Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1852-06-05
q Detruying the Confidence of Hospitality

Horace Preston, the fugitive slave, addressed
To him hy Rev. H. NJ. llnIl. Mr.. Hall Is
clergyman of tie Methodist prrsliaSion, pas
tor ut church in Schenectady, n. Y, and
is much beloved aud respected 10y all who
know him.
Shortly nfipr the appearance of the letter
in question, the n. \. Commercial Advcr-
tspr one of the most rabid, "dilt-eaiing.
ipurnuls in New York, of the webster nnh
FILLMORE stripe, mndr a gross and furinis
attack upon Mr Hall, taking for text tie
title ~ iir hrud ot this article. To tllS nt-
tack Mr.. Hall lms rrpllrd through tue col
minus of the N. 7. Tribune, extracts lrou
which reply we give below: - LyiUeH finer
icnn.
It T. not my purpose to handy words with
the furious editor of the above named sheet
tilc Atyrrisrrl; nor dn expect tp convince
him that "nuy good thing can come out OF
Nnzlrrih." lie is evidently not IN the prop
or state of mind 10 reason, and hc has seen
nothing, for months past, which bore any
relation to slHvC-hunllug or the fnGiiWr
slave Law ia It's true lisht lie hns, evident.
~, regarded himself ns " set for tiiC dclrnsG'
OF Shareholders in general, aud of that inin-
NOUS aud iulIumau law in particular; atd
he is committed to thc task of whipping into
the traces every Methodist Preacher WHO
,larcs speak out against kidnapping aud op-
prcssiun. Winrss his gross ainrk upon the
New York Preachers Meeting on that C
count.
Before writing word Of MY letter 10 MIR.
Reese, I remarked in the hearing of some oi
NY iriai mcnJcrs, that knew suhicihlng ui
hi, cpsc ni Reese aud Prcsion,uud gave them
| the substantial facts, aud the tine "hd place
urtiuir hrin. communicated. ThrSr, ,hrrthrr-
N 81 =. -,.,l,, IN RIG
10 the public
! II urpcu,s TINT MIR. Hall kept n sort Of dia-
| r, ur tnc incidents which occurred during
| his Journey, aud thinking these facts or con-
,rrsatiuns had with Nr. Reese were worthy
of record, he accordingly jnited them down
in his Nnlrs ly the Way" For thus INA
king them public he encounters the savage
irrn,i,y of the editor OF the Advertiser. says
Mr.. Halt:
Your ono idea" of Fugiiyc-Slnvc. Law.
ln dnlis or destroys" IN your sense OF per
crufnn, nnd causes you ~ overlook one inct
on which the case tnrns,yz: Every word ~
corded in my "NOics 10y The Way, and l'"b-
lisLcd in my letter, goes To prove MI he's.
| ai Hri lime "a kind, humane, Christian man.
! All are in lis favor, NJ all the world "l'l al
| low, inrluding ynirsrlt. Was there, thci'
amy Inrm. any outrage upon the Sauci'lirS
! nl llFlllnlNN, III ltlN wv w "'''''-
notes Was il ''almnsi an unparalleled oil
i;.,,sr " il, nr. that referred to these facts.
in disrti.-iui,s with my Northern iiirrds, ~
defense nf - c'dss of shareholders, aud nam
cd William Reese ms their worthy rcprcsen-
,,a, But
Mr.. Reese is now what he was then; AMI
therefore | desHUei 10 he turned ont u DOORS
far ,rriiirg in my diay those things concerning
he gooi nan ,cfo iii ne! "Bnt You wrote
tl,rn,." SAWS my ucrusrr, " for the purpose OF
showing lhrm 10 others, rpuhllshing ihcnl'
Well, my object was 10 NlndicntG hll' nh"
his e',s,tiur,I unjust ccnstrc. But | have
uub,i,hrd those facts, since Mr.. Reese re-
claimed tc man lac said lac never would re-
claim. Certainty have, aud III dong so /
have shown ihnt he WAS n0t always 10 had Il
man. have not made public his badness
llit was done without me- and my letter las
not erlra!ci lhg, fact single step
WlHi he has revealed cIncrrnnE hlihSrll
since, l. his work not mine But | confess
10 another niljnrI in lint letter. VIZ: 10 M
rrusiiy the public hatred OF iho tuei'Nu
, Slave LAW; aud this Is the req! cause oI lii'
editors gentle and hnihcrly reitlRe! nS
,I,yjipg is my abhon9nce; and um quite
willing To leave posieriiy aud tho final ."dg
meiit 10 uetJle this matter between us. ~ 't'
, meantime, shall use :my lulle influence II
nppusiliun to that iulqthly. J hated u n'
fore. and 81 did the North generally, lh'
Commercial ;uIhc contrary Notwithstanding
But we hate it more than ever, since Tins cns'
of Reese and Preston came oil lhe ih'l'l
ties il affords, aud the lndnrcmeHlS II ne
: sruts. ure producing their irlilS. Mr. Nn
. Rersr that mgu al whom wrote 50 man.
= oc.oi things Ia 1918, aud 10 whose praise
" have rcueaich tleul 80 often since, Inns nee
>, Iurcd by the hope oi gnin, rendered 80 cas-
y aud surc 10y tie operation oi lhe WlrN'u s"'
y, ute, inncd With the influence OF lhe Con
II mprcinl. and has been induced to ignore IN
', will of his deceased wife, and his owi d'
y clarcd convictions OF right. lie has TOR
p lfom homc, from wife, ironl child, u irl'o'
y man. lie hns immured lln ~ ne b'''
N more Jail, aud hopes 10 convert N"r''e,,
~ I sympaIhy-nny human sympaihy-ln'o c"sl
90, To the amount ol Sl,3UO
, Who will not hate II law which wll wot
w such mischief upon two men ut once re
:" il is hard tn tell whether the mnsler or u
y" slave m this care hns suffered the grea'e
-, harm. ETERNITY WILL TElL!
4" But how sad to every feeling heart Is W.
;" state of thincs Prcstnu's lirrside cnn
invaded. himself torn from all lac value
without even the form OF law; immur'd
u the "Tnnbs," denied the rights aud PRIV
les Irurs accorded to the verirst cnn, uhd sel
T. ,,iihom prooC into perpetual hnndngci "i
tlle Editor of The Commercial ulrers NOT Oh
~ word of warning or rrhukc, nor the first ~
'' InLlp of condolences with or for the Nlcill'''
,5s his hnpless wife aud child, "a gcnllen'n"
,55 Bnlrin,ore has deemed it his duyio rtrln'
,2S n fnpiliye from service" That is all! We
aid cool, truly. But when show Ihe p"l, D.
,yl,nt rood mnn this same senilemhh "
no before tie Slave Inv was enacted 'l'lS sI'
ov- calm aud dspassonate editor is ioshed u
cen fury, aud moves heaven and earih,-Ht le
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