Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1855-10-06

audience. This is as false ass,ho!chnrges ! have al
ready refuted. made no to appeal to anti.Eng
lish feclings.EI denounced the ~anti-English feelings
and prejudices of my audience, and Of Americans
generally, rs mean, unjust and mischieyvus. How
conh l appeal to anti-English feelings and preju
dices, myself an Englishman, and the head and
father Of nm English family and wickedly persecu
ted by portions Of that audience because an Eng
lishman. True, in answer to an cnsnaring ques
ton from Mr.. Foster, | stated that | should doubt
the honesty Of the British Government, if should
profess to be anxious to abolish American Slavery,
while it took no steps to relieve the expressions
and redress the wrongs Of its own subjects. And
] also said, l could imagine the interference of the
British Government, under pretcnsc of aDolishine
American Slavery,to take place under such circum-
stances, as to justify me in resisting it but will
any man of sense and candor call this an appeal
to Anti-English feeling? Is there no difference
between the English people and the English Gov
eminent? But did not even ap zeal to the feel
ings Of the audience against the English Govern
mens. L said no more OF the English Government,
that / should say, in answer to similar questions
of the Governments of Russia, Prussia, Austria,
Turkey or France. had no need to appeal to the
anti English feelings of my audience. l felt no
temptation to do SO. i was strong enough in argu-
ment. If am any judge of my own character, l
nm incapable of feeling such a temptation and still
more incapable of yielding to it. 1t is not my Gus.
tom in debate to appeal to mems prejudices or.
passions. much less to passions and prejudices SC
mean, so inconsistent, so unjust, SO cruel, so mis-
chevious, so Infamous and inexcusable, as those
which have given birth to the monstrous and exc
cradle organization of American Know Nothings
I am sorry your paper should charge me with such
a crime. Should / ever be guilty of such a crime,
1 shall deserve to be %rebuked, deserted and dis
owned by every man of sense and virtue in the
universe. The man who so u~njustly and cruel.
" charges it on me, has no light crime to answer
for.
The remarks contained in your paper in refer
ence 60 the applause with which my remarks were
greeted, may be allowed to pass. The complainant
would probably have thought the applause al
right enough, if it had been given to my assailant.
Whether he would or not, his representation of the
matter is both false in fact and bad in argument.
Let me add, in conclusion, that / have no iil-will
to Mr.. Foster,-that / bear him no grudge for his
foolish abuse of me, that do not make either the
anti-slavery cause, or the whole Anti-Slavery S.
nnsweraLle for his extravagances, that it is not
his doctrine of non-resistance or of disunion that
oppose, though | am no believer in either as he
holds them,-that l distinguish between Garrison
ian abolitionism, as exhibited in the writings and
speeches of Garrison himself, and as caricatured
by Mr.. Foster and some others,-and that, without
regard to consequences or parties, l am, while OPP
posing the errors of q well-meaning but misguided
friend Of the slave, an ultra and uncompromising
advocate of the immediate, the entire, and the
eternal abolition of slavery in every nation on
earth. And | am Of opinion, that if the friends
of freedom could better appreciate each others
lnbors, and more freely tolerate each others peculi-
arities of opinion, the redemption of the American
slave and the salvation of our suffering race would
sooner gladden. our hearts and call forth our rap
turous and united Civilizations.
Yours, very respectfully,
JOSEPH BARKER.