Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1845-11-21
JOHN b. WOLFF.

INV oioShBuuiulSiHe anu was WIllpCn ny Il
Methodist priest, Wolff by name, and-we
had almost said by nature; but nature does
not make such things as c~lericals, that is done
by the laying on Of human hands, and is a
device of those who sought out many %inven-
tons in order to bring the people under Sec
tartan domination.
John b. Wolff declares that Miss Kelly has
attached herself tothe fraternity of infdels."
If the fellow did not know when he penned
the charge, that it was a lie, he was never
theless guilty, for he wrote it in order to pref
udice the people. He had ample opportuni-
ty of knowing what her sentiments were, hav-
ing dined with her at the house of a brother
Methodist, on the day of the meeting referred
to. But he kept entirely quiet, asking her
no questions, and avoiding all conversation.
In the afternoon he went to the meeting as he
says, and there undertook to catechise her as
to her religious faith. If he had asked her
what she thought of Mesmerism, or insisted
upon knowing her views in regard TO a man
marrying his deceased wife's sister, he would
have manif .sted as much sense of propriety,
and relevancy to the subject, as he did in the
| question proposed. Our friend refused to re-
ply, and explained her reasons for so doing
| saying that in an anti-slavery meeting she
would c%onfine herself to the consideration of
slavery, but in a meeting called for the pur-
pose of examining the Bible question, she
would talk upon that subject; or if he chose
to converse with her in private about it, she
would meet him. Was not the answer fair
and honorable! Was not the proposition
such as would satisfy any reasonable man!
1t did not however suit his purpose to accede
to it, and so he sounds the note of alarm as
though an enemy Were upon the town.
There is another charge which the Rev.
Mr.. Wolff makes against our friend, a charge
of grare and serious import. He speaks as
though he could prove this accusation, if the
proof is deman led. The charge is direct
and unequivocal; there is nothing faltering in
the tone of Mr.. Wolff but he speaks boldly,
as though he had nerved himself to the con-
test, counted the cost of the warfare, and in
scribed upon his banner "'Victory or Death"'
We know not how many kitchen cabinet con-
situations he has had, how many cooks he
has subpened, or how many walters eXamin
ed; but we presume that his researches in all
these departments have been great and min
ute; that he has invoked chemistry to his aid,
and in his analysis applied tests of the most
searching character. The result of his inves-
r ~tigation is-hear it, we Dairymaids! give ear,
, We Butchers! be astonished, we Grocers =
{" She eats no flesh, no butter, no spicc."-
=, The Rev. gentleman seems to be as much
Mortified with this discovery, as though he
A had found a full grown cannibal from New
Zealand. We will not attempt to justify the
conduct of our friend in this respect. W.
, know that even great minds are sometimes
subject to alteration. Paul at one time de
clared that if eating meat made his brothe
offend, he would eat no meat while tn
= world stood. What a pity that the Rev. job
B, Wolff did not live at that time to eau
ton the people against Paurs infdel doc
t~rine,and also to testify against the heathenls
practices of those who lived in the earlies
ares of the world. There was old fathe
:, Adam, and pod mother Eve who never dream
- ed of killing hogs, or making butter. Onl
think of a dinner of roasted turkey, buttere
:. parsnips, and spiced mince pies in Eden!-
- We all of us know the force of example, al
:. when Abby Kelley has the example of thes
and other worthless before her, is it strans
;, that she should fall into the same errors whlC
bs they did, and eat
ed " No Flesh! No BUTTER !! NO SPICE!!
10 "Be to her faults a little blind,
'er Be to her errors very kind"
pc We understand that this philosopher a
nd inventor of fables, Mr.. Wolff, designs pu
TO- fishing a Temperance paper somewhere
ed this State. If the aforesaid letter is a sp'
th- linen of his morality and honesty, we adv
ION him to go to the grog shop to take lessons
both.
tor The last sentence of his epistle is so h
- rible, so full of black malignity that we KIN
not how to reply. He reminds us of a V
emous serpent, which bafled at every atten
to destroy his adversary, collects himself
a final assault His glaring eyes filled W
last rage are fastened upon the mark, his pois
IDS, Gus fangs are swollen with passion, and
nd form distended with malice, and thus
ely makes one desperate leap and fasiens u
mis-, his victim. But like the viper which
ing powerlsss to injure the Apostle Of oiden ii