Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1859-01-22
WHOLE NO. 693.

executors to see that thi' clause respecting the
slaves b, reilly gousy ful6lod, without evasion, neg
lect or delay. Here he superior to his age;
here 6nd proof Of his religious character, II
Christianity he more than ono OF the bumbogs i'm
posed upon n groaning worldi Is because it teach.
religion which consiar in piety. the natural loSe
Of God aud morality, the natural kecring Of his
laws and if piety and morality be religion, then
who shall dare 10 charge Washington With lack of
Christianity ,st;,,
In him there il no unsound spot. save his wrath,
an that il hardly unsound rather a protruber,
ance, than q weak spot There is nothing ltife
or mean in his character. Tho whole 10 clean and
preseutablo,' s.t.-
If these statements are Different from 'Moupt
Vernon sketch, lin that the latter does not object
to slavery al au,) they certainly differ quite 80
much from an anti slavery statcmehtl ga{
Those who do object to slavery, and yet wish 10
keep the character of Washington entirely free
from reproach, have often said that the slaves
which were called his were in reality his wifs's.
and that therefore he Is not to be ccnsured for the
continuance Of their bondage through his whole
life. But Mr.. Parker can hardly say this, after
having bestowed emphatic praise upon Samuel AL,
ans for promptly denying and setting at IouEht
similar claim of right Of property made by his
wife. When Samuel Adams came home ono sve,
ming, (said Mr.. Parker on another occasion,) he
found negro woman sitting by the kitchen 6re
When, asking, Who is this ? his wife told him.
1T is slave that neighbor So'snd.So has given
me- the stern democrat said--'When shc passed
over my threshold, she became free And Mr..
Parker praised his as the evidence Of integrity
oba ofa ~ ri rta al
and presentnbe.' Why should we demand less %
Washington ? Why should we allow Washington
not only to keep his wife's slaves in bondage, but
hunt her escaped fugitive? How Mr.. Parker
say-1n him there lie no unsound spot, savc be
wrathl An offence not to be named in compari.
son with his siaveholding aaI
But we are told in this very lecture thu, wa,h,
ngton was born a stakeholder If he held slaves
by claim independent OF his wife's (so.caied,
property, what is his excuse for not emancipatins
dem' If he 'alaa2s disliked slevery--thoughtf
isrong, WICKED why did he no. enanoipste ss
soon as he came Of age' Why not when, as Chair.
OF the Committee that drafted the 'Fsirfax
Resolves he expressed the wish to have entire
stop put forever TO this wicked, cruel and unnatu
raj work? Why not when he wrote to Lafayette,
in reference to his emancipato Of slaves, 4 she'd
be happy to join you in noble a workT Why
not when be became the President OF nation thai
called itself free. and when his example, calling
the attention Of the whole world at once TO The evil
and the appropriate remedy, would have had such
efficient and salutary power1 Alns was there
indeed no spot in him except his wrath Z 6,sos
The people are his monument Gays Mr.. Par.
ker. The connection in which he says this in con.
trast with the passages above quoted from the
mon and omitted from the lecture, is we'll fitted to
fill US with surprise as we'll as grief. lie says
Il think better of mankind because he lived, en-
riching the earth with life so full Of humanity.
Shall make an idol of him .? Worship him
with huzzas on Fourth of Julys, and stupid rho
toric the rest of the year? Shall we build him
great monument, and bottom it in a slave pen p
They may do it who like. His glory is already
writ on the continent! More than two hundred
places bear his name. lie is enriched in the great
earth works Of America Tho people are his NOR,
ument'
Is it not a slaveholding people who are his mon,
umcnt? people bent on extending slavery as
well rs continuing it3 people who choose. one
Presidential term after another, that executive
officer who shows himself most ready Of the can
didates to do the will OF the slave power! If, in
addition to this living monument of brass, an ODE.
lisk of stone is to be erected to him, where could
X. W.