Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1854-12-09
L. A. HINE TO THE BUGLE.
Liberty Of antioch Colegc-The Walker fund
Tie Sly after lie Storm.
LorELANp. Nov. 29th '5I.

Mn. EDiroR A few days since l called at An
tioch and lectured on Land Reform. From con-
yersations with the President and some Of the
Professors, | can assure the liberal minded readers
Of tho Bugle that tho degree of liberation at the
College is beyond my expectation. Recently
Theodore Parker iectured in the Chapel and there
was but one among the faculty who opposed bis
preaching at the same place on Sunday a
Student told me that a composition he wrote on a
subject given out contained horetical sentiments,
and all that was said about it was that each one
is responsible for his own opinions, the Professors
make no criticisms on the views expressed. The
one who made this remark was the same that vo-
ted against Theodore Parker. Had the President
or either of the other professors had the case prob
ably not even that caution would have been thrown
out as it is uncalled for it a free college. That
remark, however does not restrict freedom Of
specch-it only Weekend the influence Of certain
\ Jews expressed by the intimGtion that the Faculty
believes them false. lI1w different is this from
any other College. Pcrhaps 05orlin itsolf may not
be excepted when it is raid that Ill Colleges in
the void, besides Antioch, take active measures
for the suppression Of, horesy and hcrctics. l
know Of recent instances of the most ungentlc
means resortcd to at Miami university for putting
down the stuednt who ventured n free thought.
They attempt at once to crush him down. If one
Of the College societies vote to invite . hereto to
lecture before them on some popular subject the
President vetoes it, such is the course AZ a State
institution in which all are interested, and to the
support of which h~sretics and all contribute.
l am glad to notice the liberality with which
] manu- % tho frianls b,ya auls.riIal 10 tho oval
ker Fund" / hope q comfortable little home will
be provided for the widow and orphans. Her soul
must have been in her husbands cause to have
tolerated a philanthrophy which did not look first
at home. If she did not regard it os he did his
excess Of benevolencc was constantly under her
protest, and icing now in want it is the outy Of
those who kept Mr.. Walker. in the field and did
not ~lalfpay him for his time, to provide for h"r
family. In speaking thus on delicate paints. |
speak somewhat from experience and she will par
don me. You can look for FIVE dollars from me
as soon as it is wanted.
Now that the storm has passed we can look
calmly into the sky. The Knownothings directed
the whirlwind and all rcfOrmcrs are ostracised
from the pale Of progress who would not mount
the cloud with them. l voted tho old line Demo
cratic ticket, and several times after was met with
the the exclamation. Il understand you voted the
Democratic ticket this fall !" and perhaps it would
be followed by another wonder, II learn also that
you are rapidly tending to the Catholic religion -
I Both Of these surprises, excite my laughter, and
the silent and sometimes the expressed reflection
that if you are a Free Soiler or reformor Of any
stamp, the time is not distant when you will
wish your vote for the Knownothings in deep oh.
livion. This is confirmed. and my course justified
as / doubted not it would be by abundant evidence
in the late numbers of theBugle. They are essential
ly as you have stated, pro-slavcry, worse than any
party we ever encountered, worse than the old Dem
ocratic party, because that only seeks to sustain Sa-
very as It's while they are seeking to reduce to poi
teal yasaslage II large class of our white population
Such q party can never have any sympathy for the
; blacks, | am surprised that so few Free Sellers
escaped tAeir COMMUNICATING touch-thatn nearly al
in Massachusetts,, Ohio and elsewhere fused to thciI
foul embrace. II they can row eztricate them
selves. and thoroughly brush their garments, there
may be ONE hope again for FREQ principles.
voted the old ticket to prevent a greater politica
f evil, and still hold that vote for the same party rs
: long as Knownothingism is a dangerous power il
Jul lCNNlOh $0 t"N ob'hES'S ~ TO- 4 tHi hIhCi
t concerned for the safety of what little liberty W,
have.
A. AS for my Catholicism l have only defended
e that order from the aspersionS of Protestant bigots
, | would do the same for the devil himself. lie
every one be fairly treated, for when truth AM
error have fair field and an honorable fight Their
is no danger to apprehend. Perhaps l am now far
Their from any religious sect than ever before. |
is the infdel only who can expose thu lies of EN-
E Uttered sectarians, and do justice between them.
We hope before another election, that our frien,
, IIine will find some more uneXccrtiOnal way o
g. protesting against the dcspotism of the Knownoth
> ings, than by voting for pro-slavery democra ii
j. partisans. Apart from ne constitutional question
S it seems to us an unequivocally positive support o
Slavery, which opposition to Knownothingism can
. not justify. ED.