Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1853-11-19

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people for this extraordinary book, unless it was
that which was felt for its talented authoress and
the announcement that she was to be present at
c this meeting, brought out the people in immense
numbers, and inspired the crowd with the veliest
enthusiasm. The speeches good enough
: rhctoricay considered but for the most part lack
ed point, and showed want of anti-slavery intel
ligcnce. The speakers most of them minis
ters and seemed to have been selected for other
reasons than that of their familiarity with the sub
ject, or their copablity of impartng information
on the anti-slayery question. Lord Shaftesbury
said good thing when he denounced the pro-slav-
cry churches of America as synagogues of Satan,
but he travelled out Of the record and took liber-
~ which was unwarrantabe on an anti-slavcry
platform, when he compared the Roman Catholic
church with American slavery, and denounced it
$ i'll equally strong terms
Our report of Mr.. McKim's description of the
Exeter Hall meeting is quite full and we have no
doubt that all of it would be read with interest :
but rs we arc crowded for room, and as a pretty
full account Of that meeting has already appeared
in the Freeman, we take the liberty Of omit
ting it,
Mr.. McKim spoke respectfully of the New Broad
street Committee and considered them more
literally disposed toward the radical aboitionsts
of this country than they had been in former times
at least he was willing to hope so. The advancing
spirit of the age, the influence of Mrs Stowe
through her book and by her personal testimony
Wnlle III bnRlhIu tile n0uence also OF Nlr. Cn0m-
crovzow the new secretary Of the Society, an able
liberal minded and gcnerous-hearted man, to whom
much OF the Societys business must necessarily be
4 entrusted, all these things he thought could not
have failed TO improve the tone of feeling in the
committee, if not tOmodify ndyantareOusly its ac-
ton lie gave that Committee the credit of desir-
ing to do what was right. They, like ourselves,
hold that the anti-savery enterprise is a mOra--a
religious one, and us such should be maintained
and conducted; but they make the too common
tnl.. .nf.N II.
idea OF religion, and in carrying out their views Of
ten, us matter of necessity, run into mere sccta-
ranism. An anti-savcry society that is restricted
and exclusive, either in the materials Of which it
is constructed, or the policy that governs it, cannot
be very effective for its purposes it cannot in the
ri nature ofthngs, enjoy that confidence and co-ope-
ration of all good men and true abolitonists which
Is necessary to give success to its measures. The
number Of abolitionists in England--usng that
word in its strict scnsc-was not large. The peO-
pie Of England were generally perhaps universal
ly opposed to slavery and ready at all times when
called upon, 10 denounce it, but it was only small
portion of them that took any active, intelligent in
terest in the efforts which are being made in this
country to carry on the work. OF these, much the
= largest proporion--so far as an opportunity had
been afforded fjudging-sympathized in the pol
icy, and cooperated to sustain the measures of the
American Anti-Slavcry Society. Nevertheless
, much prejudice still prevailed there against the
leaders of this Society. Wherever Mr. McKin
!, went he had to meet the charge of inidelity, ap
~ piled especially to Mr. Garrison, and alleged as
reason for not cooperating with him in the work
of Abolition. This charge of course he had denied
4 in the most unqualified manner. lie did this MOI
a only on his own authority and from his own knowl
= of Mr.. Gorrisons spirit and life but in the name o.
: all good and true aboitionsts in the United States
- whatever might be their religion, creed, or thoOgi-
! cal pccuIiaritcs lie had said there, whcncycrand
:. wherever the subject came up, that judging Mr.
, Garrison by the standard laid down in the scrip
: lures, viz, "By their fruits yc shall know them,
there was no man living further removed from in.
fidelity than he; and he had added that to this tes
= timOny he was sure every member of the Pennsyl.
q vania Anti-Saycry Society Mt least-a society en-.
bracmg persons Of every variety of creed would
- chcerfully set his seal There was reason TO hope
that this hue and cry of lnfdelity had lost much OF
\ its power in England TO excite prejudice and pre-
r vent cooperation in the proper measures for the
overthrow of Slavery, and that better feeling
y was prevailing there.
/ The influence, as has been said Of Mrs Stowe
and her books had been good in this respect Then
+ there were not few good American aboitionists
constantly at work there. Wm. Wells Brown, al
able and faithful friend Of the constantly
# in the field as lecturer and wherever he went his
t testimony to the truth on this subject strong
aud direct. The same might be said Of Tie Rev
Edward Matthews, minister OF the Free Baptis
: pursuasion, who has been laborng for some TINT
# In England rs an anti-savery lecturer well ai
ence Of Mr.. Mathews spoken Of by friends o
the cause there, in terms of strong commentator
Professor Allen, who was about to enter the iielC
1t as lecturer would be another added to the corps
of faithful laborers in the cause of universal ant
x impartial freedom His ability as a speaker, anC
O. the circumstances which have made him an exile
from his own country, would be to secure hin
1t hearing and to give efficacy to his efforts. Then
n there was George Thompson, whose name should
Is have been mentioned first, if the order of prece
dence had been determined by intellectual power
moral excellence, disinterested and heroic devo
IS ton to the ant-slavcry cause. Mr. Thompson is
1t not officially engaged in the ant-slayery cause
but deeply is his heart interested in its
n and so strongly is he attached to its champions
that he is ready whenever called upon, in public
or in private, to bear his testimony to its princ
pies and to vindicate the character of those who's,
10 lives are set for its defence. Then there Mrs
,s Follen whose home in London was ever open t
s. anti-sayery conferences and who herself never
t. missed an opportunity of speaking good wore
,r and doing good deed for the cause which in thi
m country she had so much at heart. The same wa,
true of Mrs. Chapman and her sisters in the city o.
u Paris The amount of genuine and effective anti
n slavery work done by these Jealous and devoted
m laborers it would be difficult to estimate.
is Mr.. McKim also spoke in strong terms of tn
y good done by Miss Sarah Pugh during her resi-
m dence of nearly two years in England. She hat
m been the means of establishing one or two anti-sa
rs very societies. and by her labors in variety o
ID ways, had unostentatousy but most effectively al
n ded in bringing about tho better state of feeling
Of that now prevails in England in regard to Ameri
n can abolitionism. OF the dsinterested zeal anC
le devotion of our British coadjutors, Mr. McKim fel
d that he could not speak in too high terms, |
10 would be invidous to mention names, but ther
'r were two that stood out so conspicuously-t
to were so well known to our friends on this side o
a. the water that he could not repress an allusion t
h them. lie referred to j. b. Estlin, of Bristol anC
Is Richard d. Webb, of Dublin. The amount of an
n t-slavery labor performed by these gentlemen !
e, would be difficult to over-estmate. On them dcvel
principally the support of the British Ant-saver.
n Advocate that admirably conducted and most use
OF full antsavery paper the former bearing the chic
~ expense and the latter disinteresedly assuming
the labors of editor Others there were who wer