Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1860-01-28
WHOLE NO. 746.

not as o COSnOpOnldn bcape-HOdl--uOt " oet W
dogmas for men to quarrel about-not to bs adj
mred and believed in. simply but to be followed
as an example And this wild faith in Christisni-
ty had tho most Iuzuriant soil 70 grow IN, for sbs
blood of the Pilgrims 10 the believers veins.
lie looked back over FIVE sires, and saw tbs Pfv
genitor who landed from the May aower on Plys
mouth Rock The stream of Puritan blood hSd
only eddied into i've hearts to reach his own. And
it seems to have come to him full Of the early ars
-uncorrupted-no Government official hsd 'estsp-
ded' ft-and, falling into his veins wak The llEth
and glow of three centuries 10 it, it made him fnts
what is becoming a rare sight among us.--a brsvs.
free uncorruptiLle man.
This blood gave him the cool brain, the wsfm
hcar; the IRON nerve the indomtabi, will. IL
gave him the logical mind, that straight to fts
conclusion and the practical hand tho, follows op
the thought. And it gave him that shrewd COM
mon sense which makes the veil Of sophissry that
selfshness shFows over the truth, as transpsssst
az web Of gossamer.
This blood Of the Pilgrims, mellowcd BY the
light Of q moro liberal and loving faith than the
early stock knew. and tempered BY the warmth OF
large and generous humanity, nourished into
life man whose single arm has jest nov sSaken
hi, nation, and whose marvellous heroism has
stirred the dullest pulse in the land.
His blood is on the legal instruments Of torture
and death with which Virginia slew him; and biz
body sleeps in calm rspose in the shadow Of thS
rock OF his own homestead but John Btopn lives
in the loving regard Of thousands of earnest Learts,
whose eighs have been his funeral dirgc. SD
whose bones, tears are his most eloquent euloguM.
| Now let as look for morren; at ons Of tho
worlds fools, '-remefb betins that God takes jdst
such instruments With which to c"hfound the wise.
Tho early life Of JOHN Brown vas such % to make
him sef-relian,, tho, ghtful. hardy and brave. II
led him away from so-called good society bus
so much tho better or him; it lef; him uncorrupt-
ed and gave him q chance of becoming man. 10
taught him to think with Natures logic. thst ssks
what is truth, and how much ve can sei of ~
and not with society's logic that is always asking
how much Of the truth it will be safe to use
He was bashful man suffering more from,
difidence, he tells US, than from all other fear
Fortunate again here. Our bashful boys are al.
ways our best thinkers, most sytnpuhetis. and
purest hearted The man who subdued Kings Of.
this continent was bashfu. that in rsing bsfors
fCongrer. to aoknowledgo tho honor Of ,ss~ ct
thanks he broke down without saying word
The man who bushes before the fash Of Beauty's
eye is not apt to blanch before the flash Vt esa'
non. --et. s c-ol eIy- .tr g laue ,si Z
Brown was trained in the use of arms. Il 10 .
singular fact, that far in the words history the
best men have handled swords If you dodbt this,
think of Washington and st. Peter ! --l rot
In bis later youth he studied theology. with q
- tho ministry bnk hia atlfdiaH
were interrupted by fortunate attack of in6ama.
ticn in the eyes. Hero he was lucky again. For,
had he fallen among tho priests, the shabres are.
thu, he would haes gone 10 work, Ike them. iu
some theological treadmil, that he might eat
piece Of bread ey
But this intention Of his led him to study the
Scriptures; which, as he escaped tho t.snmcls of
sectariauistn was one Of tn, 5ts! lHihss ihat could
have happened to him. Il gave him q true ides
of duty, aud lofty sense of right; and IS he
did not take on the shackles Of the Church. IL fet
him with some freedom to act out his consicious!
And it left the simple words OF Christ tnshorn
OF their force by false interpretations -imrfsssSd
upon au earnest soul, that loved the oblfgation
they imposed. And the commands, Go thod and
do likewise and, 'Remomber those in bonds as
bound with them he looked upon as spoken to
himself; and in the simplicity of his hesrti hs
sought to obey them.
We next find him on farm in New Yorhs
where he continues his obscure, though most man.
ly and independent occupation, until tie come
mepcemen: of the troubles in Kansas. When he
saw the strong arm and stout heart needed in
Tint territory, he went there. and supported the
Right by word and blow. He was there for
deeds and right Lravely and nobly did he do
them. When summoned to o council of war; bic
Spartan reply was, Tell the Gensrsl when hs
wants to :fghi, to send for me
With The loathing Of trds sou he hated cow
ards, and liars, and hypocrtes. The pto!ans
swearer was not allowed in bis company; and 10
came to be an evidence of high moral rank to Be
found the companion oI Old John Brown.
When the strife in that territory ended, and ht
saw that Slavery could not plant it's blecdy foot.
steps there, he came eastward again; but not to
forget the cause Of Freedom and the oppressed;
Tho wronged, the plGndered, the degraded. .-hS
carried them in his heart, and 10 the constant
darkness Of the present, his manly hand wss ever
feeling for the bolt that batred theifi in, that hs
ight open their prison doors and bid them ~
out free.
l, was the study OF his life how best to hghi Tie
giant wrong of this land and release those who are
crushed and bleeding beneath its hoof. Look at
him as he was, when he stood here among US, con-
templating the wrongs Of the slave, aud dss0.ins
his life to their removal. Let us glance at tbs
scene which appears before him, and think Of i, a.
he undoubtedly looked upon it, Here was one Of
the first nations in the world, tina, started as ths
champion Of inalienatle human rights and human
equality. now utterly recreant to it's early
principles, and become tie open defender aud
propagaudist ofthe mos: inhumaa tyranny ,hs
world ever saw.
lie saw 100000 human beings asseslJ assrs
ded as much below the level Of the bttes a thur