Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1855-05-05

u type representing both races, and would Tor the
moment throw aside his African ancestry, and ap
peal to his Anglo'saxon.
fhe prophet jeremiah had asked can the Ethio
pean change his skin? as though it were an impos
} sible thing but the shareholders of this day hat
found a way of changing the Ethiopeon's com
plexion, and they were doing it mighty fast too.
lie had often heard his old master say he wan
ted to get rid of slavery, but never heard him say
that he wanted to get rid Of him, and when he ren
away he gave him the best evidence that he did
not.
He then alluded to the recent instances of a con-
viction in New York for engaging in the slave
trade, This trade WIG still carried on between
the sdve.consuming and slave-raising States, and
the only mistake in this case was that the man
went to the coast of Africa instead of Virginia for
his slaves Had he done the latter, he might have
pursued his business regously, and been a re-
spectacle member of Southern church.
lie then alluded to the recent work of DR.. Al
ans, of Boston, OH Slavery. The Doctor had vsi-
ted the South and been affected 10y its great hos
pitality. DR.. Fuller, of South Carolina, had re-
ceived him with so much kindness that the very
next morning after his arrival, in writing home, he
says. "a slight frost has nipped my Anti-Sla-
very" The effect of this hospitality he illustrated
by an anecdote Shortly after his escape from
Slavery, he went to lecture in certain town in
Massachusetts,. The clergyman of the place. who
was very conservative, at first refused the use of
his vestry DOM, or even to announce the lecture
from the pupt but afterwards, as a matter of pol
icy, pfoftred both the church and the hospitality
nf HE hnnea m tbo MA
like to accept the latter, because the clergyman be
longed to the same church with his 'ole massa,
and he had good many hard things to say in his
lecture about him and the church, but he buttoned
up his coat and resolved to go and do his duty
This was Just after he had left slavery, and he had
not got rid of his awe of the white man, or learned
to look him in the face
When he entered the lady of the house met him
kindly and set out the rocking-chair for him
Such rocking chair he had never seen before. 1t
had kind of spring wire gctta percha India-rub-
ber bottom, and when he got into 1t he began to
tremble and shake all over, and his head swan so
that he had to hold on to the framework to keep
from falling out. The lady remarked ats pleas
ant day, Mr.. Brown" His confusion by all this
kindness was so great be could only say, "Thanky,
i'"ih' AioPc VIC IL Id'e u ple;tSlnl evening. -
"Thanky, man," ''We need stirring up here. !"
"Thanky, man," The lecturer thought-what a
good woman! I'll cut out some of the hard things
| was going to say about her church. Mr.. Mar
shall then came down, "Brother Brown, how do
you do? I'm very glad to see you, lie seated Broth
er Brown" He hadn't been used tc being called
Brother Brown by the white men, and thought,
"What good man, I'll scratch little more otfn
AT tea, he was seated by the lady's right hand,
and had an extra lump Of sugar in his tea and
that made him scratch little more off, After tea
the lady called-"Ifarriet my dear, can't you play
for Mr.. Brown" There he sat rocking in his
chair--hs head swimming-the piano going; had
resolved to scratch it all off, and had entirely for
gotten his duty.
But he had bond of sympathy with the slave
that DR.. Adams had not. The little girl Harriet
reminded him that he once had sister that she
was torn from him and sent South that he had
not dared remonstrate or even call her sister. The
kindness of the lady whose hospitality he was en-
josihs brought to mind his mother, from whose
caresses he had been torn, and she sent he knew
not WHITTIER never to see her boys face again. lie
resolved to do, and did his duty
EVENING SESSION.
The Convention opened by singing, by Mr.. and
Mrs. Grifing-
"There lives voice within me'
The refrain to which was
This world is full of beauty,
AS other worlds above
And If we did our duty,
1t would be full of love.
which pr,vor Uos offaroJ bv tLo Do,- Mr
Rakin.
A letter from Rev. John G.. Fee, of Kentucky,
was then read by the Secretary. In it the writer
speaks of the AntiSlavery feclingiin his neighbor
hood, and desires Convention to be held in the
heart of Kentucky.
] VIM. Wells Brown then took the platform. He
proposed to institute comparison between the re-
form of other lands and our own. England had
many me-honured abuses-and, from the conser-
vative nature of her governme mt, was slow to
effect reforms yet she had made more progress
In the last hye years than had been made in this
country.
But to mark fully our progress, 1t would be
necessary to go back to the time of the Revolution.
1t was then promised us by our politicians that
slavery would die out before the progress Of free
dom. 1t was promised from the pulpit that it
would die out before the progress of religion. We
had then 600, 600 slaves and 100000 church men,
bers; we have now three and half million slaves
and three and half million church membcrs--for
every member that has been added to a church, a
slave has been added to the Union. The Gospel
they referred to was that which Christ preached
on the plains of Judea 1700 years ago. Before that
gospel it would have died but it is for the want
of it that slavery aourishes. (Applase.) The
teaching of religion had always favored slavery.
Dr. Moses Stewart, of Andover Theological Semi
nary and Dr. Lord of Dartmouth had publicly
taught that slavery aGod ordained institution.
lie alluded to Presbyterians in the South carrying
ing Presbyterians to market; Baptists carrying