Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1850-11-09
Reply TO II. c. Wright-..COrrCCtiOn.
Nrw pnlonrov, oct. 2Oth, 1850

Buglo OF the l0th inst. was put INTO my hahuH,
! and the communication of Henry c. Wright
was pointed out to mc--it was the first intima-
ton that had of my name being brought be-
fore the public in connection with Mr.. Wright
and as there arc some errors in his statement
that wish to correct, take the earliest oppor-
tunty of requesting you to make my statement
public.
Error lst Mr.. Hunter did not, Gas Mr.. W.
asserts he did, move an adjournment.
3D. Mr.. Hunter did not say that the meeting
was composed of infdels, publicans, and sim
ncrs," nor did he use the word "infdcr' in that
meeting.
3D. l did not say that he had no right to come
here to excite the people.
4th. did not use the word " irfdel" either
in connection with Mr.. Townsend or any other
person, nor did use the word inRdel in the
meeting at all.
9th. Mr.. Wright did not tell me, neither did
he say in that meeting "that an iniidcl come
outer from pro-slavery Church and State was
far more trustworthy than a religious free soil
or, who scruplod not to toko an oath which he
/ uiu HOb lnlCHl W https lhc MlOlC HuoehlAOh
is fabrication from beginning to end, without
an existence until it found it in the fertile imag.
ination of Mr.. Wright.
| will now make statement that believe to
be correct, and one that Mr.. Wright's friends
(with one exception) will voueh for the correct
ness of.
Mr.. Wright did ask me if 1 would "kill the
man that would enslavc me-" replied that 1
would regain my liberty if it was over the dead
body of my enslaver, or something to that ef-
feet. He then asked me if l would do the same
for my neighbor; replied in the negative
"I then," said he, pronounce you a-villain."
Mr.. Hunter here interposcd and asked Mr..
Wright if he could not lecture without denounc-
ing good citizens. Mr.. Wright replied, "no
cannot then told him that he had no right
to denouncc me as villain, as stood as fair in
society Us he did and asked him to rctract the
cpithct. lie then replied, "no, never; reite-
rate it, you are villain of the deepest dye"
/ asked him if he lived up to his principles
| He said he tried to do so. 1 then asked him
which was the most of a villain, the man that
would dcnouncc the Government that he lived
under, declaring that he owed it no allegiance
and asked no protection from it, yet travelled all
over Europe under the protection of that same
Government. (He here WINGED good deal and
showed symptoms of uneasiness.) He howev-
er replied, ." if fail to live up to my principles
dcnouncc mccall me what you please"
pressed him to answer my question, as to which
was the most of villain he or 1. He refused
to answer 1 then proposed to leave it to
vote, which he also refused to do. Some per-
son here nterposcd and said "you had better
dropit.'
then asked him how he came to have two
coats on (for he had just laid aside his over
coat) if he lived up to the precepts of Christ,
seeing so many without any coat at all to this
he made no reply.
asked him further how it happened that he
profcsscd to be good tcmperan; 20 man, and yet
rode to the river in rum-sellers omnibus, when
he might have rode in a Temperance one. He
rcplied' al knew not you had a temperance ON
nibus." You might have known it if you had
put up with a free soilcr, he would have put
you on better track. Mr.. Wright sad the
Lord preserve me from such free soilers," and
turned away with laugh which the meeting
joined in.
Mr. Wright's charge against me Of using the
word "nidel," and his reply to that charge, is
altogether a fabrication manufactured out of
old cloth, got up for the express purpose of crc-
ating sympathy for him, behind which he can
skulk and shoot his shafts of venom at free
soilcrs and Church and State.
His sneer at "roligious freesocrs" is entirely
gratuitous, and is worthy of the immaculate and
truth loving comcoutcr of Church and State
with protection in his pocket.
understand Mr.. Wright's tactics perfectly
he was the only person that used the word inf
del in the meeting and it is used in his letter
to you, to create the impression that when oul
argument failed we raised the old cry of ityfdcl
i'yfdeL But such was not the fact. He was
fairly met and treated better than he deserved
And now for the first time charge Mr.. w
with infdelity, he is an infdel to truth. Hs
"glories in being called infdel!" Ii his con.
duct here in Brighton is fair specimen of in.
fidelity, for ono would rather try Christianity
at least for time.
Mr.. Wright was told several times through
the course of the evening that repudiated the
infamous fugitive bill he was told distinctly
that it was only the denunciation and harsh
language in the resolutions that objected to,
with but one exception.) voted for three OF
the resolutions, and he knew it and spoke of it
in the meeting.
There is goodly number of your subscribers
who know that have been an anti-slayery man