Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1847-03-26

| dHOblti IihS'f dlu OlIdlllAtu II society Illll oil
deadly hostility 10 the old one, giving it the
name of the "American AMI Foreinn Anti.
Slavery Society,"" Their first endeavor was
to brand the old society as a dangerous body {;
rs one which ought to be dlscountenanced by
every friend Of good order and religion
This new clerical society, unfortunately, like
Elliot Cresson and his mission, has taken
root in England. and has obtained the warm
support of the Broad-street Committee, in
London, which. singularlv enough. is COM
posed principally OF the Society of Friends,
who profess 10 hold, as one of their iundd-
mental principles, the right for every human
being TO speak as the spirit giveth utterdnce,
and who authorize, to the utmost, the right
of women to enter the ministry, and speak in
public. But truth is strong. nay, omnipo-
tent, and these things must in the end be
corrected.
No one individual in America has come in
for a greater share Of hatred and misrepre-
sentation from this new and adverse party,
than Garrison himself. 1t has been their OBJ
iect to crush him, and the violence Of the
Southern slave party has not been greater
than the unkind, ungenerous fdlsehoods which
they have circulated against him. We have
heard, all of us in England, that he is a dis
turher OF the public peace, a iirebrand, an in
fdel, and on the last charge have the changes
most successfully rung. An in6dtl ! because
he believes that not one day in seven, but
that oil days should be kept holy! Are not
many of us infidels in this same sensel A
disorganizer and frpbrand, because he rejects
the use Of all carnal weapons, and inculcates
the duty Of literally overcoming evil with
good, and forgiving our enemies, as we de-
sire God to forgive us! May the day soon
come, when not only he, but we and the
whole world, are "disorganizers and fire.
brands" Of this description.
In 1910. the s~o-called =. Worlds Anti Sia-
very Convention " was held in London, and
Garrison was appointed by the American
Anti-Slavery Society TO attend it, together
with Lucretia Mott, and other female dele
gates-LucretIa Mott, by way Of paremlhesis,
let us observe, is another of those remarkable
women who have been called out Of the re-
tirement Of private lif,, to stand forth boldly
in this great battle for human rights. Never
will the writer of this article forget seeing
for the first time this extraordinary woman.
Lucretia Mott, to her idea, must be an ANA
ION who, if full of intellectual power, and
moral intrepidity, would want yet the graces
of the true roman. She came; she was no
above the middle size; in the plainest gart
of a Quaker matron calm. gentle, affection
ate, and womanly in The highest degree
There was something absolutely subduing il
the tenderness of her eye, in her soft smile
and low, pleasant voice: presently, however
the Intellectual brow, the kindling eye, the
beaming countenance, and the eloquent tongue
realized an idea of intellectual and mora
greatness, and singleness of purpose, which
wanted no AmaZonian figure TO complete it.
She is now the writer's idea of a woman ot
the apostolic age and hers, in reality, are
the true characteristics of mind which those
apostolic days called forth, as well as the
present great struggle in America. Such
was Lucretia Mott but she was a UomGn
and the Worlds Convention would not re
ceive her; nor, of course, any of her sister
delegates.
Garrison, as might be expected, refused,
therefore, 10 appear in the character Of dele
gate, either not on the grounds of Wo
mans Rights but because the credenlial:
given by the American Anti-Slavery Society
were dishonored, and he would not allow
himself to 90 in as a privileged member
where others, having the same credentials a:
his own, were excluded. To have done 9th
erwise would, according TO his views, have
been false to that society, and TO the causC
of the slave. He went, therefore, merely in
to the gallery as a spectator.
Strong in many noble minds was the In
dinnation felt at this exclusion, and DAME
} O'Connell and William Hewitt, each o
them addressed letters to Lucretia Mott Of
this subject which were widely circulated i
America.
The great question of entire and immediat
emancipation, since then, has made rapid pre-
gress through the United States. The tru
spirit of American independence is shown
| itself amongst accommodating thousands VIII
D have awoke as from a lethargy, and are 2,
S erting their strength to throw off this incub,
of crime, and this moral disgrace, from the
Y country.
, The object of William Lloyd Garrisor
Y and his colleagues, Henry G. Wright al
= Frederick Douglass, in this country at II
3 present moment, is to rouse the sympatii
. of the British population, and, knowing Il
influence which public opinion here eXerts
= America. 10 secure for this sacred cause Il
= full benefit of this moral agent.
The struggle is an arduous one, but Il
hand Of God is for it, and it must prosper
Mary remarkable features already attend
: II has called forth an amount Of moral pow
j and greatness, the effect of which cam
easily be calculated, but the result of whlC
$ must be an immense march onward in d
: human progress.
: OF our friend Garrison, let us conclude
: the words of one capable of approaching oh
| racters like his He is one of Gods n
: bility-the head of the moral aristocracy.-
: 1t is not only that he is invulnerable 10 mi
, ry-that he early got the world under h
!, feet. but that in his meekness, his syI
: pathies, his self-forgetiulness, he appea
r /" recovered all over with the stars and orde
g Of the spiritual realm whence he derives h
: dignities and his powers" He is,
= short, a true disciple of Christ, and in tn
lies his power and his greatness. Such MI
ennoble their age and their country.
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