Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1853-01-08
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Letter from Knox County.
MILLwooD, Knox. Co.
Dec. 9th, 1859.

mILLWOOD, hnOA, 10.
Dec. 9th, 1859.
DEAR MARIUs: have been in the pleas
ant home of Frances and Joseph Barker
three weeks. II is goodto be here. Affection,
intelligence, and freedom are here. The
atmosphere that surrounds this family is very
pure and wholesome. To inliale it puriiies,
elevates and strengthens ones moral nature
and imparts life and energy TO the whole
man. The family consists Of parents and
three chdren--two sons aud one daughter
the eldest twcnty-one, the youngest seven
teen. The young people have n teacher at
present, Theodore Suliatt, whose home is
near Munroe falls, Summit Co. lie had
been teacher in the school connected with
the Mechanics Institute, Liverpool, England,
twelve years; most successful aud highly
valued teacher IN one of the best schools in
ia the whole Kingdom. lie had family OF
young children, aud having saved few
thousand dollars, he Unigratcd 10 Ohio Two
years since, and settled on farm in the
above mined locality in Summit Co. lie is
indeed uu accomplished teacher in the Eng
lsh aud French languages, paris having
beeu his birth place, aud the hume of his
childhood and in the mathematics. The
Bnrkers and Theodore Suliatt were no
strangers TO me. ] had been uu. inmate in
their families in Newcastle aud in Liver
pool. l was prepurd to enjoy their society.
Joseph and Frances Barker, and their chill
have no occasion to go abroad for happiness.
They live in one another. Yet their sym
pnthes are not bounded by their domestic
circle. The enslaved, the oppressed, the
outcast, the despised, of all coors and con-
ditions have in them out-sroken aud efficient
friends. Few families of my acquaintance,
Hre better posted up on all questions relating
10 human progress than is this. Parents
und children, live not ia dreaming over the
dark and bloody pusi, bui IN earnest hopes
nnd energetic action, 10 procure for the iu-
,ure of this world happier and more per
feet organization aud dcvelopement.
They have farm of 100 acres. A more
desirable one cannot we'll he imngincd..-
There was log cabin on it when they came
here. They have made it very comfortable
nnd cOvenient for the present 10y additions
und improvements. The society around
them seems not to have heard The first wIis-
per OF Autl-Slavory aud oher reforms, till
this family come among them. Joseph Bar
ker has beld some public meetings in the
neighborhoods and villages around, on Sla-
very, lntemperance, the Bible, aud other
subjects Of public interest. lie aud his
family in their intercourse with the people,
have given free utterancc TO their thoughts
and feelings, respecting the slavc-lnnting,
and manipulating religion Of this nation.
They all stand out in this dark place as bea-
con lights of Humanity. They hnve already
done much good; and, If they remain here,
they will do much more. have held meet
ings here Two Sundays; one day in the house
OF Joseph Barker, aud Oh the other, in the
house of neighbor. The Organisation and
.Deueiopemsnt Of the human being physical
Ny, intellectually, socially and spiritually;
This has been my text Indeed, to secure to
future generations of men healthy organi-
zation and perfect deveopement is to secure
to them a happy and exalted destiny. In
this way, and in no other, can the Kingdom
Of Heaven be opened to man.
What means the Bill, respecting the col
ored people, that has been introduced into
the Legislature of this State? Have you
seen it3 Its object is to expel from the
State all who have African blood in their
veins. If that Bill becomes law, the re-
sponsibiity must rest on the Clergy and
Churches of this State. They ought 10 be,
and will be nrruigned rs its principle authors;
for they might prevent il. Instead of this,
what are they doing' Striking hands with
Shareholders and slave breeders, and main
taining the Negro pew. Would that the
ministers and churches had taken their stand
for tie oppressed ngains. the oppressor,