Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1846-04-03


be lea 20 repentance, for IT is only BY repent
anee, as she showed, and putting away the
sin Of slavery, that this terrible catastrophe
can be avertod.
Attic closing meeting we had some dis
turbance, made by a man, who, if he were
not utterly shameless, we should expect would
slink away from the light Of day, and become
a companion to the bats and moles-we refer
to the, formerly Reverend Mr.. Amber. Ear
ly in the meeting alluded to, while Stephen
D. Foster was speaking upon funds prepare
tory to taking up a collection, that fellow had
the impudence to intrude himself upon the
meeting with his hackers of whom we were
informed a considerable portion were Metho-
dists-and interrupting the speaker, demand
ed Of him a sight Of his license for selling
books His insolent demand nothayinr been
complied with, he attempted to read the law
in relation TO pedlars and travelling merchants,
but the audience refused to hear him. He
succceded in stating that S. S. Foster haC
not only sold books without a license con-
trary TO law, but had also violated the law
by selling them on the Sabbath. Only thinl
OF HENRY w. AMDLER!!! staining forth ia
defence Of the Sabbath The very idea is
enough to make fends grin and chuckle,
and every true heart swell with indignation.
Finding that his mobocratic attempt would
not be sustained in that way, he changed his
ground, and complained most piteously that
his character had been a~ssailed, and said he
came there to defend it-that he had even
been invited to come by members Of the So
ciety of Friends, and by some of the respect
able and influential citizens of Salem. When
questioned as to what member of the Society
of Friends invited him, he asked ais not
BRNJAAIN HAwLEY a membe:9" thus insin-
uating, though not asserting that he was one
who invited him. 1t is written that the Dew
ii is the father of lies, so we know not whe-
thcr Amber insinuated the truth. We place
the name, and the fact upon record, to in
yite benjamin Hawley to clear himself of
the foul imputation if innocent, and if guilty
TO fix the brand of shame upon his forehead.
Though strongly urged to give other names,
Of Friends, and of " the respectable citizens"
who had invited him, he failed TO do it, eth
er from inability or unwillingress. No at
tack had been made upon Ambler's charac-
Ter, he was however assured that at the pro-
per time he would have an opportunity to re-
ply TO any imaginary attack, but that the
speaker would not consent to have him thrust
aside the business then before the meeting,
and gag him in the midst Of a speech. He
was not content with this, honest and fair
as was the proposition, and so infinitely be-
yond what any church in the town would Of
fer to one whose character its minister had
assailed, but he persisted in attempting to
carry his point by mob violence. Quite a
number sustained him in this, some of whom
will perhaps be mortified 10 learn that iheif
names have been placed upon record for flu
ture reference. After submitting to a terri
bic castigation from Stephen, and a still more
terrible one from Abby, whose moral charac-
ter his foul lips last summer spit their slime
upon, and finding that his threats and ap-
peals were alike unheeded, that the sense OF
Justice and the common d~ecency Of the Peo-
pie resisted him, he and his supporters with
drew.
1t has never been our lot to Witness 50 per
feet an incarnation OF deyiltry, such an i'm
psnetrable, immovable personifcation OF vile
ness and hypocrisy as was presented on that
occasion. This may seem TO some to be harsh
language, but to those who knOty the man, i
will appear lame and Inexpensive, and fall
far short of conveying the full idea OF inn
blsrism. We expect the fellow will com
plain of being gagged, and will endeayor t.
make political capital out Of it by his piieou
complaints. This, indeed, was probably tn
motive which brought him to our meetings
for we understand, that having signalIy fail
I'd in his attempts to win ecclesiastical pow
or, his ambitious spirit has fixed its arden
songiugs upon the Office Of Squire! in whic
,fice he tbiuks lie is properly qualified t
represent the people of Salem. We shalIse'
We shall recur to this subject again.
TUlE NEW HAMPSHIRE ELECTION
The Emancipator is cndeavoring to mani
fictnre capital out Of the recent defeat OF til
seryile Democrats of New Hampshire, al
would hayeits readers think that the increa'
of. Liberty party votes has been very gre