Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1850-08-24
The Litchfield Meeting.

We have Just returned from very pleas
ant, and, we trust, not altogether unprofit-
able trip to Litchfeld. We had long desired
TO visit the friends of the cause in that re-
zion, and therefore embraced with eagcrness
the opportunity of attending the onniversn-
ry of the Rocky River Anti-Slavery Society.
The ride thithcr in buggie, in fine weather
and with agreeable company, was exceed
tingly pleasant. Tho road lies through
cultivated aud prosperous region, and pre-
sents to the eye many scenes in which the
beauties of nature and art are most happily
combined. Thriving villages, wcll-tilcd
farms, tasteful dwellings, fields of waving
corn, and wagons on their way to market with
the wheat just harvested, afforded convinc-
ing evidence of the prosperity and growing
intelligence of the people. 1t is Free Labor,
not Slavery, that has made Ohio almost an
Eden, changed its wldernesses into fruitful
fields, and dotted its surface with houses in
which Plenty reigns supreme, and
Toll may call the charmer Health his BRIDE
Surely, the people of State like this ought
to be Abolitionists, and they would be il
they were not in too many Instances swayed
to the other side by the arts of designing
priests and demagogues BE it our work to
undeccive them by the diffusion of light on
the great question which is now agitating
our country and the world.
We arrived at Litchfeld on Thursday af-
ternoon, aud received hearty welcome from
our cherished friends, Charles and Josephine
Grifling and their children. The meeting
had been appointed to commence on Friday
The tent had arrived, but was not yet pitch
cd, and on Friday forenoon we had the plea
sure, with our friends Pilsbury, Walker ant
others, of assisting in the task of setting j
up. 1t was a pretty hard job, or rather woul,
have been had not many hands made ligh
work.
On Friday afternoon the meeting com
menced in tho Free Church the people no
having gathered yet in sufficient numbers t
make it necessary TO go to the tent, aud th'
house being preferred so long as it woul'
answer hlS puipoSS. %AppJ AASHNJ OStS
opened the proceedings by an interesting
sketch of the early history of the Anti-Slavc
ry Cause, showing how from the first it ha'
encountered the unrelenting hostility of tn
leaders of the various sects, while the CON
mon people ever heard the message of free
dom with gladness. We followed her i
remarks of similar character In the eve
ming Samuel Brooke and H. C. Wright spok
briefly, and Parker PilIsbury followed in
short but most eloquent and effective az
dress.
: On Saturday the meetings were held
{ the tent, large audience having by this tin
come together. Resolutions were brougl
! forward by Business Committee, and di
r cussion commenced in right good earnest.-
2 The principal speakers We're Wright, Wall
Q err Pillsbury and A. X. Foster. Other
however, spoke briefly, and among the
. William ii. Day and Antoinette L. Brown,
g Oberlin. Mr.. Day is a colored man of goC
: abilities, and member of the Liberty Part
! Miss Brown is graduate of the Oberlin i
4 slitute, and has just completed a theologic
e course in the Same institution. A female ST