Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1850-04-06
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Of Charles and Alnira Belts. / am in rather
fr--placcd thero by some Of the chivarous and
valiant sons of Decrfeld. The truth is, my coat
and head have bOen well spattcrcd with eggs.-
You well know that Slavery and its bulwarks,
the scctarian and political parties, have ever q
found their supporters in rotten eggs. ~ H
came here to-day, after attending two pleas
ant meetings in Smith and Knox townships
the two past evenings, to fulfil my appointment ol
here During the afternoon an aged friend 5n
called on me and informed mo that plot was b.
on foot in the place to blow up the building.
(thc shop Of G. Betts,) II was allowed 10 hold
amccting in 1t. could not believe there would
be resort to violence toprcvcnt or break Up tho
meeting. So 1 concluded to hold tho meeting,
notice of which had been given. Charles ao-
cordingly fitted his shop with seats, and at tho
proper time 1t was lighted and filed with mon
and womcn-a Methodist minister among them.
The meeting went on pleasantly and profta-
blythe minister taking prominent part in
opposing the positions taken by me touching
the sanctity of life and liberty. Ny text was.
MAS-not God, Sabbath, a Church, on Ord-
nance, Constitution, or Book; but MAN. II
is a Divine text; God given text great text;
an eternal text and one that will be preached
from moro than it has been, in this and all flu
turc worlds. 1t is very fruitful text. So
talked upon II, and aimed to show that no
knowledge Of human nature, relations, rights
and duties ever was, or ever can be obtained,
except by consulting Man; all knowledge Of
an oak must be derived from the oak itself;
and that in consulting mans physical and So
cial nature, We inquired at the hand Of God res
pccting mans duties in the only way in which
the thing could bc done, and that Slavery and
War arc and ever were opposed to nature and.
of course, to natures God. The minister gave
battle to my views till about IL o'clock. tsH
was standing before window, and several
wcre sitting around near me on chairs and
benches. Tho meeting had been orderly inside.
Some attempts were made to disturb us from NJ
without, by hosting up windows and throwing
water in. But about l-2 crash came volley
of eggs against the shop and into the window
One oamc against my head. The meeting was
thrown into confusion and was brought to
close. -
Is Methodism mobbed herci No. Is Disei.
plcism, or Prcsbyterinnismi No. The Mob
spirit finds nothing in these to excite wrath and
violence. But Co,aeowerism, as 1t Is here term
cd, is deeply hated and feared and mobocrsss
think they are doing the will Of scctarians,
priests and politicians when they hurl eggs Of
Comcoutcrs. What reason have they to think
n otherwisos Tho law of violence is advocated
by Church and State, by priest and politician
as the God-appointcd instrumcntalty to protect
the altar and tho throne, tho Constitution and
the Bible. sIHgBli luW s.
2 Eggs were hurled at us, to break up our moot
ing, last December, when was here. Tho
same spirit Of violence now rushcs to the rescue
of Church and State. Whom will men learn
that truth can never be put down with violcnces
They may blow up our bodies with powder, bus
they cannot thus blow up our arguments.--.
Whether the priests and churches of Deerfeld
will, tomorrow, in their public meetings, re
buko this outrage, remains to be seen. lido not
believe they will. It would be violation Of
their compact with mobocrats and their com
promises with sin. But am sorry This beau
tiful town of Decrfeld-(for it is beautiful
place)-has been thus disgraccd. am sorry
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and purcr ministry for liberty and peaco.s siN a
There is, and has been, great stir in this
, town about the sentiments put forth in my Fu-
neral Discourse over the remains of Sarah Case ,
and her babe, because there refused to father
the evils and suffcrings Of the human family up-
; on God. am amazed that so plain truth
should make such futtcring among sectarian
priests and churches. .rr9|
{ Allow me to say, hope the friends Of tho
slave and of human rights will come up, from
. far and near, to the Ant-slavery gathering at
r Fairmount on the 18th and l4th of April, and
to the Women's Convention in Salem on the
r 10th. If ever Abolitionists had need of fidelity
: to principle and devotion to their great enter!
9 prise, they need them now. SO much is said
D about compromise that even the gerry elect aro
: liable to be deceived. Even Seward can stig-
: matize immediate and unconditional abolition
as =" absurd" and talk Of devoting the national
treasure to compensate the tyrant for letting his
!. victim go. Who can stand amid this rush ~
t Let us all meet and confirm one another in the
c Anti Slavery faith once delivered to u.s.. The
simple preaching of that glorious gospel has
shaken this Nation--thanks to those men and
women who, amid roproach and outrage, haye
e been true to their own nature and needed not
!. the anathcmas of a pro-siapeyy Church and
IS State. Let us then meet at Paramount and at
IS Salem, and speak to one anothers hearts the
Is "God speed II. G. WRIGHT.
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