Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1855-03-17
From the Liberator.
PARKER PILLSBURY IN BRISTOL, ENG.

The crowded state of the Liberator's columns
last week, obliged us to omit n notice Of Mr.. Pills
bury's recent labors in England. We rejoice 10
be able to say that, notwithstanding his labors hav
lately been increased, and in spite of the very Try.
better; and there is great hope that it will DO in
good measure re-established. A friend abroad
sends us the following account of a lecture which
he lately gave at the Bristol Athenaum, to a large
audience -
Mr.. P.'s lecture was deeply impressive, and
greatly interested his audience, who were of . very
intelligent, thoughtful class. Mr.. NJ. D. Hill, Re-
corder of Birmingham, took the chair, and intro
duced Mr.. Pillsbury to the audience in . very
touching speech. He described Mr.. P.'s fidelity
to the appeals of conscience and humanity in leav-
ing the work of the regular Congregational minis.
try, on which he had entered with every prospect
of success, in order to proclaim in the ears of his
countrymeh the true gospel of practical Christian-
ity. He spoke of Mr.. P.'s subsequent consssra-
ton of his many talents, his health; and every
outward possession, to the great work of awaken
ing his nation to the sin of holding property in
man referred to Mr.. P.'s Church as it u.s. from
which Mrs. Stowe had drawn extensively in her
Key to Uncle Toms Cabin.'--&c. &c. AL these
personal considerations were enough to bsspeak
sympathy and attention to Mr.. P; but when the
subject on which lie was about to address The meet
ing was considered, its magnitude and stroci.y
eclipsed all beside itself.
Nh. Hill made another speech, full Of deep feel
ing, at the close of Mr.. P.'s lecture and Rev.
Daniel Cooper, IN Episcopalian clergyman, said Q
few strong and hearty words.
THE relation of the Anne rican churches to sla-
very was the prominent topic in Mr.. Pm address ;
but he swept over a very wide field. carrying every
nearer with him touched upon the political as
poets of the cause, the provisions and workings Of
the Fugitive Slave Law, the international slave
trade, the American Board of Foreign Missions.
&c. &c.
A vote of thanks was passed, at the close Of
the proceedings, to the Bristol and Clifton Anti.
Slavery Society. for getting up this lecture. and
Mr.. P. urged his hearers to strengthen the hands
Of this Society
The following resolution was moved by Mr.. E.J.
Thomas, and was carried by exclamation:
Resolved, That this meeting most cordially
thanks Mr.. Parker Pillsbury for his eloquent. able
and instructive lecture, and desires, also, to record
it's deep sense of the noble and untirihg seal. en-
ersy, and ability with which the American Anti
Slavery Society (of which Mr.. Pillsbury has long
been an able and undauIted member) has fought
the battle of Humanity. against the horrible sys-
tenn of Slavery in the United States OF America
We have seen a recent letter from Mr.. pilisbuyy
in which he speaks Of the pleasure he has in resd.
ing the American Anti-Slavery papers, and Of his
regret that he cannot communicate more ~frsqusat
ly with their readers by his letters. He especially
regrets the interruption In bis letters 10 As
pugIe.-h.