Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1845-09-19
Respectfully yours,
COM M~UNICATIONS.
CITIZENS MEETING.

FRIENDS EDIToRs:-AS "Madam Rumor''
with her thousand tongues, has been en-
tremcly busy since that important event in
the history of Salem, the citizens indigna-
ton meeting, and as many of my friends
have had every thing INT The fruth represen-
ted to them, | thought if you could afford
space in the Bugle | would write out the
affair.
In order then to come at the pih of the
matter rightly, let us go as far back as Mas
illon, and think for a moment of the sour
%rilous, mobocratic and abusive resolutions
passed by the citizens of that mobocratic
town; and also the abuse heaped by the $50
callcd) respectable citizens of that place up
on Stebbine and Flint. Let us remember
too, that although those resolutions were con-
cocted and brought forth by that Infamous
and low-bred lawyer, David Carter, vet he
was sustained by the religious and r~especta-
be of that place. | merely mention these
circumstances to show the commencement
of the outbreak of religious mobocracy, that
was designed finally to drive forcibly from
our state the anti-slavery lecturers here from
the East. Jefferson said the federation of
error was safe so long as reason was left
free to combat it. Garter and his associates
thought differently and SO acted. The citi-
zens of Paris caught the mobocratic flame,
but there was no sprig of a lawyer at that
place to act as catspaw, and be the mobs
foreman. But Henry AMBER was there;
and he could so far turn traitor to his God
and infdel to the religion of Jesus, as to
make the motion, that Stebbins and Flint
should leave Paris before daylight next
morning. Amber glorics in being a colon
izationist and here he gives us a specimen.
Flushed with success at Paris, on came
Amber and Murray to this place. Most of
our citizens are aware of the course pursued
by them at the first and second meetings of
the Convention, and how at the third, they
took entire possession of the stand, how
they and their bully said they would ightand
fight on for it, that they were no non-resist-
ants, that until they could fight no longer,
could any but themselves get possession of
that stand. And when | alluded to the mob
ocratic course of Masillon, Amber declared
that | said it at my peril.
Flushed with the mobocratic victory Of
that afternoon, Murray and Amber agreed
there should be held soon a citizens indip-
nation meeting. The infamy of Masillon
and Paris came to my mind, and ] asked
them where it was to be, and told them at
that meeting | expected to be with them.
Well the meeting came, Amber and
Murray and the picked company were there,
about half an hour after | supposed the
meeting had assembled, | went to the place
IF gathering but it had not yet begun. |
soon saw the ruling spirits Of the meeting
were the heroes of yesterday. All thinrs
seemed moving in harmony to the touch of
Ambler, till | e%nquired if This lcas a citizens
meetingi and although the question produced
some emotion, it was answered in the affirm
alive; and either to give it that character or
through some fatal oversight, | was nomina-
ted on the committee of five, and voted for
by Amber and his friends. Before retiring
however with them, as the object of the meet
ing had not been stated, | was at a loss. and
consequently asked for what object we had
been appointed, what duty we were to per-
form. ! was answered by the chair that it
was sufficiently understood. | replied that
felt at a loss to carry ont the acquisitions
Of a meeting until it had made those requisi-
tons known. But | was told that the bal
ancc of the committee could inform me what
| was to do. We went into the committee
room; Amber had a string of resolutions and
preamble written out which with my ideas