Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1848-01-28
Our Visit South.

stances rendered our laboTS more dllncult man
we anticipated, and our visit less profitable
to the cause than we expected to make it
lively, for it is only upon the unseen and yet
unwritten page Of the future, that the effect
Of any effort in a moral enterprise can he ira
ced. 1t is no, the work that promises most
that is always most glorious in result. a
simple remark is sometimes more effective
than a Iabored Argument brief conyersa-
ton than "A great speech.
We met with a striking illustration Of this
in an incident related to us by n former Car
DINA STAKEHOLDER, whom we had the pleasure
Of seeing in Cincinnati. With a view tn ben
eft one If his neiahbors-a poor. miserable,
degraded white man-who had no visible
means of support for himself and family, lie
proposed to procure a good place for one Of
his sons in the shop of "A mechanic. The In
dignation with which this proposition was
received, and the contempt manifested by the
- sand-hilleT" for those who would degrade
themselves by working side BY side with
slaves, revealed to him new features in the
system Of slavery. He saw its depressing
influence upon the white population. AM
other path of life was opened before him
the remark Of that ignorant : sand-hiller' was
the first link in the chain OF events which has
made John G.. Vaughn the opponent Of sla-
very, and the editor Of the Louisville IN
aminer."
The sudden changes in the weather made
the roads almost lmpassable-one day they
would be as solid and as rugged as New
Hampshire Granite, and before we had tra-
yelled them enough to warm our blood, Hey
presto change, they were as soft and as miry
as a Southern swamp. Under such circum-
stances weeould not expect large meetings,
but were sometimes agreeably surprised to
find that in despite of frost, and SNOW, and
rain, and mud, and i~reshets, many came ont
to hear. Another thing that operated %irjuri-
ously upon our mission was the price of pork.
1t is said that he who desires Il favorable YER
dict should never trust his case to Il hungry
jury, and to this We would add that they who
wish 10 appeal successfully in behalf Of out
ragged humanity, should never make it to dis
appointed. pork-growers. In that part of the
Stale we visited, So many are engaged in
raising pork for the market, that the present
ruinously low prices are extensively felt;
and many who would otherwise have bought
books and'subscribed for anti-slavery papers.
had no money to spare for either. Many APP
peared dull and lislless when we talked to
them Of human righiS-the fact that three
millions of Americans were in chains, and
that State and Church legalized and sancti-
fed the deed, was a matter of very little mo-
ment to them. The degradation Of man, and
the purchase and sale of Gods image, was
no concern of theirs. If instead of these
things, we had talked of raising hogs, build
ing slaughter-houses, making pork-barrels
and sausages, they would have been all al
teniion and animation-thei very souls would
have shons in their eyes, and their pockets
become instinct with life. All! what "a glo-
rious spot Southern Ohio would be, if the
people there cared as much for principle as
for pork were as much interested in maili-
tanning human rights as in f|dttening swine,
and labored as faithfully for the enfranchise-
ment of man as for the improvement of hogs.
At most OF our meetings we obtained some
subscribers and sold some books; and where
this was not effected We feared that the ruth
fell only upon stony ground, where it could
take no root. The lecturer fights not halt
the bat,le-he should leave behind him books
and papers 10 second the effort he has made
and keep the subject before the people. Ma
ny friends Of the cause place too much faith
in anti-slavery speech, and far too little il
other agencies.
The social part of our visit was very agree
able-we formed a personal acquaintance
with many noble spirits whom we had previ'
ously known by report. We might mention
several that appear to be among the very best
and most devoted friends Of the cause. We
wish the abolilionists in the Northern dnC
Southern part OF the State were better ac
quainted, they would love each other more
and the more cheerlully cooperate in The
work OF emancipation.
We have already alluded to J. c. Ndughr
he spent a couple Of hours with us, ant
seemed so good natured, so gentlemanly, SC
Southern in his feelings, that it is hard tc
conceive why the Shareholders of kentucky
made such determined opposition to the start,
ing Of his " Examiner"
John A. Collins, too, our old anti-slavsry
and community acquaintance, paid US a long
visit and talked over old times, and the things
connected with them, and called Up many