Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1846-07-10
THE ANT1-WAR MEETING.

racter of the town of Salem. 1t has estab-
the fact, that the citizens Of this place
are SO patriotic and so mobocrltc, that no
place c,n be procured in the town, in which
the opponents Of the Mexican war can peace
ably assemble and e"joy the right OF free
Application was made for TIE use
of the Friends Meeting House, for it was.
supposed that as that sect were SO much op-
posed to war as to have a standing Query in
its Discipline in relation to the faithfulness
Of its members testimony on this question,
no objection would be made. In this, how
ever, the opponents Of the Mexican war were
mistaken; the house was refused, though up
on what grounds we have yet to learn. At
the time of meeting, it was, however, OPEN
ed, probably by some members who acted in
conformity with the wishes of the majority,
bat contrary to the decision of tie ruiers.
A large gathering convened on Saturday
afternoon, and among others, was our friend
Parker Pillsbury. At the commencement of
all who were or might he present, 10 pariici-
pate in its discussion. A leading Liberty
party man and a prominent member of the
Society of Friends, said he could not vote f1r
such a resolution until he had asked whether
Parker PiIlSbury hal not offered Il resolution
at the Annual Meeting of the Anti-Slavery
Society that week, condemning the POSITION
Of DR.. BLiley in relation 10 the Mexican war.
SO irrelevant a question received no reply.
The resolution Of invitation was passed. and
as soon as Pillsbury commenced speaking,
his catechist bore his testimony against it by
leaving the house. This was fun for the pa-
'riO'S, and encouraged quite n rowdyish SIT
to assemble in the evening. for said they
or might have said-if a Liberty party man
and prominent Quaker wont listen 10 Pills
bury, he is certainly fair gnme for us. Among
those who assembled in The evening, was the
Reverend Henry Amjler-we beg pardon Of
the clergy, squire Amber, we suppose we
should now say-who appeared as an advo-
cate Of the war. The profound admiration of
his followers was manifested by such uproGri-
Gus demonstrations that the ring of boot heels
could he heard a considerable distance. Tho
meeting adjourned to Monday evening, and
then convened in Kinks school house. We
were present during a part of that session,
and it appeared that the patriots, under tho
invitation to take part in the discussions Of tho
meeting, had impudently and mobocraiically
assumed an equal right with the opponents
OF the war for whom the meeting was espc-
cilliy called, 10 regulate It's proceedings and
vote upon every question brought before it.
We ought not, perhaps, 10 be too hard upon
them for this, for there are some men whose
sense Of p~ropriety is so far below par, that it
would be vain 10 look for anything from them
like seII-respect, or respect fer the RIGHTS Of
others. The meeting was so disorderly, that
the school house was shut against il, and
thought it adjourned to meet the next evening,
there was no place in which it could convene.
We leave our readers to Judge whether the
disorder Vas the fruits Of peace principles, or
Of the doctrines Of war.
The discussion which the mcetinr called
lorih, has created a greater excitement in Sa-
lem than has been known here for years.
Threats, not only deep, but loud, were utter
ed against Pillsbury, and we heard that pre-
partitions were made for mobbinr him at the
last meeting. We know not how true this
report may be, hut the discovery of a basket
of eggs in tho weeds back of the school horsc.
would seem to indicate that the : SIlem Mo.
b%ocratic Artillery Company" were on tho
ground, armed and equipped as Lynch law
directs Very many Of the quiet citizens of
Salem have been perfectly as,oundcd by tho
fiery patriotism of SOM in their midst, They
almost concluded that gunpowdcr aid glory
must have been mixed with the pap on which
they fed in infancy. Salem need fear Moth
Ing from Mexico. Paroles himself, would
hnd The storming Of the town rather a touph
Job, AMI unless som such demonstrations is
made, we fear these patriots will never dis
play their valor upon the "cowardly Mexi.
cans" for strange to say, the idea of volpn.
teering themselves is about the last THING thew
VIII think of, though probably such a move
ment would be much more popular among
the sober and rejecting norton of Tho oon