Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1859-12-10
Ube Anti- -5lauerp Buale.
From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
~ A NARn

some of tho great women too who are said to be
connected with the '"bloody attempt to dissolve
the Union," "to subvert and overturn the Gov.
stnment" ito push forward the irreprcssible con.
fict" land TO inci,e the slaves of Virginia and
Maryland to CIT their masters throats." Gid.
dings, Hale. Smith, the Plumbs and others have
denied any knowledge of, or connection with the
mad scheme or its crazy perpetrators" Why
this hasty denialf Why all this hot haste to throw
OF the imaginary disgrace or danger, which may
grow out of completely with this daring friend OF
Liberty and lover of mercyi Were the noble old
hero and his brave and faithful followers, engaged
in mean, selfish, and dastardly work. Were
they ''plottng crime" against the rights or liber-
ties of any human bengy Were they IN Virginia
- take the property or lives Of men who respect
the rights of life, liberty property in others?-
Capt. Brown was engaged in no vile. base, sordid,
malicious or selfish enterprise. His aims and
ends we're lofty, noble, generous, benevolent hum
ane and Godl,ko. His actions in perfect har-
mony with, and resulted from the teaching of the
Bible, Of our Revolutionary fathers and Of every
true and faithful antfslavery man ia this country
and the world
Does not the holy Bible teach that it is the duty
OF the strong and powerful to assist the weak and
helpless, that the rich should the poor and
netdyi Does it not command us to remember
those in bonds as being bound with them? Does
not the Bible plainly say, "whatsoever ye would
that men shall do to you, do ye even 80 to them?"
and further he that steaeth man and selleth
him or If he be found iu his hand, he shall surely
be put to DEATH" ''-.'
Did not Capt Brown oct in consonance with these
Biblical principles and injunctions? He went into
Virginia TO aid the afflicted and the helpless. to
aHistthe weak and to relieve the poor and needy.
To undo the heavy burdens to let the oppressed
eo'free, to do to others he would have them do
to him. And above all to put to death, as the pa.
pers tell US. those who steal men and sell them,
aud in whose hands stolen men found. His
sections then only the results Of his faithfuness
to the plain teaching Of the word Of God.
The renowned fathers of our celebrated revclu-
son taught the wo,l Id that resistance to tyrants
isobedience to God, that all men created equal
and have the inaenable right to life and liberty.
They proclaim death but not slarery, or rather
give me liberty or give DEATH They alec
ordained and established constitution to secure
tho blessings Of liberty to themselves and their
posttrity.' III SO be remem bered that they have
large colored posterity in the Southern States.)
And they further declared that when any govern
ment becomes destructive If these ends, namely
life liberty, justice andihappness. it is the right
Of the people to abolish it and institute q new
government On these pure and holy principles
saey fearlessly entered into seven years war
against the most powerful nation of the earth, re-
lying on just God whom they believed would
raise up friends 10 Fight their battles for them.
IL of H. 81, ~ a,
Of freedom came to their assistance. ..
Did not Capt Brown act in accordance with the
foregoing revolutionary principles? Did he not
obey God by resisting tyrans? Did he not in all
things chow his implicit faith in the equality of all
menf and their inalienable right to life and liber
ty. When he saw that the gov erl.ments Of the
South were destructive Of these ends, did he not
aim to abolish them and to institute new gov
ernment laying its foundation on such princip plies
~ TO him seemed most likely 70 secure the happi-
nsss and safety Of the peoplef fD ..t
Some will say no doubt that the teaching of the
renowned fhthers had no reference to negroes, for
says Judge Taney. the prevalent opinion at the
time Of the revolution was that "black men had
norieh.s which white men were bodnd to respect
In,sober earnestuess did the great and good men
higher idea of liberty and the rights Of man than
that, did they believe in one.siied, selfish.
2srtisl, secsarian freedomf Liberty for proud
'Acglo Saxon and chains and fetters for all the
world and the rest of mankind i think they
must have had higher, a nobler idea of man and
his sinalsnable rights? But be this as it may, the
Abolitiouists, the true friends of God and human-
ty,ars applying both the doctrines of the Bible
and the teaching of the fathers to every human
being, whether white or black bond or free. We
Aboltionists profess to propagate no new doc
triues in politics or morals, but to urge all to
prsctice the old wel!-defned and immu.able prin-
cipies"of the fatberhood Of God and the universal
brotherhood of man. Liberty ard equality be-
ionge natorally to the entire brotherhood and the
man who takes ON his brother his liberty, be-
cones tyrant and thus forfeits his right to lipe
Now 1t is plain to be seen that Capt. Brown
only carried cut in his actions the principles eme-
mating from these three sources, viz: First-The
Bible Second-The Revolutionary Fathers
Third-All good Abolitionists. .di 30. .a q.
IT, then, Brown acted on these pure and right
sous principles. why are the friends of justice. lib
ertyand right so hasty in denying all connection
with him or sympathy with his ends and aims.
Perhaps they see the bloody gallows of the "af-
frishted ohivalry" rising before them in awful
horror. Or more probably they see political
grave yawnipg to receive them. .'' ''.'' '''-''
But 70 speak Of myself, have no political pros
poets and therefore no political fears for my
black face and curly hair doom me in this land
Of equality to political damnation and that beyond
the possibility of redemption. But have neck
asdear 10 me as Smiths. .Haie's, or Giddings', snd
therefore must like them publish 8 card Of de-