Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1852-05-22


parties necessarily resulted from fidelity to
| tho principle of freedom. lie iorcibly pre-
| scented this by reference TO the history of
the enterprise. Briefly but happily olluding
to several prominent incidents.
At the commencement of the evening
session, the following noble letter from Ger
ret Smith was read by the President:
PETrRBoRo May 6, 1852.
Wm. LLOYD GAnMsoN-AH Dear Sir : You
tell Inc in your letter received this evening,
that YOU will excuse me from answering it.
But will not consent TO be excused from
answering so generous aud beautiful letter.
| will not consent 20 let single hour pass
without assuring you of my continued and
increasing esteem and love for you. The
members of the American Anti-Slavery
Society aud the members of the Liberty
party do not oil of them understand euch
other.
They are all still, TO some extent, jealous
of each other, and occasionally say hard
things of each other. There were some
proofs of this in tile meeting held IN lioches-
Ter in March last. 1t is because of this mu-
tinl misapprchonsion that wus fearful of
unpleasant occurrences in the meeting in
| Syracuse year ago. ] had some fears that
these Aboitionists of different names might
wound each other aud wound the common
cause by i'll nature and unjust remarks, but
| my fears were not realized.
Tint excellent meeting was characterized
10y good sense aud 10y tolerant spirit and
will, | trust, he characteristic of the ap-
preaching meeting in Rochester nscribe
an equal degree of integrity to the American
Anti-S slavery Society, and the little handful
that is lclt in the Liberty party. | recognize
but two points of difference between them,
aud these are points which make nothing
against the honesty of either puriy. The
! American unt-suvery man will not vote.-
/ The Liberty party man will. ltis true that
/ the Liberty party man will vote whether he
shall believe the Constitution 10 he anti
slavery or pro slavery, for he claims that the
right to vote is derived from n higher source
than tho Constitution. Whenever he shall
he convinced that this instrument does, TN
der legal Interpretation of il, require the
upholding of slavery, he will then us s,crny
as the American Auii.Slavory Society refuse
TO swear TO support il. do not understand
that the American Anli.Slavcry Society is
opposed to civil government, and it appears
iTom your letter before me thnt have mis-
npprehcnded your individual position on That
subject. You will set me right, aud shall
thank you for doing so.
/ The grand point of agreement between
the American An,iSlayeiy Society aud the
Liberty party, aud which, ia my esteem,
makes them substantially one, is their hold
ing in common that the law for Slavery,
whether found in the Constitution or not, Is
is hut a nominal law, aud is everywhere and
IL. ,I.,I ,,,,I,r 'Ihptr
grand point of agreement, in other words, is
that Slavery is an outlaw, diabOlcal, mean,
shameless outlaw, and that not only is every
man at liberty to treat it M such, hut is bound
to trent il us such. The American Anti
Slavery socicty and the Liberty party are
agreed that the rules aud arrangements oi
nny other form of piracy do not create obi.
CATIONS nor bind the conscience. Would
that the Free Soil party and the American
and Foreign Ani-Savcry Society might
no longer delay to come into this agreement
with us.
The greatest obstacle TO the union Of al
American hboliionists would be removed
and with that union would he fresh help iOl
speedy aud hloodIess termination Of Amer
lean Slavery. ] cannot go to Rochcsier,mucl
as | would love to take you aud hundred
other friends there 10y the hand, aud mucl
us should love to hear Wendell Phillips
who am glad 10 learn from your letter is it
he there. suppuse that there will he cal
in the meeting for contributions to funds o
your Society. Ploase consider The incloset
draft for twenty-five dollars ns my response
TO such call. Your friend and brother,
GgRRET SMITH.
Joseph Barker, said there were man!
things in this country of which he was justly
proud, aud which ho could honestly com
mend. lie had chosen this country for h
home aud consequently was interested it
whatever concerned the welfare aud Ilnppi
ness of tic people. lie would like TO fee
that the country was such us he could bt
} proud of. Would have it as bright Os th'
! sun without It's spots. Slavery was n Grim,
; so monstrous aud contradictory of the pro
fcssions Of the people, that tyrnnts every
} where, scoffed at their pretensions of repub
icnnism. 1t dsgrnced tie United States, il
t the estimation of the whole civilized world
! aud tended tc strengthen despotsm where
! ever il existed. In answer TO arguments il
favor of Democracy, the advocates Of DIES
potism pointed triumphun,ly TO slavery
Slavery if not destroyed would become tn
destroyer of the liberty We now enjoy. Fo
these reasons lie maintained that the aboli
, lion of slavery would remove the creates
, obstacle TO the progress of liberty every
where. Mr.. Barker presented his view
! with great clearness and force.
| lie was followed by Wendell Philips. w
f cannot pretend to give his words, or at all d
y justice to the life and spirit of his remarks
Though we will try to jot down some of hi
9 prominent thoughts. The magnetism Q
J. slavery was like the steel springs in the cron