Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1854-09-02

generally. When | left the platform to 20 to my
home, the people crowded round me in such NUM-
bcrs that | could hardly move. Some wanted to
carry me on their shoulders others wanted to talk
with me and all wanted to shake hands with me.
The cries, TIurrali for DarkorH Three cheers for
Barker, the friend Of the poor" were almost deaf
ening. ! was amazed and almost overwhelmed
with their demonstrations. | got out Of the Cloth
hall yard at length, and in hopes Of escaping the
crowd, turned %sudlcnly to The left, and hurried
along but tao crowd rolled after me like a flood,
insisting on giving me u triumphant march through
The town. 1t was useless to object accompany
me they would. Whenever they came toa drink
shop, they renewed their tremendous shouts
Three cheers for Barkcrv Three cheers for the
Maine Law Sc. Twice or thrice | stopped to
address them, and bid them good night; but they
would not leave Inc. They crowded on till |
reached Councillor C%artcr's, at whose house l was
staying. and there they formed in mass, in front
Of The house, requesting another speech. | spoke
about half an hour longer, and, after getting from
me u promise thatI would visit them again, they
withdrew in peace to their homes.
On the Tuesday following. We were Joined ly
John Manson and family, from Newcastle, and
.. Nthl W NlNhA AiaE ttt' h'a Ntt VA UNIV
IL Leeds rcroimcr, a. Mcthly, and in the quarries Of
the Earl Of McXlr,'. The Eerl's estate and hall
arc deserted by tho family. Three hundred
and fifty thousand dollars Il year was too small On
income for the Earl, so he plunged over head il
debt, and now his large and princcly mansion and
domain are deserted, and going rapidly to ruin.-
Among these grounds and through the hall we
wandered, talking, singing, s]houtiug, laughing,
and at length rejecting on the folly or mankind
on The many unnatural institutions Of so.;cty,-oa
the evils Of ranks, and castles, and land mouopoli.,
and laws Of entail and prinogeniturc, and on the
many ana great reforms required to bring men to
that state Of perfection and blessolncss Of which
our race seems capable.
On Wednesday, Ilcf my old native place, and
the friends with whom | had spent so many happy
days, for Glossop, in Dcrby,hifc, where [ was en-
gagged to deliver a course Of three lectures, one on
America, and two on tie Bible.
Glossop is q manufacturing district, in tie bo-
som Of lofty hills, about thirteen miles from Man
chester. The Manchester and Sheffield railway
passes 10y it and has n branch which takes you
down into the town. Nearly the whole of Che land,
and the land for miles around belongs to the Duke
Of Norfolk. Even the factory owners have to pay
rent for the land on which their factories stand.
and when their leases Of nincty.uiHe years expire,
their property falls into The hands Of thoir nristo-
cratic landlord. The working people Of Glossop
are badly of at present. Some arc oUt Of work
the wages Of the rest are low, and many are in
dependency. They would be clad to 60 to Amer
lea but, alas, poor creatures few Of them have
the means of paying their passage thither. I had
} .l,r-o ,,natirrs Iut M lisa.geinn Tho Last pypD-
ing, a Methodist preacher tried to break up the
meeting in disorder but | told him that we should
not allow that-thut our plan was to remain to-
gethcr till we could close our meetings quietly
And VIC succeeded in frustrating the design IF the
preacher.
The scenery round Glossop is exceedingly beau.
tiful. The hills are very lofty, and their tops arc
| very bleak while the sides, more than half way up,
are cultivated, rich and green. From the side,
near the top ofone of the hills, up which climbed,
, had Il vast and thrilling view. But | grudgcd
the Duke the monopoly of SO vast n tract Of land,
t and piticl The poor, whose unpaid toll had made
! the aristocrat's estate SO valuable. 1t seemed II
mystery that the many should quietly endure such
injustice. l felt as if the time must come when
the aristocratie few must fall, and the t~rampiel nil
lions rise when rank AMI caste must perish, and
the telling, plundcrcd masses take their rights
The slaveholding oligarchy Of America, ard uristo-
, cratic land-monopoly of England, arc hateful and
horril things. | see what their loom will be when
he masses of men shall awake.
From Glossop I returned to Leeds, where I re-
joined my wife, and took her along with me the
same day to Sunderland where I had been announ-
: ccd to deliver a course Of lectures on the Bible
We were welcomed by our good old friends the
Potts's, who, though not so hcrctical in some
things as ourselves, arc friends Of freedom and re-
form, and sympathizc with all who labor for the
improvement and happiness Of mankind. Mr.. and
Mrs. Potts, were friends Of mine more than twenty
years ago, when l was stationed in the north of
] England as a Methodist preacher. He was then
t moro liberal than | was. | labored hard to get
/, him to join the church, but to no purpose. His
! wife might do as she pleased but he felt the want
of a measure Of freedom, which he feared would
not be allowed him in the church. His wife join
ed the church, but left it again, and now, neither
} Mr.. Potts, nor his wife, nor their children, are
members Of the church. They arerathcr religious,
but they are too intelligent and good to be scctari.
ans.
Mr.. Potts was formerly a builder, and lie still
does something in the building line but his prin-
ciple business now is in the shipping line. lie
bought II ship some years ago, to accommodate a
~neighbor and friend, and give him berth as cap
tain. HIS friend, however, when the ship was
ready, declined the vessel, and Mr.. Potts became
Il shipowner without intending it. But his new
occupation has answered well. lie. has now six
ships, and has never lost one. lie is careful in The
selection of captains, mates, &C., and gives good
wages and his creed is, that good ships and good
crews form the best insurance company,
We had good meetings in Sunderland, and some
discussion but the newspapers, though edited by
orthodox men, complained OF the ministers bitter