Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1846-12-18
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Esteemed Editors and Reader,

IL IL mlunlght, The hour apparently TO
sleep and rest 10 both physical aud menia
exercises-yet remembering as | did willis.
lay upon my pillow that it was also mid
night in the moral universal have Just now
arisen and have set taIlow candle to blazing
the light Of which has chased away the dark.
ness from a small spot on the earth near The
centre of this little circle of light ] ain now
sitting with pen in hand TO answer the nreat
moral requisite which suffering humanity is
making to all kindly intelligences in The fol.
lowing interesting words "Watchman tell
us of the night what its signs Of promise
are" &c. discover in a recent No. Of the
Bugle, that a letter written from Jay co., Ia,
by j. d., to myself, has portion Of it come
before the public, with a short editorial cal
ling attention 10 it as showing pretty clear
ly the character Of Liberty party in that Sec
ton of country" Now TRUST that the weap-
on of warfare, for which we are all seeking,
is Truth, and truth alone; therefore, with all
due respect and Difference for the opinions
which friend Davis held when he wrote the
letter, and also for that of the worthy Editors
of the Bugle, which seems to be fo,sded in
part upon the testimony Of friend Davis, and
partly, no doubt, upon what to them seems to
be corroborative testimony TO the character of
the party in other places, as well as some ex-
detrimental acquaintance for themselves with
Liberty party folks elsewhere, 1 must beg
leave TO offer what TO me at least appears to
be ga more sure word of prophecy" concern
ing the general feeling and tendency of the
Liberty party voters in the west. Ihave lust
returned from a l%ecturing tour, including
amongst the points | have visited, that same
neighborhood in Jay CO. which the extract al
ludes to. | need only TO give a brief sketch
ofwhat | met with generally amongst the Lib
erty party voters to show clearly that there is
danger of a wrong impression, and serious
injury to our cause, resulting from things of
the nature Of that extract.
| left home early on lst day morning, the
25th of October, to attend an appointment
made for me at the dwelling house of Jacob
Kemp, a Liberty party %roterand a preacher in
the United Brethren's Society; arrived there
at 3 o'clock, the hour appointed, found the
audience assembled, gave them a plain and
argumentative discourse on the pro-slayerv
character Of the constitution, and the impor-
lance of dissolving this prO-slavery union.-
And although the larger part of the audience
were, presume, Liberty party folks, there
was no opposition to any of the positions ad-
vocated, though two of the persons present
were in the habit of public speaking. and both
these Liberty voters, ! believe. And so far
was there from being any prejudice, or bad
feelings excited, that | was warmly solicited
to hold other meetings there, the generous
owner of the house declaring, for himself,
that his house should remain always open for
Anti-SlaVery meetings to be held in, without
regard to party or sect.
The next morning, after the breakfast and
the devotional exercises of the family were
concluded, | left and proceeded to Oxford,
where l was an entire stranger, with the
exception of having some acquaintance with
one Liberty party voter, e.. IIaskell.1 l
called on him and stated my mission, &C.;
he Immediately dropped all his work and
devoted the whole afternoon to getting up
n meeting for me against candle lighting,
md as the curtains of night began 10 fall
around the village, every window of the new
and spacious I" Market-house hall" began to
send forth The beams of sparkling yellow
light; the bills having been posted up, the
house procured, and the lights furnished all
by one of Samuel Lewis's constituents. we
had a good meeting, the union, the constitu-
ton, and northern SHAREHOLDERS, all being
Shown up in as clear a light as talk of two
hours would permit. The next morning this
same liberty man subscribed a fur hat towards
an anft-Sarery far, and another whig voter
subscribed a pair of shoes for the same pur-
pose after obtaining som subscribers | left
and proceeded to Salem, Union county. Ia.
to attend The Free Labour convention which
met there the eth and 28th. ! was kindly
received and Hospitality entertained by Liber.
ty party voters. And when | camo into the
convention | was surprised at the marked
respect and liberality with which | was ,rea-
ted-a majority Ct the folks present were be-
You'd all doubt of the Liberty party order
and there were several Liberty party lectu-
rers present, yet as soon as the meeting was
organized, and the committees appointed TO
prepare the business, a motion was made by
DIR. IL. IL. Way, of Newport, to invite me
TO address the meeting the motion passed
the house without opposition. DR.. Way is
a voter with the Liberty party. The Chair
man and the Secretary were both Liberty par
~ folks, yet they told me to choose my own
subject, and occupy as much time as | wish
ed. went into a full investigation of the
character of this union and the government,
proving clearly that the constitution and the
union were "The bulwarks of American Sla-