Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1859-06-04

Anti-Slavery movement from its inception up vol
the present hour, and said that in view of the
wonderful change in public sentiment upon
this questoa, the friends Of the slave had
cause to thank God and take courage lie
! had so large charity upon this subject or
perhaps was 80 anxious to count friends to TINS
cause, that he willing to extend welcome
and word of cheer to all who had undertaken, in
whatever form, ihe advocacy of this great princi-
| ple and who were found, at whatever stage OF
progress, laboring Tor this great truth. An army
did not consist all of generals, or of rhcmen, or
Of cavalry, but each, in its place, under proper
leaders, was capable of doing good execution so,
in this great warfare, they had need Of all kinds
of soldiers. lie had no doubt that the platform
on which he stood wns the honored platform Of
this great principle that it was, at leasS of
the WITNESSES in this great cause, one of the stand
ard bearers in this great army, and he believed
that, from the testimony, offered here, the other
advocates of the rights of the'slave and the cause
of humanity had borrowed their thnnder, and
learned their alphabet. (Applause.) But he de-
sired to enumerate among the friends of the cause
not only the great American Anti-Slavery Society
great, not so much, perhaps, in its numbers, as
great in its principles, and great ia its integrity
and unfnching zeal in the cause-but to place side
| by side with that Society another body, perhaps
more obscure, but not less Jealous in some res
poets, iD this great cause, with which he had the
honor to be identified, and also that great party
which, although it had forgotten to great extent
the Object for which it was started, bad yet done
much tc enlishten the comm unity on this subject,
and reached class Of minds that could nos be
reached from that platform. While he charged
every individual who swore to support the iniqui-
tous Constitution Of the United States with being
particeps criminis in the crime Of slavery, there
was, nevertheless, in their action, a gain to the
great cause. So also of the churches. Some
churche had taken steps in the right direction,
feeble though they might be, and he was willing
to give them credit for it, although they were not
willing to cut loose from the ecclesiastical organ
ization and from the Constitution.
The A5olitionists had to thank the slave-owners
, for doing the greater part of the work that had
been accomplished for he saw, in the repeated
: acts of aggression Of the Slave Power, the hand
f God causing the STAKEHOLDER himself to break thu
!. chain and unbind the yoke with which he ha,
q been expressing his victim. When he looke
!. back, and saw the progress that had been made
o
. springng up, he felt that they had reason to hanl
/ God and take courage-to set up an Ebenezer, ,anc
say, Hitherto the Lord hath helped u.s.
, IN looking forward to the future of this strug
gle, SAID Mr.. NJ, there be- in the mind of eve
ry thinking man. hesitation or doubt as to the
actual result If cause be of God, you canno
overturn it 4, and if any cause ever demonstrated
itself to be the cause of God this cause has sc
demonstrated itself. In looking at the struggle
in which we engaged, admit that only one
feature has been promi minenRy brought forward.
admit that our attention has been directed mainly
if not entirely, the influence of this institution
and to the influence of this government, upon th'
rights of man but, at the same time, when it
end shall have been accomplished, when the 'goot
time coming which We have been expecting, shal
have fully come, there will be so plain and poten
a manifestation of the operation of God in tn,
work, that men will see and acknowledge Hi
hand, and say, God has done great things for us;
SO that that feature, which has not been promi
nently brought forward in the beginning, will b'
I, the great and crowning triumph in the end. Zap
plausc.)
Mr.. NJ then alluded to the struggle for liberty
, which seems to be close at hand in the old world
: and enquired if the children Of revolutionary pat
riots in this land should allow their liberties to b.
. trampled upon, and allow four millions of tb
brotherhood of man to be crushed beneath tn
} weight of most unrelenting and accursed bond
age, and remain supinely on their backs withou
= moving in the great struggle lie would ask
. the aggressons of the Slave Power had not bee
sufficiently grievous and oppressive Did it nee
that any more OF their citizens should be impri'
: oned ?-shoud the wait until any moro blood
split ?-or should they initiate the example of thei
: noble forefathers, and enter into the struggle?
: was not necessary that they should take up th
(; sword for the North had only to speak out, an
=, give expression to her moral sentiment, and tn
> destruction of slavery was accomplished, He cal
% cd upon every true hearted American to rise fo
p his country. lie called upon every Christian, ev'
- ry lover of his God, to strike for His altar. Ii
- - called upon every friend Of free speech, fre
:, press and free pulpit, and free religion,
give utterance to voice Of protest that shall max
= the tryart tremble in his seat, and make th
- chains to fal! from the shackled and oppressed
Loud applause)
n In conclusion. Mr., Milligan said-My last wor
IN is, thank the Executive Committee of the Ant
m Slavery Society for giving me the opportunity
% uttering my thought upon this free platform.
st feel that they have conferred upon me very hg
~ honor feel that this platform is an histories
st one. feel that the men who are acting here t
to day are enactpg history, and leave it to poster
We ty to write that history and seal the record An
yh while Doctors of Divinity are shaking their head
q, while fant-hearted friends are expressing the
&C. foars, call upen community to give Is to Il
RS winds, to photograph it upon the canopy Of hea
he en-, to take pen of iron, with the point of dl
nd mond, and write it upon tho rocks forever, that
os member of the Old School Covenanter Church
nd class of people who ore known to have spin
or column backbone, that will not bend to hatte
lis nor bow to power-bas stood upon their platforl
he has given his assent to their testimony against y
n Llanl In nstitntion of This land ngainst the Cons