Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1845-09-19
TFrom the Cincinnati Herald.1
MEN.

"Abolitiouists' and "Liberty Men, are
hardly convertible terms. (l) Mr.. Giddings
is an Abolitiouist, but a more active oppo-
nent of the Liberty party can scarcely be
found. MIR. Garrison is an AbOlitlonist, but
he is as hostile to the Liberty party as to the
Shareholders,
For want of attention to these distinctions
the public are constantly liable TO be led in
to error. Thus, we notice "A paragraph going
the rounds, announcing that the Abolition
lists of Portage county have held a meeting,
at which it was resolved to make no nomina-
tons for the fall elections. The probability
is, that the Wing Abolitionists have held
such a meeting, aud passed such a resolution
but what of that! Wing Aboliliouists, are
Wings, not Liberty men. It is no new thing
that they should disapproye OF a separate or
ganization. That the Liberty men OF Por-
tage have assumed this ground, we shall take
the responsibility of denying. (3)
ny We are glad that DIR. Bailey comprc-
heuds this truth, and hope he will give us
due credit for endeavoring to make the peo-
pie understand the distinction between Lib
erty men-or Liberty party men, if we give
the full name--and AbOlitionists. They
llDSl Ctlldlull 1T bH CpUhtItLDlt ltTlllS.--
All Abolitionists are not Liberty party men,
and a Liberty party man is not necessarily
all abolitionist. He may be "A broken down
Wing, a disappointed Democrat, or perchance
a schcmiug d%emagogIe of neither patty
We have been censured by some for making
the distinction, but are glad we can now quote
to our Liberty friends, the authority Of DIR.
Bailey. 1t is also important that we do not
confouud in this way the character of news
papers, but ever keep in view the distinction
between Abolition papers, and Liberty party
papers.
(2) In the first part of this paragraph the
Editor refers to an article which states that
the Abolitionists of Portage county resolved
to "make no nominations for the fall elcction,''
and before he gets through, in order to salts
fly his readers that these Abolitionists were
Wings, and not Liberty party men, he makes
them 'd~isapprove of a separate organization.''
Is there no difference between declining to
make nominations, and Disappearing of sep
arate organizations! We think we can see
a very great one, and they are ''hardly con-
vertible'' phrases. We think it is possible,
even for Liberty party men, to decline ma
king nominations under certain circumstau-
ces. He takes it upon himself to deny that
the Liberty men of Portage have assumed
the ground of disapproval of separate organ
izations. Who asserted they had! viii he
deny they resolved not to make nominations
for the fall electiousl We think not. We
have not seen the article referred to, but have
received some information in regard to the
matter in question, that we believe authentic,
and which readily accounts for the course
they pursued. At their nominating conven-
ton there happened to be some one who was
f~auatical enough. to think that the principle
which would lead one out of a pro-slavery
party; would, if he were consistent; bring
him out Of a pro-slavery sect; and when the
nominees were announced, he showed that
they were enthusiastically sustaining that
which politically they protested a desire to
overthrow; and inasmuch as these moi were
unfolding slavery by continuing in "The
Slavery" as James g.. Birney has truly call
ed it, the convention saw the absurdity of
nominating them to Office, and as it could Sc
lect no others more suitable in that, and as
| suitable in other respects, it adjourned with