Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1851-05-31
NO. 3S.
Cincinnati Correspondence.
CiNcrSNATr, May IL, 1851


merous, but in my last letters in the paper of
the 3rd inst, are two or three which require
correction, caused very probably by my bad
manuscript which was written in more than
usual haste In my first letter the name of
Signor Scici is printed uniformly wrong The
name of our now and worthy Mayor should be
Marx p. Taylor. Your printer makes me say
that Barnum and Jenny Lind each gave $3.50
for benevolent purposes, before leaving the
city. 1t should have been $1,000, making
$4,000 given by both, to which add the proceeds
Of the admission fees to the auctions (Si50) and
VIC have nearly $500 distributed by these per-
sons in charity in our city. The Mayor has
made public announcement Of the disposition 1
he has made Of this money. $1,000 was given to /
the 'Relef Union excellent institution for the
relief of the poor in the city; the balance was
divided among the Orphan Asylums, Protest
ant and Catholic and tho Daughters of Tenn
perancc. The Colored Orphan Asylum received
its full share in the distribution.
Your correspondent who gives an account of
the And-Slavery Convention docs injustice, it
seems to me, to those Free Sellers who did not
attend or did not take any active part in the
meeting. 1t is true there was some show of
impartiality in the formation of the business
Committee, but the call for the Convention,
signed by ladies, the organization and leading
speeches, made it apparent enough that it was
in its spirit and tendency Garrisonian, Wo-
mems Rights, Nom Voting convention. What
ever may have been the intention of those who
called It as to its bcinga "Union' Convention
it was to all practical purposes a meeting of that
class of Aboltionsts. So it was generally re-
gardcd here, and 1 supposed it so plain that
there could scarcely be doubt about it. This
1 do not say in ccnsuro A year previous
"Christian Anti Slavery Convention " was held
in the Vine St. Church., (Rcv. Mr.. Boynton's
Congregational, not Baptist as your Correspon
dent has it) which though not in the terms Of
the call, was just as generally consiSered, as by
common consent, a meeting of Ant-Slavery
men connected with what are called tho Evan
gelical' or Orthodox Churches and nine
tonths if not moro in attendance were of this
class In this, as in the present case there was
nothing wrong. Each party has its favoritc
plans, both in regard to voting and other agen-
cies for promoting the cause, and secs in the 9TH
or party measures it deems injudicious; and
each can, as a general thing, work but by hold
ing its own Conventions and carrying out its
own measures alone. 1t is very likely that
Samuel Lewis, Senator Chase, and other
thorough h-going Anti-Slaycry men who dsop-
prove OF many of the peculiar doctrines and
measures of the American Anti Slavery Society,
of tho views of the Womcns Rights party, and
of the entire spirit and tendency of the school
of Socialism and reform of which l.. A. IIine
is the representative, may have thought it their
duty to stay away. Had they taken an active
part, or countenanccd it in any way they would
have become identified, whether justly or not
it matters little, with views ard measures they
do not approve. They thought proper to pur-
sue the course they did; DIR. Brisbane, Neyin, !
and other Free Sellers thought it right to attend
and take part in the proceedings it was n
matter in which both parties We may believe
acted conscientiously and in which they should
not be judged harshly or their motives called in
question by others. In such things it seems to
me we should go for the largest freedom Of opin-
son and Of action, when we know from past ,
services in cases of Freedom the heart is right.
AS to Samuel Lewis he is the last man in the
world should accuse or suspect of being
ashamed of his Aboltionsm. A moro disin-
tcrcstcd warm hearted, sclf-saerihcing friend of
human rights lives not beneath the sun.
never knew before l saw him Chairman of
this Convention that l.. A. Hino was an Abo-
litionist, though 1 have long known him.
Within year have heard him speak in rep :
rotation of the Bugle, and of the mean views :
of the Garrison party, and though writer for
the National Era he has never been able to go :
even as far as DR.. Bailey in opposition to Sla-
very. If good Abolitionist, he must be ,
late conrert. Between his devotion and services .
to the cause and those of Letois, Chase and
BoyntOn there can be no comparison.
Our city is becoming popular place for re- O
ligious and other assemblies of a general or &
moral character year ago we had Ma n
tional Convention of Physicians in session for 4
week among us, and this month the "Ameri- q
can Association for the advancement of Sci II
oncc' has had its annual session here, for tho "
first time west of the Allcghanics. Over cigh- n
ty members were in attendance-some of them n
men distinguished in the various departments of Il
Science Among others may be noticed Profs. "
Agassiz and Peirce of Cambridge, Mass. Com. 81
Wilkes and Prof. Bacho of Washington; Drs. n
Kirkland and st. John of Cleveland; Col. q
Whittlesay of the same place; Richard Owen, Ii
Geologist of Kentucky; Prof. Henry of Smith 6,
soniOn Institute; Scars c. Walker of Philadel-
phia. A large number Of interesting reports !,
were read ON interesting subjects in Chemistry, II
Natural History, Geology, Astronomy &C., 4
each member understand furnishing one pa {
per. These papers cannot be judged of by
hearing them read or by moro sketch of their \
contents; most of them are the result of nrnnt :