Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1846-08-07
WILSON s. THORN.
tlARyeYsDuaon, Warren County, o.

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HARyEYsBuaou, Warren County, o.
To all ,oho read he Bugle, bui more plrlica.
larry 10 sundry as,v SaJ5:ri5sr5s
ESTEEMED FRIENDS:
Several of you will doubtless r%ecollect
when you subscribed for the Bug'c, of ex.
pressing a desire and a hope that by reading
the paper You should be able to find out tn,
ground Of difference between Djsu7fJni,is and
Liberty party aboli'ionia,1. To s2mo Of You
promised to pen one CT two concise %ardcle5t
touching the ground Of difference, Sc. As
you are now beginning to r%scoi7e Tho paper,
you are, Of course, expecting mo to fulfil tho
promise. | will offer a brief explanation oil
what | think to be the difference between the
Disuuion and the Liberty party abolitioniste,
think the Liberty party friends are trying to
set bounds and ~limits-are driving p7r'y
lines around the discussion of the question Of
human rights, whilst Disunionists 60 fer free
discussion of all the principles and positions
which can be shown 10 have any material
bearing either for or against the universal
emancipation Of the slaves.
Now, some well-mcan,ng Liberty mel"
viii doubtless say, that is a pretty serious
charge against our party: where is your
pro3f?" | answer, a pant Of the proof may
be found in tho fact, that the most careful
readers Of the philanthropist. and other Lib
crty party papers, have not been able to get
at both sides of the qaos,inn--ihat there is a
manifest shrinking among the ablest advo-
Gates Of Liberty party from meeting the Dis
unionist question, may be easily established
there is 10 lack for documentary proof to
show this TO be the case, and | will offer
some from Liberty party's own fmily.
/ will here copy an extract from a letter
which | received the past winter from Joseph
Carler, (by the way, Joseph is known in
Indiana, and some Of the western counties ia
Ohio. as one of the most promising young
men for talent and ability as a speaker, as
well as for his integrity in following truth,
that the Liberty tanks contain.) The
extract referred to, relds as follows: Il have
jnst returned from a Convention held in Elk
tor, in Prehlo county, for the purpose Of car
ryiug into effect, in that county, the measures
recommended by the Ohio State Liberty Con-
vention recently held Mt Columbus; aud be-
ing called upon t. address that Convention,
/ took occasion to show tho recent encroach-
ments of The slave power, and the measures
now being taken by that power to consolidate
itself into a perfect and impenetrablo bulwark
that it is now using the functions Of this
Government TO close up every avenue by
which Liberty principles might ever hope
to effect its overthrow. In consequence Of
these flcts, many Of our warm-hearted Lib
erty men were leiviog our ranks and crying
out Disunion. | then read yJur letter before
the Convention, and spoke Of the necessity
of Liberty men encouraging free discussion
Of my regret at ioosiag you from our ranks,
and requested leave, in behalf the Conven-
ton, 10 invite you among US. In reply to
which, tho Chairnan said-''I heartily re-
greet being under tie necessity Of going
against free discussion, butIlhink that broth
CT Nicholson's presence among us will do us
no good The sane sentiment seems tn
prevail throughout this nrighborhood." An
other letter which | have recently received
from friend Cafder in reply To a notn Of mine
in which I had proposed t, lecture in Green
Bush, G small town in Preble coun'y,O he
says Of a clergyman Of The viilasn, (who is
also a member Of tic Liberty pary,) Rev.
Mr.. Fall says tina, he is 1.-The sclpr-goat Of
every unpopular doctrine ia Green Bush, and
that he has been 10 the wilderness ofen
enough"
"But hare a notion to bind the charge Of
cowarLice upon his horns, and let him take
another rip; for he says he is afraid of Dis
unIonisis. Now, his being a "scapa-goai"
may be readily accounted for from the fact
TIA. he claims to be tho " sole proprietor" Of
a certain House Of God in that place, and
thus prtUsnt other citizens from sharing the
responsibility Of free discussion. Brother
Fall took occasion 10 lecture me upon the
danger Of investigating the question Of Disu-
MON. He said that the Devil was at the
head of ii! The Devil, he says, always
holds back Re(ormers as long as he can, but
when he can no longer prevent a good work
by holding back, he Transforms himself into
an Angel of Light, and leads on, and the
great danger is, that We shall become so rood
that We shall be good for nothing. Now, as
the above came from The sole proprietor,
presume it is true, and I could not refrain
rom expressing my joy at The certainty of
'ur success, for there can be but little doubt
4 our final triumph, when our energies are
. potent as 10 reform tho DeriG, and indeed,
Nicholson, ] have but little ar of