Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1848-11-17

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public sentiment Of the people. A few Blu
gle's will now go 10 the cfice, and | conf
IDENTIFY trust that its clear, well-dtined notes
will arouse, enliehien and save.
might stop jus, here, | think, and paro-
die the well-known verses Pity the sor-
row Of a poor old man. and thus ask the
pity of all to be bestowed upon the l%eciuring
agents At this season. Could you but see
these roads, cut and broken as they are, with
their almost bottomless mud, with our buggy
tossing, ~plnnging. rolling and sticking, you
would pity. II you would not, | should feel
very much like contesting your claim TO hu-
man sympathy. BY dint of perseverance we
arrived at the South school house, in Mon
roe, where our meeting " advertised for
two o'clock. 1t was cold outside, and no
possibility Of getting inside. The door was
locked, and not a soul to be seen in any d.
rection. We waited awhile, and no one
making their appearance, we concluded that
our notices had not arrived. We made for
the first friends house. The good matron
hdu ChI hONhlhB W 'uC ittlilp. We
again went 10 the school house, and found
three persons there. a fire lighted, and few
more came, which made us feel better
Henry addressed them al some length, and
we retired till evening, when The meeting
was larger. On the following evening the
house was well flled-quite IA revival " in
the feelings Of all seemed to take place, and
the meeting continued till neal half past ten
o'clock. A spirit Of enquiry was awakened,
and several papers subscribed for, and some
books sold.
From thence we went TO Monroe village.
This place is the antipodes Of Pierpoint :
here they are all Van Buren, men, only one
or two Taylor men in the place. 1t is quite
a village. We stayed at The house of Mr..
Kellog. The meeting was held in the Con
gregarional church, which, by the way, has
no minister at this time. Elder Darriss, Of
Methodist Episcopal notoricty, resided here
three years. Rev. Steadman was stationed
on this circuit, | understand, last year. The
meeting the first evening was very lhinly at
tended, the females %supposing that it was a
political lecture, with which, as a matter of
course, they have nothing to do.
AT the close, a Methodist Brother rose,
and stated twice that the North had divided
from the South on account of slavery-that
there were neither slaveholding preachers
nor members in the church North, and that
the church was anti-slavery. or course, we
took the very opposite ground, and gave the
brother till the following evening to furnish
proof. On the second evening II c audience
was good, but the Methodist friend did not
appear, so we invited any other person 10
take his place. No one felt disposed to do
SO, and we proceeded to establish our posi-
tons, which | think set the matter at rest in
the minds of those present.
How wicked and lost 10 all selC-respecI
must that clergy be, who will try to make
their members believe as do those Methods
ministers. Everywhere do they tell the PEG
pie, ~ we are free from slavery now.'-
D trine, and the meeting closed. Everywher,
e / have marked the difference between thos,
i places where Liberty party has had a footin!
Z and those where it has had no influence
la this "Anli-Slavery" village not sub
> scriber could be obtained, and hardly a boo.
sold. | am glad Of the Buffalo movement
for it has consummated the destruction {
that party, although it will be some lime be
fore their influence will be destroyed.
+" The snow fell fast fast all night and rel
10 dered The roads almost impossible, allhoug
u we had TO plough through ii fifteen or sixtec
y miles, having to go forward and make Of
III appointments, then come back over the sau
y ground to fill others.
At Hatch's Corners we had to hold NEE
~ meeting house-lhe only one in the place.
=" being unfinished and without stoves; and t
~, school house closed, not only against US, b
u" against all kinds Of meetings. The Chr
- tian house is to be free. In consequence
- the uncertainty about a place being obtain
y. for the meeting, and the badness of the roa'
the meeting was not very numerous. Ho
ever, there were enough present to afford
- few TO oppose and get mad with us. I
second night the meeting was larger, a
:. quite interesting.
On Saturday we went into Pennsylva
to make arrangements for our next series
meetings, and drove well on for forty mi
through mud and rain. 1t was long al
dark when we arrived at Friend Brooks,
-. Linesville, where we were gladly met
warm hearts, which ! can assure you
needed after such a day. Late as it W
and nnnrinn inrrenls of rain Henry am