Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1849-06-15

pleasure by thousands VINO VIII rClOlCC
TO have an opportunity TO welcome so true
a friend Of man, so bold n witness for
God, to these shores. England cannot
spare such a man, in her present condi-
lion and yet we need many such in the
| United STATES, and hope he will see his
way clear to locate himself with his
family on this side Of the Atlantic, where
he will find Il vast field for usefulness.
WoRTLEY, near Leeds, May 9th. 1919,
Ny DEAR FRIEND:
| intend TO visit America in the course
Of five or six weeks. My objects are,-
!. To see you and other American
friends.
Q. To gain as much information res
pecting the country, and the working Of
its laws and institutions, as possible.
8. To gain such information as may
enable me to be Of service TO intending
emigrants.
a. To satisfy myself as to whether ii
would be advisable for me TO bring my
family to America, and s%eltlein the coun-
try myself.
5. To establish an agency in America
for some of my publications.
And lastly, TO contribute Il liule, as OF.
porlunity may offer, towards the cause Of
American and universal freedom and re-
formation.
| shall come in one Of the steamers,
very likely, to Boston proceed from
Boston to New York from New York
into Ohio, where | have three brothers
seuled. From Ohio | intend TO pass on
through Indiana, illinois and Wisconsin.
have a great many personal friends
in America.
Some thousands, who formerly were
my readers in England ,arenow in Amcri-
ca, and | should like, rs | pass along, to
have an opportunity OF meeting with as
many of them as possible, and addressing
them. Perhaps you will have ne oblec-
ton to mention my intended visit in the
: Liberator.' | believe your paper is
read. by a number of my friends in Amori-
ca. They would make known my in.
tended visit to others, and thus the grea-
ter part Of my friends would be prcpar-
cd TO receive me. | should feel obliged
if you would request Frederick Douglass
10 mention my intended visit in the
: North STAR
How | shall boar The heat Of yzss July
and August, | cannot tell. If you think
il would be much better for me 10 come
at some other period, you would perhaps
be so kind rs TO favor me with a line.
bloom, that | may be able TO form some
Judgment of its productive powers. |
may be commissioned 10 purchase land !;
and | imagine | should be better able to
Judge Of the worth of land by seeing it in
summer, than | should by seeing it al
any oihcrscaSon. And | am not 50 much
affected with heat as many people. |
rather enjoy hot weather than otherwise.
Great Britain and ireland arc IN very
poor state. People are dying in multi
tudcs in ireland Of absolute starvation.
Some have persisted Of starvation during
the last two years even in England itself.
Millions arc in want. Vast mulIiludcs
are nocking to America; and mulliludcs
more w)ud do so, if they had money
sufficient to carry them across the At
%lanlic. True, trade is better in many
parts Of England than it was some months
ago ; but il is far from being good, and
very few seem to expect it to be good
again for q long time to come. Many,
both among the laboring and the middle
classes, are beginning 10 despair of this
country. | do not despair myself; but
see no chance of plenty for The masses
for ono years 10 The abolition
of the Corn Laws is running the tenant
farmers. uddriving the aristocralic land
lords mad. If the farmers are %beggarcd
it is ext to impossible for trade soon to
flourish, or for The country 10 escape con.
. WILSON'S. Some of our aristocrats are
! talking loudly about restoring the Corn
5 Laws. Should they attempt such aihing
we shall have Il revolution. And, indeed
if they do not attempt it, we are likely &c
. have 4 revolution before long. 1t is i'm,
possible the country can go on much lon.
/ ger in its present state. For myself
though | do not despair Of my country
: | am almost tired Of living in it. The
S tyranny and insolence Of our arislocratiC
rulers arc almost intolcrablc. The mas
n SOS are not exactly slaves, but they arr
S g%ricvously oppressed and horribly lorlur
r ed. | can do we'll enough myself, so ia
as business is concerned, but | do no
like to live in a country where Il hand
Gul of men, in no respect superior I,
c their ncighbors, monopolizc both the Ian,
and the power, and doom the people a
Y large to want and degradation. want t
be in n country whore LAND is to som
extent free,-whero men, by industry
can gain sufficient for their support an
If comfort, and where the way is tolerabI
n open 10 peaceful and progressiveimprov
l. mont. Men here may labor for forty G
i fifty years, and never be able 10 obtai
3 sufficient to procure for themselves an
= their families a good supply of food an
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