Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1852-08-07
From tho st. Louis Intclligcnccr.
Charles {, Burlrigh in Ohio.

CINciNNATI, May 10, 1852.
! few evenings ago, went to hear n lee
turc, nt the hall of the Mechanics Institute.
from &. &. Burleigl. the celebrated Abolition
orator from New England Having never
been spectator upon such an occasion be-
fore, had good deal of curiosity TO see
how such things are really carried on. |
lound very well dressed and gentcel look
ing assembly Of whites occupying tie hall,
aud was nj once impressed with the belief
! that at least a large majority of them had
been attracted thilhcr 10y like motives with
my own, aud could not Imagine, Judging
from their appearance, that any sympathy
could exist between such n looking auditory
aud an itincrnnt fanatic and dsorgnnizcr. /
was very soon painfully undccevcd how
| ever, for in n few minulcs tic colorod ladies'
aud gcnllcmen'-wlo, apparently. feeling
themselves to constitute the aristocracy of
these gatherings, had generally delayed their
! appearance until long after the less refined
hnd presented thcnselvCs-bcgan TO throng
~ aud mix promlscuously among their white
friends, with the most cndcnrng aud condc-
sccnding greetings imaginable. The nfirc-
tionnic aud exceedingly iattercd' sort of way
in which those dIisky visitors were received
by many of the most uristocrnlic aud elegant
y looking persons of both sexes in the room
very soon dispcllCd all idea that there was
any one present not n rank, out-and out aho-
liionist besides myself; aud hrgnn 10 feel
like sort of marked man among ihem.-
The orator presently made his appearance
and most uniat orable one il was-thc Chief
| characteristic bcing an immense amount of
| beard, covering Ills face aud breast, so that
yom could see little more than his nose aud
I
eyes above the top yCst.butlon. ] must do
INN the justice to say, however, that his
language was beautifully chusie, his Imagery
superb, and the whole manner of his oraiory
fascinating TO very high degree. His rens-
oning was of that kind which to the superb
cinl always seems absolutely conclusive aud
uEanswerablc; and could easily perceive
how an ardent and unIehectlng tcmpera-
ment might he led by il into the belief that
the institution of slavery was The sum of all
vilanies,' and the obligation TO suppress it
the highest of christian duties. Ii is no van
ity, in me, however, TO say tha; saw in the
whole argument transparent sophsiry,
founded upon utter ignorance or willuI mis-
representation of the real condition of the
slave in every Southern State. was, new
crthelcss, impressed with the conviction that,
with many, very many riglt-minded persons,
nothing short of actual personal acquaintance
win the physical characteristics of slavery
IN the South would he sufficient TO enable
them TO resist the insnualing and apparently
truthful cl0quencc OF this and other gifted
.but dangerous persOnages, of his class
have said thus much about the audience
aud their speaker, because | wish TO convey
some idea oi'thc amount power welded for
evil purposes 10y set of truitorous fanatics,
whose importance has lnitery hccn rather
underrated than placed at IFS true level We
are continually told that they number very
few in any of the Northern Stntes, aud that
they are TOO utterly uninlncntial in position
to threaten anything like II general re-agita-
ton of exciting slavery topics. am thor
onghly convinced that this is not the case
With few such impressive speakers us this
man Burleigh operating in populous con-
munltics, aud the oouaieHaHce of such audi
tories as have been hocking 10 hear him in
this place, there will he thousands Of The un-
wary, the inexperienced aud the ardent of
temperament led into uniting their forces
with the nnscrupulous and tre0cherous, TO
the cilecling of most injurious, not to say
disastrous results; unless the patriotic of all
parties shall unite in an effective aud lcatchM
determination TO prevent the re-introducion
of fdlsOrganzng elements into our national
uttlUlllR hll
questions connected with slavery to have
been FINALLY settled in the passage of the
great adjustment measures 10y the last Con-
gress. As general tling Wings, at least,
everywhere acquiosce in recognizing the |
much-talked.of liGality' of this settlement,
but many of them, strange TO say, persist in |
refusing TO assume the only position that can |
possibly give Il tangible and fixed assurance
to the country, TINT this recognition will be |
made permanently available for the hest |
practical results. | have converscd with |
good many intelligent Wings here, who say |
that II is asking too much, on the part Of the |
South, 10 require that their candidate shall |
pledge himself 10 II position for which they |
have emphaticaly endorsed him already; |
and that if complete harmony is desired, con. |
cession ought 10 come from US, as well ms |
from them. They seem TO forget that so far |
as endorsement is concerned, the candi- |
date TO whom they nIlude is Just as fully |
committed TO AbOiitioniSm by the rccommen.
dallons and endorsements OF It's supporters, |
as he is TO the views of the conservative and |
Compromise Wings who have also declared |
him to he their choice. They forget, too,
that while the Wings of the South may have |
tie most entire confidence in their assertions |
with regard TO the past course of their candi |
date, they only ask guaranty for the future,
which Will be perfectly consistent with his |
alleged preferences, aud which the parties |
most interested deem absolutely essential to
the entire security of some of their most |