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

4" He that covereth his sins shall not pros
per: but whose confesseth and forsaketh
them shall have mercy"
A number of weeks since, we were in
formed that Samuel Lewis, Liberty party's
candidate for Governor, was going to make
an abolition speech in the village of Park
man. Obeying the dictates Of curiosity
which some people have the impudence to
say is peculiar to the feminine race, though
| Indignantly repudiate the idea-I found my
self seated among a heterogeneous assemblage
of Wings, Democrats, Liberty men, Comeout-
ers, Comeouters--aIl--but, and Nothinp-ari-
ans, at the hour appointed for the commence
ment of the meeting. Mr.. L.. was evidently
much exhausted, and did not design to speak
until the afternoon, when we were informed
that he was going to give us a thorough-going
Anti-Slavery speech. However, a song from
Mr.. Glestner-'The Car Of Emancipation"
by recalling an incident which well nigh
cost him his life in his early years, constrain-
ed him to break silence. Let me tell the
fact. When he was a small boy, he one day
followed the team which was drawing wood
from the forest to the wood-shed, near the
house. As the team approached the shed,
the thought struck him that he could stop it
by catching hold of one of the wheels; but
his strength proving inadequate, he was
thrown violently against a post, or crushed
between the wheel and a post, Il do not re-
member which, and at the present day he is
suffering the consequences of that rash indis-
cretion. Sand thus" said he, ii will be
with those who attempt to stop the car of
emancipation unless they get out of the way
they will be crushed beneath it." If Sam
mel Lewis is not holding back the Car of
Emancipation, who is l-The old team which
first set it in motion-fresh as when it first
started, and true and untiring as the SUMS
taking it along with continually increasing
velocity and if Samuel Lewis is determined
to hold on to the wheel, may some good Sa-
marian be near to bind up his wounds when
he is thrown against another post-after a
few more evolutions.
In abiding to his connection with the NJ.
E. Church, and to its pro-slavcry character,
he said-"There are those who pretend to
tell the difference between the Church North
and South, but | do not. There are many
charges brought against us, and what is
worse still, part of them are true" In order
to illustrate his position, he introduced an an
ecdote about a man who was guilty of steal
ing corn. Previous to the theft, his raputa-
ton had been very good. When he was
brought to trial so many false charges were
made against him, that he cried out in dis
may, 81 confess the corn | confess the
corn J" "And," said Mr.. Lewis, 81 con-
fess the corn All! he confessed the corn
like a man and the only inference which |
could draw from his subsequent remarks, was,
that we may keep stealing the corn with i'm
punity, If we will only keep acknowledging
the corn. ! once knew a rigid Presbyterian
to break the Sabbath, and then save half the
| hnn Inv nnr,p1,,..-- r I.,a.1f III NJ
Lewis certainly conveyed the idea that an
acknowledgement of the pro-slavery charac-
ter OF the Nj. f. Church, absolved him from
the sin of remaining in connection with it
Possibly, the NJ. +. Book concern has issued
a new edition of the Bible, for the especial
use OF their own fraternity, which contains
the doctrine of forgiveness, by confessing
without forsaking but the good Book which
lies by my side, teaches me that | must for
sake, as well as confess my sins, in order to
obtain forgiveness.
In his afternoon discourse, he told us a
number Of stories illustrating the cruel and
lnhuman nature of the Black Laws of Ohio.
SC lar, so good. But when he came to
speak of the Constitution-admitting that it
Is slightly t~inctured with Slavery and
when he was telling us what Liberty party
would do If it could get the reins into its
own hands, he reminded me of a song which
l have seen in some old paper or Almanac,
and which leads something like this:
ga fellow from the Indies, ,
know'd every ting, it seem,
lie undertook to tell a lady
How they go by steam
First, you see this big ting,
Just like a pair of longs,
Which hits agln some odder tinp,
And sends the boat along;
And when they want to turn her,
And bring her round in time,
There's a ting just like a cellar door,
A swinging round behind"
HARRIET n. TORREY.
PARKMAN, Ohio,
AuuuSt 6th. 1915