Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1859-08-13

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a change to which, I understand neither Mr.. Pills
bury, nor Mr.. Foster objects. ] cannot call Tn
Tribune or WARD BEEcnER an 'eneniy" Of the An.
ti-Slavery cause for think they wish il well, not
! i'll. But their mistakes make them with all their
good wishes serious obstacles. SO long as they re-
main in fellowship with avle State and ver
Church, they are surely obstacles TO real eff cient
antslavery progress. By intention. friends Of the
slave, and doing much to rouse aud instruct the
public; by position and unavoidable Influence,
formidable obstacles to real work. Tacticus told
us, centuries ago, to fear the faults Of good men
far more than those OF the bad and, precisely as
Mr.. Pillsbury's resolution afrms, and as said at
the came meeting. the anti-slavery professions and
services Of the bodies and persons referred to win,
while their grave mistakes mslead. the public
mind. waste precious opportunities, defeat our eff
orts and confuse public opinion. 1927"
These persons, presses and bodies referred to
have wide and deep influence. They are edu-
eating the North, and they mislead it. 1t is fair
! to say that one-half Of them do not speak what
they really think, and the other half does not ap-
ply its moral sense to the subject Of slavery Yet
the community follows them as ant-slavery guides
dhd limits its faith to their aroiced creed
To prove slavery sin-to prove all support Of
1T in Church or State sin--to make the commu-
nifty see 1t sin Of SO grave and'momentous char
acter as to justify secession from the Church with
without the charge OF schsm, and resistance to the
State out the guilt of fac,ion-this is the work of
| the American Anti-Slavery Society; This is the
only road to the abolition Of slavery, y-
Now these bodies affirm slavery to be a sin, and
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They take for text, Execute justice between
man and man. and then preach that you may
work iniauity little longer and for. a good pur-
pose. They allow that right is right, no matter
what the consequences; and,,hen argue and prac-
tise, that the end justi6es the means, They have
yet to make their first protest, in action against
the primal sin of these States-that is, playing
with Right and Wrong, and compromising ones
convictions for ones interests They have mould
ed and are moulding the spirit of this people, and
what is it? To speak what his in@ @ost soul thinks
and square his life by IT, is folly the American
merchant never commitsLa luxury tho American
politician never allows himself, except, ike the
jew Of the middle ages, in his most secret ctam-
"o' = '~- .nis..--s-: ,s9I- pfis - d
cannot afford to practise.
This is TRUE of the persons and bodies mention
ed in those resolutions, well of the Democrats
and the Deweys-of all, indeed, but Shareholders.
Yet these affect to be and are considered good
practical, efficient anii-slasery guides. n sdT
Now how shall we teach the people ethics, ex-
cept by taking its idols to pieces, and analyzing
the sermons of its priests and the talk of It's pol
ticians? By telling the people at once what oil
politicians say when over seventy years old and
bon IF "A; hot prasidapt w
out when blazing Kansas startles, him out of that
"desricable virtue, prudence; what Caeever will
learn when the Church, that hates and fears him,
has kicked out its too confding son, who 'oM shut
his eyes to facts aud believe that which ought to
be is; what two out of every three decent men
say to each other in chimney corners. and then
abuse their neighbors for proclaimng telling them
what Seward knows to-day, but cannot run tho
risk Of yet confessing and thus prepare a public
which will make it possible for halfway virtue to
afford to join us and swell the tide (made up of
hundred motives, score Of opinions and one
hearty before the Bastile shall fall ..,.. -. ~.
Mrs. Martiheau makes distinction, see, be-
tween the Church and parties. But in q country
wLcre all te,e,hics are taught and learned at the
polls as really as from the pulpit, and whosoever
seeks to mould public opinion must watch both.
Now, shall we change Jour plan--tell of the
slaves snfferings, number up lashes and read the
statutes of starvation We may proudly claim
that if this work had not been so thoroughly done
years ago, did NOT our people hate slavery for o
better reason than lashes and legal starvation,
UNCLE Ton had never been success. e-,-
Shall we talk of broken Constitutions The
answer will be, rAil true, though something of
bore, but let the lawyers settle that" Witness
Kansas, the shuttle-cock of party
Shall we lose ourselves in statistics, aud prove
the waste and ruin of slave labor? We are ad-
dressing the full grow Yankee to whom thatis A.
B, G; bat he "guesses he can snatch fortune
while the system lasts, and let them care who
come behind"
Shall we exert ourselves to make people believe
Buchanan o weathercock and Douglas huckster?
No need Of more owls at Athens, or Goals at New
,astle.
Shall we wearv an audience with Cuba and the
slave trade Why, even Drs. Adams and Dewey 4
"a Democratic caucus if far enough North-Ws
1ribuae-even the Boston Courier (if election day
s not to near) will do that work. Having become
men. let us put away childish things. '' loN
Shall we say slavery is sin and quote Chan
ning on the dignity Of human nature : The hear
,r will say, "frue; but The Tribune or The Era
will allow rhat, and yet show US royal road to
luty, with no thorns in it, and no sacrifices TO
make" :. '-' " 2" '
AND THIS BRINGS Us TO THE cLosE ARGUMENT. TO
MUTUAL cRirIcfsA, OUT OF WHICH GROW FRESH, VITAL
PURPOSE, EARNEST yIhrUE. AND INTELLIeEST, CON
'IsTEST, EFFIcIENT ACTION. -,f
Does any one ask .hcw, if these half-and-half
friends are SO dangerous. We can speak Of them
rs cheering signs of the timesf answer, their
existence is encouraging because it shows that sa
sacous men believe hatred to slavery to be a pow
'r in the State, and hasten to make friends with it
md pse it. When hisante-chamber is full of suit
prs, tSs courier knows bis star is 10 the ascendant
Some Of those bodies are really the wind, and We