Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1846-07-03

Our eastern friends nave attended nuinpr- |
our large and interesting conventions in vari-
Gus sections of the State. During the latter
part of their labors, they were attended by
our General Agent Samuel Brooke, whose
acquaintance with the different portions of
the State, and his u%ntiring devotion to the
cause of freedom, render him highly efficient
and successful in getting up conventions and
performing the OF. OF duties attendant upon his
station.
We have had, during the year, but few
lecturing agents employed. We regretted
deeply that the resources of the Society were
not sufficient to enable us to carry on more
extensive operations in his respect. Milo
A. Townsend and Henry II. Hatch were in
the field as lccturinr aGents. the former one
month and the latter about three months
The pledges and donations taken at our last
Annual Meeting. after the payment of the
debts resting upon tho Society, were trans
ferrcd, we believe. at the wish of a LARGE ma
iority of the donors, to the Publishing Com
mittne of the "Bugle,'', to enable them to
establish that paper. A considerable amount
of these pledges vet remains unpaid, as will
appear by the Treasurer's Report.
We hope the Society will adopt some sys-
ten of measures by which more laborers can
be brought into the field. We have those
AMONGST us NilO lItl uGtDlH 10 lHB DOllIldI,
who are amply qualified to 90 forth and plead
his cause, and who should, by all means, be
encouraged to do so.
We have said in view of the past and pre-
sent, that we feel encouraged. The Sims
OF the Ilmes, though fearful IN some aspects,
are ye propltlous. The bold, undisgulsed
wlckedness OF the American Government
has, OF late, been such that many who had
been blinded by prejudice and welded to
corruption are becoming aroused. Tho an
neNatlon OF Texas, clearly Tor the purpose OF
extending ana perpetuatlhg slavery, has
awakened IN the minds OF thousands a just
So"'o Vi l"o P!'i''o" Tc'uPicu ny 'n.9 P'o-
,t npuP c . a'c eII.S'''i nt'.Dn VI.
e i' 80. y ~ oeN Du' Nv ~
:; "in'N''.'u; ue1c'e'ous DIS " was 'omd'u
instica and bonor-bronJinr as i mrst tho
American nnonle with etnrnoi inrn.vHbas
IatnIr Loou srrnn,ssoG in ir;nnity Tho cr;m9v
or baseness and b]rnt,litv has at last bcen
reached. We ,IlnJa to fbo war which onr
nation is now waginc AGAINST the country
if has so baselv Injured. which has becn com.
mcnced at the biddinr of sIaverv-ua war. :"
lin the language of an appeal lately issued
bv the American Anti-Slayerv Society," :. Of
aggression, of INVASION, of conquest and ra-
pine-Inarked by rullianism, pertidy, and ev-
cry other feature of national deprivation, and
waged solely for the detestable and horrid
purpose of extending and perpetuating Anne.
rican Slavery throughout the vast territory OF
Mexico"
Every friend oc ~irstico and humanity sbouIf
he active in this momentous crisis. The pre.
sent is not a time TO Galter or relax our efforts
We should, in view of these onormities, be
instiratcd to renewed and more determined
and energetic action. We should sneak ou
our testimony in defence of truth and in on
position to outrage, as we have never We
spoken.
elf We have WHISPERED truth,
Whisper no lonrer:
Speak as the tempest does,
Steiner and STRONGER"
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u 'ne tIu'"1 onlii Ivy "0' "o'' ~ o'io'
uhel u''o'""1 '''e''o
= Though much has been done Tor the az
vancemcnt OF our cause, a far greater woI
e yet remains to be accomplished. n poop
$ sunk in depravlty so deep as those OF o.
country, cannot be won over to truth and h