Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1853-06-11
VOL. 8
Mr.. and Mrs. GriffIng in wan,nsVlll,.
wAnnrNsrrLLr. June 4th. 1858

WARRBNsvILLE, June 4th, 1858.
DEAR FaIEND MARIus You will readily see
that am not much accustomed to writing, but
my sympathies have just been reused up by
our friends the Grifings. Not only for the
oppressed slave of the South, but also for those
who are chained down by political ard sectsrian
dogmas at the North. We had joyful time
among us for a few days past. Last week,
fell in with Charles and Josephine Grifing, az
Bainbridge. They were reconnoitering the old
battle ground, picking up the bruised and
wounded, who had skulkcd under the ruins and
smoke of that old pulpit, which you will recol-
lect, o. o. Brown burnt last summer, and
which the pro. slavery priests were 80 eager to
charge upon Mr.. Pillsbury and his anti slavery
associates. However that smoke has all blown
away. And now Brown and the church, Il
don't know whether it is proper to call It .
church, as in numbers they don't vary much
from a corporals guard but be they more or
less,) they are now at issue in a court of cham
Gerry, in regard to the title. 1 secured tho
promise of the Griings to visit us in Warrens-
Vile. They came. We had a good sized
school house filed with ttarved, cmacated
souls starved not for bread and meat, but for
the word OF truth. They were refreshed, and
besought our friends to come again, which they
did after the RnvennH Convention, staying with
us during the Holy Sabbath, preaching deliver
ancc to the captive.
Friend Grifing presented the pro slavery
character of the constitution. and of the
apI aho,tnI bo oc ,Io
political parties to slavery, in such man.
ncr as to convince every man and woman
not drunk with sectarian religion and party
politics. Sister GriHng's address in the FORE
noon on Sunday ought to have convinced
nation, and it seemed to me it would, could
she have got its car. 1t was just what every
city, town or neighborhood ought to hear
| We gathered thirteen subscribers to tho Buge,
and we confidently believe we have not yet got
half we shall get.
Our friends afterwards visited the centre Of
.he town, where there three meeting hous.
es. The Disciples house was obtained for
their use. presume they might have got Ell
ther of tho others, for they arc sadly dccaying
tor want of use, and very much racked for
want of rumbcrs. The house was soon filled
with another hungry audience. True they had
been fed, but as usual it was on psalms and
hymns, doctrines and ordinances, until they
had almost forgotten their suffering neighbor.
And then all sorts of politics had been taught
and practced, till the love principle had become
almost extinct.
Charles and Josephine took up the relation
of master ard slave, and the relation and inhu-
ence of the church on slavery, which soon lead
Off into an interesting discussion of the whole
matter, both moral and political These
| meetings were held with intense interest, till
eleven or twelve o'clock, aud then it seemed as
If the people did not want to leave. Our
friends think have a happy way of entertain
ing an audience, and of explaining the whole
matter.
| Now Friend Robinson, we arc in a destitute
condition all through this region. fed as we
have been on the husks of spiritual songs. or.
dinances, crceds and politics, which have served
to oblitcratc humanity from the hearts Of the
people. They have humanity there, and il
might be developed. We wish our friends tho
Grifings, could spend some weeks or months
in this region. We ought to hold our ami
versary in Cleveland. Its growing wealth and
population, and influence, the facilities for get
ting there by steamboats, and railroads, indicate
it as an important centre of influence. We
might do it if the country around was thor
oughly aroused and thus our whole region
would render more efficient aid to the slave.
Yours sincerely,
II. POST.