Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1861-04-27

OF original CONDUCT 10 huNoVato hny feu'N"
reform, to push forward any scheme for the amel
oration of the social, religious political condi
ton of mankind. A person who has reputation Il
take care Of, seldom thinks about anything else
lie cares little for his mental integrity, little fol
his duty he is willing to sacrifice these, and
every honest conviction to maintain a favorable
position in society, and retain the good opinion oi
the world. lie is ready at any time to recant
re;ract, apologize, ask pardon to perform on
occasions all maner Of mean and servile actions
to lic if necessary, and to perure himself, il Le
can ge. out of the difficulty 10 no other way. Re-
member how Edward Everett assevorated that he
signed the Sumner Testimonial under the infu-
ence Of chooroform Now the fanatic is entirely
free from all this meanness and pollroonery, and
is, therefore, far nobler human being than your
safe, sound, orthodox, respectable conservative.
Fanatics, moreover, are the pioneers of public
opinion, tho avdnt courcurs Of coming generations
Of thinkers. The only reason why they are fanat-
les is, because they are in advance of the age.
To the jews, Christ was fauatic-a sort of Walt
Whitman, Wendell Phillips, Jackson Davis,
George Nunday, the hatless prophet, rolled into
one; an apparent uagadond, lOdfng about the
streets Of Jerusalem, gathering erotcds ia lumber
yards and on uacam house-lots, aud delirering in
,famatory speeches TO them, denouncing the au-
MorHieS in rery violent terms, which would have
caused the New York Express had it existed al
the time, to raise its feeble hands in horror.
"Woe unto you" he used to cry out to the
crowd, "woe unto you, scrbes and pharisees,
hypocrites for ye like whted sepulchres,
| 1ulI of Hand mans honea al W
serrents ye generation of vipers, how can ye es.
cape tho damnation of hell Woe unto you
scrbes and pharisees, hypocrites for ye devour
widows houses, and for pretcnse make long
prayers Woe unto you, scribes, pharisees, hypo.
critics for ye compass sea and land to make one
proselyte, and when be is made, ye make him
two fold more the child of hell than yourselves
Woe unto you yo blind guides, ye fools p Be.
sides this, he was continually violating the laws
tresf assing on other persons land, taking their
corn without leave, breaking tho Sabbath, COW.
hiding the Jerusalem Board Of Brokers' etc., eto.
Now-a-days, it is highly conservative to be a
Christian, and think this all right.
Rousseau vas driven ont of France Tor being q
fanatic, for denying the divine right of kings, and
preaching republication. Row his notions re-
specting human liberty are consdersd conservative
enough. L1tlfer was B. fanatic, Involving Sthe
German States in war, Publishing heretical books,
and making himself generally just as disagreea:
BILE as he possibly could to the safe, sound. Or
thodox conservatives of his time. Now we think
him little old-fogyisb. Friar Bacon, COLUMBUS,
Galileoin fine, oil the great originals in history,
in their lifetime belonged to the fanatical school
of thinkers, but are now 'all right"
So it will be with the fanatics Of to-day. II
they were to return to life hundred years hence
they would find themselves the strongest kind o
conservatives.
Finally like fanatics because they are dec
dedly useful members of society. What should
we do without themf What would the newspa.
pers do if they had not their sayings to report
and their doings to pitch intof GLOW dull the
papers are now " you say "there's nothing in
them" That is because the fanatics afe taking O
nap. Wait little. Lovejoy wakes up and de-
livers speech in Congress which stirs up the
animals and the journals become interesting
right away. John Brown keeps tho paper, in
erestiDg for two or three months, just by iuva
ding Virginia and getting hanged and Curtis
for two or three mouths by delivering an abol
;ion-lecture in Philadelphia. a fanatic seldom
opens his lips ,oitaout creating sensation ,ci:hOu
furnishing good many thousand people ,ciM some
thing to talk and aorite about.
So reader. don't call fanatics bad names.-
Without them, the Church would be ruled by 0
bigoted priesthood, and We should have no relig
ious federation; and the Government be admins
tered by tyrants, and we should have no civil lber
ty. Without them, literature would be deprived
of half its charms, and history of half Its iustruc
tiveness.