Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1861-04-06
From the Wisconsin Chief.
DO TICKLE US.

The mass Of mankind, are play-going pecplei
They act from the ephemeral motives Of the hour
and live only foT the present. The world ist
theater for them, got up and carried on for ths
sole qualification of their selfish appetites. This
life is but the scenery whose changing views shall
please them. If the plays woll cast, and the
characters well sustained, they cry ''bravoi" u
not, the hiss their disapprobatioS, or retire IN
disgust.
"uere We are I" say these people, eve eat
breathe, and sleep, but suffer terribly from ennui
I'VE are willing to be pleased. Please, gentiemsa
and ladies, crafty US Say or do something In
ltsresting or funny. Wen make an effort 70 dFss
in our breath and honor your performance wiah (
laugh, or cpplaud with epr hands. You'll b
highly honored !"
Temperance organizations have had their fnL
share of the element, from the old fashioned ones
down to those of the present time. A touch
novelty, like the lightning of fame, win CAL
them around with buzz. Like the moths ofs
summer night, when the flame burns low, the5
seek more attractive light, disappearing as sui.
denly as they come. Are they not about as worth.
less as the insectsf
1t is not the fault Of great traths, that the mase
who enlist, see no beauty or grandeur in theif
purposs or mission. Il ia not the fault Of our
Temperance reform that this element forgsts and
deserts it when its pageantry becomes the mail Of
close and terrible conflict. II would take thous-
and generations Of such people to eadoW ons
Calvary to give Huss to the flames a Hamp.
den to the scaffOld Warren or Hale to Freedom;
Valley Forge to History. In other days, they
might have enlisted for Freedom while Il needed
"a h,.k
have fed when means Of life were to be risked.
With all that there is grand aud stirring in the
history of our Orders, there 10 much that is most
humiat!ng. They have ever been cursed with
this novelhunting element, shouting like heroes
when the tide foods in. With it's ebb they ere
gone From our inmost soul, we pity and des.
pise them. FalstaG's buckram host were never
more shadowy and unreliable. While they can be
entertained, they deign to stay; when they are
called upon for q tussle, they vanish. Assure
them that in one campaign, they can win glory
and a triumph, and they may remain eseadfass fos
q day; point them to wilderness TO be trodden
in toll, and they sneak from the rendezvous like
poltroous.
In one of the cities Of this State. yesfs
ago. the writer was called to aid few noble spir.
its in Ainging out the standard Of our oauss.--
Slowly at fret, the recruits rallied around Il. Az
! last they came in hosts Lodge after Lodge. as
| If by magic, fprang up, and more than thousand
names were on the roll.
From this same locality, there now comes cry
for help. The organizations languish. Aud one
good brother is anxious that ''soMETHIN0 NEW"
should be got upI And so the mass Of that once
gallant host, were but carpet knights the KID.
gloved veterans Of summer day the moths
which gather where the fame shoots up in the
darkness. Yesterday Gull Of zeal and lsaiiDg sas
column with kindling eye and cheery words 20
lday of duty-dull-dead What q worthless 90
of runawaysl What reaeon have We TO suppose
that "something new would find deeper %
more enduring Judgment in their heartsf
And so, to catch this play-goiug host, We musa
have something new /" Annually, perhaps
there must be a new play. new cass. new sesns-
ry, ito conclude with the laughable fsrcs" which
shall "draw'' them again Such are the people
who expect to work out great revolutions in pHb-
lie sentimeut, make tho world better for their is
ling. and give to pOsterity, name and deeds whiea
shall make their menosies blessed. Should shsy
!, reach Heaven, they win probably sasss sAnai
: : EfOr the want Of "somsthing new" -
Now. in the name OF eommoa sensss nov -
, ,haaa osOuls net along with thsir political o.
= .h,,ch a,sanisationsf Do they expect pro-
r 1ran,ms from year 10 year A new Platform, or
nav xay of voting for their eandidatesi Dc
I,hsv haye new Bibles rev ministers. hymn-books,
I.s,,iee saeramsns, ete.i liov oan they live good
sh,is,iaps and gst 20 glory comfortably. sisholi
l"sOmethlpg newt" We have bai little estesn i1