Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1851-11-08
Meetings al AndOyer and Dorset

DEAR NApus; Our causei is still marked BY
incidents of a most interesting, and encouraging
character. At New Lyme, we held mectings
which brought together the forces of that strong
hold of Freedom, as in times past. Tho strength
and zeal of many were renewed, so that they
accompanied us to Rome and Andovcr, in mud,
rain and dark evenings, thus greatly comforting
and cheering our hearts. AT Rome, we had an
excellent gathering in the Baptist Meeting
house, and were strongly importuned, even by
men of the Free Soil Party, to remain longer. or
come again at the earliest possible opportunity.
When We reached Andovcr, We found good
congregation, standing outside the meeting
house. Its closely locked doors, seemed to be
scowng and making up mouths at us, as If in
mockery, that we should dare to ask to be ad-
mitted on mission, such as ours. Usually,
they arc not very squcamish,wc were told, as TO
the kind of company admitted. The minister,
whose name is Chamberlain, had just warned
his charge to beware of us, because Stephen s.
Foster Who he said, was once sound, orthodox
dirile, had left the pulpit, and gathered, bapti-
zcd, and given the sacrament to church of
text this most veracious sermon, on so sublime
a topic was preached, or whether any convcr-
sions followed. Mr.. Foster will be surprised,
however, to hear that he was ever minister,
as the church use the word, but that is of no
consequence. As to his church OF dogs, since
slave. hunting has become a part of the meaGs
of grace and salvation, perhaps dogs, if they
will stoop to such fellowship and communion,
may be a most desrnh.c addition to "thc house
hold of faith" st. Zachary Taylor, whose
prascs in most of the Churches, was glad Of such
auxiliarics in his Seminole Hunt and Slaught-
or, and Mr.. Foster may, therefore, be doing a
more millcnnial work than his frghtcd brother
Chamberlain supposcs.
But seriously, do you not think the devil will
get ashamed of lying by and by and throw up
the business, when he secs so many ministers,
that can lie him all out of countenance, and
: take the premiums at every Fair' Some of us
arc prolano enough to wonder what sort Of
Christians those are, who can swallow down
these congregational sentiments. We have heard
of serpents that swallowed oxen whole; but
they arc nothing to this generation. Had Jonah
forcstallcd and swallowed the whale, it were
scarcely typical of what we witness almost every
week, of this miraculous dcsutiton.
1t happened in Andovcr, that one of our
friends is a large owner in the meeting house,
and so, after two hours delay, tho key was forth
coming; those holding it having been assured
that serious troubles would be avoided, should
they comply with his wishes, and that keeping
it from him, would not prevent his entrance.
We had a most interesting meeting, both after
noon and evening, and revealed the Anti-Slave-
ry character of this Independent Congregational
| Anti Siarcry Church, rs it had never been done
before. Notwithstanding its high professions,
il was admitted by one of tho dcacons, that its
members voted for John Tyler and Henry Clay,
that they utterly refused to pass resolutions
against such voting that they did commune
with the apologists and abcttors of slavery and
that the ministers of the General Assembly OF
the Presbyterian Church, could preach in their
, pulpit, from every part Of Ohio. Nor was all
this but part of the revelation.
4 in the evening, we had full house, and a
discussion with the Frcewiil Baptist Minister
! kent the meeting without the least sign of i'm
= patience, until eleven o'clock. 1t was manly
c and honorable in this minister to come and
S hear from our own mouths what our doctrine;
= arc, and VIC respected him greatly for so doing
= The cowardly, sncaking policy of the othc'
d minister, in keeping away, after what he haC
said and done, we treated as it deserved. w,
:, differed heaven wide with the other clergy
n man, but still he exhibited kindly spiri
10 throughout, and made as good and able defence
/: of his position, as VIC have heard during tn
i campaign. lie took the ground that zoe, By lie
" in7 IN The country, and under tho gorcrnment
- acere jsst guilty Of supporting slarery, as 'cer
al those tcho rote, ,rho join the Methodist Church
10 and commune phh Shareholders. lie was toi
it that this would not relieve him from his diff
n. Guilty; because our doing wrong, could no
make him right-since two sinners, no matte
how great never made either one a saint.
And again. we asked if We had helped make
government, which hcld all persons Occountu
bic for its Infamous deeds. solely because Go
. had given them birth within its jurisdiction, an
that too after they had conscientiously refuse
to vote in it, or take its offices, its honors, {
- emolumcnts. We appealed to him if govcrr
ment like that, ought not to be shivered into in
visible fragments, even were there no slavery.
ri But he said, "you voluntarily pay taxes an
for Tariffs" We told him never, pol,mtariiy. d,
rse you and others have fixed up government
of taxing yourselves and every body else, to carr
To- on your designs, and then come and demand
is us, our money or our Hoes, in support of 20,
the government. If We resist, you have the arm
md and navy Of the nation to compel us to sho
us dead even, if we wont let you pick our pocl
cts without. And now, after thus robbng U
~ and using your plundcred money to carry
slavery, and wars for slavery, you have the a
dacity to taunt US with supporting it, and of
ing as bad as you arc who make the laws
'"' which we and the slaves are but the victims.