Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1851-11-01
WeslcyaBiSm al the West,

! DEAR FRIEND GARRIsoS: | rode to-day
IN hot sun. over hill and valley, from nine
u'rlnrk until one. Them without rest or rc.
| lrcshment, went directly into n meeting
aud discussed until past four. AGcr That,
rode several miles farther, aud now, at al.
| most bedtime ! have a moment Of quiet for
wriing-u fair specimen of the past week IS
| experience. We're il not that have Il few
subscribers to send YOU, you would not be
troubled with my presence this week in the
Liherntur.
am now, most unfortunately, alone OIL
the hatlc-ficld with the exception ul Sni0urn-
er Trttl-thuugh her name is n host. She
Is clhltl of nntilrC, most cmphuically; hut
q piece of Workmanship Of which Nature
need not TIC ashamed. Her rude cloIurnre
is nt tiues most ovcrp0wng, ad hGrnppe0ls
not untrequcntly electrity the congregation
in a iIanner not to he described. She is sell
ling Il Narrative a her Life, should think
with very good success.
OF late, we liuvc been exploring n wilder
ness of WesleyanisuI--and dark disunl
! iiiaU we have at it. knew its members
we're in close communion with slavclinldcrs
on the governmental plait0rm-I knew they
could sing doXolngies to 40 our glorious I'm
| iOa,' aud invoke bcncdiciions upon il with
most unlaloMcd zeal knew they could
swear allegiance To the Constitution aud gov
ernnenr, through the Summers aud Gid.
| dngs Of their own election when slnvchoid.
ers have told them that on that allegiance
alone depends the safety aud perpctuily OF
tic slave systeIn--I knew members voted
| for, aud eccioncrred for Zachary Taylor
/ 70. President oi the Unite Suites, and o sled
| that they would do it again. knew Wes.
lcynns almost invariably slut up their meet.
! iug-hOusCS against our meetings, and were
| foremost IN branding rs aS luiidels aud atiiG-
lists, " ing about us with n lendisll glistu, aud
warning the people tu beware OF iIs-al this
| knew; but in this immediate region, they
possess unusual power, aud usG it MS hest
they can. One old supcruuuuHted minister
ny the name of Edward Smith, WHO has pas.
scd through various types nt most malignant
| Meihodisni, aud i, NOW Wesleyan, has ot
late hecomc Iubid llydrop,nbia is almost
harmless compared TO hin. Such speeches
MS continually iroth tom his mouth would
once have been alarming, Twill bring you
some specimens on my return TO B0slon.-
lie has formerly exercised great authority
hut OF late, lie seems more like one of Bun
yuI'e disarned giants, whn could only sit il
his den, grinring and gunshing his toolIles'
gums at Pilgrims, as they passed securely OF
towards the Celestial Cny.
had most severe encounter Inst Sunday
evening with the Rev. Jesse Mcbride, wh'
was recently mohbed aud prosecuted from
the South, for preaching WcsIeyunism II
slaves aud shareholders. He has been sen
on to this circuit by his Conference, 10 save
n sinking calIsc aud church from heini
swept onward in the wave OF progression he
yond the stagnHtion of narrow, hlcur-eyc,
sect, Ills Southern experience, it wn
thought, would give him acceptance vii
aboiliunsts; and SO they played him, il
true gambler style, MS their highest trumI
But it was n vain attempt, ms he is fast fine
ing ont. The people see through ii all. j
few udhere; but generally they are sna
loss TO us and the cnlise of humanity. iii
; hope, most devouiiy, that Mcbride was NOR
man than Methodist, but our discussion
which lasted, in n crowded meeting house
until midnight, convinced me, iii makes m
> sad TO say it,) that lac is utterly incapable {
; apprecaling the genius aud philosophy {
t our holy enterprise. lie is chained 10 III
c Juggernaul of sect, and will, fear, soon b
enrolled in the great band of scnfltrs agulns
ms and our doctrines. Ills denomination
already there, and more dangerous an
subtle foe the slave need never fear.
Q Yours in all fidelity,
9 PARKER PILISDURY.