Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1854-04-22
& Communications.
LETTER FROM MICHIGAN.

NV labors, since last reported them, have been
confined to school districts ard the Importance of
such points, has think been too often
under estimated, especially those of them in neigh
borhoods where I'm anti-slavery lecture is as much
of rarity as is consistent Christian in this world
of ours. In some Of the places visited, they had
not had lecture before for years, and if they re-
member what / said to them half as well as
they remember what they heard long ago from
other lecturers the scattered seed will not be lost
One book sold at a school district meeting, will do
as much work as dozen sold in q village, for its
circulation is extonsive-it becomes an itinerant
missionary, travelling from house TO house; q.
pamphlet pays family visits in regular Quaker STYLE
and every newspaper is an ant-slavery pilgrim
But the school house audiences arc not composed
OF wealthy persons, who can aid the cause pecuni
orily indeed, most of those composing them are
poor-thcy have settled in the midst of woods and
marshes, and are striving to get enough means 10
pay for their cabin houses so the missionary who
labors among them, must for the present, look
elsewhere for his support. The strong party poll
tics, and stronger socurian views which prevail in
the villages and towns, are scarcely known in the
school districts of the country there is to be sure,
party feeling and sectarian bins there but it is not
of that binding selfish character which is so often
found in older and more populous settlements, and
hence there is better opportunity for the ineulea-
ton Of reform sentiments.
There is one means Of labor by which great
work can be performed in the newly settled districts
by those who live within q few miles Of them.
There many families in these settlements whose
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subscribe for paper for every cent they can col
ect must 60 in payment for their land; now if
those aboitionists who reside within five, ten, ff-
teen or twenty miles Of such, would take those Of
their anti-savery papers which they do not partic
ularly care to keep, and send them out in such
settlement to one who would see to their dis
tributon, they might effect great good. In some
of the families visited, saw papers of various
kinds, two, four, and six years old, which were
preserved with great care, and looked rs if they
had been read by many eyes. To send out such
missionaries would, it is true require some thought
and small amount of labor, yet it is an anti
slavery work that any can do, and hope there
are those who will be wise enough to heed this word
of suggestion.
On the day of my arrival at Adrian was
agreeaby surprised by meeting my old friend Giles
b. Stebbins, who was on his way from Rochester
West lie brought q considerable amount Of anti
slavery intelligence from Eastern Pennsylvania
his last field of abor-and right pleasant il was Il
hear directly from the Coxes, the Lamborns, the
Daringtons, the Whitsons the Lintons, and Other
standard bearers Of the cause in the region rount
about Philadelphia, as well from those who re
side in the city, and whose names have become
identified with the movement in Pennsylvania. il
the course Of conversation he referred to the Fri
troubles, and spoke of the feeling existing agans
that borough by the passengers on the train il
which he came. The dining table at Dunkirk wa
so crowded, that about one hundred passenger
were unable to eat and out of that number bu
three sat down to the table at Erie. lie confessed
with shame and confusion Of face that he wa.
green enough to be one Of the three, and that he
paid trentyfre cents for small piece of stale pie
the operation confirmed him in the belief that an,
violation of the law Of right brings with it its own
punishment and he promises never to offend in O
like manner again. There is an Erie trouble oi
some other kind of trouble that has interfered a
good deal with the transmission of my letters from
Salem some of them have taken seren days to gel
to Battle Creek, about five six times as long as
traveller with fifty pounds of baggage, would need
to traverse the same distance.
have found in several places considerable dis
satisfaction among Free Soilers in regard to til,
, nomination of the State ticket at Jackson The,
do not like the policy pursued by the leaders of thu
party in nominating persons who are not known t,
the rank and file as anti-slavery men-passing b,
the old standard bearers, those who have borne th
heat and burden of the day. and selecting portion
of their candidates from those who were less oh
1 jectionable to the people at large because les
r known as advocates Of Free Soil, who have il
Il fact, no antecedcnts, which would make them un
popular with the Wings, which party the Free Sol
leaders in Michigan seem to be afcctionatcly WOO
ing. Such policy is probably right and expedent
politically considered, else why did the Wing
+ nominate Taylor, and the Democrats, Pierce, in
stead of veteran leaders in the parties? There i
as truly fusion tendency in the Free Soil part
: here us in Ohio and it looks also in the Wing di
rection and the action of its Conventions is dull
considerate Of the tender conscience and sensitiv
feelings of the Wing party in Michigan.
have not been blessed witisa sight of tho Ere
/, Democrat" lately, but the last weekly issue of
that saw, contained n letter from the Free Sol
candidate for the Office of Auditor General, declin
ing the nomination. lie was in such haste h
could not wait to be officially Informed of the homo
done him, but seeing the fact announced in thu
! papers, he Immediately declared his unwilingncs
to stand as the nominee Of that party, because he
was connected with the Wing organization, anC
felt no inclination TO abandon it. Whether an,
other nominees have declined for this or a simila
reason, know not, nor do know how much com
promising of principle was involved in the othe
nominations.
1t is strange that Free Sellers cannot see how
suicidal is the fusion policy-how it so destroys
their likeness to their own standard of right, tina
their best friends hardly know them And if they
gain anything by it, they gain it not Free Soil
ers, but as Wings or Democrats as is the character