Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1851-11-22

der and treason for their inter position TO pre-
vent the suirusion of blood. If any citizens of
Bar, arc remarkable for their unobtrusive, do
mcstic habits, Lewis; lIanaway, and Scarlct,a arc |
names that would occur to all who know them,
and though non .rcsistants, they arc not aboli-
tionists,
The truth is, that some months before this |
ARRAY the abduction Of two free men had pro- !
duccd very great excitement among the colorcd |
people, who, itsccms, had resolved to rcpcl fu- !
turc aggrcssions OF this they made no secret
and the guilty kdnappcrs know them too well
to make a third attempts they belong to a class
which prefers sleeping in a whole skin.
There arc persons who, without possessing
high degree of intellect have sufficient tact to
recommend themselves to different classes OF
society without enjoying the intimacy of any
but the lowest. Such there are here. Fcom
their frequent attendance OH the religious meet
ings of tho colored people, and familiar inter
course with them, they had obtained their con-
idcncc, at tho same time that they prevented
suspison on the part of the other whites, that
there was any want of friendly feeling towards
the blacks. They companicd much with them,
spoke ofthc expressions they endured; signed
4. s. Petitions, &. Sc. From individuals of
this class Gorsuch and other shareholders,
learned the whereabouts of their slaves hence
all that followed
Among tho aspirations Of the human mind,
leading ono is to reach higher sphere of some
kind, than that to which it belongs; without
this craving there would be no advancement
no progrcss-and hence, where the tendency,
the habit is to associate with lower classes it is
indication of the absence of desire to asecnd-a
| low grovcllng nature, or Of design-tho ac-
complishmcnt Of some end which purcr, more
elevated motives would repudiatc. Now, tho
the prejudice against color is silly as it is wick
cd, and wicked as wrong done to helplcssness,
always must be, such prejudice docs exist, and
black men should be very guarded in forming
fricndships with poor white men who volunteer
te become their associates for either their men,
tai and moral culture are not such as to war
rant anticipated benefit from their society, or,
their object in seeking tho connexion should be
distrusted. 1t is not requisite that they should
so rigidly scrutinize the approaches and proier-
cd friendship of rich men who arc raised above
the risk oflosing cast by the condcscension.-
That poor men are more prone TO what is term
cd low vicws-pctty crimes, and more ready to
do dirty Jobs than rich ones, cannot be dissuis-
cd, nor ought it to be attempted, but rather
should the fact be placed, and kept in bold re-
| t,o1itipinns and
ccclcsiastics might be compelled to seek tho
cause, that they might cooperate in work
which, thus far, they have not put hand to,
namely providing, a remedy. As evidence that
this is the true view, examine the records oil
county courts, and city police reports, it will be
found that those called petty offences arc mostly
committed by the poor, and amongst these quite
disproportonate share of them, by colored
people (poorest of all the poor,) the large gen.
tlcmanly crimes arc not aspircd to by those
lowly ones they are part of the monopoly o
; more disting guishcd class. Kline, who is
very inferior specimen of the genus homo proba
bly, near the bottom, every way, of tho loves
class :--Ingraham, may be as wicked as IN
stupidity will permit, and their names arr
known where they never would have becl
:. heard but for that, tho very thought OF which
= makes good men shuddor. This pair is severe
- ly ccnsured for working in the only way i
, which they could cvince their patriotism, mere
: ly as the tools of tyranny; they belong not t
projectors, and should be exoneratcd from tn
blame which is the exclusive right of the uppc
. class, who would have cut sorry figure, ha
y they undertaken the job Who believes th'
: Kentuckys favorte would have accepted
bomb marshals commission, or if he had al
ccptcd it, would have shown the "better part
. valor' by hiding in the corn-feld during tn
> uncivil war with the slaves Or who believe
. that New Englands orator, ("spittoon" as
:, has made himself,) would be induced to act Ii
= graham; Would they perform the parts actC
by their subordinates; Never.
no To project SO unqucstionablc "pcacc me-
NJ sure" as the fugitive bill required the talents
ic an educated loon Of his country to show
Il. value required the logical acumen of a "grc
a. cxpoundcr." Through oonservatc policy, al
re dcxterous, practised, statesmenship wes ind
oir pcnsible in both cases. Ingraham and Kiln
on could no more have done these, than Clay al
nh Webster would have acted as substitutes {
.th them. A fugitive might entrust the secret
M his condition to either of the latter two
re- would better keep his secretvcness in action,
,nt company with the former two, not that there
ro- such difference in their principles, or rather
cct the absence of principle in all, but that ca
L.
no does the WORK appropriate 70 ms eiass' WI
= case is this to illustrate the danger slave
Tho ours in forming intimaoies with and maxi
ere con6dants Of poor white men who seek tn