Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1860-05-05
THE TWIN RELICS OF BARBARIsa.

Mr.. LovejOy in his recent speech, denounced
slavery 10 unmeAsured terms, declaring it to be
worse than robbery, worse than piracy, worse than
polygamy; more criminal, more injurious to man
kind, and consequently more offensive to Cod
What does Mr.. Lovejoy do with the man who
commits robbery Shuts him up in the peniten.
tisry for a series of years How does he treat
che man who is guilty Of piracyf Hangs him by
che neck until he is dead How does he conduct
himself toward the bigamist ? Gives him a few
years imprisonment as a punishment fer the deed
He makes no compromises with these Gins, or with
the sinners, but out Of the pulpit as well as in it,
breaches to them the doctrine Of immediate repent
ance-spplying to them the inspired declaratil u,
God no,O eommaudeth NIL men every where to re.
pent.' But when he comes to deal with the crime
Of slaveholdiug, which he has t%ruthfully described
as tOorse than robbery, porSe than piracy, 0ors'
than polygamy, he says to the criminals,
al tell you of the slave States. that you must
emancipate your slaves. 1t belongs to you and
not to us. You must transform them from slaves
into serfs, and give them homes, and protect and
guard the sanctity Of tine family. We shall mo-
push you. If you cay that you want a quarter Of
a century, you can have it if you want half
century you can have it. But l insist that thit
system must ultimately be extinguished."
Who gave to Mr.. LovejOy a right to make term'
with these worse than pirates ? By whose author
iy does be sanction the continued enslavemen. O
four millions Of his equal brothers for half a cen
fury, if the enslavers desire it2 Who commits
stoned him to make the law Of God of no effect, &c
repeal Jehovah's command Of immediate repent
ancef
There kneel the four millions Of embruted ones
The history of their wrongs is written in every
line1ment Of their faces,i is seen in every movement
Of their limbs. They imploringly stretch their
manacled hands for aid, and Reuter- the p~laint;vC
appeal which for centuries has been unheedingly
u.tered-'Are we not men, and your brethren !
Mr.. Lovejoy looks upon them, recognises their hui
mainly, and denounces their enslavement as the
complication Of all villany. And when hope has
begun to blossom in their hearts, when they fancy
they can almost perceive above the horizon tb'
day-star whose advent is to Danish the long, dark
horrible night of slavery, their friend and advocate
turns to their oppressors, and deliberately says
''Keep your letters fastened upon the present gen
GRAFTON, if you will. Let them go TO their grave
and bequeath their manacles to their children, ant
even to their children's children, if you choose
Continue these wrongs for half a century longer, /
you desire. But / insist upon it that your re
remote descendants shall emancipate the futur
posterity of your b%ondmep, unless, perchance, an
other LOvejoy shall grant you an indulgence for
longer continuance in crime
Oh, man, man How could you consent to ad
minister 80 effective an opiate to the awakened
conscience Of the stakeholder How could yol
blunt the point of your denunciations, AMI b.
compromising with the sinner, justify the contin
uance of the sin