Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1851-11-01
Mr.. Pillsbury and his Labors in the West.

Mr.. Pillsbury left Salem on. Saturday last,
expecting 20 spend week in Ashtabula Coun-
/ ty, and to proceed from there home. Much of
/ the time since his arrival in the State, he has
been laboring under severe indispositon, which
rendered his labors exceedingly oppressive to
| himsolf-howevor, valuable they have been to
us. lie has, notwithstanding, performed
| great amount of labor, in speaking, writing and
travelling. His mission west of the Cuiahoga,
has been represented to as on all hands, as hav.
ing been eminently successful and many Of his
public efforts as of unsurpassed power.
Mr.. Pillsbury's decided character leaves its
impress, wherever he goes. Tho Church VIC
know holds his name in abhorrcnee, because he
worships not their Aiolock. Wings and Dc.
mocrats detcst him, because he exposes their
hcartlcssncss and corruption-and we are sorry
to add, that to our Free Soil Brethren, and to
some of the best among them, he has become as
an enemy, because he Las told them tho TRUTH
In our estimation that man most cffectually
serves the cause Of freedom, who most faith
fully and cfIectually exposes the false position
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these friends, that we should altogether hold
our peace because their desires arc for
emancipation, permit their efforts to be at least
indirectly for slavery. Could they, with their
present intelligence, know that their own wives
and children, were now tenants Of tho planta-
ton cobin,-and the victims of all tho untold
and unmagned curses, that cluster around It /;
! think you they would be satisfied with what
the Free Soil Party, is now doing for their re-
dcmption; Would il be to them 80 great q
matter to dcnounce the Union, and rcpudiato
the Government which held them the victim of
the wrongi All no. Then would they abhor,
ronounco and expose those inadequate remedies.
/ They would justly abhor them because they
| diverted the public sympathy-becaHsc they
who were at heart their friends, were by them
vondcrcd incf3cient--and satisfied themselves
with half way measures, at the expense of those
which might cvcntuate in their release. Mr..
| Pillsbury so views it. And 20 vcwing it, he
uses a measure Of that fidelity which would be
used, by those he represents, had they his in
tclligence and position for influence Using
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blank atheism, and desire to subvcrt the
Church, and with it all virtue and goodness
! Wings and Democrats see in him who exercises
fidelity towards them, only blood thirsty an
archst, and Free Sellers for the like causes look
upon him in much the same light.
| Now, much as VIC esteem many of these
friends, much as we know Mr. Pillsbury would
esteem them personally, could he thus know
them, and the regard VIC arc sure would be nu-
tual,) VIC are rejoiccd, and the slave may re-
name, is not sacrificed to his convictions of truth
and duty. We know no reason why men Of
generous hearts, and moro than ordinarily clear
perceptions Of the truth, should on this account
be tolerated in unrcbuled error. And yet this
is the reason, on account of which VIC arc asked
to be silent. "Thcy arc Anti Slavery, Gs we'll
as VIC. Why should VIC not then be at peace,
covering up in silence, our differences Of opin-
ion, and measures whatever may be our csti-
mate of their influences" The character of the
mcr of whom VIC speak, standing as they do in
advance of the mess of the nation, is the
ground of our hope, and the occasion of the at
tcnton bestowed upon the Free Soil Party,-a
party in principle and action, by no means up
to the moral convictions Of many who sustain
it. If that party shall ever reverse its past his
tory, and instead of descending to lower, ad-
vance to higher positions: or, the party being
lost, if individuals shall advance and be saved,
it will be in no small measure, owing to the f.
deity ofthose with whom they arc now out
ragged.