Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1856-12-27
From The Herald Of Freedom.
BEFORE TIE AGE,

you are too fast" Well. friends, you are to
slow. you are altogether ahead Of the times"
Well, you are altogether in the rear Of the times
ut the tail Of the times. if | must say it.. And
which is the most honorable aud useful position 4?
Is is ahead Of the times, to denuunce slavery, and
demand its abandonment. But that is no reason
anti.slavery is wrong-or unreasonable. or i'm
prudent, injudicious or any one Of the epithets a
laggard age casts upon il. Is slavehulding right!
Are the institutions that support it, right! Are
they for the happiness, benefit, improvement. use
fulness, innocency of The people? These are the
questions. you are before the Age" Well, it
l were not, it is high time | were. You ought to
be. before the Age. The Age is wrong. Whoever
improves must 90 before. lie must qui. the Age,
wherein it is wrong, and the charge that be is
hefure it. is an admission that he is right. When
hubert Fulton told them steam was better than
wind. on the water, ~er-tAan horse.eSs6nD5 the
ways before. lie wasn't many years afeaA of it.
The Are ia up with him now. They kill begin TO
build him monuments BY aad by. because no il
dead, and it won't d. him any good. They trod
him under foot, when he was alive, lie was so far
"befure the Age" and called him crazy. Mono
moniac | suppose they called him. One moor man
got the notion, some ages ago, that the sun didn't
wi'irl round the Enrth-but that it was more likely
and reasonable that the appearances that looked
as ii 1t did were brought about by the Earth's
turning round on its own axletree. They came
nigh hanging or burning him for it. They let
him off, | believe on the ground Of insanity. They
made him give it up, though-publicly-to save
his life. The Sohmns got hold of lim--the
Reverend Divines-Gud's specially called ordained
and set apart ministers-ch0sen of God to gHide
the people to Heaven. They must know ali about
the sun and stars and things up in the ornament
they are guides to Heaven. They said it was con.
trary to the inspired Book. to say the Sun stuod
still. and the Earth whirled round. 1t was con-
trary to Joshua" So they made the man take
Is hack. They are a knowing people, these Divines.
They are specially gifted of God. They cant
mirtake.--They are rHh the Age. This crazy man
was before the Age" noto il is admitted by the
very Soiemns, themselves. that the Earth whirls
over every twenty-four hours, and the sun is still
us a mouse. The Soiemns always admit things
after the Age" has eJpted them. They are as
careful about the Age as the weather-c0ck is about
the wind. You might ms well catch an old. ex-
perienced weoIher-cock on some ancient Orthodox
steeple- miStaking The way of the ~d-stand-
ing all day with its tail east, in n strong south wind,
as the Diyines at odds with 1.-THE Age" They can
smell 1.-THE Age" They taste it, at any rate.
McNEELY NORMAL ScnooL OF II Io-During
our recen. anti.slavery tour to Harrison and Car.
roll counties, we had the pleasure of visiting
this institution and finding it in successful opera
ton. The institution was commenced several
years since by Cyrus McNeely, with the design of
giving the children and youth of his neighLorhood
the must desirable educational advantages, with
out the necessity of their removal from home and
parental influence. For This purpose he and his
excellent wife, expended in the pouring and i'm
provement of grounds The erection of u large and
commodioas building and other preparations, be-
tween eleven and twelve thousand dollars. The
schNol commenced operation on its original plan
about five years since under the direction Of Nj.
Edward Regal, one of the present corps of teach.
era. Subsequently, Mr.. McNeely proposed to the
Ohio State Teachers association, 70 entrust il to
their control, on condition that the Association
would add a sum equal to that already expended.
The proposition was accepted and tho first term
ander the new arrangement commenced in Nov.
1855. Since which il has hsen in prosperous opera.
ton. Thus Mr.. McNeely's original inteation is
carried Cat and an Institution established for the
prenaration af teachers for our public schuols, u
department 10 onr system Of public education for
which the State has hitherto neglected. to make
provision. And hero we may 10 permitted 70 ex.
press our hope tiaat the friends Of education ia The
State will come farward promrt'y, aud enable the
teachers to redeem their pledge and thus place the
iastitutian ia a position Zoe extended usefulness
A neat and commodioas boarding hail has also
been erected by Mrs. Eliza iIogg, Of Cadir, at an
expense of soale 5000. which is nov materially
contributing to the success Of the enterprise.
Tie Instructors are JonS OeDEX, PRINCIPAL of
the Normal Sshool-EpwIs REGAL, Priaeie. Of
the Academic department-BErsy NJ. CowLEs.
Principal Of the Model School and Teacher in the
Normal School. Other teachers are employed in
tho primary departments.