Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1851-04-26
1876
PARTING WORDS.


years since that connection was formed, during
which time have diligently and earnestly la
bored-with what success it docs not become
mo to say--to make the paper cdifying and in
structiyo to its readers and an efficient advocate
Of the cause TO which il has ever been devoted.
That in the effort to discharge my editorial du-
tics have done all that might and ought to
have done, and nothing that ought to have been
left undone, it would be presumptuous to sup
pose; and yet find that, in the retrospect, my
conscience aequits me of all intentional wrong,
whether Of omission or commission. The pro-
misc made when assumed the cditorship OF
the paper, that, whatever might be its faults, il
should not while in my hands lose the rcputa-
tion it had acquired under tho management OF
my allie and faithful predecessors, for an un-
hinching adherence to the cardinal doctrines Of
the American and Western Anti-Slavery So
cictics, has, trust, been fulfilled. No one, l
am sure, will venture to accuse mo of timdity
or cowardice, or say that for any reason 1 have
kept back any pnrt Of that counsel Of God
which it is the duty of an Anti. Slavery Edito
TO dispense. have endoavorcd at all times to
speak the truth in love. and to be Just and gem
erous even to its foes. It is not always easy,
however, in warfare which stirs tho deepest
feelings of human nature and is ever presenting
new occasions for mental and moral excitement,
TO speak bitter truths without bitterness and If
have sometimes exhibited improper harshncss,
let my censors not forget the declaration of
SOLOMON, that oppression makoth even wise
man mad Let them also bear in mind those
memorable words of CHANNING; "That deep
feeling of evils, which is necessary to cffcctual
conflict with them, cannot breathe itself in soft
and tender accents. The deeply moved soul
will speak strongly" |
1t affords me the snecrcst pleasure TO be able |
to say, that my relations to the friends of the
Anti-Slavery Cause at the West have ever been |
in the highest degree fraternal and amcable.-
No root of bitterness has ever disturbed our
social or official intercourse and 1 can never
cease to DO grateful for the kindness, the warm
hospitality, the generous confidence and the CO.
operative sympathy which have done so much
to augment tho of my happiness during
my residence in Ohio. If among all the Aboli-
tionists whom l have known in the West there
Is one who cherishes toward mo any feeling of
unkindncss or hostility, or who will rejoice that
] am going away, Pm not aware of the fact.
1t would for many reasons have been crafty
ing to me, if could have been at liberty to
yield to the pressing solicitations of tho friends
of the cause in this region and remained among
them another year but have been constrained
by considerations affecting alike my own inter-
ssts and those of the Western Anti Slavery So
eicty TO terminate at The present time connec-
ton which could not in any view of the case be
regarded as permanent. Granting what my
friends have zealously urged as a reason for my
remaining at my post, viz: that a change OF
Editors may be, to n certain extent, hazardous,
it is my conviction that it will be better for the
Society TO incur that hazard now than to post
ponc it another year. My object in consenting
to como to Ohio was, to aid in relieving the
Western Society from its cmbarassmcnts and
placing it in self-sustaining position. That
object, it seems to me, is now so nearly attained
(not by any means wholly or chiefly through
any thing that have DONE that my departure,
however regretted by myself or others, if it does
not help the cause, will certainly do it no SO.
rious injury.
The circulation of The Bugie, within the last
two years, has increased from 900 to upwards
of l,400--a gain of about $50 which with the
augmentation OF the price from 81 to Sl,5O per
annum will materially increase its receipts
The criminal delinquency. however, of too
many Of the subscribers, still keeps its revenue
much lower than the cost of editing, publishing
and printingi thus imposing upon tho Society
the necessity of raising considerable sum an
nually, by donations, to keep it aAoat, besides
what il expcnds in the support of agents, &c.
The ability of the members and friends of the
Society to contribute all that is nccdful for this
purpose is beyond question; and from the spr.
it exhibited at the last Anniversary, and what
know Of the feelings and views of many ol
the most earnest and intelligent of their number
in different parts of the State, cannot believe
that the disposition is Stacking. 1 think the sem
timent is universal among them, that they
ought not any longer to rely upon tho help ol
friends at the East for the support of the paper,
whatever they may be compelled to do in regard
70 dthor operations.
The importance Of sustaining The Bugle--
the only thorough Ant-Slavcry paper West of
the Alieghanics-can hardly be overaicd.-
Without it all other agencies would DO feeble
and ineihcienti and it. now that it has safely
passed through all the pcrils OF its infancy, and
attained to vigorous YOUTH It's friends were TO
let 1t die for want Of that sustenance which il is
In their power to afford and which they canno,
withhold without peril to their own anti SLAYER,
life, il would be an occasion for grief as wei
az for withering reproach and shame. No 9th
erPsper could possibly supply its place Tn
Liderator, National Anti Ssauerg Standard, Penn