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

there comes thr mnuruful echo No. In JiInaica :
In tho British Wo3t lnliu Islands +? Yes sbou'
tho mn resistants. certainly in J1mailn mora
sua.ion triumphed. Tho abilitiur uf Slavery in
the British West Indies vas u glorious act and
the Gdrncntes Vt it we're nube bcncfncmrs Of ~,
human race. Int thei: work. and their character
and their triumph in my oriuior, has been great
lg mitniied IL does not require very heroi,
spirit OF aelf sacrifice 10 llcnd the cause Of NJ
outraged rece, sncog frioad,y people; when you
have prejudice OF color or condition to counter
act, and when you argue the cause Of the opprcss
ed in a way tlitt does not threaten pccunary
lrss to h,sc whom you are seeking to enlist ir
their cause. That is precisely what Wilbcrforct
and his compatrots did. Wilhcrforce was y phi
llnthropi,t but 40 hero-or only carpet-hcfo
aud no energy Of cuiogy or pertinacity Of pra,s,
will ever lla;e him on an equal station in iht
Pantheon Of History with the nsurrectonar7
negro of Jamaica Sharpe, or or own IA, Tar
ncr, Or, abIye all-baclu~e wholly unsel6,h, and
'disinteresied eur uncquoled Capt, Brown.
love Wendell Phillips. or all our l,ing anti.
slavery teachers, listen detereutaly to his voice
only; but, revieaing the history Of freedom,
proudly hurl back his sarcastic alusiou to ph7si.
live plane of action than the moral suasionis,s,
AS beIie'ing in creed Of fivc ponts' of which !
have forgotten two,-Lut Of which the other three
are, the FIST, and poison and the revolver Sclrn-
/ I'ulIy intended, gladly accept these symbols of
ny faith. The f,t;' 81 not see shat rtecmen
can make noher use of their hands than doub-
ling them % 10 knock tyr,nt, d,wn with 'Pos.
Jon! Every one Of ynr, believe. that God sent
po'7on ntn 'his world of ours for some usefn' ppr.
pose: and il were saye mother. ind saw my
lchiIdrcn sold, | am Inclined to believe that /
should be led To tak that the G,tcet purpose that
poison could he applied To, wou.d lie t. sehdiag
slave drivers out OF the world The reyolecr ! It
is tne mlst eff ent al the Declaration OF In e
uendence ever had Genge Washington hv his
'iSt will an! testament. cmancipttcl his slaves
"nd CoI Colt was sent to US to devise the best plan
for c=ecHtins and extending the patriots hehcst
The time will como, 3na Is rapidly approaching
when the free Black man in his prayer will thank
God for Cole and his revolvers, ana for Shurp and
his breach lonling rf.s.
NHn-rNsistance as regard il, is the outgrow,h
of an unnatural men Al condition. aud should he
ranked with the eHt4recd aelibncy of The monks
and tie voluntary celibicy Of the Shakers. Bur
God Furnishes all such violations Of His laws
Monks are irreIigiou>ly unchsritaLle in their
'creeds, h,krrs live and breathe an ntuosuiere
."f most uusrdy anl uacou,ror,abie sadness ana
non-rcsistants cannot know tha thrill of Measure
wbch the Successful ropulsc of banded dcsp1,>
creates. Nhrt hls been the greatest auti slavery
triumph OF this age and country, or Of any age and
country -llayti alone accepted? Unloubtedly
the salvation of Kansas, aud tie ocean-Iounict
emricc west of it, from size deva~tating grasp Of
Slavery. Ia that grand ard holy achievemeut the
n"n-reaisan's had neither lot nor part.
Every consistent Amcrcan-tlat j., every one
who has living fiith in the D4carArion of Indo-
pcndcnce and every consistent Cnri,riau-tha,
is, every one VIM believes that the BiLio i. the
Inspired word of Grd---s bound to do his inter-
most or the freedom 81 the slave. Every Ameri- .
can and every Christian. also must admit tbat the
history of cur Revuluti"n and the histories OF he
Bible justify the nsp OF 2hy steal force for tbs over
throw of Slavery. have tried to show. rI,o,
that, hitherto mural SuaSion,' unaccon, rmued by
phy~i:a! "roe, has been inadequate to the liberia.
,ion Of thc slave.
Hence. hon1r J1hn Brown, the leaders of the
inendcrs of Yrrginiu aud equally do honor
Aaron D, Stevens. and his comrule, Albert II 2.
I"ft,who were murdered 20 day by the Slave Power
for attempting 20 help the helpless and lift up the
duwn trodler.
d" not hnld that we are all hound to follow
their example scp hy TeT 1; for tEete is some
times conflict Of duties that prevents US from
carrying out some Of our convictions into actions
IN the methods that we most approve. That man
Sould lie coward who would leave Eelples.
yuman and clples5 children u, hom,. to On and
fight !or the bUndmen in Virginia. His charity
must begin at home 70 be acceptable 20 God. but
it mn'r not end there, it he would have it pIeas-
ing 10 Heaven Neither, if he is not Tins With
held, must he rashy aud without adcqnate prepa-
ration, draw his sw ,rd for the slave His life is
|eapon-Gnd giVen-to yield in behalf Of the on,
pressed and he must not at his peril throw il
needlessly away. Prudence when brcEed by cour-
age, is heroc virtue, "a, when founded on self.
shress, it is n base and unwort'. instinct
1t may be suggested thrt wise and worthy pru-
ience might counsel US to stay at home-ihat al
though in all times past physical force was the
most Efficient agency Of progress, the world or our
Oart of II, has at length outgrown it forever
eloquenty and often inculcated this idea To r.,
'ute il, point South. Slavery exists there Tn
i'll the world cutgrows Mat Iniquuy, it will never
'utgrow tho necessity of physical revolutions
That fact, think, is overwhelming and sufficient
n reply.
Bet me say here, that whlo do not teach thar
II of us are boun' by our ideas, irrespective of
ther duties, to fight physically Tor the slave, ! h
'9t hold that we are rapidly approacAn! the cri.
is when this necessity. our own soil. will he
Orced npon us, or voluntarily and willingly aceep.
ed. Mr., Emerson recognised John Brown as a
representative Of the American Republic / do
ot SEQ the force or aptness of this, our great
escher's illustration. But in Aaron D. Stevens /
% see true representative Of the North IwiIlL {