Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1850-08-03
VOL. 5.
Cause Of the Slave in Ellsworth.

iheet 'ho appointment. Ihere arc two meeting
houses in that town--a Presbyterian and
Methodist; there is also a school house thot is
used as town-houso. The meeting had been
appointed in the shool. house. On arriving
there, saw man by the name of Conrad A.
Bunts, who, with Joseph Coli, and ono other
constitutes the school directors, and has control
Of the school-house. was intending to speak
on the subject Of ti-Slavcry, thinking thero
could be no place in this part Of Ohio whcro
that subject could not obtain hearty hearing.
asked Conrad A. Bunts, {" can / speak on
the subject of slavery in tho school-housc this
EVENING" His reply was, "There is Pres
byterian Church here, and that has never been
open to Anti-Slayery; there is a Methodist
Church, and that has never been open to Anti
Slavery. Every thing has been admitted into
tho school-house except Ant-Slavery. That
has never been admitted into it, and no Anti
Slavery meeting shall be held there with my
consent" Chow do the other directors think
about it = asked. "I saw VIM. Colt" said
he, and he says he will not give his consent to
have meeting on slavery held in tho school
house," am informed that Conrad A. Bunts
is a mcmbcr Of the Methodist church; and
Joseph Colt q member of tho Presbyterian
church. VIM. Colt Is Wing in politics; and
goes for Whiggery and PresbyterianisIn in
quired If there was any other hall or public
building in Ellsworth that could be obtained to
hold an Anti-slavcry mceting' "Not ONE
was the answer.
Thus while there are mceting-houses and
school-houscs in Ellsworth which, according to
the account of Conrad Bunts, can be open to
Prcsbyterianism, Methodism, Whiggery, Dc
mocracy, Concerts and Shows of various kinds,
there is not hall, school-house, church, or
any other public building, in which the gospel
of Anti-Slavory can be preached, and whcro
men, women and children can meet to devise
ways and means TO rescue three millions of their
fellow beings from the pollutions and horrors Of
American Slavery.
1 was told the people of Ellsworth were a
meeting going, Sabbath-kecping, praying, reli-
gious, God-fearing, and God worshiping pco-
pie. l doubt not they arc, as these things arc
understood by this slavo-trading and slave
holding nation; for going to meeting, keeping
a Sabbath, praying, and religion, are in tho
opinion of the priests, politicians and churches.
perfectly consistent with stealing, selling, and
cnslaying human beings. What arc their high
est conceptions of Godi That he has, in past
ages Of the world, and docs now, approriagly
tolerate the existence of polygamy, concubinage,
plunder, arson, robbery, murder, and every
!. crime necessary to the existence Of war and
slavery. Tho views Of God and Religion en-
tertained by the people of Ellsworth seem to
have little reference to justice, mercy and hu-
manity. They oxpcnd their energies in wor-
Shipping what they call God, but thrcc millions
of slaves, fallen among thieves and robbers, lie
at the doors of these churches and school-hou-
; scs. Conrad Bunts being witness, the priests,
deacons, and religionists of the place pass them
by, and go to worship their God, leaving his
. children to perish UNDECIDED, unpiticd.
3 But cannot think Conrad Bunts and Joseph
Colt fairly represent all the people of Els
I worth. They may represent tho Methodism
a and Presbytcrianism of the town but do they
9 represent its Humanityi 1 trust not. If there
= be one man or woman, in that place, who piries
!, the slave and knows and loves the God Of the
: oppressed, hope that man or woman will give
h no sleep to his eyes nor slunber to his eyc-lids
II till all tho churches and school-houses arc Open
ed to the cry Of the heart broken and pcrishing
;. slaves If there be no one in Ellsworth to NOV,
! , in this matter, 1 hope the friends of God and
4 Humanity in Berlin, Salem, Garfield, and Other
J. adjoining towns, will cry aloud and spare moi
II in the ears of the people of the town till 4
: shall be shaken by Anti-Slavery agitation ant
y y the people there talk Of the suffering slaves
when they go out and when they come in
;. when they lie down and when they rise up, ant
y in tho meeting houses and school-houses.
% Is there no store, no joiner's shop, no barn
. in Ellsworth, in which tho cause Of human lib
erty and rights can bo advocateds Is thero n,
Stoemaker's shop in which the crushed, and i'm
bruted slave can be heard through his agents
-" wish some Shoemaker in Ellsworth woul,
initiate the noblo conduct of their fellow trades
v man, CHARLES BErrs, in DeerReld-opcn hi
= shop to this great question of Humanity, ant
when the pro-slaycry supporters of the churcl
and government threaten to blow up the shor
when they bespatter the shop and tho meeting
=, with eggs, still say my shop shall be opel
- to the slave and to the God of the oppressed
Is there not grove in Ellsworth, in which al
: Anti-Slavery Convention can be helds hop.
the friends of Humanity will pray for Ellswort
4. as only Abolitionists are used to pray for tn
of oppressed and outcast-i. Q. by earnest entreat
4. les, and by stern rebukcs, addressed to the SUP
W porters and perpetrators of slavery, and by en-
ergetic action. Such prayers have provaile'
and will prevail, to the pulling down of tn
., Methodist, Presbyterian, and political strong
= holds Of the sum Of all villainy.
vo HENRY @. WRIGHT.
n EVJAY's REPLY TO STUART, which will b.
do found at length in our columns this week,
ono of tho best specimens of controversial writ