Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1852-12-25
Personal Sketches.

The Editor of the Liberator thus sketches
some of the active abolitiouisls he met al
the late anniversary Of the Pennsylvania a
$. Society:
JAMES MILLER McKm, the nminble mud
efficient General Agent of the Society, nc
| quilted himself on the occasion, ns he always
does, admirably. Rare good sense, sound
Judgment, clear discrimination, wcll.ch0sen
langunge, an earnest aud sincere manner
! nll ronlrne to make him most acceptable
speaker | lis style is eminently persuasive
und suundly hrgunleutative. Unfortunately,
he has very poor opinion of his talent for
public spenking-and n very erroneous one,
t0o-nnd this often keeps him from tie plat
form when lie should be upon il, and makes
him silent when lie ought to speak. Ills fl.
deity to the nnti-sIavery cause, since his es-
pousal of it in the freshness of his manhood
twenty years ago, has been without SHADOW
of turning fixed as the North star Ills
name stands recorded among those which
were appended to the Declaration of SEN
iimenis' adopted in 1887, aud sent forth to
the nation; aud none deserves to he held in
higher remembrance. lie has ever horne q
spoiless character, and is greatly beloved by
n very large circle Of friends and acquain-
tances. Happy aud blessed eminently
in Ills domestic relations, long may his valu-
able life bc preserved, aud also that of his
excellent companion.
CrRUs NJ. BURLEIGH, is too well know in
the lecturing field to need special commen-
dniion. Though still young in years. he is
old ia the service, and has performed large
amount of labor, in disinierested aud self
sacrificing spirit, having encountered no
small shnre of contumely aud peril, aud met
uniiInchlngly all forms OF opposition. He
is an nble debater, aud makes his 0ppeais
effectively both 10 the understandings aud
consciences of his hearers. On various oc-
casions, he has had the editorial manage
incnt of the Pennsylvania Freeman. and ne
quilted himself in a very crediinble manner.
The present editor Of the Freeman. OLIVER
JOHNSON, thougI, seldom inclined to put
himself forward in debate, is an excellent
speaker-one who aims to come 10 the point
without circumlocuiion, and never misses il,
VINO wastes no ammunition, who not only
knows when to spenk, hut also when 10 stop.
Ia rare quality y and who is familiar with
every rope in the ship Among the earliest
TO nvow himself Rn nbolilonist, hc has ever
been among the lruest of the true to his
profession remarkable for his sagaciiy aud
insight, nnd abundant in labor and sclfsac-
rificc.
or LUCRETIA MoTT we have already $40.
ken. 'model woman in every thing,
she is peculiarly acceptable ms public
speaker For ulnny years a distinguished
preacher in the llcksite Society OF Friends,
she never fails to make deep aud suluiary
impression upon the minds OF her auditors. |
LhbOrlng under the effects of severe cold
nj West Chester, she was not able to pariic-
pate III the discussion rs freely ms usual but
IIe words of wisdom aud goodness that fell
rom her lips, on that occasion, will long be
remembered.
MARY Grew, of Philadelphia, made two
or three finished speeches, OF high moral
ns she never fails TO do,
tho fixed attention OF the meeting and deep.
enng the profound regard which is 30
widely cherished Tor her. With n mind as
clear us crysisl, a heart responsive to all the
NJ penls Of suffering humanity, n spirit OF
exalted purity, and u ready command Of
Thought aud language, she lacks nothing hut
hodiiy vlgor to make her one of the best
lecturers in the Anli-Slavery field She, too,
has filled the editorial chair of the Freeman,
nnd proved herself to be admirably qualified
Io' lIC SiullOH.
1t is worth journey from Boston 10 West
chester, at any Time, 10 see and hear our
quaint, slrong-nlinded, clear. headed, great
hearted friend, Thomas WmTsoN,-a man
OF no prctence, selfeducuied, in whom is 10
he found what Burns calls the pilli o sense
~ iuli measure, profound and almost inial.
lble IN his inluitions, and with more ideas
!hhn lie can readily tiud language TO express.
we lrst became acquainted with him at the
National Anti Slavery Convention held in
Ph'ladelphia, in 1888, of whose memorable
Declaration of Sentiments he was a signer;
and 1t there he one human being Oh earth
whom we love and respect, and upon whose
hhiaiterlng adhesion to the ntslayery cause
we rely, il is THOMAS WHITsoN.
The presence and speeches of Lucy
STONE, of Massachusetts, did much TO en-
nance the interest of the occusion; aud she
had reason to feel highly grnliiied and great
~ encouraged by the very favorable impress
sloh she mnde. AT the close of the anni |
versary, she delivered an address on the
subject of Woman's Rights TO an over
wheimlng house; but as we lett the place
that day, we were not able to be present.
From the encomiums we afterwards heard
bestowed upon it, we doubt whether OH any
occasion an assembly was ever more com
pletely caplivated. As proof of lis power,
upwards of thirty dollars were contributed
on the spot, to aid her in her mission Of lib