Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1853-11-12


hounts tho brain Of our conservative Union
and ardent Church prescrvcrs for we have no Ian.
guagc for the task, and only judge Of the nature
of the spectre by the ridiculous trcpidation Of It's
victims. The reality is nothing but an nycrago.sizc
man, with n little head. from which zeal seems to
haye scorched the hair, roman nose, and florid
complexion. His temperament is ardent. uad his
mental activity great bat his capacity small As
man he ranks lower in reasoning power than
Abby Foster but in reputation stands higher be-
cause he makes more imposing appearance, and
speaks louder. lie tells the truth, either because
he loves it. or because it will crafty his feelings,
VIC do not know which. lie rates the Church be-
Of its connection with Slavery but if il should
be divorced thcrclIOm tomorrow, we very much fear
he would be the last man to tell Of IT, If hc would
not actually gricvc at the dead loss Of so much cap
ital. Tho northern portion of the Methodist
Church, has given within few years, a more not
able proof Of devotion to anti-slayery principles,
than we ever remember to have seen given by abo-
litionsts and we have yet 10 hear il mentioned the
first time, by an anti-slavery speaker As logic
ian, Mr.. Garrison was either wilfully or naturally
mere cypher In his speech he referred TO the
grand point which il proven, or assumed gave
weight to lds sentiments, and rendered his position
unassailabc, viz: that Slavery was per SO Il sin
under all circumstances" This he would not as
sumo, but went on 20 prove and demonstrate, thus:
"A horse is horse under all circumstances. How
ridiculous to say that under some circumstances he
is horse, and under others iackaes. A dolphin
is dolphin, not sometimes dolphin sometimes q
shark; sometimes u sWOrd-lish and sometimes
whale " (This climax produced great laughtcr.)
SIN is sin, under all circumstances, not sometimes
sin, and sometimes hulincssv This though not
hundrodth part Of his vcribagc. was the whole of
his argument to prove that Slavery was sin under
all circumstances Of such dodge, u man cnpa-
bic of reasoning ought to be ashamed. So far from
being demonstration it is not oven an illustration
Of position, il is mere dodge defamation n
pitiiul begging of the question under the disguise
OF blustcr, and does not rise TO the dignity of re.
spectacle sophstry. Yet we believe firmly that
the condition Of sltre cannot be even voluntarily
assumed without sin. Sin in the Moster. who
should consent TO assume such relations and sin in
the slave, who should voluntarily thus subject him
self 20 another. The question opens a broad field.
but Mr. Garrison is not the man 20 explore IT, Ills
vision Is altogether too narrow His nfdelity is Of
very prevalent type, though few Ike to be called
intidel lie believes the Bible a. jackson did the
Constitution, "as ho understood It," In it. own
expressive language we say, Let him who Is with
cut lthis) sin, cast the FIRST stonc.'
/ After Garrison had sat down, Buckeye editor,
from Ohio, took the stand to say a few words " for
why should lie add anything TO what had been said"
His speech, however, spun out Shtcrand br ghcr
and all the brighter for being brief like sptrh
rocket until Garrison became uneasy. His halo
began to grow dim Al length Buckeye held up,
two lengths ahead. Garrison again rose to retrieve
his distance. Calmly he began to relate an onec-
tntlTcN ~ IlNtnlng winch hnu lcCO
said, but il began. In lS-whcn made my first
roydJe to England, to see Lord -- and Wilber-
force and the rest engaged in the abolition Of sla-
very in the West Indies TO dsabuse their minds in
regard 10 the object OF the coonizationsts &C. &C."
There, that was enough. Buckeye was nowhere
in sight Of man who had made first voyage"
and conyerscd with Lord This mancuvcr was
cool, and rcfrosliing. 1t oyincpd some tact and
I came at the right moment; the impartial part OF
the audience were highly amused at it, and we
doubt not left the house in better humor with all
the parties who had contributed to their entertain
.mcut, than when they cntcrcdit. We can now from
experience give the best kind Of receipt to all cx-
Icitablc communities teaching them how to avoid all
danger from these well-meanng but warm people,
better known as fanatics" When they come give
them a good, warm large room, if it is to be had.
:, Light il up WELL fill it with respectful attentive
and discriminating audience; preserve respectful
I Si(cRcc aud attention. Make no opposition let no
one be betrayed into contradiction or controversy
by their challenges and our word for il 10 danger
will result The agilator willbccomc very reasonable
people; it will be perfectly surprising how much
like common men and women they are. Fifty such
audiences, in succession would drive Abby Foster
home on to mad-hOuse--homc we think-1nd ono
year Of such treatment would not leave nm agitator
in the field. Nerccommend this rcccip to the very
mcrcural highIypious, learned and patriotic citi-
zcns Of Detroit.
Tho occasion for the visitation Of which We are
speaking, is an anti-slaycry convention, about this
time in the city of Adrian. Weare sorry 10 assure
our oratorial friends that in coming west they have
! brought their eloquence to very poor market.
The kind and quality are not in demand here and
il il were, the Buckeye ought to convince them,
that the home made article fully equals their inn
portations.