Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1851-10-04
Letter from ]. P. Davis.


EcoNoMY, Ind., Sept. IL, 1851.
FRIEND MARIUs: Our annual election is
over and the result is, as it is in almost every
country, or in any age, that the men elected
TO fill the various offices in our government
are pledged to the existing state of things.
And the measures breathed into existence
10y it such as have tendency to crush, in
stead of elevating man. Our constitution
wns voted into being, report says, about
10000 majority, and the 18th article by
10000. So, be it known to oil "Negroes
and Mulattoes" that the Quakers, Baptists,
Meihodlsts and Presbyterans of this patriot
ic and exceedingly christian State, do forbid
you, at the point of the bayonet "to come
into or settle" in our State. Should there
be camp meeting just over the line you
dare not visit it. your Methodist brethren
over here will gladly meet you in Heaven
but they will shoot You if you set foot on
our soil. Young men aud women of Ohio,
Negroes and Muattoes-should a telegraph
ic dispatch come to you that your aged faith
or or mother who had purchased their free
dom of some pious Baptist priest in ky. and
were here now, aud on their death bed you
must not dare TO visit them; If you do we
will cast you in prison, fine and may be tic
you up to post and whip you.
Murius, are we not heathens, are we not
Devils? Woman whippers aud woman-
thieves come to our State, are escorted by
Quakers TO the highest seat in their sin-a-
gogue, their wives aud daughters kiss them.
They so into our Baptist, Methodist and
Presb, teran Pulpiis aud preach, attend
prayer-meetings and love-feasts and are re-
cognized MS christians. But should true
christian come amongst us, should his skin
be shade darker than ours, these same pro-
Tossing christians will punish him for riding
along our roads-sitling in our bar-rooms or
visiting their relatives.
At Economy, on the evening Of the cleo
ton, after the fact was ascertained that Jul
lian received near three votes TO Parker's
one, at that poll, some of the wings were so
enraged that they, some twelve or fifteen in
number, attacked two colored men. Some
of them had stones, some lirks, one shovel,
another spade; all, apparently, trying to
kill the two colored men. One had u spade
drawn, and while it was coming edge fore
most towards the head of one of the colored
men, it was wrested from his hands, else il
would probably have killed him.
What was done with the colorcd men for
giving some defence with the naked arm
One was fined 81, the other 81, so. And
what with Richmond Thornburgh for nttem-
ting to kill with the spade3 He was fined
Sl,00. What was done with Merchant
Williams, James Justice, Charles Stanly
and others for their brutal attack on the
Hills? Stanly one of the ring leaders, as
yet goes unpublished. Two of tho others
have been severely punished. The dignity
of the law sustained by fining them about
81 each. What was done with my most ex-
ceedingy pious neighbor (methodistl John
Banks for urging the ruffians to Smash the
niggers into tho earth, stamp them down.
&c. &C., saying the niggers would take pos
session of the state? lie has been fined
twenty-five cents. What was done with
! Priest Harvey's son for helping on with the