Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1849-07-06

with the minutes, and deferred a decision
until the next year.
II takes a great while for a body of clergy
men, even after you have succeeded in par
italy awakening their consciences, TO get
fairly ready to adopt any earnest measure in
behalf OF Freedom. While the slaves multi
ply at the rate of 200 per day, ard their cries
for relief and succor appal the merci(ul heart,
your clerical conventions, if public opinion
will not allow them TO deny the claims of
suffering humanity altogether, will yet falter
and hesitate and shuttle and delay as long
as possible. There is always some paltry
excuse for 7ostponing action, where there is
want Of courage boldly to meet the issue.
Think Of a body Of ministers taking a whole
year to decide whether they ought to with
draw religious fellow ship from Shareholders!
Shame upon them!
OUTRAGE IN THE NAME OF LAVA mu-
latto named A. Il. Wood, a resident Of Ma
chias, Me-, went across the line into New
Brunswick, where he was married 10 a white
girl on the Cd of May. He afterwards re-
turned TO Machias, as he says, only to settle
up his affairs preparatory TO removing 10 New
Brunswick to reside. Although there is not
the slightest doubt that the marriage was in
accordance with the English law, the poor
victims of colorphobil in Machias were so
enraged that they got out a warrant against
him upon a charge Of fornication; and when
he nod a1udod tho ofrcarc iheU ortral1y wont
into The British territory, arrested him, brought
him back 10 Maine, and put him in Jail, I'M
der the law to prohibit coloTed persons and
whites from intermarrying. He Is now in
prison awaiting his trial. The arrest of a
man on British soil by the authorities OF
Maine, is an outrage upon the sovereignty of
the English government, of which it will doubt
less take proper notice. The law of Maine
is disgraceful to the State, an outrage upon
the inalienable rights OF man; while the par
Elephants in this act of persecution deserve the
scorn of all decent people.
A BAD MATTER MADE WoRsE.-Frederick
Douglass lately addressed meeting at Deans
Corners, near Saratoga, composed chiefly of
Friends. Adapting his remarks TO the char
acter of his audience, he referred in terms Of
condemnation to the statement Of Nicholas
Brown, lately made in the Philadelphia
(Hicksite) Yearly Meeting, that she had
visited the South, and had seen that the slaves
were better provided for, and were better off
than the colored people at The North" A man
l.. II -. II IN-.I..l -a.l;.l a. EsaIa.;,I-
and complained that he had misrepresented
Nicholas Brown. 1t was not the free colored
people of the North, hut those Of Phiha3ei-
phia, who were worse of than the slaves -
This was a most unfortunate explanation, for
the colored people Of Philadelphia will bear
comparison with their brethren in any part of
the Free States, and, under the genial infiu-
ence Of the anti-slavery movement, are ma
king rapid advances in knowledge and refine
ment. The a~pologist Of the ~recreantQ Quaker
was covered with confusion when Frederick
announced that the people whose condition
was thus made an excuse for the STAKEHOLDER,
annually the sum of $500 for The support of
the white paupers in that city The inspi-
ration of some Quaker preachers. singularly
enough, is at open war with tangible facts
facts altogether too stubborn 10 be set aside
by any ghostly ~pretence Of immediate %revela-
ton. These are indeed trying times for die,
tators and pretenders in the whole brood Of
religious sects.
ANttrn IhnNnnNpn Ennr EnnAt f'pt n n
PHoBIA.-Frcderick Douglass states a fact
which shows conclusively that The insane and
vulgar prejudice against color is fast dying
ont. Entering a crowded railroad car about
a year ago, he was recognized by Governor
Briggs, of Massachusetts, and asked TO take
a seat at his side. The Governor entered in
TO free conversation with him upon the sub
ject of slavery, with no air Of condescension
and no fear Of giving offence to those around
him by his disregard of American taste, man
ners, and predictions, In fact he seemed
as easy and undisiurbed with a negro at his
side as he could have been at the side of a
white man. On a more recent occasion he
treated Frederick with similar poliIeness.-
we nave spoken IN severe leiWs VI so'le OF
Gov, Briggs's political conduct, but in this
respect he has set an example worthy of imi-
tation and greatly 10 his credit. The boobies
who refused to sit at table with Frederick,
on board the steamer Aida, would no doubt
esteem it a high honor to be seated on the
same cushion with the Governor Of Massa-
chusetts. The same creatures who played
the brute in the one case would no doubt
play they toady in the other