Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1848-03-17

admission of error, and in the return OF that
which should never have been accepted. but
this expectation has never been realized. The
Doctors of Divinity still clutch their lll-gotten
gains, and the probability Is, that their des-
picable conduct will create such a discussion
in their church, that honest men will with
draw from it, from an unwillingness TO iden-
tlty themselves with ministers who had so
far forgotten their honorable calling as TO
strike hands in Christian fellowship with
men-stealers. Scotchmen have not fallen so
low as to sanction such base conduct. They
will, in large numbers, vindicate themselves,
and clear their profession of the truth as it
is IN Jesus from SO foul a stain.
At this %juncture Of affairs in Scotland. Mr..
Garrison arrived in England, and as soon as
the venerable Clarkson heard of his arrival,
he was DESTROYS TO see him. Garrison, ac-
companied by George Thompson and Frede-
rick Douglass, (the latter well known and
highly esteemed by thousands in the United
kingdom.) soon paid a visit to Play ford Hall.
We have reason to know that 1t was a mem
orable visit, and that 1t made an impression
on the survivors not soon TO be forgotten.-
Mr.. Clarkson, though feeble in body, rrceiv-
cd his friend with all The warmth Of youthful
affection. After a delightful interchange of
sentiment with the still vigorous-uinded old
man, the three friends took their leave Of him
with increased admiration of a man who had,
through a life protracted much beyond the
usual space, loved his fellow-men with sim
gular devotion, and who, even now, when
the lamp of life was expiring, was still bust
ed in plans for the promotion Of their happi-
ness.
When Garrison was bidding a last farewell
to his venerable friend and father in the cause
Of humanity, Clarkson put into his hands his
Last Thoughts on American Slavery This
is IA valuable document, valuable for its testi-
mony to the unbroken vigor Of its writer's
mind, and for the fine sentiments, and adnl-
rahle principles, which it contains.
1t presents an elaborate and well-reasoned
argument in favor of the separation of the free
from the slave States of the American L nion.
This document, which we have seen in man
uscript, and which is written in a neat, plain
hand, by the deceased himself, exhibits a
sound understanding, and Il mind |undimmed
by The lrosts Of age.
1t is delightful thus TO contemplate the close
ofThomas Clarkson's life, which was through
out its entire course a scene of active and toll
some laboGs, such as no man not possessed
of an iron constitution and an answering
spirit, could have undergone. AT times these
labUrs Frustrated him, and it seemed as if he
must desist. But as Providence constantly
raises up great men when great occasions de-
mand their energies, so Clarkson's life was
spared his undaunted spirit seemed but &c
derive fresh energy ftom the difficulties which
Il beset his path.
Thomas Clarkson was for many years th'
honored President of the British and ForeigI
Anti-Slavery Society. Since his decease
that Society has been careful 10 proclaim tt
the world, that to the latest period of his ex
l%stence, the Committee enjoyed his full con
iidence, and the measures which they pursu'
ed in promoting the great objects OF their as
ISOLATION were in entire accordance with hl'
mature Judgment.
We believe Mr.. Clarkson united heartily
with that Society at its origin, and that he
willingly co-operated with its members III
the end Of his life. But that all their mea
sures were in full accordance with his view:
is, we apprehend, claiming too much fo
them for it has been well known for years
that the sympathies Of thes British and For
eign Anti-Slavery Society have been in uni
son with the acts of the American and For
eign Anti-SlayeTy Society, which is a Sucle
ty of comparatively recent formation, an'
which arose out of a difference of opinion OF
some matter of principle with the old organl
Zation association, of which Mr.. Garrison d
the acknowledged head.
The London Society and the new organl
cation body in America offered a steady op
position to some Of the modes of action pur
sued by the Garrisonians; snch as the tul
acknowledgment of women's equal rights
with men in the anti-slavery movement, anC
the exclusion of all subjects Of a s~ectariaT
patura. tho nop-vntinn thanru apb a Tpfusa
TO take office under a pro-slavery Constltu
ton; and latterly, a determined and stead,
agitation for the dissolution of the Union.-
Its not necessary for us to enter at any length
into these points of difference suffice it t
say, that Mr.. Clarkson not only gave hi
warm sympathy to the Garrison party, but
: only a few weeks before his death, he pre-
! sented them with the important document al
ready referred to, which is a full and com
plete acknowledgment of the wisdom of tn,
l course pursued by the old organization Soci
ETY., in relation to the call of that association
t for non-intercourse with SHAREHOLDERS.
t We mention these facts in justice to til,
! memory of Thomas Clarkson, whose enlarg
: ed mind led him to view with approval eve
ry new mode of operation which was in &C
t cOrdance with high principle, and which mus
therefore, tend to advance the cause Of humal
3 freedom; and we allude to these in justice
also, to that fearless body OF men and womel
t in the United States, who are laboTing witt
untiring zeal and excellent Judgment for thu
acknowl dgment of the rights of their colorel
+, brethren.
We would not infer that Mr.. Clarkson dis
sented so much from the acts OF the Society
of which he was the President, as to max,
! him decline taking an active part in its pro
= ceedings. We only know, that for som,
years, probably in some measure owing Il
infrmity o. body,) he did not take an acliv'
part in them, and up to the close Of his glori
= GUS career on earth, his love of Mr.. Garrison
= and his approval of the course pursued b.
: him and his friends, were clearly manifested
t So that we do not think it quite fair of tn,
: British and Foreign Society to assume, tina
t their late President fully approved of thei
! course Of action, and 10 publish this sentimen
to the world, in such a form as must convey