Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1846-08-14

Liberty Party---NC. 4.

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caves of Autumn. Developments rapidly
.ollowing upon the heels Of each other indi-
ate that Liberty %party-and its great idol the
American Slavoholding Church-are driven
in some parts Of our country quite to dospc-
ration.
The Priests are the sentinels upon the
rampaTts of the " Bulwarks the comman-
ders Of the forces-the generals that direct
their operations. These Liberty party men
rally around them, forming the Swiss guard
which protects their sacred persons, but driv-
or TO the wall-like Priest like man-with-
ont any truthful argument to sustain them
selves, they unblnshingly resort to the black
est falsehoods, the foulost ISLANDERS, the most
wicked frauds. The Priest plays the dema-
gogue, and the politician becomes a mounte-
bank, both playing L" such fantastic tricks be-
fore high heaven as would make the Angels
weep
The Rev. Edward Smith recently stated
in one Of our meetings at Lecsburgh, that
the Liberty party was the shield of the
Slaveholding Church. He did not believe,
he said, that it was originally designed as
such, but he did believe that men entered its
ranks for the purpose of making it shield
for these churches. That Edward Smith
spoke the truth on this occasion, no one who
is acquainted with the Liberty party, can
entertain Il doubt. But what must be the
true character of those men, who, under the
guiso of Liberty, give it the most deadly
stabsl and yet such are members of the
Liberty party. The Rev. John Keep, and
his son who also bears the name OF Rever-
end, came 10 our meeting, in Jefferson, Ash
tabula county, on the 9th Of this month to
defend Liberty party. Parker PiIlsbury read
something from 1.-THE Democratic Standard
q Wing of '76" in the meeting, and spoke
Of it as the State organ Of the party. The
elder Keep denied that it was the organ Of
the party. Mr.. Plllsbury exhibited the pa
per, showing upon its face that it was pub
lishod by the Liberty Committee, and had
the names Of that Committee-that of Sal
mon p. Chase standing foremost on the list.
Mr.. Keep replied that Mr.. PiIlsbury must
Committee, he talked about the Executive
Committee of the Ohio State Anti-Slavery
Society, and id that this concern was a
fraud-perhaps in saying this he told a truth
which the party would rather that he had
withheld. The third party in calling itself a
Liberty party, is a fraud, for if Edward
Smith speaks the truth and its own history
docs not belle it, it must be a great fraud Of
no ordinary magnitude. 1t was stated in re
ply, that the same convention which nomina-
ted Samuel Lewis for Governor, appointed
an organizlt ion in the State, a committee of
this kind had been kept up; and the speaker
further remarked that he believed Mr.. Keen
had himself assisted in appointing these
committees. This he did not deny, but he
denied that the committee had any authority
to publish such a paper. Here again he
was told that the convention which appoint
ed this committee did authorize it to dissem-
inate the principles, objects and plans of the
party-that several of the delegates made
pledges Of considerable sums of money on
tho part Of the counties which they reprcson-
ted, to enable the committee TO do this work
that those who disputed this authority
were either Ignorant of the doings of the par
ty or were dishonest in their representations.
Here the gentleman took another tack and
started off in a different direction.
The day before this,Q. F. Atkins, a Liber.
ty party agent, made a long speech in our meet
ing at Austinburgh, charging us with infdel-
lty. lie protested over and over again that
he was honest, but fearing that he would
not be believed he again stated that he was
honest.
In order to test his honesty | asked his
opinion Of the following resolution adopted
by the unanimous vote of the Greenfield Con-
gregation of Old School Presbyterians in
Highland county, every member of the
congregation being present. | only read such
parts of it as are i~taIicised
Res0hocd, That holding human beings as
goods and chattels is what the word of God
terms man-stoaling, and tie decision Of he
last .4ssemby on the subject Of SiaVeyy is meH
caLcuatedb Justify Tie assertion gfen made
''that the Presbyterian church is a 6rotherhood
# there's"
He replied, shat is Fosters sentiment"
| again asked his opinion of it. He replied
"do You think that you can get me to be
baptized in your infdel watering trough,
and endorse your infdelity which you are
carrying around the countryl" The poor
man, however, looked rather blank when he
was Informed of the source from whence it
came and that my i~nfdelity as he called it
were the sentiments of the Rev. Samuel
CrO'hers and his congregation.
The Rev Mr.. olds of Unionville followed
MIR. Atkins and spoke of the qualification he