Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1854-11-18

most uhBraclOus ana unamlable so to requlte
them.
by the way, it has ever been so that this abol
tionists have consented to be befooed and bewitcl
ed by the Whig press. They take the Whe
papers, and read them, and believe them and they
actually Judge of each other, not in the light oi
what they know of each other, but in the light of
what the Whig papers tell them of each other In
spite OF all lessons to the contrary abolitonists
will still have it, that the Wings are nearly related
to them--as nearly first cousins, if not indeed
as nearly as half brothers, and they will have it,
too, that the unwortiiness of the wings is as
great as their relationship is near. Hence the
fact that abolit!onists have so little confidence in
each other--for the Wings succeed in destroying
such confidence And from this fact comes the
further fact, that the public have but little conf
dence III abotionsts if they refuse to confidc
IN each other the public will naturally refuse to
confde in them. | scarcely need add that this
failure OH the part of the wings to command the
public respect, accounts, in small degree for the
SOW progress OF our principles. The best of prir-
'oles are greatly prejudiccd by the lack of conf
dence IN heir esrNcial and prominent advocates.
would saw, - this connection, that | think no
better of the DemocratS than DO OF the Wings.
The Democrats are undisguiset open servants Of
the slave power, and hence need srv nothing to
guard abOltionsts against seductive ana mlslead-
ing influences in that quarter.
But it is by no means in respect to the Nebraska
bill only, that my congressional life has fallen un-
der ccnsure. Indeed, after the Wings got the peo-
pie in the habit of finding fault with me, nothing
could say or do would suit the people. The Wings
got me going down hill, and then received rn =
id succession of kicks from all sides. To illustrate
for what purely imaginary offences | was kicked
in some instances-the Garrison abolitionsts Of
Ohio fell upon me, because on the hocr of Congress
l treated all the members of Congress as gentle
men. Surely, there is not another person of whom
they would have complained for his conforming
H.
honal decorum which is observed in every othc
assembly, as well as Congress; and by Garrison
abolltlonists as much as by any other decent pco-
pie. Nevertheless, for my having done what every
one OF them is civil enough to do, they actually
resolved at their late meeting in Ohio so far as
recoilect the tenor of the Resolution that | am
grand corruptcr of the public morals! But do
not blame these good people for their harsh Reso-
luton. The public habit of complaining of my
course IN Congress was so strong, that they could
not keep themselves from sliding into it. Besides
as they had passed Resolution two years before
that was an apostate from the auti-slavery cause
they were strongly tempted to pass Resolution
now, which should be somewhat in keeping with
that. But repeat, that | do not blame them.
hold the Wings responsible for it all-for they be
gan it all. Nor do feel hard toward the Wings
Poor fellows they have many sins to answer
lfir shall never hurt nor haze them for their sn
4 a..linst nc e1orC
4 skswilthe say, at was struck with the infiu
c,iee, sthpe Wing press 4upon tile fensperanc
4 Press Considering That I was one OF the yer,
earliest soldiers in the Temperance army, and tha
L was making temperance speeches in Washington
AYE, land what was a new thing) in Congress
itself, ana considering, moreover, that was endea
yoring to bring the members of Congress under tn
good influences of a cold-water dinner table, d
latter myself that shoulG have the sympathy ant
commentator of the Temperance press. | conies
that was not altogether destitute Of such reward
e q al
ance newspapers, the reward was overbalanccS ~
complaints OF my course the Nebraska bill
: Far different had been their treatment of me had
been Wing; and had the Whig press led off i
praise, and not in disparagemcnt Of me.
could not but observe The influence of the viii
press on the religious press also. / carried int
t Congress the religion of Jesus Christ. My spceche
! acknowledged its claims and were imbued with it
spirit. Nevertheless, there were few of the rclig
y Gus newspapers to give me their courtenance; an
e some of them reshed and repeated the misreI
V reservations of the Wing press concerning mi
d Perhaps, however, the unknd aspect of the relig
# Gus press toward me was not all of Wing inf,
e cnce l have not, for these twenty years, bee
It an especial favorite with the religious press.
said that it was not in regard to the Nebra
c ka bin only that my Congressional life is con
!. planned of. Another cause of complaint and III
y only other one will refer to in this letter, is ii
d remark in my speech on the Mexcah Treaty, tn;
d | should be willing to have Cuba come to II
d ''even if she did not previously abolish her sit
e very" This remark the occasion of fres
| onslaught upon me. Many Wing papers wei
t. now severer than upon me; and the Natio
G. al Era and other anti-slavery papers, which h0
C spared me thus far could spare me no ]onge
h The Era was, OF course temperate and courteol
| for its editor combines with great ability Il
Y bearing of gentleman. There were some AM
|, slavery papers, however, which spoke very IL
l. kindly and very coarsely of me, | had now b
,l.p, -, thn AZ,
c. apostate from the holy cause of freedom Tht
| declared that was no longer fit to remain in Co
g gress, and that they were glad of the resgnati'
RS Of my seat. The National Ant-Slavery Standa
g was very ill-natured toward me; and even NJ
n Garrison, though he said nothing himself again
Sc my much censured position concerning Cub
n consented to copy into his paper some OF the We
til ugliest things that were said against me.
rs But will delay no longer to come to your
~ vie of this position. You put the very worst p
IN sbc construction on it. | am not altogetl
e. surprised that you do. The Wing misrepresen
re tons of my course in Congress had prepared t
e, public mind for such construction, and that, n
VS. withstanding your friendship for me, your i
of justice and your candor, you should, insensi
of symnathise with that state of the public mi
en- and be insensbly biassed by it is not strange.
ne You totally misapprehend the position VIII
ts you so severely and utterly condemn. wish Il
,is you had before reviewing it, addressed inerro
< would have answered them. You will say Il
sw should have fully explained the position in
nd speech in which took it, Oh, wish | could HI
of had time to do 50! | should have been glad
of have consumed whole day in doing so-a VIII
es day in talking to Congress on human rights in
connexon. But look at my circumstances in
bo case. The mexican Treaty was up. Igot the fl
~ The debate confined to two days, and it '
~, now the evening of the second day, and mum
in. of speakers were to follow me, No speaker is
Of lowed to exceed an hour; and, in such circumst
~. ces far less than an hour my full share of
'no time. Moreover, what had to say of Cuba
nn n in connexion with the purely incidental topic
in IN the Monroe doctrine" l could, therefore,
glance at Cuba
an, do not find fault with your position that tn
',rl are no conditions provided slavery has been
tho viousy abolished) on which it is expedient for
w ro and Cuba to be blended into nation. Perh'
,;o YOU are right in this position. AT any rate
there is not the least probability that such BILE
~" ing will eyer take place On the terms which l