Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1846-05-08


the case to him. Indeed we are but lame G
these 4" points of faith, and prefer to let those
fight about them who attach paramount i'm
p~ortance to them. We subscribe 10 mo
points Of the Presbyterian doc~trine-bc'ie,a
firmly in ELECTION" 90 coordination, 80.
but can nevertheless perceive that some Ut
our Methodist friends, who entertain an en-
tirely opposite belief, are much better Chris
HGns than we are. So Of Blptism-we pre-
fer "sprinkling" to "immersion," but have
known some good Christian Baptists, and
better Christian Quakers, who Thought oil
forms unnscossary-aK days the LonD'a.
81 Subscriber" must read our paper but
little, or he would understand tvhy we said
what We believed to be last and tue of Mr..
and Mrs. Foster. We said at the close Of
their former as well as Of their latter visit. al
though we disapproved their spirit and plan
OF operation, and thought them too sweeping
and uncharitable in their denuhStations, and
very unkind in their attacks on the Liberty
party,-we said then, and still think, that
some of their lectures do great good TO the
Amti-Slavery cause. We did not choose to
underTdte them, nor to pass them by without
notice, though some of their lectures were
calculated TO lessen our small supply of bread
and butter. To this Subscriber and 9TH
ers, who, to our pain, have shown so great a
want Of magnGnimity, and Of faith in the povs-
er of Truth, by finding fault with us for
I" countenancing" these strangers--i. c. treat
ing them Hospitality, aiding them in procur-
ing a place of meeting, advertising, and en-
deavoring to speak Of them without eHtenua-
ton or malice-we have only to say that wo
cannot see it to be rightto do otherwise; and
if they prefer an editor who will consult cr-
Pedicncy, suppress what he does think, or
say what he does not think, do not unto others
as he would have others do unto him,-we
cannot serve them, and will cheerfully give
place to one who may he more supple.
0y-Parkersburg, Wood county, Virginia,
will undoubtedly go downto ~posterity as one
of the great cities Of this enlightened age
Her fame is certainly in the ascendant, and
bids fair to eclipse that of all the other i'm
portant places within the circle of our 'matii-
fest destiny The last great act of the pow
ers that he in Parkersburgh is thus described
by the Marietta l~ntelligencer At a late
meeting of the Court of Common Pleas in
Parkersburgh, three citizens, Rev. Benjamin
Athey, Edward Mcpherson and Barcus Cook,
were convicted Of reading incendiary matter,
and put under bonds to keep the peace. We
understand the facts as follows:
Some two years since, a newspaper con-
tanning a dialogue, was sent TO some one in
Wood county, and at a wedding party, a few
months ago, one Of the guests reqd it for the
amusement of the company. This dialogue
the author imagines to have occurred between
a demon and a ghost just arrived at Tartarus,
in which the demon inquiries
Art thou that man of blood and birth
Devoid Of human feelingl
The wretch saw when last on earth
In human cattle DEALING
Ghod-I'm from the south, the Ghost replies,
And was there a Teacher
Saw men in chains with laughing eyes
was a SOUTHERN PREACHER,
And when | saw the horrid sight,
of slaves by torture dying,
And told their Masters all was right,
knew that l was LYING, &c.
And for this, after the above named gentle
men had satisfied the Court that they had no
evil design in reading these verses, and were
moreover Ignorant that TO receiUe, read OF cir
cu!ate, such pieces of poetry was contrary to
the law Of the land and the liberty of Virgin
Id, they were only required to enter into bonds
and recognizances TO keep the peace in the
following order Rev. Benz. Athey, 800 for
three years Edward Mcpherson, 5000, tor
two years Barcus Cook 500 for one year.
After which they were dismissed with the
distinct understanding that their case had
been handled very leniently-but such would
not be shown in another case !-Aarietia In
tcNigencer.
o. The Board Of General Education in