Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1853-04-23
T II E B u G L E .
Reply Of Hon. Horace Mann 10 Wendell Phil.
lips, Esq.
WEST NEWTON, April 4, 1853.

w. u. GARRISON, ESQ
DEAR SIR,--In Mr.. Phillips late speech
aggression aud misquotation toguther-he
began his attack upon me with some forty
or fifty lines. Transcrbing his assault, | oc-
cupied less than column in reply. lie re-
joined, with irrelevant matter, new misquo-
tntions and new attacks, in three columns.
To my surrejoinder, he has now replied in
-only five columns
Does not this, Mr.. Editor lcok rather for
midable for weekly? ] observe, however,
notwithstanding the manner in which your
columns were crowded, YOU could spare
conspicuous corner, just TO tell the public that
Mr.. Phillips was right and | was wrong.
do not complain of this; for how, without
somebody's telling them, could your readers
ever find it out
now proceed to show that Mr.. Phillips
has extended his columns, us Alexander, the
son of another Phillip, did his kingdom
until, Mt the slightest concussion, they must
fall TO pieces of themselves.
In one sense, indeed, confess myself
bnfiled by the last five columns! have
looked them through to mark distinct mis-
statements of fUct, subsittiiions of premises
md impututions of false Inference, aud have
fund seventy-fve departures from truth
Alter counting, stand rcndy to prove that
Mr.. Phillips has wrought into his last letter
seventy substantive errors aud missiate-
ments, moral aud logical and if such n crop
were worth cleaning, | have left enough for
cleaners besides IL is most wonderful
packing of goods morally contrnhand. They
do not stow closer for the Middle Passage.
The moral atmosphere of the one is ms Of
fensive us the physical atmosphere of the
other.
Can reply 10 AL these Individually? Ger
tainly not. One might ms well attempt to
crush NIL Phnro's locusts between his thumb
and finger But can anatomize and exhibit
some rare specimens.
In my last, stated the terms on which our
discussion should proceed: NON introduction
of eriraneous matters, Honest quotations. NO
impuidiiOn Of baf motius.' Were not these
fair terms They were my flag of truce
Mr.. Phillips has grossly violated it.
For the hnlf:doZcnih time, at least, Mr.
Phillips reprocduces the irrelevant, personal
and immoral charges of infdelity TO the col
ored children of Massachusetts. Justice TO
my own character and consciousness compel
me to give these chniges prompt aud per-
emtory deninl. They are all untrue; flag
rantly untrue.
lie makes the above charges in the most
offensive form. lie accuses me of 'snoth-
ering my onvctions'-wlich, of course, no
honest and Christian man can do. lie ac-
.cuses me of 'systcmatic and designed si-
lence,' and says ! shall yet live to repent
the wrong did the colored children of the
State or course, he says still cherish my
old sins, and hold them unrepented Of
Speaking Of the efforts of himself aud friends
in behalf of the colored children lie says
'never gave them one word OF recognition,
countennnce or aid
shall cite a few facts, among many others,
and leave the public to decide whether Mr..
Phillips did not know his words to be un-
true.
/. Nearly twenty years ago, and early in
the history of the Blind Institution, as one
of its Trustees, made report in favor OF
admitting all colored children, OH the same
terms as white children were admitted and
sinder all circumstances, ] have always act
ed up TO the principles of that report, with
out variableness or shadow of turning. Mr..
Phillips iaunts me frequently with being
young in the cause. Can he turn TO any re-
cord of positive acts on his own part of SO
early date
z. Some eight or ten years ago, on n day
proceeding the admission of pupils TO the
Brdgewater Normal School, an express
came TO me from an assistant teacher, saying
that the Principal was away, and that gem
tleman had called TO learn whether colored
pupils could be admitted, MS he wished to
offer tlCo on the morrow. lnstantaneously !
replied that my eyesight was tolerably good,
but never would be sharp enough to discern
any difference of color between applicants
qualified for admission TO the shcool!' The
pretended applicants never applied. II was
doubtless base trick, played with the hope
Of entrapping. Though it occurred not very
for from the time of one of Mr. PhiIlips's
attacks upon me, do not mean to turn sus-
picion upon him as it's author; and yet
would thousand times rather be the object
of that trick, than of his present conduct.
8. In regard to the right of colored chill
dren, in our schools, and because Il never
gave one word Of recognition, countenance
sI have been at home but a single day since
Mr.. Philips's letter appeared. or il would have