Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1851-12-13
NO.. 13.
Letter from ], 7. Selby.
MILLBRooK, Mercer County, Pa, !
Dec. I'd, 1851,

DEAR BRoTnER MARrUs returned home
last Saturday, from Armstrong and Butler
Counties, having been absent for eight days,
held six meetings, received eight dollars dona-
ton to our cause, and obtained one subscriber
for The Bugle.
No open demonstrations of opposition were
offered during my tour except at the last two
meetings, which were on this wise the first, on
the evening of the 29th of November, the Gov
crnments feast-dny, which was held at Bartly's
Sehool-housc, two miles cast of Butler was
somewhat hindored. The circumstances were
these Bartly, who is one of the committee
men of the School, and also an ELDER of the
Associate Reform G y Church had previously
been consulted upon the matter, and freely gave
his consent for the house to be occupied once
nc publicly announced the meeting. But u sim
gular change had come over his mind Q sup
pose that his Spiritual guide had seen him) and
he gave his voice to have the door barred against
the meetings and kept away thercfrom all that
he possibly could, stopping number who were
on their way to tho meeting, telling them that
they could not get into the house, and that it
would not do to break it open, &C., sc. The
result was, that number came who were desir-
Gus to hear, and without the aid of leycrden,aia
the door came open, and l was invited to pro-
coed with my remarks; which | did for two
hours or more, to a decidedly interested and at
tcntiyc audience, so that without doub', tho
wrath Of man in this instance, will turn greatly
4 n tho oIvannnpaps,f Of frtttb IL
that, by the time an individual reaches the de-
gree OF Elder in one Of those lecieyow Daught-
ors Of the Mother of Iarlots, that he is so drunk
with the wine of the Mothers Fornication, that
his maRiiness is gone, and he becomes a craiciiag
creeping Thing. worthy only of the scorn and
pity Of an enlightened mind.
The above meeting was in a community,
where an Anti-Slavcry meeting had never pre-
yiously been held. Glory to God in the High
est there are some honest spirits in every
pcighborboOd,
Ny next appointment, (on Friday evening
November 2Sth,) was in the vicinity of the
Concord Meeting. house, Butler Co.. where the
people are generally. after the strictcst sect Of
their religion, Old School Prcsbytcrians. The
Ncv. Mr.. COULTER is their Pastor, The
meeting was appointed to be in the School
house, which stands about ono mile from the
place of Worship. On the 9th Caesars feast
day. this Divine, and his lay-mcmbcrs, "took
delight in approaching to God as people that
did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance
of God; !" they made it day in which "to af-
ilict their SOUL" they elongated their faces and
"Lo,ced dopn their heads to hear discourse
from their spiritual master, the substance of
which Gift had any substance shall not at
tempt to give. Until this time a disposition
prevailed among the people to favor the Anti
Slavery meeting, and all seemed anxious to at
tend and hear; the Minister was requested to
give out the appointment. At the close of his
sermon, he announced that there was an ap-
pointment for an Anti-Slavcry Address at the
School-housc on the next evening, HE hoped
that none of the people would attend that
meeting. CID
This Dioins had not yet crept down low
enough in rccreancy to Humanity to please his
God, and so, as l understood, he went to ono
of his sereiles, Can Elder in whose hands the
key of the School-housc was, and adcised, per-
haps rather commanded him, not to give up tho
key; and thus to prevent the meeting. Ol
course, this procedure upon the part Of the only
one in the ncighborhood, who could with any
degree of proprcty say "The Spirit of the
Lord God is upon me; because the Lord hath
annointcd NE to preach good tidings unto the
meek he hath sent me to bind up the broken
hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and
the opening of the prison to them that arc
bound !" would be omnipotent almost, in its in
huence against the meeting. But "all is moi
lost that is in danger" SO in this instance; {
few in the community have, to some extent
withstood the corUpiing and degrading infu
cnce Bgoted, Pro- Slarery, Partial, Timescrr
ing, Truckling, Cooardiy religion, and JAMES
PARK, Oct his name be cherished) opened hi
own house for the meeting, where the few, whC
dared to disoboy the orders of the priest, assem-
bled, and VIC held one of the best meetings
ever attended in my life; number of thos
who belong to Mr. Coulter were present, anC
expressed themselves highly pleased with ever.
word which had spoken in lecture of ncarl.
four hours in longth and after eleven o'clocl
at night, the feeling of all appeared to be, an.
willing soul would stay, in such place a
this"
was urged to return soon to this, and othe
places which 1 expect to do, and expect t.
meet o more favorable reception, from those b.
whom l wish to be received, than should like
ly have done, if the above named religious
leech had pursued different course. Thing
in Western Pennsylvania, are becoming por
tcntious, think for good.
We had an excellent Anti-Slavery Meeting i
this place on last evening. God is about to re