Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1859-12-24

Rlonr TO LIBERTY (Applause.) Beyond all
question, IL must have been VIRGINIA HERSELF,
who, by her coat Of arms, with its terrible motto,
: Sic semper t~yrannis,' INSERTS the right of the
oppressed to trample their oppressors beneath their
feet, and; if necessary, consign them TO q bloody
grave! Herein John Brown found the strongest
Indictment and the fulles. justification.
Who instigated the deed at ~IIarper's Ferryf-
The people whose motto is, Resistance to tyrants
is obedience to God -acd whose e~xulting talk is
Of Bunker Hill and Yorktown, and tho deeds of
their REVOLUTIONARY sires! Nay, we must 90
back to the source of life itselE-'So God created
man in his own image; male and female created
no Them Thus making an 'irrepressible conflict
between the soul of man and tyranny from The
beginning, and confirming what Lord Brougham
SO eloquently uttered years ago-'Tell me not of
rights; talk not of the property of the planter in
his slaves. deny the right; / acknowledge not
the property. The principles, the feelings of our
nature rise in rebellion against it. Be the appeal
made to the understanding or to the heart, the SEN
tence is the same that rejects 1t. In vair you tell
me of laws that sanction such q claim. There is
a law above all the enactments Of human codes
the same throughout the world, the same in all
time-it lie the lao ,crittsn by the finger Of God
upon the heart of man; and by that law unohange-
able and eternal, while men despise fraud, and
loatbe rapine, and abhor blood. they will reject
with Indignation the wild and guilty phantasy
that man con hold property in man. loud ap-
plause.)
We have q natural right, therefore, to seek the
abolition Of slavery throughout the globe. 1t is
our special duty to make Massachusetts free soil,
SO that the moment the fugitive slave stands upon
il, he shall take his place in the ranks of the free.
God commands us to hide the %outcast, and bewray
not him that VANDERBILT I say, let the will of
God be done! That is the head and 'front.' of my
'fanaticism! That is the extent Of my 'infdelity'l
That comprehends all Of my 'treason'l TIE
WILL OF GOD BE DONE! (Great applause.)
God forbid that we should any longer continue
the accom- plices Of thieves and robbers, of men
stealers and women-whippers! We must join to-
gether in the name of freedom. As for the Union
where is it, and what is il? In one half Of it,
no man can exercise freedom Of speech or of the
press nc man can utter the words Of Washing
ton, of Jefferson, or of Patrick ~uenry-except at
The peril of his life; and Northern men arc every
where hunted aud driven from the South, if they
are supposed 10 cherish the sentiment of freedom
in their bosom. We are living under an awful
despotism--that Of a brutal slave oligarchy. And
they threaten to leave US. if we do not continue to
do their evil work, as we have hitherto done it, and
60 down ir the dust before them! Would to IIea-
ven they would 20! prolonged cheering.) 1t
would only be the paupers clearing out from the
town, would it notf daughter and cheers.) But,
no; they do not mean to 60; they mean to cling to
you; and they mean to su6due youf But will you
be subdued? ['No!' 'No!] tell you, our work
is THE DISSOLUTION OF THIS SLAVERY
CURSED UNION, if we would have a fragment
of our libersiss left TO usl tApplaoss. Surely,
between; frsemsn who believe IN exact justics and
impartial liberty. and slayeholders who are 70.
cleaving down all human rights at a blow, it is no,
possible there should be any union Whatever
How can two walk together, except they be
agreedf The STAKEHOLDER, with his hands drip
ping in blood, will l make q com pact with himi
The man who plumbers cradles, will / say to him
Brother, let us walk together 10 unity'2 Tbs mar
who, to crafty his lust or his anger, scourges wo
man with the lash till the soil is red with her blood
will say to him, Give me your hand;Ilet us foru
avn applause.
There can be no union between US. What con
cord hath Christ with Belialf' What union ha,
Freedom with Slavery? Let US tell the inexorabi,
and remorseless tyrants of the South that thei
conditions, hitherto imposed upon US, whereby W,
} are morally responsible for the existence of SLAYER,
are horribly inhuman and wicked, and we canno
carry them out for the sake of their evil company
By the dissolution of the Union, we shall give tbt
finishing blow 20 the slave SYSTEM; and then Coo
will make j. possible for US to form q true, vital
enduring, all-embracing Union, from the A,lanti,
to the Pacific one God to be worshipped. one Sa
Vior to be revered. one policy to De carried out
freedom every where TO all the people, withou. re
gard to complexion or race-and the blessing o
D God resting upon US all! loud applause.
want to see that gloriousiday! Now the South i
d full OF tribulation, and terror, and despair, goin,
I down to irre,rievable bankruptcy. and 'fearin
u each bush an officer Would to God il might al
7 pass away like q hideous dream! And how easil
Z it might be! What is it that God requires of tn
South, to remove every root of bitterness, ~ ALA
o every fear, to fill her borders with prosperity? Bu
one simple act of injustice. without violence O
u convulsion. without danger or hazard. 1t is thi,
C"uo "e HeuOy OuTueHS, BREAK EVERY Y0KI
4 AND LET THE OPPRESSED co FREE. Then shall tn
y light break forth as the morning, and thy DARK
. ness shall be as the MONDAY. Then shalt tho
. call, and the Lord shall answer; thou shalt or,
and he shall say, Here / am. And they that shaI
: be of thee shall build the old ,cast places; tho
> shalt raise up the foundations of many generation.
= and thou shalt be called, The repairer of th
d breach, the resto.er Of paths to dwell in
How simple and how glorious! 1t is the CON
;, plete solution Of all the difficulties in the case.
that the South may be wise before it is too late
and give heed to the word of tho Lord! Blu
whether she will hear or %forbear, let as renew GU
. pledges to the cause Of bleeding humanity, an
spare no effort to make this truly the land of th
free, and the refuge Of the oppressed!
a Onward, then. ye fearless bard,
n, Heart TO heart. and hand to hand,
v Yours shall be the Christians stand,