Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1860-04-07

laraii"n of Independence (; and, thus believing
for still further daring. (to use his Captains word
nut that thing through j. or in the word. o.
God nS rendered by Isaiah for attempting to 'pso
claim Liberty throughept all the hand unto all the
inhabitants thereof M'ny of yon knew bin ;
shall he lie in vain, md unaVcnged
To those Of you who are friends Of the slave
driver nave nothing 20 say--my duty is with
men whose hearts too large to be suif catcd by
the dust raised by party mounebauks and whose
gaze is too steady Ia be dnzzed hy the glare Of the
false and fatal splendnr uf the Desp,s'. COURT 70
those Of y0d who ready to imitnp Sttyeos this
only need be said Be prepared; tide yuur time:
ere long you will bo called For tell yon. men
OF Ashtabula, that she strangling OF Juha Brown
was mol the death Of his cause and that, ere
m any more moons revo.vc the slave will be offer
ed succor again. Six months before the blow at
llArper's Ferry stated that it would be made, ,nnd
even indicated by whom ; aud again. | give the
lave driver u solemn warming to set his house in
order Tor his doom is pronounccd-'he shall die
and not live Monoy will be needed to execute
these plans Of Liberation. Those Of yea who ap-
prove it may aid it by YOUR money.
Bat do not think that many Of you are yet pre.
pared to 20 far while most of you, / do not
daubt, are wiling t, do everything that is right
and possible at home
Believe it, here peacefully. without danger 20
Yourself you can still do much 10 benefit the
slave. George Washington said that he hoped to
SEQ a Conieieracy Of Free States. Begin that
work start the free N,rrhern Republic the re-
public without siaves with the stern determine
tion iaat its southern limit shall he the Gulf vf|
Mexico. Let the slave hunter krow that here. in
Ashtnbula cuuEtv, the wicked must cease from
troubling and the weary fugitive may find rest
that death, summary and certaia shall be the lot
ot him, who attempts here to steal from any man
his Gud-givon and inalicnuL'e tiEht7 Refuse to
advise luG'uyes, either white or black from the
tyranny of the Slave holder to seek sure abiding
place in Canada. L.; them know that this at
least is Free soil inhabited by people Free
Bye and bye, if you stand frm, you will annex
Chic, aud then the United States.
II there be any men here. who are kuoxn to be
he voluntary spies Of tho Tyrnnt, lot them be
marked out as bye worls, and kissing and for
public seorn refuse to recognize them as your
equals in social life, do not perrrjt your children
81 associate with heiTs and neither trade with
ihem. nor kneel with them at the altar Of your G
am tald shat there such men here. II they
lived in the SJnfh they w0uit be tarred and feati1-
cred, and ignnmihiUusly driven ont of the COM
munity. ta manlirr bnt infinitely more sal'.
ing punishment 10 meeted out to such PERSONS
keye.
am ,oll that there are ccrgymen in AshtaJu.
Ia County, who refuse to utter one word Of rebuks
{ ,I. -; ct
from which, rhe d!Ieful spring Of iunumernblo po.
liticaI woes. l'HS also every manner Of sin ana
every species Of crime.
Ina,mueh ~ ye have done it unto the least 0!
these my brethren, yc have done i, unto ne.
Remember these in bonds rs bound With
them"
Now those OF you who support such spurious
ministers Of the ispc of Cnri,t as resolurely re-
fnse to u'ter one word rpr ,d'4 children in chains:
who remember every sabbath to remember to for
get to remember Ih"sa in bonds ~ bound viii,
them ; are pcrsistertlY nalIlf,ins your principles
b> yn3r prse, aud encouraging lie that call. H.
self Christian church. and thereby only riyiting
tie irons Of the Slaves The church that omit~
the Slave in its c.eel is nota church Of Christ,
but Of the Devil rather, whose work it does aud
whose servants applaud ii. Tarn out such hl.e
teachers, ye friends of the slave, or come out oil
such synagogues Of Satan
A. rrienheTs of Political Parties also, you can
Ireuty all the Slave aud the cause uf freedom -
Most Of you are Republicans Refuse resulutely.
aver to obey party rather than principle. Whcu !
The Politician seeks To abuse your confidence, and ii
asks you 10 compromise' with principle, by eec-
lin, obi afaa 4,
i. not obuoxinus to the enemies of the cause, let
hi=l know that you shall refuse 10 be made tools,
nf tha; for example, ynu are utterly opposed to
Bates in order 10 obtain the good will
# recreant repruhateS whom the Democracy have
neither Offices use for; that, the great advan-
tage Of Republican form, is that the aOlest maa
can thu be chosen to the highest place, you will
not consent to peryert its functions in order to
ooncliate any class or state or party whatsoever
Let him know that you do not oubscribe To that
ca'echism which lep;ics to the question What is
Tia chief end Of man? Mans chief eud is TO save.
the Republican party and 10 play 81 fiddle to the
Slave power forever. Let him know tha, you
hate the Slave Power, and have mother Gayors to
ask 10, nor compromises to make with il; und
that, it you elect any man to represent you, il
shall be one who IS not merely two legged ami
nal without feathers. but . man-not IN .de OF
putty nor with a spine of cotton but a backbone
If unyielding fabric aud an upper lip Of uncom-
non inaexibllity.
I have great faith 10 the Western Reserve. Il
prung up in the lar Southern States, where If th9
people knew little else. they do know thar in the
North, there are three places at least-New York Y
Boston. and AshmLua Coanty Long may you, :
tizens of Asbtabula, preserve ths envablc dis {
inc;ion of bcing noted where Slavery s strongest
rs one Of the foremost Of its foes Long may this
,e ia very deed the Western Reserve section F.,
solely for free aud free speech ard as
sure abiding place for the fusitves from sla y
ery. And have faith that il will be. The ris
az generation here gives bounrful promise Of up
lodng the fame of the generation Of to-day IL
ove lIle children and often tTy TO learn how they