Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1855-05-12

ted here to-day, in u decided manner To tell you
that the Ldustrldt LuRuGrB n newspaper Owned
by George Park and w. j. Patterson, in this town.
is Free Soil sheet, and has been aiding and abet
ting the Eastern Abolition Society in their aboritive
attc npt is to tell you what YOU already know. You
are also aware that Park has large hotel in this
place, kept by Free Soiler, imported from Iii.
nois and devoted to the same foul purposes. 1t
seems that certain men in the neighborhood de-
termincd 'to abate the nuisance" How they
managed to notify 50 many, and keep it quiet, |
don't understand but about 10 O'Clock this morn
ing we were surprised to see about ten or fifteen
of our most respectable country acquaintance ride
into town, and go to the printng-Ofhce and put
Patterson under guard Park, it appears had either
heard OF it o. his good Mck had prompted him to
go to the mouth 0, Blue, in Kansas Territory. AT
II o'clock about 200 men arrived. The press was
! quietly taken down and paraded into the street.
The crowd was called to order and Patterson was
brought forth to receive hts sentence. One speak
! or stated that they all were aware that they
came there with the firm determination to black,
tar and feather, and ride on rail c. S. Park
and w. j. Patterson; but that as Park had es-
capped, and left his scapegoat to suffer for both,
he wished the meeting to decide what should now
be done with the prisoner Another speaker de-
clared his voice was for mercy: not that he had
any to offer for Patterson, for he despised
him as strongly as any man could: but that Pat
erson's wife, throughout the morning had hung
to him like n leech that she now held on to
him and that we could not inlict the punishment
without gross violence to her feelings and perhaps
rudencss to her person. He therefore, for the sake
of the wife, moved n vote to be taken to remit the
tar feathers, &C., and set Mr.. Patterson at large,
for the present. The vote was accordingly taken
and small majority went in favor of the prison
er; he was therefore, set at large The following
resolutions were then offered, aud voted on sngly
and not a dissenting voice was heart on the ground
Almost every voted in the the affirmative; and
tlpIrv HNyitl att-i, ~ tI,at -o1 thov
were in earnest:
Resolved, l. That the PtrhrWe Industrial L,,mi
may is nuisance, which has been endured toe
long, and should now he abated.
2. That the editors, to wit: G.. S. Park ant
w. j. Patterson, are traitors to the State anC
Country in which they live, and should be deal
with as such.
} 3. That we meet here again on this day three
weeks, and if we find G. S. Park or w. j. Patter
son III this town Mea, or at any subsequent tint
: we will throw them into the Missouri River; anC
II they 80 Kansas to reside lCe pte3ge our bOHOJ
as men, to follow aud hang them whenever we cal
take them.
4. That at the suggestion of our Parkvill
friends, we will attend to some other Free Soiler
not far off.
; .. That we will suffer person belonging t
the Northern Methodist Church, to preach in Patt
county after this date under penalty Of tar AM
feathers for the first offence, and hemp rope 70
: the second.
6. That we earnestly call on our sister Counte
throughout the State to rise in their might ant
I clean themselves of Free SJism.
l. That our peace property, and our safet
requires us, at this time, to do our duty.
.. That we request every Pro-Sluvery pape
in Missouri and Kansas to publish the above res
Olutlons.
| The press was then shouldered with white cal
drawn over its head, and labeled Boston Aid,
the crowd following in regular order; il wa
marched through town nearly to the upper land