Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1860-10-20

N"H"'o " tuch TobiaNanCb 70 Oppression Dv DIO00 7
They exult In the treason Of John Hancock to a
govern meht far less oppressive to the American
colonists, than IS the Federal government to-day
to the free, white, male citizen" Of the North /;
but they do not dare justify the treason of John
Brown. They honor Washington, who fonsh, for
bic own liberty, and after he bad gained il, lived
and died a stakeholder but they dare no, praise
the noble deed by the MurtJr Of ~Ilarper's Ferry,
who strove to free the land Of Washington from
the slavery entaile1 upon il. They point with adj
m%iratiOn to the young hero of France, who, in the
early days Of our republic iorsook his native land,
and united his fortunes with a nation weak ia It's
numerical power. but containing great men in it's
councils but Of him who made far greater sacri.
fees for q people poor, ~dsspised. deg aded and de-
naiionalized, they cay. W. know him not, he is
none Of ours" Verify. verify l Say uato you,
Have ys not read ibis scripture the stone which
the builders rejected, is become the head Of tue
corner"
VINO 10 REsPUNsBLEi
Falling 10 for a little while With the current of
public sentiment, l here repeat the query which
has been so often put,-Who is responsible p
BY what agency was the sentiment created which
acted itself out through John Brown and his little
band at I~Iarper's Ferryf
As well might we seek TO determine by what
agsnt the flower was prompted to unfold its beau
ties, the grain to yield its golden Offering, or the
tres to tower in majestic pride. The sun, the air,
the rain, the dew, the soil, the seed, and acting
above all and through all tue harmonious law OF
an All-WiSe Being-thsse are The agencies by
which such results are produced. And i, has been
. combination of causes that have given ~ history
and TO humanity John Brown and Harper's Ferry.
The hatred Of slavery which the American Anti
Slavery Society has for years been trying to create
and deepen, was one of the moving causes. The
denunciatious of the system by Virginia statesmen
of other times. and their eloquent panegyrics upon
liberty, both of which were summed up and hand
ed down to John Brown 10 the memorable battle
cry of Patrick Henry,-"Give me liberty, or give
me DEATH" was another of the moving causes
And yet another was the charter of this nation
political liberties, glowing, not with the glittering
Generalities of Rufus Choate, but with the Prone.
then fire laid there by the hand Of Thomas Jeffer
son. The commandments Of God as spoken by
Moses, Jeremiah, Isaiah, Ezekiel. and others of his
messengers and the doctrines of Christianity AZ
taught by the lips, and by the life. and in the death
of its founder, may be named as another moving
cause. And when TO these are added the gresr
human heart Of John Brown pulsating with VIC.
manly kindness and Christian sympathy, We have
perhaps, a sufficient knowledge of the facts to en-.
able US to place the responsibility where it be
longs.
A VISIONARY ACT.
But it is affirmed, even by some who claim to b,
drawn very near in sympathy 10 Brown, that hi,
attempt was a wild and visionary act, and could
not other than utterly fail. Those who were mo-
in the confidence Of Osawotomie Brown, whc
were not acquainted with bis plans, and know 20,
Of his eX pectalions-based perchance. on prom
ises unfulflled ARE hardly com petent to judge o
the character Of his undertaking by the fragment
airy portions which they strive TO fit together. |
for one. will not presume to pass judgment upor
an act, which, though denounced as unwise in il
conception because Of it's failure, would have beer
deemed the perfection Of wisdom had success fol
lowed in its train.
ARNOLD OF wINKLEREID.
Among the noblsst warriors Of U~njerwalden
and bigh-towering above them all. stood Arnol
of Winklereid. His c%ountry's foes came gather
ing around in Eerried rank. iron-clad, and bristl
ing with the heads of spears. Time after time di
Arnold and his fellow-warriors charge upon them
but the iron-locksd ranks of the invading hoe
e withstood their shock. Fiercer and 6ercer wake
= tho strife. Step by step did the sons Of Under
@ walden battle for their homes, and step by ste
: we're they compelled to ret eat, AS the enemy wit
: unbruken ranks moved steadily on. Arnold SUD
a ldanlu fhraU dnvrn his shinl1 md lain hia aupa
d upon the ground. Bearing his breast. he spran
il toward the enemy's ranks, and grasping with hi
1 outSiretcheG hands as many spears rs he coul
r reach, and crying, Make Way for Liberty" burie
= them in his bosom. Where Arnold tell the TO,
mans rank was broken, and over his dead bad
i bis comrades passed 10 victory. All Who has
Q read the story honor Arnold for his patriotism
and in the result behold the wisdom Of hts sscrifc,
But had HIS Comrades stood back until the IA
which he bad made by The sacrifice Of his own ii
d had closed, history would have recorded the SUI
n ~jugntion Of Underwalden at that time, and pc
haps incidently mentioned how a foolish man ha
k ncedlessIy sacrificed his life on that occasion. =
Tile lesson is before you.
SUCCESS.
But 0sa Eatom;e Brown did not fail,
. And for success. he asked no more shan this,
To bear unainching witness TO the truth.
8 All true, whole men succeed for ~ha, is worth
Success name, unless is be the thought,
. The inward surety to have carried out
A noble purpose to q noble end,
Although it be the gallows, or the block 7"
True, be was unable to maintain his position
Harper'S Ferry he did not succeed 10 establish
d ing the Provisional government he contemplated
nor did he even secure the escape Of many Of II
Is slaves whose emancipation he desired. But he d.
not fail. Ask Gov. Wise. who boasIfully CLAIM
e that Virginia has achieved a triumph, and ii /
speaks his honest sentiments, he will tell you tn
70 Two or three more such tTiumphs would be The d
% struction Of slavery. The blow at ~Ilarp0r's FerI
e was emiDently a success. Like The spear oi Ii
riel, whose touch dissolved jalsehood, the spel
Is of John Brown is separating between the true AT