Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1860-09-29

from virginia, who demanded their surrender sew
orally of the Governors of these two states. We
are glad 20 be able to say, tina. Gov. Dennison and
GOv,Kirkwoo, 10Th refused to comply with the de-
mand. Their refusal, it is true, was based upon
technicalities, the existence Of which might not
have been discovered, had the offence charged been
o crime against humanity, Instead Of q praise
worthy, though unla wful deed. BE that, however,
as it may, whether tho acquisitions we're virtually
defective in technical points, or whether the hu-
mainly ofIhe Governors led them TO magnify these
objections, and thus avoid conquering their preju-
dices and performing a disogreeable duty, or;
whether they believed that tao delivering up Of
such f~ugitives would be On unpopular measure,
suffice it to say that the acquisitions were not COM
piled with; and Virginia, bafled in her attempt,
and with no means Of redress, was left to digest
at her leisure this Notifying failure.
those who comprehend the philosophy Of the
anti-slavery reform, and duly appreciate its char
ncier, are content to labor, though the obstacles
are formidable, and tho prospects far from rromis-
ing. They cannot foregO the honor of r~ecogniz-
ing these heaven born principles, and contributing
to their defence. Anti-slavery is 30 much nobler,
and higher and better than We that to be permitted
to appear os its friends, ms its adherents, is far moro
to us, THAI we can ever be to it. 1t sprang ages
since from a deep sense of justice, from o grand
faith in the progress and perfectibility of the race:
8 To be the receivers, the defenders, the propoga4
tors of this higher law, of this grand faith, is a
privilege which claims our gratitude.
n 1t is said that Philip of Macedon gave thanks
t to the Gods, that they had permitted his SOC to be-
t born in the days Of a certain Greek philosopher,
y that the boy might be educated by bin, and made
:, worthy to succeed the father and to rule the Mace
Il dnnioDs And oy in tho E,bt nc n brooIo, -,
9 ~iiiSation, we see perhaps, more clearly than did
Philip, the necessity of tho development of man
into its largest and noblest proportions, and VIC
/ have therefore especial reason to be thankful that
+. we are permitted to occupy the stage of existence,
< when there are moral philosophers whose teach
ing and whose example, if needed by our children,
70 would enable them to become the righteous rulers
70 of a Republic far moro righteous than this. What
lessons of self denial, of virtue, of conservation to
a a holy cause come up before us as we review the
"A history of our movement. How have the few who
inaugurated it, maintained their integrity and
~ nobly periled all earthly interests in behalf Of
= justice. The first note which fell upon the ear of
nc this guilty people, is repeated to-day with the Same
N interest, and earnestness, and sublime hope that
Oh inspired its original utterance. Men Of the high
~ est position and the widest culture stand before
m III hhiOu hhu uCO'dlO Il AnG1 a Nv OiJtCt
M in life, bat to lift four millions of degraded out
ts casts into civilization and manhood. These are ex-
smples that will add fresh brilliancy to the page
q Of history. Women too have done the stern duty
no of sentinels, and braved dangers that made strong
o men tremble. They have forgone the elegant leis'
I'd ure, the luxurious repose that fashion prescribes,
and labOred with the zeal of true patriots to re-
- move the curse which rests upon American insti-
ho tutions.
- In a Lay Of ancient Rome the legend saith, thas
its when the city was in eminent peril from the de-
10 scent of a Tuscan army, the brave Horatius, as
~ sisted by two men periled his life in destroying
nd the bridge across the Tiber, which rendered it i'm
gill possible to enter the city. Inspired with the holy
purpose of saving the town, of defending the ash
=, es of his fathers, and the tempt OF Lis Gods;
o,o of protecting the tender mother and the holy mai
s;s den, he went out to face fearful odds-to offer
himself a sacrifice for the good of the Macy
-; Thrice thirty thousand foes were before him, and,
der There lacked not men OF proves,
her Nor men of lordly race;
bold Fer all Etruria's noblest,
to Were round the fatal place.
The But the bold Roman kept the bridge; the tossing
sea of steel before him ebbed and flowed unGe
OPP the weight of his mighty hand. The bravost o
she the brave Tuscans who strobe out before the crow
any to win the narrow pass, were instantly disabled
and fe!led to the earth. Meanwhile the axe va
'ess- diligently piled to hew down the bridge, the tim
nent 5ers began to crack, battlement and plank an
like pier, and overy loosened beam at length fell wit
one tremendous crash, and Rome was saved. The
ut arose a long shout of triumph from the walls G
the the city-one rapturous cry fjoy at their deliv5l
beas ance. And the memory Of him who wrought thi
pen valiant deed, passed down thro' the ages, stirrin
the the old Roman blood like a trumpet's blast. Motl
'titu- es prayed that their sons might be like him; me
esses and maidens We'd with each other in doing hon
age to the name of Horatius.
nent, But in the coming future, when the Lays
Booth ancient America shall De written, there nav
be one of a christian hero, who spent the best part
sue q lifetime, in devising plans to meet a deadly 70
issue and then taking counsel of the Almighty, he we
time out to face, not 90 900 men, but a whole empi
in arms against him. And the Lay will tell hO
lrt of bravoly he kept tho fort, how tenderly he treat
en- in his prisoners. how grandly he bore his captivit
: for how triumphantly he assembled the scaHold, al
ccess how the whole civilized world recognized Il
Deo- wisdom Of his words and the heroisth Of his deed
AS the blow from the rod Of Moses cleft the desc
,pris- rock, and caused the waters to gush forth ia t
, the wilderness, so the blow which he struck, open
Is re. the stone covered fountains of human sympStt
,ment ana sect and party were unable to restrain 3
one, spontaneous Exclamation, Well done! 70 t
its oppressor' his presence at Harper's Ferry "
y the IKE Inc hand' writing upon the wall, to the oppr
aused sor OF old.
prisO- And the Lay will show that this story was
sence. peated in the home of the master and in the cal
of the slave, shAs it awakened hope in the hei
tshta- of the enslaved on the shores of the Potomac, a
d the in the heart of the oppressed on the shores of
60, or Tiber that every man who felt the CALLING of a