Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1854-04-01
ANTI.sLAvERY, TEMPERANCE, w0MANs
RIGHTS, AND sPIRITUALIsM.
RASpoLrn, o., March Goth, Is

RASDoLPn, o., March Goth, 1854.
MARius have been spending n few days in
Randolph and vicinity, and have had frequent OPP
portunides to converse with different Individuals,
upon the different reforms which are now claiming
the attention of the people Of this country; find
thai lie hearts Of the people are right upon the
question Of slavery; all express their hatred of
the institution, and denounce in the bittercst
terms, those northern traitors, who are now so
actively engaged in Congress- in consumating one
Of - blackest schemes of iniquity that ever en-
tered lhc heart of man they look with contempt
upon those scrye doughfaces who have prostrated
themselves before the moloch of slavery, there to
creep and crawl in the filthy slime Of slavery, in
order to secure the crumbs which fall from the
table Of their southern Lords and Masters. The
hard working and sober thinking men Of Randolph,
seem determined that the curse which was put
upon the serpent, shall follow these doughfaccs
during the remainder of their pilgrimage here on
earth. The people here feel outraged at the bold
and audacious attempt which is being made to
extend the area Of slavery over the vast empire Of
| Nebraska. Democrats feel that Douglas, in intro.
ducng his bill for the repeal of the Missouri COM
promise, has given their party fatal stab The
/ fugitive slave bill Of 1850 was the hugo milestone
that the people hung to the neck Of whiggery Gro
they cast it into the sea of oblvion and it sunk
that party so deep that its slumbors will never be
disturbed by the loudest blast from the Archangel
trump, and the bill of 1854, for the repeal of the
Missouri compromise, is the rock on which the
democratic party will be dashed in pieces. The
humanity of the people here is fast emancipating
Al Al.
place the rights of man above all constitutions all
\ compacts, and oil compromises.
Many are beginning to bear testimony against
slavery, who have never spoken before on this sub
jcct. This should inspire the friends of universal
liberty with new courage, and cause them to stand
firm and not to be wearied in well doing.
The temperance question receives a due share o
attention here, and much credit is due to the won
en- Of Randolph for their active labors in this re-
form. They have put their shoulders to the whee
with u spirit and determination that will tell
they have done much to arouse the people of this
, township and Of the county on this question may
the day soon come when success shall crown thei
labors, and intemperance with its dark train o
evils, shall be forever banished from our land.
The question cf woman's rights has been agitat
cd here Of late in their literary society," and SOM
women came forward and for the first time in pub
c gave utterance to their views upon this subject
They proved their equality if not their superiori
S in debate the arguments rather objection
/, urged against woman exercising her rights, wer
+ the same as are usually made use Of on such occo
sions.
There arc many believers in spiriIualsm il
!. Randolph They have seen so much with thei
. own eyes, and heard so much with their own ears
$ thdt they are not to be frightened by the cry Q
o "humbuggery," or imposition" " the works c
the devil" or "of evil spirits" and like terms
which are so often used by those who do not bc
lievc in spiritual intercourse Some two or thre
years Of careful and candid investigation of thi
subject has removed all doubt from the minds {
some, and they are now firm believers in the sp
> itual philosophy. There others who arc sti
investigating the subject; others who reject it, an
believe nothing that is connected with the phi,
nomena
WIN. II. BETTES.