Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-05-29
MR.. GARkISON's SPEECH.

We are reluctantly limited to an extract from
Mr.. Garrisons speech at the Anniversary meeting.
What a strange spectacle is presented to the
world While America is eagerly bent on per-
petuating her slave system, the Gar of Russia
is busy in striking off the letters from the limbs
of the serfs in his empirel While | blush for my
country, l take off my hat to the Gear for that
p~raisworthy act. Nevertheless, l would like to
reduce him to the size of a common man, and put
an end 20 autocratic rule forever. My motto is,
No King, no Emperor, no Pope y Not even a
Queen-for, though | honor Victoria as a wife
and mother, yet | would say even to her, i 60 for
your dethronement, except as | would have every
woman q queen ; just as l would have every man
a king lApplause.)
Now, what we. as Abolitionists, have been try.
ing to do has been simply to make the North con
sistent--to induce her to carry out the doctrines
laid down in her own Constitution. Was such
a thing ever heard of before, of q people willing to
allow others to have rights on their soil which they
will not concede to one another? While we deny
to our own citizens theiright to hold q man in bon
dage, because it is an immoral and sinful act, we
yet say to the citizens of the South. If your
slaves escape, and take refuge in our borders, you
may hunt them with impunity, and if you can
run them down, we will consent to your carrying
them back to bondage l want no more running
away to Canada! | think the Empire stale is as
good as Canada-at least ought to be (applause)
and my word to you is this: we have allowed
olu Oiu W. oo OhS Nv "
think of it2 loud applause.) We ought to
make this soil too hot for any slave-hunter TO
stand upon it one moment. (Renewed applause
Let us resolve that we will have no more palpita
tions of the heart here, on the part of the flying
fugitive no more hiding away in dark cellars, or
running into the woods. to avoid the pursuer
and that every fugitive slave shall be made free
whenever and wherever be is disposed to take up
his abode with us. Shame on our religion, shame
on our patriotism, that the only thing we can
now do for the poor trembling fugitive is to say
You are not safe here! True, the city of New
York is mighty in its wealth, and strong in its
power; it is multitudinous in its population
almost a million of men and women strong its
churches swarm with hearers, the religion of the
Son Of God is here professed, and the people say
they accept it; but, if you would not again weal
the chain, get out of this city--away for your life
for something dearer than life, your liberty
to the free soil Of Canada Now, we must put
stop to this. We mus. have a revival, a genuine
thorough going revival of pure, freedom-loving
freedom giving Christianity. loud applause,)
A word in regard to the so,called revival o
I religion now going on in the land. One of til,
resolutions before US, on this subject--drawn up
!; | thought, very guardedly --elicited sucl
= ser pentlike Kisses in the galleries that it wa
4 really refreshing to my spirit. daughter an,
- applause.) 1t brought back the memory of thirr
years ago; | felt about as good as new in tn
struggle. (Renewei laughter.) Seriously, we d
h. bCC % kNhdibO Wv "a iSiiSiph III u III
II would to God we might have it. The whole hea
is sick, the whole heart is faint. and we are full G
a wounds, and bruises, and purifying Sores Gu
hands are full of blood, and we cannot deny i
We need a genuine revival of religion religio
!, which is pure and s~potless, which has no iniustic
4 in it, which has no lash to apply to the make
bodies of defenceless women, which does not stea
4 children, which does not traffic in human hesl
which goes for immediate and universal emanc
Il patton. We want a religion of this kind; an
God forbid that l should say anything whic
would tend to prevent a revival of such n religio
. as this! But we have a right, in regard to tn
reviva! now going on in our land, to inquire wha
e is the tendency thereof. Does it favor the caus
of impartial freedom, or make against iti
Some of the features Of this revival are wort
sr looking at. In the first place, l will tell you VIII
n I think it is spurious-not in regard to individus
cases, for | am not speaking of them, but to tn
W nation at large. 1t is a widespread epidemi,
y. everywhere exhibiting the same characteristic
3. and results. 1t prevails at the North, and also
ne the South. There is the same general c~onfessio
I'd of sin, which means little-the same profession
repentance, which means less and the same CO,
m version to the same religious faith and yet, thei
re- is no change of spirit or purpose toward tho mi
Q. lions in bondage, on the part of those who clail
to have been turned from darkness to light, ar
from the power of Satan to the living God. (Al
plause and hisses.)
% Let us argue the matter a little. l suppose "
d. shall not differ about the fact that we are, as
o. nation, horribly wicked. Certainly, the America
* Church. which holds in bondage. through its men
a bers, seven hundred thousand slaves, is tolerabl
m corrupt! There must be a good deal Of bloc
n. upon the garments of such a Church There i
n moreover, no end to political corruption and den
g. agogueism in the land. IL tho Prince of Darkne,
re has ever held complete supremacy any where. b
p holds it at the present time in America. Nov
a. you have a genuine revival of religion going OF
mark you Ia revival that hates the wrong, d,