Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1853-02-26

Society, Thursday EUcning, Jan. "a, 1853.
WENDELL Pm LIPS came forward and
was received with loud cheering. lie pre.
sented, from the Business Committee, the
following resolution:--
Resolved, That the object of this Society
10 now, as 1t has always been, to convince
our cOuntrymen, by arguments addressed "a
their hearts aud c0iisciences, that slavchol,l.
ing Is n beinous crime, aud that the duty
safety aud Interest OF all concerned, demand
iis immediate abolition, without expatriation
wish, Mr.. President, to notice some oh.
lections ihnt have been nnde to or rn,Irsr
ever since Mr.. GARRrsoN hegan his career,
anu r0die OF which have heen lately urged
egnin, with considerable force aud ctlil,I,asis.
~ the columns of tie LONDON LEADER. the
sDe organ OF vety respcrtilhe and inu.
ent"i class IA England. hope, Sir, you
VIII not thlnk II waste OF tine to hring such
subject before you. | know these office.
uons have been made n thousand times that
.hey nave Dreh Olien answered though we
nave generally sul'uIiitcd 10 them III silence,
willing to let results speak for us. But there
are tunes when justice To- the slave will not
allow us to be silemt. There nre nnny in
had their attention nrurd, recently, tn the
shti-slnvery cause. They ARE asking, which
y the best and most efficient method of help
'ng NJ Engaged ourselves in an effort for
HE slave, whlrli time has tested and siirrpss
hltherio approved, We are, very properly, de-
sirous that they should join It's IN our Mbnrs,
ana pour INTO this chauncl the iull tide OF
Weir new zeal nIt,i great resources Thor
oushIy convinced ourselves that our course
IS Misc, We eau lriuoStly urge others 10 n,lopt
y, Lotg experience gives Iis right to ndviSr.
Ane ihct tiIat our course, more than all other
eHVfs has chtised tlInt agitation which lns
SWhkehch those new converts, gives us a
right to counsel them. They are our spirit
uhl children: for their snkeS, we would free
the cn,se we love and trust. from every
seeming defect aud plausible oieriiOii.
For the slaves snkr, we rctrraie our expIa-
nations, that Ie may lose no iitlc OF help hy
ilie mistakes or misconceptions of his friends
All that have to say on these Iininis will
he to you, MIR. President, very lrite aud la
millar; hut the facts nny he new 10 some.
snJ prefer 10 state them here, in Boston,
where We have lived aud worked, becptse
~ our statements nre Incorrect il we claim
100 much, our assertions eau be easily an
swered mud disproved.
The charges TO which ] refer are these !:
That IN dealing with shareholders and their
apologisls, we indulge in fierce drnllhciaiions
i''s'ead OF appealing TO their reason aud conl-
~'sn sense l'y plain statements aud fair ar-
fumebi that we might have won the gym
ps'lles mud support of the nation, il we
~ould have submitted To argue this question
with manly patience; but instead of this,
we hive outraged the feelings OF the com.
anIllltlv Inv affnrLa
severe, on its most valued institutions, and
Srn,ihed our spleen by indiscriminntc abuse
of leading men, who were often honest IN
their Intentions, however mistaken ia their
views;-tInt we have utterly neglected the
ample means that lay around ,is 10 convert
the nation, submitted TO no discipline, form.
ed no plan, been guided 10y 40 foresight, tul
hurried on IN childish, reckless, hiud and
hoi-headed zeal-bigois in the narrOwiess OF
our views, and fanatics IN our blind fury OF
inveciive, and malignant judgment of other
mems motives
There nre some who come upon our plat.
toriii, aud give us the mid of names and
regulations less lurdened than ours with
popular odinn, who nre pcrpetuaIly urging
us to exercise chnrity ia our Judgments of
those about us, and To consent To argue
these questions. These men are ever pa-
Sading their wish 10 draw u line between
themselves aud u.s. hecaiIse Mey must be per-
,ntted 10 wait-tO trust more 10 reason ihan
ieeIing-io indulge n gemcrous clarity-tU
rely on the sure influence Of simple truth
uttered IN love, &c. &c. | reject with scorn
all these implications that our Judgments are
hnchHrllable e,-ilat ice are lacking in patti
ence,-thnt ue have any ANY other dcpen-
dehce Than on the simple truth, spoken with
Chrisiinn irankness yet with Christian love-
These lectures, to which you, Sir, aud all of
us, have So often listened, would be inlper-
fineni, u they were not rather ridiculous for
the gross ignorance they betray of the com
munity, of the cause, aud of the whole course
of its friends.
The article in the LEADER 10 which re-
fer Is sigued loN,' and may he found in The
LIBERAroR of December IL, 1852 The
writer is cordinl and generous IN lIis recOg-
milton of MIR. Garrisou's clam 10 he the rep
resentntive Of the nnIi.sluvery movement,
aud does entire justice To his motives aud
chararIer. The criticisms ot los were re-
printed IN the CHRIsTIAN REGISTER. of This
CITY, the organ OF the Unitarian denomiiIa-
tion. The Editors OF that paper, with ,heir
usual Christian courtesy, love Oi truth, and
fair-denlng, omitted all Ions expressions of
regard ior Mr.. GARRISON aud appreciation of
hiS motives, aud reprinted only those parts of
ihs nrticle which undcrvnlue his sagacily aud
influence, aud enlurse the comni0n Ohjrr-
aions TO his uetlod nnd views. You will
see in n monIeDi, Mr.. President, that il is
with such men aud presses. IoN thinks Mr..
GARRIsOS has not heen sufficiently wise aud
patient ia winning them 10 help the anti.
slavery cause. Perhaps, were he On the spot,
IL would tire even his patience aud puzzle
even his sagaciiy 10 make any other Use of
them than that OF the drunken Eelot-a
warning TO others how disgusting mean vice
Is. Perhaps, were he here, he would see
that tie hest aud only use TO he nn,ie of
ihem is to let them unfold their own char
ncters aud then show the world how rotten
our Politics aud Religion ARE, that they bear