Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1846-07-31

tinquish between treason TO his country and |
treason TO his principles. All agreed that O.. i
M. Clay had betrayed the principles he had 4
been advocating, but several gentlemen (and 7
among them Rev. Mr.. Streeter and Mr.. Ten c
ney, Of Austinburgh,) did not regard him a /
traitor in the sense Of Benedict Arnold's trea-
son."
l have already said that ] introduced no
resolution relating TO Mr.. Clay. My refer
ence to him was 10 this manner. 1t will be
Iecollected thatl was speaking upon an Anti
Mexican War Pledge, got up by the women
Of Lake county. In the course Of my remarks
l showed the object of the war, the means
by which il was carried on. and the expense
TO which the country would be subjected for
its support. / then alluded to the course Of.
Cassius M. Clay, in volunteering his servi-
ces 10 the government to carry on this war
which he had himself denounced as emphati-
cally a wGr for he extension Of slarery, and
said that we all felt that he had betrayed the
cause which, for a time, he so nobly defend
ed. On this subject, | said | presumed there
would be in that audience but one opinion
that all would unite n pronodncing Mr.. Clay
a traitor to Liberty. To make the matter
certain, ] proposed that the audience should
answe to the question, yea or nay. When
in the act Of submitting the question to the
audience, in the midst of my speech, the
Rev. Mr.. Tenney, Of Austinburg, rose and
claimed to be heard before the meeting should
give an expression Of its opinion. As a mat
ter of courtesy, and not Of right, ! yielded
the floor to Mr.. T., although l then believed,
and still believe, that his sole object in ask
ing 1t, was TO ward off the shafts of truth
from the Liberty party, which he foresaw
would receive additional force from an af-
frmative answer to this question. He un-
derstood the train Of my remarks too well
not to perceive that il the audience pronounce
ed G. M. Clay a Traitor to Liberty they
must also render a similar verdict against his
endorsers, which endorsers are the State Com
mittee of the Liberty party. .
Mr.. Tenney was followed by the Rev. Mr..
0hNS'OS ~ iGlidlhcs DO wei dS tuJSt VI
Mr.. T. surprised most, il not all, who heard
them. Both of these gentlemen st,od forth
as the apologists of Mr.. Clay. They admit
ted that his conduct was censurable-that in
themselves it would have been treasona5h-
but they considered him too ignorant of right
and wrong to be justly deserving of so Sc
we're an epithet.
l hardly ne,d to say that the effect of their
apologies was to obliterate that deep abhor-
renee which had been felt for the conduct of
Mr.. Clay, and consequently to secure his
acquiital by a majority of the audience. BY
this apparently JesuitIcal stroke Of policy, the
Liberty party was undoubtedly saved from
that condemnation which it would otherwise
have received at the hands Of this august u.s.
semblage; but this impunity was purchased
at a fearful sacrifice Of moral principle, as
was apparent from the scene which ensued.
Those who had been taught by these pro-
fessed ministers of Christ to apologize for an
act which the author himself had previously
as "~damnabh," would not, of
feel any great s~cruples of conscience
against committing lesser crimes. Conse-
when the negative of the question
was taken, the air was rent with repeated
and long-continued yells that would have
graced an assemblage Of Esquimaux savages,
and from that time the meeting become en-
Phatically, in your own language, ga roiO."
NOuF rannarlc ahOnt tbo ooI1oo,;oa .
total perversion of the truth. You say that
+" Mrs. Foster declared that Mrs. Torrey was
said to have a patrimony worth $40, 900.
and a rich old Doctor Of Divinity for a fa-
'her"-that this led to another scene of
wrangling, the consequences OF which was
that no collection was taken, and the COM
mitiee or the ladies were left to paw the ex-
penses out Of their own pockets" The truth
in relation TO this matter is this. Mrs. Fos-
Ter said that Mr.. Torrey had an estate left
him a few years ago, which was reported to
be worth $4,000, but what it is now worth
she did not know; but that Mrs. II. had re-
celved $4,000 of the money that was collect
ed to redeem her husband from prison; be-
sides, she had a wealthy Doctor of Divinity
for a father. The word "old" before IA
is your own, and was placed there. 7
doubt not, for a purpose. You tell US that
this sled to another wrangIe." A wrangle
is a dispute between two or more persons.
But will You say that any person spoke in
opposition TO Mrs. Foster! If so, I call nm
on you to name the individual. l pronounce
the statement a base fabrication and So far
is 1t from being true that, on the contrary.
urged upon the audience Che duty of con.
tributing to defray the expenses of the meet
ing, that they might not be left. as was too
often the case on similar occasions, to fau
upon the shoulders of the committee.
Passing from the coIlaction