Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1847-06-18
WESTERN ANTI-SLAYERY FAIR.

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Ii ia proposed to hold a Fair, to aid the
cause of emanci patton, al the time and place
OF The next Anniversary Of the Western An
i-SIavery Society and the object OF this
Circular is TO invite all, 10 assist in prepar-
ing for that occasion, vino are the foes Of OPP
pression-who desire that our country shall
be redeemed from the rule oil tyrants-who
wish TO break tho yoke Of the captive, and TO
repel the aggressions which Slavery is ma
king upon our own rights. Whether the
contributions shall be worthy Of the cause
worthy the high professions Of those who
stand forth as the friends Of liberty, may
greatly depend, reader, upon your efforts
Are you willing to contribute Of your abund-
ance or your penury are you willing 10 slim
ulate others TO good works, and unite with
them TO bring your neighborhood offering,
and lay 1t upon the altar of humanity If
you have neither silver nor gold, are you
willing TO consecTatc a portion Of what you do
possess to this cause! Let the farmer and his
wife bring grain and wool, hrooms and bask-
cts, cloth and other manufactured articles
let the d~airymaid come with her cheese and
butter, and the miller with his nour-let the
halter and timer, the saddler and shoemaker
present such needful things as their severa'
handicrafts can furnish-let the merchan
'Oiti'NutV IioeIdlI) u MS elOch, anu llOS'
who are skillful with the needle bring such
useful and fancy articles as their ingenuity
may devise.
The proceeds Of this Fair will be appro
priated to tie support of the Anti-Slavery
movement in the West, either by placing
them at the disposal of the Western Anti.
Slavery Society or applying them by direc-
ton OF the donors 10 some branch of This re-
form in harmony with the views Of that So
ciety.
Tbs cause for which we ask you to labor
is one which Is fraught with the deepest in
terest 10 millions of our race--it meets with
laVoT i.om the %virtuous and the good, and is
approved by the Father of the oppressed
We aiicciionately invite you to share the toll
and the reward OF this work-we appeal 10
you in the name of MAN, robbed and outra-
ged-we ask you 10 be true to tho instincts
OF your better nature, and TO prove by your
actions that you appreciate The blessings oil
liberty and the safe q uards OF virtue.
BeTsEY NJ. CowLgs, Austinburg,
LYDIA lRIsH. New Lisbon,
JANE ID. MCNEALY, Greene,
MARY DONALDSON, DO.
MATILDA s. HoweL.L, PaincGYille,
SUSAN MARSHALL, do.
MARIA l.. GIDDINGs, Jcfrrson,
MERCY LLOYD, LloyusVlll",
MARY ANN BRoNsoN, Medina,
PHEBE ANN CARROLL, Ra%vPnna,
MARTHA J. TILDEN, DO.
SUSANNA Il. DONALDSON, New Richmond.
Ruth DuGDALE, Green Plain,
ELIZABETH BoRToN, Selma,
MARiA WHITMoRE, Andover,
REBECcA S. Thomas, Marlborough,
SARAH BowN, Pittsburgh,
SARAH W. TAYLOR, 4"
MARY S. Dickinson, Chagrin Falls.
SAREPTA BRowN. New Lyme.
ELIZA CowLEs, Geneva,
HlLpAu BARNABY, Mt. Union,
HARRIET n. ToRREY, Parkman,
ELIzAsETH A. STEDMAN, Randolph,
CoRDELIA SMALLEY, DO.
SILENCE RICHMOND, Munson,
ELIZABETH BuTTERwoRrH, Hopkinsyille,
ANN WALKER, Leesville,
MARY GRIswOLD, New Garden,
ELIZA HOLMES, COlumbiana,
LEAH VoGLEsoNG, do.
ANNA C. FULLER, Brooklyn,
CopSEMA r. CowLEs, Buffalo, n. Y,
LAURA BARNABY, Salem,
J. ELIZABETH JONES, do.