Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1852-05-29


marks contained in them. This fact may posi-
bly, raise doubt in some minds, as to T" P's'
own discrimination. Nor is it certain that the
doubt will bo entirely removed by his declama-
ton that he would as soon hold hundred
slaves, as do what he accuses the Convention
of doing. ops" letter contains other things,
which arc open to comment, but cannot stop
to say moro now, and will leave it with only this
farther remark, that it is a striking illustration
of at least one truth which he aims to incul-
cate that oven with good intentions a man
may do great injustice to those whose course
crosses the track of his prejudiccs or proposes
sions.
After finishing my course in Cincinnati, l
went out to the neighboring country, and have
lccturod during the twelve succeeding days,
three times at Harrison, a considerable village
on the Indiana line twice at Choviot, in this
county; twice at Dayton twice at West Elk
ton, in Problc county twice at Eaton, the
county seat Of Preble; once OF Oxford, the scat
of somewhat thriving literary institution in
Butler county and four times in New Rich
mond, Cletmont county; sixteen times in all.
Some of the meetings were thin, others we're
crowdod and on the whole the attendance was
very good for this busy season of the year
Generally, too, the people heard with much
apparent interest, tho plain words of Anti
Slavery truth. In most places desire was ex-
pressed to hear me further, and was earnestly
invited to stay longer or come again. The
least interest shown anywhere, was in Harrison
and Eaton. But in the former of these the
Presbyterian Westinghouse was opened to me
readily, and the audience, though small, was
as attentive as could ask. Both there and in
Eaton. as everywhere else also met kind
friends who Hospitality entertained me for my
work'ssoke. At Cheviot l spoke in the Dap
tist Meeting House, at Dayton, in the Uniyer-
salist, and ut New Richmond, in the Unitarian
and the colorcd pooplo's--of what sect l do not
know, or whether of any. AL these were free.
y and checrfully granted for the meetings.
At Oxford the scene was not a little cnlivcncd
by a brisk discussion, growing out of remark
which dropped incidentally, and which some
Of my hearers seemed to think not sufficiently
respectful to "our glorious Union" Truth to
say, it was not highly eulosisht. Tho Town
Hail was well filed, and among the rest were a
good many of tho College students somo OF
them, was told, from the South. The show
of a red cloak, in poultry yard would hardly
have made moro comotion in brood of young
turkeys, than did my innoccnty meant words
among those cfIcrvcscent youthful patriots
though their ardent ceilings at first found vent
in way moro akin to the habits of another
tribo of the dcnEons of the poultry yard, than
to those of that emincntly respectable family
from which have borrowed my simihtudc.-
But that method did not suffice them moth
ing short of artculate speech, and that of the
most rotund tumcsccncc and fcrvid temperature,
was adequate to the relief of thciS outraged
sensibilitics.
Tho cagorness with which two or thrcc Of
them pounccd upon INC, and the ardor of dec
lamatory oloqucncc with which they bclaborcd
me, wero truly amusing to see and hear. was
most summarily dealt with, you may be assured.
My trial, conviction, sentence and execution as
traitor of the most traitorous sort, too bad
cvon for hanging, as it seemed, and Gt only to
be blasted with tho lightning bolts Of Gods
vcngcancc-my burial at the cross roads, with a
stake driven through me, and my face turned
" "downward towards he'll" (to copy the Gu
phonious dialect of the adoloscent orator.
whittier Of course, was to travel at moro than
telcgraphic speed; were all accomplished with
most marvellous facility and expedition. II
they were not always stlictly accurate in their
representations of my remarks, why you
know something must DO pardoncd to tho
spirit OF Union-worship, and to that obulli-
ent patriotic furor which is ready to cxclaim
with the poet, (moaning the 6rst three lines to
be taken in purely PickWickian sense, how
ever, so as to avoid slightly disagrccablc resul,
of crces,ive zeal,
"Oh for the death of those
Who for their country die,
Sink on her bosom to reposc,
And triumph where they Ge."
Moreover, il in this instance their " triumph"
was not so signal and complete as could have
been desired, that ought not to be imputed to
any fault in them, so long as they used the
prescribed means.
One antagonist, however did try to meet me
with argument, instead of mere lrothy dcclama-
ton. If his reasoning was not very sound,
still it was meant for reasoning, and was proba-
bly, as good as his case would admit, and at all
events presented something 10 take hold of
My replies were necessarily BRIEF but nothing
material to the issue was kept unnoticcd, and tho
friends of our cause who were present, appeared,
so far asI could judge, quite well satisfied with
the position in which the argument stood when
the discussion closed, at nearly IL o'clock.
At none of the other meetings mas any form