oring 20 work out the great problem Of immor-
tali.y upon The paltry maxims Of expediencv.-
We may tolerate opinions, but crime, never
Politicians speak Of circumscribipg slavery, But
will you circumscribe murder? Will you say to
a certain portion Of our Republic, you may enjoy
unmolested the privilege of highway robbery, OF
polygamy, or any other outrage upoD national
justice and common law, and you shall tie protect
ed by the General Government, provided you keel
south of a certain line? The idea is absurd. =
You may ~circumscribe tariffs, banks, and othel
mere pecuniary interests. ofsetting one interes
against another. But you may not offset GRIM
against crime, nor sell an indulgence to commi
crime. To limit crime by law implies the per
mission of crime within that limit. am satisfied
that the whole theory of the Limitation of SLAYER.
by law. ia false in morals and delusive in it
effects.
l am distressed to hear public men, men Of in
tsllect, position and power, say, Let the slav
States hold their own slaves-I care not for it
have no wish to interfere with their rights. bu
they must not interfere with mine" o, let nc
the man be lost in the politician 1t is not tn
generosity of the Saviour's golden rule. Is no
slavery as deep q curse and as black q crime i
enc etate or country as in another? Is it not
crime against the race, and does not every ma
sustain a relation of responsibility to his race n
we'll as his little State? Let not the great beatin
heart of humanity be dwarfed into a suprem
regard to a section of county. The obligation
that one owes to his race are as much more gran
and sacred than those which he owes to one SCI
ton as a world is greater than a neighborhooc
and as the rights of the human race are NOR
inviolable than the selfish interests Of a sector
The right to liberty is above all laws and con
pacts. IL is Gods immutable will, written b
his own finger upon the noblest of his works.
No aforementioned human presidents. no sacret
ness of oatbs, and no accumulation of self,inse
ests, can change the Divine constitution Of thing
and nullify or suspend the rights of man.
S. Slavery ought to cease at once, and fOreve
This is the only rational end of antislavel
action. By the highest low of the universe, Il
expressed will of the Eternal, it is immutab
wrong. To continue it n moment, is to commit
crime against God and the human race. Nor
the crime Of an ordinary character. In the lor
catalogue Of human crimes this sustains q ter
bic supremacy. 1t is the most perfect concentr
tion of human sel6shness that is known in
selfish world. All other human crimes are b
partial in their destruction. Ordinary theft
Imltpu 70 DrODRrtV-murler is generally cODtQI
TO one victim--even the gigantic crime Of wars
conquest leave untouched the most sacred interes
of society but slavery leaves nothing to
victim bus the hope of death. 1t takes propert
family. body and mind. 1t exterminates all RICH
and all interests. Can an individual or nation
E%uiltless, and not ~repudiate such a crime? o
there is a cold heartlessness in this sentiment
letting slavery alone where it is, that is not to
thought Of by a generous soul. The idea of 81
ing peace to this country while q slave groans
our sell, contrmplates the utter extinction of o.
true virtue. Remember, virtue is an a~ggressi'
principle. 1t lives TO act. When it ceases to az
it dies. Shall a man claim to be virtuous becau
be does not murder nor steal? Shall he. W.
quietly nestles down in the sanctuary OF his ov
personal interests and Qualifications, claim t
attribute of fraternity, while he ~neglects the p
va.ions of the countless throngs Of his felix
beings?
Where is the magnanimity. selfsacrifce. a
devotion Of real %virtue' Where has been I
pulpit and the sanctuary while eight hundr
thousand of Gods children have in vain lifted
their cry for help for generations past I
American pulpit ought to be in one univer
blaze Of excitement, and the church all on f
when the Divine Saviour Of the world is boul
and sold. and whipped, in the person of his CT
dren. Peace to the country while slavery live
Peace in such circumstances is treason agaiI
christianity.
With one more thought / close this subject.
cannot ntempl the moral, social, a
political condition Of our race. bot with a feelil
Of deep and intense commiserarion. / ask, W
1yearning heart. what can be done for its dist
thralment! And | am deeply impressed with
conviction that the triumph Of Gods kingdom
earth is the only remedy. And / am equa
impressed with the belief that American slave
is the greatest present obstacle TO that triumy
This will, appear extravagant until you rememt
and appreciate the true mission and destiny
America ltseems apparent that upon Amer