Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1860-12-29

les ago Church ard State united to put 10 deatl
the puIest soul who had ever walked the earth
and henceforth the cross becomes emblematc o.
the highest virtue. Sc, likewise the martyrdom
Of John Brown redoems the ga!lows from the igno.
miny and disgrace that have heretofore been at
ached to that relic of the dark ages, which has
been perpetuatod beyond its timo.
D., Noisy politicians. drunk with unholy ambi-
zion for place and power, may vote John Brown a
fanatic, Il madman, a rebel, or what they please.
i appeal from Philip drunk to Philip sober; from
blatant Union-sayers Of to-day to the sober con-
victions of honest men Of another generation.
When Gov. Seward wanted a nomination to the
presidency, and made his bid in the ears of the
listening nation he declared the hero of Osawato-
ME, lastly hung" The sequel proved that be
stopped too low; he ate more dirt than was neceS
sary; 1t gave him fit Of Indigestion perchance
but missed the prize at which he aimed. Well
tho goal of his ambition having eluded his grasp
be can now afford to be honest Ilo has mad time
to take sober second thought, and noo0 listen tc
his words. At Chicago, in September, he says,
when the Missouri Compromise was repealed
John Brown the only man who hoped
against the prevailing decentralization, and eheerei
and sustained me through it," Is this the man,
oh iuexorablo Governor, who was Justly
hung 0, tell it not in Gath In Kansas, with
the spirit of John Brown lowering over him, and
his memory green in the hearts of the people, he
declares an men shall have the ballet, or none;
all men shall have the bullet or none In Mis-
souri, he says "the principle that every man
should own the soil lie tls and the head and
hands he works with, is going through; it is bound
to 20 through. As i, has gone through eighteen
states Of the Union it is bound to 60 through the
other fifteen" There is fanacism for you Of the
John Brown order. Wonder if the ghost Of that
| Virginia gallows did not haunt his dreams after
giving vent to so much treason l tell you,
friends, We can afford to wait.
"But the Harper's Ferry expedition was fail
ure, John Brown foolishy and wickedly threw
away his life in an insane attempt to accomplish
an mpossibility." No doubt the cavelling jew,
as he beheld Jesus dying in agony upon the cross,
wagged his foolish head as he exclaimed, "Tis all
failure. Silly man, to suppose he could redeem
the world by being true to the honest convictions
of his soul" Eighteen hundred years have pass
! e1 by The recorded history of the ages, Calvary's
Martyr is justified, while the carting jew is put
TO shame. SO is it The man who is true
to his highest idea of right is justified by the
unanimous verdict Of succeeding ages, no matter
who among his cotemporaries may sneer and cry,
"fanaticism, infdelity, insanity"
The curse Of the age 9 its infdelity yea its
downright atheism. How few there are who dare
do right always, and trust the consequences No
truth is selfevidept than the slaves right to
Immediate and unconditional emancipation. But
three men out of every four are continually fran
ing petty excuses to justify continuance Of the
iuiquiiy. When will men learn that in the opera
ton of the laws of the moral universe it is both
SAFE and eIpedieat 70 do right. Our business is to
follow the dictates of conscience, that sill small
voice Of God to the soul the ever present inspra-
ton of each human being-the perpetual fevolu-
ton Of natures laws without the soul, without
troubling ourselves about consequences; God will
take care of results. We have no business to
damn our own souls, that we may save the body
of some one else.
But the most important question suggested by
our subject remains to be answered. What is the
lesson to be learned from the raid a: IIarper's Fer
ry? To my apprehension, it is simply this; that
every man Is to be faithful to the highest light he
has, and lire out tie dirineSt inspirations Of his
soul. True, you viii often find it necessary TO
stand alone and contend with the general and uni
versal decentralization with which you are sur
rounded, but remember if you have right on your
side, you in the majority; and if you are hon
est with yourself and true to humanity you will
sooner or later prevail. The world may think you
a fanatic; the Church may brand you nfdel, let
none of these things move you. Let no man sup
pose that to be q reformer is an easy tosk. The
days of the inquisition have passed away; the
stake and tho guilotno are remembered as the
relics of darker age But for him who dares to
mark out his own course in life-who relies upon
his own individuality, and ventures to question the
wisdom of State, and the morality Of the Church,
there is reserved for him the venom of slandeT
and the vituperation Of base ignOble souls, who
have no strength to stem the current of popular
iniquity, but barely vitality enough to keep upon
the surface of liies great stream, and be waited
by the current it sweeps on-they know not
whittier The work to which we are called is no
mere chlld's play. 1t involves interests as broad
as the universe, and as lasting as time 1t is not
merely the liberation of few thousands Of slaves
from physical bondage, but it is a question of the
redemption of the human soul from the powers Of
ignorance and darkness to the glorious light of
better dispepsaton. 1t is question that comes
h0uIe to every human being, whether he will be
true to his highest inspirations and live a great,
noble, and manly life, or whether he will be daz-
sled by the vain and frivolous pleasures of low
and groveling desires, Of be buried by base and
ignobe passions to the ruin of all that is sacred
in life and abiding in eternity. Thirty years ago
an humble printer boy launched the grandest re-
form the western world has yet seen. It compris-
ed but single element, that of equal and exact
Justice to every human being. lie demanded the
and unconditional emancipation of all
who we're held as ehattels. In this simple, Chris
tian request, ho found few to sympathse, and few
er still to aid him. All the organizations Ct the
land we're agdnst him. Calumny, fa!sehOOd and
followed him wherever he went.
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