Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1851-10-25
From the Libcrator.
Pennsylvania Anti.Slavsry Society.
MARLnoRouou, Chester Co..

Mr. DEAR GARRIsoN: I write YOU from TN
home of our mutual friends Joseph nnt
Ruth Dugdale, whittier Mary Anne on,
myself came last evening, Mt the close of IN,
Anniversary of the Pennsylvania Ant.Slaye
ry Society. or that Anniversary, I woul,
love to give particular account, il the wan
of time and the state of my health dhl no
forbid. can only say that, except your owl
absence which was regretted by all the
friends OF the cnuse, every thing about il
was rs gratifying aud encouraging rs heari
could wish. The attendance from the he
ginning to the 'close was almost equal TO-
sometimes beyond, The capacity of the ele-
giant md spacious Horticultural Hall aud a
more intelligent or more Interested andien-
ces have rarely seen gathered IN any part OF
the country. No speakers Of note were pres
ent from other States II was emphalicly n
Pennsyivnnin meeting, gathering for mu-
tunl consultation and encouragement of the
interprid, clear-sighted aud unquniling Abo-
iitionists of the Keystone State; and it is
not too much to say that il was worthy alike
of themselves, of the Stnte, and of our holy
cause. If il was less exciting and less en-
thusiustic than similar meetings in New Eng
land and the West, the difference is to be
ascribed, not to any deficiency of zeal or de-
votedness on the part of those who were
prcsent, but to certain peculiarilies Of tenn
perament and mental habit, which need hot
be explnined. IL the Pennsylvania moves
at slower and more measured pace thun
your unlnitigated Yankee, his step is always
firm and sure. Once intelligently commit
Ted to the cause, there is afterwards no vnri-
ableness or shudow of turning.
The Annual Report, from the pen of ].
Miller Mckim, was nn able review of the
history Of the cause during the past year,
and an equally able vindcaiion Of the prin-
ciples Of our enterprise. II also presented
very encouraging statement OF the operations
of the Society during one OF the most event.
ful periods OF that history. II was firm and
uneguivocal in its tone, radical in principle,
and fearless in spirit, aud the heariiness with
which it was adopted evinced at once the
clear-sightedness aud the bodness of tie
abolilioEists of Pennsylvania. The resolu-
iions also, though less startling in their phrn-
seology and less hyperbolical than those fire.
quently adopted, elsewhere, were yet thor
ough and uncompromising.
The speaking, too, was excellent, being
spontaneous, earnest and wholly unartihcinl.
There being no star from abroad to whom
the people could look up for light and in
struction, there was manifested an unusual
degree Of the sense of individual responsible
ity on their part. There was 10 lack of ef:
fective eloquence; how could there he with
such speakers us Lucretia Mott, Samuel An
ron, J. Miller Mclkim, Mary Grew, c. NJ.
Burleigh, T.. NJ. Davis, Mnhlon B. Linton,
Robert Purvis, Joseph A. Dngdale, Thomus
WhitsoD, and many others whose names |
need not mention? cannot review the
course of discussion, still less give you n re-
nf tha ct.aarhao Tho
topic was the infamous Fugitive Slave Law
and It's fruits as exhibited in the recent trag-
edy at Christiana, aud the arrest and impris-
onment of innocent, peaceful citizens upon
n charge of treason! Upon this subject, Rev.
Samuel Auron made an eloquent aud pow
erinl speech, marred only by bIs classification
of violent resistance 10 the law. NOtwith-
stnnding this fault, il was empllaticly The
speech of the whole meeting, aud il pro-
duced profound impression. Mr.. Aaron,
though not yet quite wenned from the ballot
box, is nn earnest and devoted friend of the
slave, and he appreciates and loves those
who have had the courage TO follow their
highest convictions of duty in coming out
from all participation in the government of
this slaveholding country. ] trust that fur
ther reflection and more mature experience
will at no distant day lead him to follow their
examples. His presence, Notwithstanding
this difference of sentiment and position,
was exceedingly gratifying TO all our friends.
fle took OCCASION, in his very first speech,
j think, TO express his adherence OF the
ISLANDERS heaped upon us by our enemies,
and to yindcate the character of our friend
Parker Pillsbury, so often nssailed by politi-
cal demngogues and clerical ime-servers.-
MIR. Aarons remarks in favor of violence
were answered most impressiyely and elo-
quently by Mary Grew and I.lcretia Mott.
The subject of Colonization excited very
spirited discussion, in which Geo. w. Tay-
lor, Oliver johnson, Mary Grew, Lucretia
Mott, Robert Purvis, Samuel Aaron aud 9th
ers took part. Mr.. Taylor, very umiable
man, not identified with our movement,
thought we ought not to denounce Colonial
tion nor in fact any thing else! His plea for
mercy TO that arch enemy OF the colored
race aroused the old aniislavery fire, aud
brought down upon IFS bend all avalanche of
indignant aud denunciatory eloquence.
The money paid and pledged exceeded
the contributions ofany former gear. IL is
also to be remarked that there was not, from
fret 10 last, the least sign of mobocracy or
rowdyism. The people Of West Chester aud
tie surrounding region gathered in great
numbers 10 hear the anii-slnvery gospel and
the breathless attention with which they lis
sened TO our exhoriations, Tebukes aud ud-
monitions, inspires the hope TINT the seeds
of truth fell upon ground which will produce
a glorious harvest The course of anti
slavery in Pennsylvania is upward und on
ward.
Yours, faithfully,
OLIVER JOHNSON,