Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1852-07-17
Letter frem Parker Pillsbufy.
Yours.

INDEPENDENCE DAY At APtNoToN. Ms.
DEAR MARIUs: We celebrated our 4th Of Ju-
ly rs usual, at the grove IN Arlington. And it
was a great day indeed You have seen and
heard descriptions Of this grove Of Paradise,
before. Most of the speakers, too, you know
quite we'll But not even in Ohio, probably,
have you ever seen 80 large an Anti-slaverY
gathering as we had on that day.
You know how many, many times Daniel
Webster has saved the Union, by his " Match
less Sanction" Of Fa7aips Sare a1itation, sup
pressed" Well, VIC went to Abingdon to see
how "ogitation suppressed would look. We
had often seen it in its wild and untamcd state.
But VIC wanted to see it, domes,icated. wo
wished to see it, after the great political Van
Amburgh had subdued it into meek submission
had curred the bristling name of the wild Lion
down soft and smooth as carded Carolina cot
ton.
Curiosity to sec this, seemed wrought up to tho
highest pitch. Indeed / am almost afraid the
South will prefer the old state of things. The
Finality," and the suppression of agitation"
are objects Of the intenscst interest. And the
"silence which now rcigus amid the Spheres
seems louder than all the rattling octachords Of
agitation with which VIC have been stunning tho
world. Almost every body heard it, and null
titudcs are wondering what il all means.
Iprcsume ii is safe to say we had seven thou
sand people at our celebration. have seen
meetings in Ohio that were estimated at about
tbaf ,b,r thnu,b Il Ill a.
than five thousand. Ours at Arlington was very
much larger than any of them, when have
been present.
Fanieul Hall holds four thousand comforts-
bly,, our meeting must have filed il twice.
Did not this seem like Finality The Immor-
tai Webster will have to ride forth once more in
the Chariot of Salvation. There is danger to
the Union again. Then will there be Finally
of that Salvation.
The speaking was most of it, worthy of tie
occasion. and of those who spoke. the allusion
to the Great Rejected was all more in sorrow,
than in anger" Never before was mortsl man
moro Disappointed. Never before has mcanncss
or majesty stopped so low to gain an end. lie
has crept, cringcd, and crawled as if the old
Scrpents curse were indeed upon" On thy
belly shalt thou 90. and dust shalt thou cat all
the days of thy life As Gddings we'll says,
he has died of eating too much southern dirt -
Could suicide be more terrbci
Theodore Parker was truly pathetic in the
and termination. lie declared that from tho
depths of his soul, he had never so pitied
mortal man. So might inultitudes Of US have
said Intellectually, he has been exalted To
heaven; but morally, and now politically, he
is thrust down to hell.
But he represented only Boston, and so no
more was really to have been expected of him.
lie is as good as those he represents, any Of
them, and greater than all of them. His rich
est supporters move out of Boston to save their
tnxes. The most religious of them rent their
buildings for grog shops and brothels. All this
is neither disgracefu, dshonorable, nor irreligi-
Gus. 1t is that godlincss which is crowned with
great gain. 1t seems to have promise of tho
life that now is, as well as that which is to
come. Daniel Webster is n legitimate product
of American politics and religion. OF them
was he begotten and horn, and no child was
ever more devoted to his parents. There will
be,there alreadyis great mourning for his death.
/ hope the Disappointment and defeat may teach
Boston and Massachusetts, wings a lesson they
have all along needed to learn. The South will
use them and thei' Webstcrs but they will
despise them unutterably, all the while. They
do at this moment dospise the whole of them,
as they never do or did, their meanest negro
slaves. They would not stoop to give Webster
ono single vote. 10 do it, would have been an
hypocrisy, to them perfectly loathsomc. And
so they acted an open, manly part. All honor
to them, for it. PARKER PILLSBURY
BosToN, July 9, 1852.