Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1861-05-04
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Freedom or Slavery. We are utterly unable 10
see i. so, though We hope ttfst Ia the cuTrss Of
events, Freedom may be the ultimate fesuft-s re-
suit unlocked for, and undesired by those who are
conducting the war. and giving direct ion TO ,Ls
military arm
All winter long, I bsis acted With that party
which cried for peace. TIE snti-slssery enter!
prise. to which bSio6S, itGftsd with peace writ
ten on its banner. We Unsigned that the ags ot
ideas had come; that thirty millions Of people
were able to take great question, and decide Il
BY tie conaics Of opinions and. without letting
the ship Of State founder, lh four millions Of men
into liberty and justice. We th0usbs that, IL youf
statesmen would throw swsy personal ambition
aud party wstcbword, and devote themselves 70
the great issue, this might be accomplished. To .
certain extent it has been. The North has s5-
swered to the call. Yssr after year. event hy
event, has indicated the rising education Of the
people-ths readiness Tor higher moral life ths
patience that waits for . neighbor's conversion.
The North has responded to the call Of thst
peaceful, moral, intellectual agitation which the
ansi-slavery idea has initiated. Our mistake. II
any, has been thu. We counted toe much on the
intelligence Of the masses, on the honsftJ ard
wisdom Of statesmen as 9 class. Perhaps We did
not give weight enough to the fac. We saw, shss
this nation is made up Of different ages, noe
homogeneous, but mixed mass OF diffsren. GEN.
turies. The North thinks-can appreciate argu!
ment-is the nineteenth century hardly any
struggle left in IL but that between the WORKING
class and the money kiugs. The South dredms-
it is the thirteenth and fourteenth csntury-bsrOu
aud seri-Doble and siavs. Jack Cads and Wet
Tyler loom owe. the hOrizon and the ssrf, risibgs
calls for another Thierry to record his struggles
There the fagot still burns, which the Doctors OF
the SOrLonno called, ages ago, 'the best light "
guide the erring." There men are tortured for
opinions, the only punishrheni tho Jesuits wsrs
willing tbAf pupils should look on. This isi por-
baps. too 6st,ering picture Of the South. Better
call her, as Sumner does, "ths barbsfous Ssstss.S
Our struggle, therefore, 10 no struggle bstWeeu
different ideas, bu: between barbarism and civilf
zation Such can only be settled BY arms (prolong-
ed cheering). The government has waited until ito
bess friends almost suspected iiB courage or Ia
integrity; but the cannon shot sgainss Fort Sum.
ter has opened the only dotr Gus Of this hour
There were but two. One was compromise; the
closed the 6rs; the generous forbearancs Of nins'
teen states closed tno osner. ~.
The South opened this with cannon shot. and
Lincon shows himself at the door tprolouged and
enthusiastic cheering). The war, then, 10 not sEi
gressive, but in self-defsnse, and Washington has
become tho Thsrmopyl@ Of liberty and Justice
(spplause). Rather than surrendet it. cover etefy
square foot Of it with living body loud cheers)j
crowd il with . million Of men, and empty every
bank vault at the North to pay the cost lrenswed
Teach the world, once for all, thAi
North Americs belongs to the stars and stripss.
and under them no man shall wear q chain (en-
thusiastc cheering) In the whole Of this cont
Dict, have looked only at liberty-only al The
slave. Perry entered the battle Of the Lakes
with "DoN'r GIVE UP fHs sHIr," floating from
the mast head of the Lawrence. When, With his
Sighting flag, be left her crippled, heading Nortb,I
and, mounting the deck Of the Niagara, turned.
her bows due west, he did all for one purpose-to
-sk. the deck. of the foe. Acknowledge secession.
Or csnnOnads it. / care no, which; but Proclaim
liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhats
tants thereof" Qoud cheersl.
said, civil war needs momentous and solemn
justification. Europei ,hs world. may claim o.
us, that before we blot the nineteenth century BY
an appeal to arms, We shall exhaust every colcGs-
sion, try every means to kNep Che peace other
wise, appeal 90 the God u battles is an iusulf
to the civilization Of our age il is confession
that our culture and our religion are super6eisI.
il not failure. think that the history of the
nation and of the goveinment both, 10 an smpls
Justification to our own times and to history fof
Ibis appeal to arms. think the South 10 all
wrong, and the Administration 10 all right lpre-
ongsd chesring). Let ms sell you why. For
birty years, the North has exhausted constellation
md compromise. They have tried etery s1psdi
INT, they have reli"quishsd every right they
,avs sacrificed every interest, they have smo'A'
,red keen senaibility to national homer. and Nor
hern weight aud supremacy in the Union have
forgotten they were shs majority in numbers and
10 wealth, in education and strength have left )
Ihe helm Of government and the diotation Of pole
y to the Southern States For all this, the con.
dict ws1ed closer and hotter. The Adminntrs-
.iOn that presided ,his was full OF traitors and
thieves. IL allowed the srmc, ships, money. mill
tary store OF the North to be stolen with impur'S
Iy. Mr.. Lincoln took ofhes. robbed Of all she 2
means to defend ths constitutional rights Of the
government. He offered to withdraw from lhs
walls Of Sumter everything but the flag. He al
owed secession to surround ia with the stronRess
oIs which military science could build. Ths
North offered to meet iu Contsusion her sister
states, and arrange the terms OF peaceful ssparas
ion. Strength and righ, yielded evsrJthias--
hey folded their hands--wsitsd tho returning
sason Of the mad insurgents. Week sf.er wssk
lapsed. month after month went by. wsisips fst
be sober sscond thought Of iso miFfiohs end
slf of people. The world saw the sublins sisht !.
Z ninstssp millions Of wealthy. pOwerful paissd
itizeps allowing their Aag to be iusuitsd. Gsis
igh.s assailsd. their sosstsgnty ds6ed snd bro. 4
sn in pieces. and yet waiting. with patient. hfolhf
rly, wagasnimous kipdnsss, until insurtsesioag !, I
svips sPsvs iss fury. sbouId Teach ont iss hsss