Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1851-03-29
THE ANTI-SLAVERY BUGLE.
Notes from the Leciurlng Field.


Of icayore had been successful heys,ofore-.Jo-
seph dhdckeh Belrietc, and is met 6y a contin-
tous cdnnondding, uhich eGecteM nothing -
Inc Bt6fe and God and abraham are Mro,on
INTO ne breach, 6ua pyope fietcc,ual IN siienc-
my he battery Of or friend tohen Aic last 0Tand
detense IS brought 70 bear IN The form of sto,,cs
and eggS-He rccciUeth BAPTISM aud ,ooroyh
stronger-Ihe mob tri,nipheih for a ,nomenf
oM IS totally repuised on The .tollotcing day
The writer Uisiteh Oiiuet and deseribefh his
reception, as also the place The nleetiuqs are
cyo'oded and the hUeliea interest ptanifSted-
One mean man among number of noble ones
-Ihinketh mighty Of hc Students, 5ut less of
the minister, and finally eloseth his ia5ors 5y
obtaining subscribers, some money, and preach
ing sermon.
1t was our purpose at the close of the meet
ings at Battle Creek, to have gone direct to Mar
shall, the County seat of Calhoun Co., but be-
ing urged by some friends, We turned aside to
visit Bellcview and Olivct, about twelve miles
North. 1t has been our policy to separate and
hold two series of meetings at the same time,
whenever it could be done to advantage, and 1
felt strong enough to go through meetings alone.
We did so at the above places, Joseph staying
at Belcvicw, while went on to Olvet
shall therefore speak of tho meetings separately.
! Bcllcvicw has a hard reputation, and is oven
worse than its reputation, taken as a whole. If
you arc acquainted with the darkest town in
the darkest county of Ohio you will be able to
form some estimate of the condition of things
there. Be it however understood, that even as
in Sodom there was Lot, so in this place there
are few good souls. The house in which
the meetings were held is quite large, and quite
large number were in attendance. Some op-
position was manifested from the beginning,
and especially when a word was spoken in re-
ference to the Constitution, Fugitive Bill or
any Of its abettors. A Mr.. Giles, quite we'll
behaved man on the whole, undertook defence
of slavery from tho Bible, showing, as nc said,
from Genesis to Revelations that God sanction
cd slavery, those who practscd it being among
his special favoritcs, including of course "Abra-
ham," Jacob" sc. lie also maintained that
the Constitution was like the Bible, and that the
Laws Of 93 and so were constitutional, and
must be obeyed On these topics he spoke
some three hours, on Friday night, to the entire
satisfaction of himself, and the amusement of
his auditory. On Saturday evening the effects
of this Bible argument wero manifested in the
most appropriate manner. Our friend had
scarce commenced when it was evident that
Bible instructions could no longer be assailcd
with impunity-that the Constitutional pro-
visions Of our government were too sacred to be
interfercd with by the uncircumciscd. The in
struments Of sacred music introduced at Adrian,
viz "the goose quill squalkers," were put in
to roquisition, and tho Accomplishments of
stamping, yelling, Kissing and groaning were
used with great effect by tho mob inside of the
building, while the moro effective forces assail-
cd the house from the outside. Stones and
other missiles wcro thrown with violence against
the house, to the no small danger of those in
side. Some of the good women drew close
around Joseph and did what they could for his
protection. About this time the window be-
lind the speaker was broken in ty showers of
oggs, which scattered the glass in great abund-
ance. Several of the audience were all but COW
cred with tho broken oggs full share falling
10 the lot of Joseph who had at least a score Of
patches ON his person, which took him no small
time and pains to clean. Other windows were
W eAic tbboi hiiu NV lSeo Nilu ihbAtNA
of hundred took effect. Thus was the meet
ing broken up, few stout hearts oscorting
Joseph to his lodgings. 1 went down on Sum
day morning and held meeting in the same
place, and continued in the afternoon. The au-
dienccs were large and attentive with few ex-
ceptions, tho decent portion Of community be-
ginning TO sympathize with u.s. The Mr.. Giles
who defended slavery was not present at the
row, and ON Sunday expressed his regret that
sucn thing could have happened. The house
gave many signs of the violence of the mob on
the previous evening, although efforts had been
made to clean, put in the windows etc. before
meeting. Everywhere, on the ceiling, stove
pipe, table, floor, and windows were stains
where the eggs struck. At the close of the af-
ternoon meeting, we obtained six subscribers fol
The Bugle, and amid the good wishes of few
the meetings ended.
Olivet is Colony from the Oberlin Institute
Ohio, having been settled but few years since
bya few families from that place. There i
quite hourishing Seminary with about hun
dred students, under the charge of Mr.. Bsrtlett
Principal. also found that James II. Byrd
who a few years since was engaged as an anti
slavery lecturer in our State, is settled here a
Pastor.
: The Chapel of the constitution was granted m
at once for tho meetings, and two or thrco meet
ings were given up by the students that Nigh
have an opportunity to present the claims OF tn
n slave. A fincr more generous and promisin
a number of young ladies and gentlemen hav
n seldom seen in connection with any institution
If The meetings were all well attended, the chap
el being filed every evening, and while l pre-
sentod tho most thorough anti-slavery senti
monts, involving all the radical principles of ou
Society the most marked attention was rive,