Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1850-01-12
THE ANTI-SLAVERY BUGLE.
The Philadelphia Fair.

II affords us great satisfaction to state, on
the authority of the Freeman, that the Fair
recently held in Philadelphia was very sue
cessfhl, the receipts amounting to over
$1,000. This is the largest sum, we believe,
ever taken at an Anti-Slovery Fair in that City,
During the progress of the Fair crowded
meetings were held in an adjoining hall,
where addresses were made by Rev. w. ii.
Furness, DR.. Elder, G. NJ. Burleigh, Rev.
Henry Grew and others. OF Mr.. Furness
and his address the Freeman says:
"The speech was soul-stirring, full of
great thoughts, nobly spoken. Mr.. Furness'
pulpit has long been consecrated to the evan
gel of human liberty and human brother
hood but we believe that this is the first
time that he has spoken from an anti-slavery
platform. We do not fear that it will be the
last, for his zeal for freedom does not re-
semble that of some clergymen whom we
could name, which was frightened out Of
existence by the first expression of il at a
public ant-savery meeting. Mr.. +. neither
speaks nor acts unadvisedly, and having tn
ken position, will not timidly withdraw
from it. Among the pastors of this city, the
slave has scarcely another true, out-spoSen
friend; and among the pulpits of this city,
there is, we believe, not one besides Mr..
F.'s, in which the cause of the slave is faith
fully and fesrlessly advocated"
II is cheering omen when man so gift-
ed and influential as Mr., ,Furness identifies
himself fully with the Anti-Slavery cause
and its faithful but hated advocates. His
Address is to be printed.
We regret that no report was made of
DIR. Elders speech. II must have been
stirring one, if he did not fall greatly behind
himself
The sketch of C. NJ. Burleigh's remarks
will be found in another place.
OF the results of the Fair, the good it ac-
complished, &C., the Freeman says:
While we regard the Fair, chiefly, as an
instrumentality for obtaining money to ena-
BILE us 70 carry on the Anti-Slavery Reform,
il is not for that end alone that we value it.
Its moral influence upon the strangers to our
enterprise, who, for few days, mingle free
ly with its friends and advocates, is not to be
lightly estimated. Many good seed has
there been sown in fertile soil, which has
subsequently taken deep root and grown up
ward to bear rich fruit. And TO the Aboli-
tionists, who gather from far and near, the
few days of the Fair are as festival season,
during which they refresh themselves with
delightful social intercourse with their CO.
laborers, and part with renewed zeal and en-
ergy for their great work. Perhaps we should
except those on whom the burden of con-
Quoting the Fair especially rests. But even
they share slightly in this rich repast, and
though physically wearied by four or five
days of arduous labor, do not go from the
scene wholly unrefreshed in spirit.
To our friends in Pennsylvania, who were
not able to be present at the Fair this year,
we would say, that it has furnished new rea-
sons for encouragement, and should incite
us oil to increased diligence in our prep
aration for the next, and renewed zeal in the
prosecution of our labors in every depart
ment of our enterprise.