Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1853-01-08
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SALEM, ONO, JANUARY 8, 1853.
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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE meets February 9Th
Anli.Slavery Fair

As our readers will find elsewhere, an official
account of the fair, we shall attempt no dcs.
cripton of it, but merely notice the account Of
the Homestead Journal The editor Of that
paper informs his readers that there vas
ball held on each evening Of the Fair which
was connected with the fair, and the proceeds
or profits of which went to swell the funds to
carry on this great moral disunon enterprise" :"
He also, condemns these balls as "improper
means to raise money to carry on their opera.
tons with, and thereby prevent many genuine
friends of humanity from joining with them,"
! c, the disunonsts.
The Editors idea is rather clumsily got out.
but we believe VIC have it. It is that "many
friends of humanity" and wo presume Mr..
Hinchman among the number, care prevented
from joining with the disunonst," because
these balls were connected with and aided the
fair. We are glad to learn that these friends
are so favorable to our movement, and if We
can now remove this objection in regard to elm
proper means" VIC may look for quite an ac-
cession to tho numbers Of the disunion aboli-
tionists. II This is their great objection, We
somewhat wonder they did not join us before
these balls were held. But better late than
never.
Mr.. Hinchman has been misinformcd in re-
gard to the facts. On Saturday evening, after
the committee Of the Fair had ceased to need
the Empire Hall for their own use it was oc-
cupied for q couple of hours by dancing party
but "hhom any connerion ,cih tie tai', pecmiary
or o!her'cise. How much this may have swell
led the funds for the disunion enterprise may
be judged by the editor and all others.
There was ball held on Friday evening in
the same hall. The managers and company
composing it, were of all classes, Disunionists,
Free Soilcrs, Wings and Democrats. The only
conncXion which the managers of the Fair had
with this ball, was, after closing their sales, to
grant the use of their hall to the individuals
who were engaged in providing the supper for
the dancing company. These individuals en-
tered into this arrangement without any con-
nec,ion with the Anti Slavery Fair, or the
Ant-Slavery Society. Itist true, that those who
provided the supper, Nre among our most true
hearted and devoted anti slavery men and wo-
mon. 1t is also true, that they undertook this
difficult, laborious and thankless task, with no
desire of private gain, but intending to devote
the entire proceeds of their labor TO the cause
Of freedom, And this intention they will
doubtless fulfill. For the generous philanthro-
py which prompted it, we respect and honor
them. In what particular channel it will be
appropriated we know not That is an indiyid-
ual matter with regard to which we are less
concerned than our ncighbor of the Journal.
We can however assure him on the authority
of the managcrs'of tho Fair that it has not as
yet "swcllcd their proceeds" nor were any of
the contributions to the fair used fJr the benefit
of the supper.
For those who are honestly concerned on this
score, these facts will we presume be satislacto-
ry. For our own part we can rejoice in the ap-
preaching time when conservation to freedom
shall be written upon the ball rooms, and ac
cording to the prediction of the old prophet,
upon the "bolls of tho horses" Yet, while
associated with others for the great cause of
freedom, VIC would do nothing to commit them
to any exfraneous measures or opinions with
which they are not in harmony And such
are the views and feelings of those concerned
in getting up this fair, as we'll as those who pro-
vided the supper for tho dancing company
But while they are thus mindful of the opin-
ions of Others, they claim the like immunity
for their own.