Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1853-10-15
ANTI-SLAVERY BUGLE.
MRS. STOWE IN LEEDS.

few days before her departure from England
Mrs. Stowe visited Lccds on which occasion the
following address and testimonials were presented
aud followed by the accompanying reply. The
Mayor of the City presided on the occasion, who
with othors made interesting addresses.
Yrca the Leeds (Engl Mercury.
Mr.. WILSON ARxIsrEAD, President Of the Leeds
Anti-Slavery Association, and author Of some vau-
able works and tracts, then forward, and, ad
dressing Mrs. Stowe, said he felt Il not only n
pleasure but honour to have to present address
from the Leeds Anti-Slayery Association TO the
noble advocate of the slave whom they had to wei
come among them. The sentiments expressed in
the address would, he doubted not meet with the
appreciation of many thousand more, who would
gladly have been there to take part in the prvil-
ege which he then enjoyed. (Hear, hcar.l Mr.
Armistead then read the address, Of which the fol-
lowing is a copy
"To MRs HARRIET BEEcnER SrowE.
DEAR MADAM Tho Leeds Anti-Slavery Asso-
citation hail with warm and deep feeling the visit to
this town Of so powerful advocate yourself Of
their righteous cause. Dosirous at once to cheer
you on in the glorious work to which you have de-
voted your pen, and 10 quicken their own zeal and
that Of their fellow-townsmen by personal commun-
ion with you they had hoped to meet you in the pres
ence of thousands who have hockod to show their
grateful and adniring sympathy with the authorcss
OF Uncle Toms Cabin and its invaluable Key
Beng denied this qualification, owing to the state
Of your own health, and that of member of your
family which hastens your departure from England
they prize the opportunity Of expressing in this
more private way the gratitude they feel for the
inestmable services you have rendered to the
of human freedom
1T is their duty TO assure you Of their entire
concurrence in the great principles which you have
maintained in your admirable works. Not only
have the vivid and truthful pictures which you have
drawn Of slavery wrung the hearts Of millions Of
readers, but your appeals to the judgement and
conscience have met with response so loud as to
Mound like the voice Of God, Translated into every
sEuropean language, your work has struck a chord
which yibrates ,.throughout tho civilized world.
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70 a"wc think right to declare our eonvicon, that
in all your representations Of slavery You have kept
within tho sacred limits Of. truth. Patriotism has
prevented you from exaggerating the evil which
philanthropy compelled you to unfold. Indeed,
The truest patriotism called for appeals to your
countrymen to cxfpate the cancer that is spreading
towards the yitals Of their confederation.
Claiming 10 participate with you in sincere re-
gard for our transatlantic brethren whether free
in bonds We glow with you in hope for their future,
aud blush with you in humiliation for the past and
the present Wetrustyour countrymen will believe
that the English people cherish true frater-
nal feeling for the whole American people
and on this very ground they feel that their duty is
the same as yours, to protest in the most solemn
and earnest manner against an institution which
degrades communities as wei rs individuals, and
the STAKEHOLDER as well as the slave. SO long as
man il held as chattel, 80 long as laws exist which
deny every right and inhict or screen every
wrong, 40 long must the wrong-doers draw upon
themselves the indignant reproaches of mankind.
Their honour is stained they themselves are ex-
posed to an ever increasing danger.
I" II IL true the efforts made in your country to
bring apout the abolition of slavery produce alarm
anI fnr fha IA
throw back the cause, and to confirm the system
they conduce to overthrow Such is the common
lot Of all reforms. We cannot therefore wonder
that the blow which slavery has received from your
uncqaalled exposures, should have been followed
by recoil. But we believe that God will sustain
his servants in the high warfare to which they are
called and that in the end he will crown them with
victory.
ITO you, Madam, whom divine impulse, acting
on the heart of the Christian woman and mother,
has placed in the foremost rank among the oppo-
nents of slavery, we offor the assurance of our
sfectionate sympathy. In returning to your native
Land take with you TO the field Of duty or of suf-
tering the aspirations which British Christians will
breathe for your success May your health be
confirmed and all domestic happiness attend you
May you be carried safely across the waters And
when embarked again on the rOugher sea of Amer
lean controversy and toiling, perhaps in darkness
and danger, against the waves Of prejudice and
xrang. may lie who walked upon the waters to
give aid to his disciples enter your bark and steer
Il in safety through the stormw
The MAYOR having handed the address 20 Mrs.
Stowe, who rose to receive il, his Worship next
called upon ........
Sir GEoRGE GooDNAN, NJ. p, who, addressing Mrs.
Stowe, said he had now to undertake the gratifying
duty, and which he also felt to be very high hon
our, of presenting to her. behalf of the ladies OF
Leeds, testmonialof Of their respect and admiration
According 10 q resolution of the meeting of the
"Stowe Testimonial sub-committee, held at the
house Of Mr.. Thomas Harvey, August 8th, 1858,
he.was solicited to mention, that he had been re-
qpested by the ladies' who had taken an active in
teres in the testimonial, to present it to Mrs III. H.
Stowe, "in the name Of the grateful inhabitants OF
Leeds, who are indebted TO her for common point
Of interest which has united oil ages, classes and
parties in a manner unprecedented in the history
Of the town" The inscription ON the Basket con-
tanning The testimonial, which he had also been
requested TO read aloud, was as follows:
Presented by a few Ladies' 70
HARRIET BEEcHER SrowE,
at The friend Of the Slave"
q fThis was followed by the Leeds Arms.l
''The readers Of Uncle Toms Cabin
place fl00 in this basket
as an offering Of gratitude
aiH1'l Leeds, Sept. 3d. 1853"
iia".The Lord bless thee and keep thee Mum
hers, vi, "a.
q 1.-THE Lord grant the according to thine own
heart, and fulfil all thy counsel. l.'-Psalm Xxx, A."
lie (Sir George Goodman) contnued-iie felt ex'
coedingly gra6ed in being selected 10 present this
testimonial to a lady Of such distinguished talent
and worth, and one whom they were all proud Il
,ane amongst tbem. He was sure they all felt thu
full force Of What their excellent Chief Magistrate
bad aaid, and they also approved of the sentiments
tesd, (Hcar heqr.) They could not but rememhel