Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1845-08-01
a.. BAGLEY.
From The Liberty Herald.
GU may hear from mt again.
Yours.

From The Liberty Herald.
Mr.. TAFT, SR:-Your Herald of last week has
Just fallen under my eye. II coniains a tissue of the
most base and I~mpudent falsehoods, over The signature
80. BagIey." 1t is not my custom to make any re-.
ply to newspaper squIbs, ISLANDERS, misrepresentation
or rldicule; but in this one Instance depart from my
wonted course. Not that | design 10 defend Mr.. Gid
dlngs' reputation or my own. Mr.. G.'s character is
sufficiently well understood in this, his own neighbor.
hood. As for myself, if am az faithful to the truth
as llo whom desire TO follow, | shall, like Hin, be
without reputation. My object is to call on the pub
lie to brand The writer Of the article to which | refer,
as utterly destitute of common honesty, aud never
again 10 be trusted, iIl be shall have lived a long life
of repentance. / know not who that writer is, wheth-
er man, woman or child, | presume it is not a child,
as there is a hardiLood of lying about il, which no
child, / think, could have acquired. For The honor of
my sex, ] trust it is not a woman, and | therefore use
the masculine prououn 10 referring to the writer.
lie speaks with the coolest assurance of an agree.
ment between Mr.. Gildings ard myself as to the
holding OF meetings with a view to frustrating public
opinion, and creating prejudice against the liberty.
loving party of the abolIiionists. Mr.. g.. had moth.
ing to do with fixing the time of our meetings, and
knew nothing Of our appointments ill we wrote bin
a request, that he would see that they were notified.
In the letter making this request, we distinctly stated
TO him, that, although we did not agree with him as to
measures, yet, rs he was an abOIilionist, as we'll Jas a
friend OF free discussion, we presumed he would so
far aid u5 rs TO give our notices. Indeed, we wrote
to him, coly as we did to MIR. Hutchins, ia relation to
our Warren meeting, add mere was qlite as much
agreement between Mr., H.. al dmyself to thwart the
wings and AID the Liberty party, as there was between
Mr.. G and myself to thwart the Liberty party and
aid wbigism.
But there issomethiug exceedingly rich in the bold
and daIbgTata mgnnnr pf stating anOthnr folsohond
when be says Mr.. Giddiugs agrees to "cndorse nv
sentiments on drsunIon, if would praise the wings
and call Mr.. G. 4 great man." have heard of false.
hoods made out of whole cloth, but this is made of no
cloth at all. 1t must have sprung from the fouIest
place in a terribly foul brain.
Butt will proceed no farther. The article is all
of a piece, and too filthy for dissection. That It's
author may be speedily brought to repentance, is the
sincere and earnest PRAYER of
Yours for veracity,
ABBY KELLEY.
P. s. 4 word Of comment on your editorial Of
last week, which has my name for is caption. Why
did you not, as requested, publish the note sent you,
not at my suggestion, but by Mr.. Jones? That would
have corrected your Misrepresentation, and saved
you a long article Of farther misrepresentation. Do
you not dare allow free discussion?
I now again state, that the American Anti Slavery
Society is 40 more opposed to human governments,
han is the Presbyterian Church or the Liberty Party.
II opposes no governments but those which support
Slavery. As to my individual opinions on religions
Or governments, | do not conceive that they have any
business 10 the meetings Of that Society, but as you
me in your paper, | will make the cor
| am not opposed to any human government
hat does not conIrayene the government of God.
A. KELLEY.