Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1854-10-14

for 1t, such outbursts of popular enthusiasm for
personal liberty will he remembered with honor.
The dry prudence Of souls that regard tire pub
lie prosperity to lie IN its outside peace, and in ma
tcrial wealth the expediency and tergiversations
OF men from 1850 TO 1854, will be, at IA day not far
distant. spoken of as W. speak Of morals and yir~
tue at the courts of the Charlescs.
l rejoiced in the rescue of Jerry at the time that
it happened. have never repented of that joy.
And | am free to say that | wish the North were
such that no fugitive from slavery could ever be
regained. | would have the indignation of the
public mind against prOwling slave-hunters, such
that they would be met in our highways and streets
just as a fox would be, s~neaking for game, or a
wolf ravening for prey.
The men who rescued Jerry are, some of them,
personal acquaintance of mine. In their dying
hour, | believe this act of generous endeavor for
the liberty of n poor and despised creature will be
to them like a solacing angel.
am respectfully yours,
II. w. BEEcnER.
LETTER OF HON. CHARLES SUMNER.
BosroN, Sept. %, "a.
DEAR SIR: | cannot he with you ut Syracuse ac-
ccrding to the invitation with which | have been
honored but | shall rejoice at every word uttered
there which helps to lay bare the true nature of
slavery, and of its Legitimate offspring the Fugitive
Slave Bill.
ihtN NibNlOH M HIS III SilCtlOU III III Nb.l
stitution Of the United States or in the law of God.
1t shocks both. The good citizen, at all personal
hazard, will refuse to obey it,
Yours, very faithfully,
CHARLES SUMNER.
Some 1000 persons were present during the
day; and our slavc-hunting Government might
read a lesson, not only in the great number pres
ent, but from the deep-seatcd determination which
~pervaded the assemblage, and the general SYM
pathy for the rescue which was manifest on every
hand. 1t might have seen something of the sue
cess of the Crushing OUT policy which it has
adopted, and suspected that its own authority
would not meet with greater success than did its
predecessors, notwithstanding it was ushercd into
existence by an almost unprecedented majority
and in spite of its brilliant achievements at Grey
town.
The officers of the day were rs follows:
President-IIon. GERRIT SMITH.
Vice Presileats-Frc lerick Douglass, Samuel J
May, Luther Lee, John Thomas, Leonard Gibbs
DR.. Snodgrass, 7. G.. White, c. A. Wheaton, DR.
Bcdedict, w. L. Salmon, j. w. Loguen.
Secretaries-Dr Fuller, II. X. Raymond, A
Prync, S. Z. Hewes.
DR.. Snodsrlss, formerly of Maryland, remarked
that he must leave the city at IL o'clock, but would
leave his sympathies with the meeting.
The address of Gerrit Smith on the occasion
was characteristic of that eloquent and high
souled man. 1t took the ground that there can be
no law for slavery, and that Jerry was rescued in
accordance with the demands of true law. We
see no escape from the position. If a law wcr,
made in favor Of piracy, we should not be bound
to respect it. Slavery is piracy, not only in truth,
but in a literal sense; for it is the result of a
system which our Government now declares to be
piracy.
The singing at intervals had a tendency to re.
lieve the audience, and We liked the democratic
plan of having it done by the mass.
Rev. Luther Lees address was characterized by
pith and logic. lie said the command was to exc.
cute judgment in the morning but the rescuers OF
Jerry did not wait for the morning-they did it in
the night. His reasons for the righteousness of the
act were highly satisfactory.
The resolutions adopted on the occasion were
strong and appropriate, setting forth the higher
law doctrine in n clear and forcible manner. In
the afternoon Gerrit Smith offered a series, con.
tanning substantially the sentiments of his address
Miss Lucy Stone, who was announced for the oc.
casion, was not present; for what cause we have
not learned.
We were favored with the recitation of a portion
OF n poem, by a colored man named Rodgers, lv.
ing, we believe, in New Jersey. 1t contained some
capital hits on Stephen A. Douglas, and was rccei
we'd with loud and repeated applause. When Mr.
K. took his seat, Mr.. Garrison suggested that We
put our American Hudibras in competition with
the lludibras of T gland, and leave the world tc
decide which deserves the palm.
Beriah Green made a most powerful and lopicaI
argument in favor Of the supremacy of God.
eternal laws of order. Slavery was disorder. Ii
was indeed, as Frederick Douglas said, wonderful
to see how much light could be thrown On n prop
%osition so plain.
The address Of Frederick Douglass was m elo-
quent and brilliant effort, as those who listened 10
it can testify. lie carried the feelings of the audi.
ence by his irresistible wit and touching appeals
lie took ground against the doctrine of non-resis.
lance. lie was once q believer in that doctrine
but got cured of it at the West, where an Anti
Slavery meeting was mobbed by a set of %rufians.
lie dropped the idea on seeing a dear friend assault
cd and beaten in a cruel and inhuman manner,
and taking a club event at 'em" with all his
strength. He produced the identical letters that
were ON Jerry's wrists when he was under arrest,
and shifting them together, said" You see it took
a dLoD to break those ettcrs-resolutions and logic
could not do it. Had you rather that blow were
not struck, and Jerry were u slavc?" (Cries of
no. MOI lie made a most powerful appeal in be-
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