Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1853-04-02

ever before nrraigh him before the bar Of
the public. tic has grown bold in proper
ton to his inpuniy. When he now nsssils
me, aud, TO present injustice, revives that Of
dozen years ago, nm bound any longer TO
maintain silence,
2. Mr.. Phillips INSERTS that when frs,
entered Congress, was doubtless elected
10y the votes Of the anti slavery party,' aud
yet, that ! would give them no public re-
cognition. The facts are precisely the re-
verse. The anti slavery party, at that election,
nominated aud supported ;heir own cundi.
date against me,--n most worthy gentleman
who received tho votes Of his party. A few
| ofther votes may have been given TO me; bu,
| my majority must have been five times, proba
bly, ten times more ilnn any scattering votes
oftheirs with which ! wns honured. Can Mr..
Phillips never be right?
At the next election had eleven thousand
ont of the thirteen thousand votes cast aud
though | did then receive the votes of the
Free Soil purty,-for which | have always,
on all proper orcnsious, expressed my.recog-
milton aud grattudc,-yet it never was sup.
| posed, even If the votes of that party had
been thrown against me, that they would have
Cancelled my great majority.
3. For Mr. Phillips iusinuation about my
leaving the Wing pnrty aud joining the Free
1
TO express myself in the strongest terms Of
rebuke and condemnation that seifrespec,
will allow. All the circumstances and Incl.
dents Of that period deny aud repcl the i'm
| putaton. So far as know, il is suggestion
never niHde even by tho most hostile of the
| Wings themselves. lie repeats it from tho
| lying tongue of Rumor alone Even il true,
| Il is wholly alien from our present discussion.
| For what purpose, then, but malign one, is
| il introduced here
| Is il not n curious fact in Psychology, thar
| man who has thus nrSoied nr, aud inpu.
ted TO n,e the most odious sentiments, moi in
| my language hut in his own; who accuses
nlc of many acts unbecoming n gentleman !;
| Of rcasnnirg unworthy Of logicinn WHO
charges nc with dodgrg dilemmns should
hnvc met, rud sinking into silence when
should have spoken: Of being unlaithfil to
the cause Of Anri.'5layery, when, in one Of
| the most perl0us cnses that ever occurred,
Il mean the Dray,on md Soyres cusr,-i
volunteered in behalf Of that cause, and day
utter day stood up before men who came TO
ntlruidate mo with pistols and bowie knives
IN their pockets, and who would gladly have
taken lny lite, while this champion of tho
cause remained uuiung The wagons in tho
rear,--i say, is II not curious fact IN psy-
chology, that such man should sny that Ne
cnanc, 'lesseud 10 criticism mop agrec
that he csnnoi descend; and even fhe could,
lie would not find ne in that direction.
H. shall notice In, one topic more. In
one nf fry letters, Mr.. Phillips quotes this
from my letter OF Mr. WehsicrJ that his
angry aud rrprohchfl language releases mo
from all further obligation to treat him with
personal rrgaid,' and say hc cannot assent
10 such n canon he has much more cliiv-
alrons aud gcutlcmnuy rule. lie is hound
MS gentleman 10 tres, every man with cour-
;esy, no matter how grossly any ono msy
fail in courtesy 10 him.. Is il possible that
any ono can hc misled Ivy such confusion Of
ideas! lIo would make out contradiction
hr,wocn his Canon and mine, -clniming in.
hnito enperori'y,-Glwsys claiming super.
iority for himself. Can anything 10 clear.
er Than that ouT personal regard for another
depends on our estimate of his qunhies, and
therefore must, perlorce, bc given or with
I held according tn our opinion of those quail
itics' Bn nlnn is hound hy the laws oi
$ courtesy, t6r his o;rn sake md, therefore
, willie iutcud To treat AR. Phillips cour,o.
, ousy, on my oirn account | earnestly hops
r for such change in bis condHct and spirit
ihnt can also treat him, hereafter, with per
, soua regard
: regret TO have been obliged to shy so
, much in reference TO irteyclant aud foreign
If umtiers, which ought never 10 have beeu
. brought into this discussion. Ii il is to bs
}. continued, demand that Mr.. Phillips shall
!. state his points fully, aud in my language
when am TO he held responsible for them
J., and tina, they shall he fairly argued wilhou
, tho introduction of cxtraneons matter, or i'm
II putation of bad motive. ! engage TO nvoi
d all personal reference 10 him, except as non
d in reply and solfdefncc.
- HORACE MANN.