Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1846-09-11

the Disunion platform, and human nature
sticks ont as visible in them as others, and as
a matter OF course, they stand ready to assail
every one, who differs with them in their pc
culiar predictions. And in as much as the
Liberty party is at present the most formida-
bic hindrance, to the spread of their princi-
pies it is no marvel, that they pounce upon it
tiger-hke. If the principles of Dissolution,
or the Dissolution party (for we call them,
the advocates of Dissolution, a party as well
as any other organized association) ever tri-
umph it must be over the ashes of the Liberty
party. As the latter GIBBS, the former flows.
This, the advocates of Dissolution, very we'll
know, and if they discharge the greatest num-
Der Of their artillery upon the Liberty party,
who is disposed to blame them? 1t is hu-
man nature. They are not going to give up
their work and enter another under any con-
sideration. And for this we do not see how
they should be held culpable for any thing
very bad-while the whole community are
following the same track, under different BAN
ners. And so despe rately hostile have those
persons become to every thing that does not
chime with their %cantata, that we opine, they
cannot many times, see right, if ever so de-
sirous Of doing so, In this, we certainly
ought MT to blame them, for it is human to
run to extremes. Mankind many times un-
der a perseverance that stops at nothing in
the way of the promulgation of their peculiar
tenets, drive themselves into a position where
they no doubt honestly think they are right
and every one else wrong. And where man
kind are honest in the vindication of certain
principles, we certainly ought not to blame,
and much less vilify them. WhileS S. Fos-
ter asserts tina. ''the influence of the Liberty
party is more detrimental to the interests Of
the slave, titan any other,' we are not in
clined to heap squibs of defamation upon
him. If he so thinks, let him declare it.
And if he can convince the community that
this is the case, let him do it. But we don't
believe he can. In our opinion, the feelings
of some of the advocates of Disunion are
strained to such a tension, in favor of their Pc
culiar views and consequent aversion to all
others, that it has become a sort ofsecond ma
ture to them, to give every opponent a trough
grab" Samuel Brooke, for instance. We
know him of old. A rare specimen is he of
whole-heartedness in every thing he under
takes. How is it with him? On the morn
ing he left me to attend a meeting at Atwa-
ter conducted by Abby, Foster, Stebbins g.
co., as his wagon commenced rolling from
the gate, he turned himself and said, ''now
look out and not be brought over, be careful
and rot be led astray by them," when 10 a,
she same meeting, five OF six hours afterwards,
we heard Abby thank God, tina, Samuel
!, Brooke, had that day cut loose from the Lib
erty party-and entered the Disunion fold
Now Samuel's transition was attended with
considerable dispatch, and as a matter of
course he must at once commence a d desperate
effort of giving a reason for the hope within
him-and Liberty party has been his theme
ever since, upon this party Ire has since con-
tinued to heap constant invective, and, with
al, what is a little singular, has turned to
Iashing the Liberty party over his own back.
He complains bitterly of the effort which he
says has been made by the leaders Of the
Liberty party to build up their party on the
destruction of the State society. We do not
look upon it in this light. But we r~ecollect
well of hearing Samuel say that at a meeting
held in Austinburg by himself, II. L. Pres
ton & CO., Chen agents for the state soclety,)
that he ''with others so arranged The matter
as to convert the meeting into a political, or
rather, Liberty one, and they did tup right"
He is peculiarly fond Of .doing it up right"
and if he cannot succeed in one way he will
if possible in another for he is a terrible fell
low to draw wherever he hitches-and if he
draws well in the harness lie has just taken
upon him, he must necessarily take a number
of bitches upon the Liberty party, or of course
he will soon be regarded as unfit for the col
lar. However we are not inclined to berate
Samuel much, for az a man Ire is affdble and
obliging-possessTng an uncommon degree of
perseverance and courage, together with a
good portion of denuneiation, and under the
influence of the latter of these he no doubt
thus deals a blow or two upon himself for
the sake Of its effec. upon the Liberty party.
We have a few ideas more we would like to
write, but we have already occupied more
space than we intended.
Yours in battling Cor the slave.
II. w. CURTISS.
70 b. S. g. ]. L. JONES.
Charleston, Sept. ID, 1916.