Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1855-06-09

fs3u HJ tDH resent annual meeting Oi tie Amen
can Antsiayory Society ia New York;
SALEM, (Ohio) May g. 1855.
MT DEAR FRIEND:
] should lave come to your meetings at New
York with Che greatest pleasure, if could have
done SO, I should have been delighted 10 meet
old friends, 60 form now acquljntauoos among the
friends oi freedom and humanity, to listen 90 such
men as Summer Wilson PARKER, Phillips aud
yourself, and to share in the hapos The symputhjes
the ongrJtuiatiuus and cEc.,emouts which must
render ytur meetings rich treat 90 The soul Of
tho phiauthropist. But, after nelilv q years ALB
senec from home, and year Of continued excite
mcut and labor too, find il ueressarv, AID feel it
to be my duty. to remain Jmo time with mv iImi-
y, aud 70 give myself iur while to my iGml. and
my business af1rs But my ktF VIII he with
you. shall re- oico in all your Joys and share in
all your sJgr0Ws, and willingly take my lUii meas
uro OF al your responsibilities. | need not tell
You what are my thoughts and feelings with re-
gard to slavery, or the estimation in which hold
you and your friends and the cause in which you
are engaged. Ii would be strange (hough, alas
not uuusual if, after having Tough. so long against
the opprcssions and tvrannies Of my native land,
| could throw down my arms in TIE presence Of a
more hateful and malignant tyranny. | am sorry
have nos been aile to do more in connection with
your great aud glorious enterprise; Aut have the
comfort T. think that have not gnne over to The
enemy, t.Gt ! have never deserted your ranks, or
failed, wan opportunity has offered. to raise my
ve'He, q : H.. sand, aTl'ast tle fierce the un
Prihcil"ed ana lnsoIent Toes OF our common hu-
manly. id'Iy agree Tith you, that slavery Is
t"G srei'9St curse under Wh'rh human 0eiH% can
fall aud that mln-stealing and savcaodnc are
the greatest crimes man can commit. And it is
plain that the only course the enemies OF slavery
Gun "I.h consistency or any snow ol reason or
equity pursue IS u seek its instant ITS UTTER I'
""'NcrSti Hn' c'C'h3I 0ooH,Ioh' 10 "hSr 10 MAKE
terms WIN II Is ooth 'ooi'sA ana wicked. no man
mas fiSht 10 make terms with the corruptor the
PelSecui'Gr' lNo destroyer Oh C'r race. NO man
mas i El9i' 10 ENe even m'nsel mo slavery mueh
'eS? '"o'ncr' 10 near men tniNI"E' 70 sec men
n.yu"E' 'S II Icy WIRE !"'nIIi"cu 10 o'r''r '!e
l'"'t''ts an" H'eS VI 'hgu te"oW men, "heh III
u',I, !i ','H H.,o uo i'2". 70 s"e away @ cen, ;
worm VI '"S'r oro'"e' property Is re"!y iloru-
'}IH2. hn" lI8 nun M. ""o ll'NeS terms N''n tne
SaI'uG'er, W"3 o"er5 20 CON promise matters WIN
i'll "nl aIlI 1t N1u WIZ ul'oW Us 20 ne 4ree III
I"G N"t'" ana '''e NoEtAW'st we WiH aioW You 20
U4l1 men IN slavery IN Tie ), uth, docs no less
''aN assume ihe n&ht 10 G'SPoSG OF iHe HheFles
e'u rS,vS' 'Ne virtue ana 'H' me- OF ms uHo'-
IeE''"% b'e'hreG In snort me man VINO maHeS
a gam, or VINO 'Hef. u" MAKE naFEa"' with
Jh@ S'a'c"g,a'', 70 me eNe't tn't IL 'Ae save
holder VIII allow INN to he tree Ill the
y a"th' he VIII allow the SayeA'i'er 10 pursue ms
'HA"i"an calnAE IN ne o'"!n' .'Nes upon himself
me TIii o. si@>rh'i'hS' ne Is slave e'IT'uef'-
iig sells men ana women an" chIufen. lie may
sell tnem without money; nut though that may
prove nm grealer l'oI' II proves nm no less "a
luH2h thah thc mth,cS5 ana mnSJ lnhnman trader
IN numamty win which th'S lfnQ IS ulSaonored
aud cursed
BESIDES 1t is foolish as well as wicked to make
terms with Shareholders. Shareholders themselves
cannot afford to make terms They cannot keep
any bargain they make unless the bargain give
lHeni pctiSSion 10 chsl"Ye 'ie Whoie e;'rth' 1l"
nGEE C'Hhu' i've II II p9 hHhlPereu WIN terms