Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1849-08-25
SALEM, COLUMB1ANA co., OHIO, SATURDAY, AUGUST * ,sao

ent ITlenuS oil nOeTiyl ana we leell therefore,,
that we are not intrusive, but rather warrant.
ed, in asking you TO renew an appeal so i'm.
portant, and TO which they have given little
or no heed o. said he, as if the act had
long since passed from his memory into OBJ
l%ivion, Il do now recollect that | signed such
an Address; and | also recollect that, at that
time, 1t subjected me to a good deal of obi
UNI This was said as if he had WINGED I'M
der thunder the odium cast by American
traffiickers in human flesh! or what, then,
should he be proud on earth Such odium
he should have gloried in, as The evidence Of
his fidelity to The cause of down-trodden hui
manity.
Finding nothing was 10 be gained by pro-
tracing the interview, and feeling deeply sad
dened by the result, we took our leave, again
expressing the hope that he would attentively
read the letter we had just put into his hands,
and answer it at his earliest convenience
To that letter, he has not had The courtesy TO
make any reply.
have endeavored 10 state what was said
at this interview by Father Mathew and my
self with as much verbal accuracy as posi-
BILE, and believe that have not only given
the substance, but nearly the exact words Of
The conversation between us. What gave me
special surprise, and inflicted the deepest
wound upon my spirit, was the apparent lack
Of all sympathy for the slave, Of all interest
in the anti-slavery movement. Not a sylla-
BILE fell from his lips, expressive Of pleasure
that the American slave has his faithful and
devoted advocates-or OF Joy at the emanci-
patton Of eight hund red thousand bondmen in
The British isles! 1t is with great sorrow of
heart that | lay these facts before America,
Ireland, and The world.
WIN. LLOYD GARRISON.
o. The following is the letter Of invita-
ton, which was put into the hands Of Father
Mathew =
BosToN, July &c, Is49.
ESTEEMED FRIEND OF HUMANITY:
The anniversary of the most thrilling event
of the nineteenth century, the abolition of sla-
very in the British West India islands, will
be celebrated at Worcester, in this Common
wealth, on Friday, Aug. 3, commencing at
10 o'clock, A. M, under the auspices of the
Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society. In be-
half OF that Society, the undersigned are in.
structed 10 extend TO you a cordial and an ear
nest Invitation to be present, and 10 parlici-
pate in the proceedings of the meeting, in
such manner as may be most agreeable to
your feelings. This they gladly now do;
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est in this great event, and of your desire to
see slavery every where abolished, on Amer
can, as well as on British soil, they trustihat
you will be able SO TO make your arrange
ments as vastly TO enhance The pleasure of
the occasion, by your quickening presence.
The celebration is one in which all the friends
Of freedom may ~joyfully unite, without dis
~linction of sect, party, or country. A grand
mass meeting of the people is confidently an
ticipated at Worcester, and able and distin-
,inguished advocates of liberty have pledged
themselves TO be present.
In the year 1912, an address from The peo-
pie Of ireland 10 their counfrymen and cOun-
frywomen in .4meriea,' signed by lreland's
lamented champion, DANIEL O'CON-
NELL, YOURSELF, and seventy thousand 9th
er inhabitants of Ireland, was sent TO this
country, in which ii was truly declared that
Slavery is a sin against God and man-all
who are not for it must be against it-none
can be neutral :; , and tina, it is in vain that
American citizens attempt 10 conceal their
own and their country's degradation under
this whitening CURSE It's fna! appeal was
in the following emphatic language Irish
men and Irishwomen treat The cOiOred people
as yor Equals, as brethren. BY all your mem
cries of Ireland, continue to love liberty
hate slavery-CLING BY THE ABOLI-
TlONlSTS-and in America, yOu tciH do
h0ncr to the name IF Ireiand.'
We deeply regret, that truth compels US 10
state, that the Address fell powerless on the
ear and heart Of the Irish population in this
country and while il urged them not 10 exer-
else their moral and political power for the
extension Of slavery, that power has been,
and still is, welded on the side Of The op-
pressor, and against the oppressed. Reli-
giously and politically, like the American
people generally, they are in such relations
to those who trade in slaves and the souls of
men, as 10 sanction that horrible traffic, and
to prolong the unmitigated servitude of three
millions Of the native.born inhabitants of the
American Union. This melancholy and UNI
denlable fact will cause you much grief; and
we doubt not, it will be a powerful incentive
10 you, to improve every suitable opportunity,
while you remain in this country, TO bear a
clear and unequivocal testimony, both in PUB
lie and in private, against the enslavement Of
any portion Of the human family and TO tell
your countrymen here again, in The words of
the Address alluded TO, America is cursed
by Slavery! Never cease your efforts until
perfect liberty be granted 10 every one Of her
inhabitants, the black man as well as the
white man. Join with the Abolltlonlsls ev-
cry where; they are the only consistent adj
vocates of liberty
1t will be doubly gratifying to you 10 know
that the Abolitionists in America are thor
oughgolng teetotallers; and il would not be
less so 10 learn, (what, alas! is not the iact,)
that teetotallers are as uniformly Abolitionists.
Congratulating you on your safe arrival In
this country, trusting that your mission OF
mercy will be crowned with unparalleled
success, and assuring you of our sincere re-
gard and heartfelt admiration, We remain,
dear sir,
In behalf of three millions of Slaves,