Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1859-08-20
MtsreIlaneons
FOR the Busls.
I AND EREMIAR ON LAW.

I expect I gin Jeremiae's nerves an awful
schock tother mite. You see it happened in this
way. I'd bin thinkin and thinkin about the way
thing, was managed in this ere world for a long
spell without lettin on about tew anybody. But
when ! couldn't hold in no longer bust eout by
sayin Jeremiah what's the use O. law emmy
heow Z"
How dew you think Jeremiah acted then
Why jist as most men would l spose. lie threw
sp both hands as much as tow say IN give W
now and says he, "Betsey air you a fool or as
crazy as a loon ?"
wall" says I, "~perhaps I am both. At emmy
rate its purity sartin that my idees and other
iolkes' don't agree"
"And q NIFTY fine thing it is for the world that
they DON'T" says be. "Perhaps So" says /, "but
you hain't answered my ~queschin yit." "YOur
queschin" says he, II guess 'twould be answered
nifty suddenly CT you had your way and tina warnt
no law emmy more, you'd be murdered in less than
a week you foolish %critter.
"You think so 2" says l. "Wall l should rally
like to know who'd do it and what fur?" "Wouid
1t be you" says l, or neighbor Smith or Brown
that would murder meH l baint got no money
and what arthly reason could ennybody have fol
takin' my life ?"
"Reason," says he, "they wouldn't want nc
reason; they'd kill for the fun ont" Would you
kill folks fur fun ?" says L, "No sir you've got
enuf else to attend to. Depend ont Jeremiah
'tpouldn'tpay.
"Wall." says he, "there is folks that has money
Of you hsint, and there is folks that will murder
for money ; now what would we do I'd like tew
know without o law to punish murderers.
"Ef you think we've got one now" says i,
''you'rs greatly mistaken" "To be sure there's
something against such work on the statoot books.
But that is only dead law, the licin' lao is in pub
Tic opinion and that amt enlightened up to the
point of putting down murder yit." NO." says
/, mot by a long why's, for don't our law makers
themselves shute men as they would foxes, and
break each others heads with bludgeons and
where's the law to punish EN- ? What good did
them parchment laws do when the border rufians
was butchering the people of Kansas. l tell ye
what Jeremiah" says l "ef it hadn't been fur
them statoot laws that people have got an idee
they must obey, they'd hev riz in q body and put
a stop to them awful dewins in a hurry. Depend
ont says I, "the law that folks thinks is SIGH a
blessing, amt what it's cracked up to be.
at hangs little villains but makes Presidents
and Senators Of big ones. 1t let's o Senator go
free who shutes down a man without warnin', but
stretches out its hands to grab the man who helps
q poor colored boy to escape from the monster
kidnappers. Eff it hadn't been fur that foolish re-
spect fur law do you spose"says l" that the people
of the Western Reserve would have let them Ober-
lin Resouers laid in the Cleveland Jail over night ?
No Jeremiah they'd have torn that abominable den
into flinders, eff it had not been fur fear folks
wouldn't consider 'em law abiding citizens emmy
more. Folks have such a mortal horror of break.
in the law. No matter now MEME hearts or
heads is broke. of only the law keeps hull. Fid-
d~lestieks, I'd like for one to see folks use a little
common sense. Don't the sacred Law allow pizen
to be sold, in every town, that makes men crazy
and amt it considered al right? But eff when
they should happen to kill ennybody, what then ?
Why the law hangs 'em provided they're only
poor wite men or niggers. Butiful lawl"
at can't be got around" says "that all that
10 wanted to make this world as good a world as
ever was lived in, is to e~ddycate the people not to
worship as sacred wicked laws made by wicked
en-bu to follow out the higher law writ on
their VI conshuns. At any rate Jeremiah it
wouldn't cost emmy more than it doez to keep the
Wheel of political machinery creased, and might
pay better. BETSEY B1GLOW.