Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1857-10-31
WEST ANpoyER, Oct. 10Th, 1857.

speak more particularly OF our labors in Wayne
IN future communication, 3. S. j.
WEST ANDovER, Oct. 10th, 1857.
DEAR MARius DR.. Brooke, "feeling q concern"
as Friends say, to have q talk with Joshua X.
Giddings in relation to the Disunion Convention
at Cleveland, we accordingly went to Jefferson,
and had a talk with him at his own freside.
Mr.. Giddings is not the man to be shocked by
the idea of holding Disunion Convention. He
feels too sensibly the utter worthlessness of the
present union and if he thought the people were
sufficiently educated to generally approve of a pro.
position to withdraw tho Northern States from the
present confederacy, / have no doubt he would be
among the first to urge the adoption of the requi.
site measures. lie does not favor Il dissolution Of
the Union upon the ground of the guilty compile
ity of the Morrill, wish he debut regards it in
the light of a prudential movement, a matter of
State policy.
Tho people of Jefferson we're feeling ve1y sore
in view of the election returns, and INDUCING iu
such an amount of grief because of their own
political misfortunes, that but comp aratively few
of them were able to listen to a recital of the
slaves wrongs at the meeting we appointed for
that purpose. We had, however, n decidedly ap-
preciative audience ; and when l spoke of the
manner in which Ohio, in defence Of state sover-
, eighty. might defy the authority of the Federal
n Government so far as has Wisconsin, of the
duty of her citizens to act in the premises,
-. and of the gloriously successful result of such ac
+ ton, | drought down the house" in the language
= of newspaper reporters, as much to my surprise n.
n my qualification.
e At Wayne the Fosters had meetings on Thurs
day and Friday evenings of last week. where we
had left appointments for them at the close of ouI
Monday evenings gathering. | mentioned in my
q last that Wayne was a place where anti-slavery la
# Dor had not before been bestowed; in fact the sec
, tarians of that town have boosted that the CARR
sonians had never held a meeting there, and that
they could not, But they were mistaken on both
+, of the evenings referred to, the house was crowd
ed to overlooking, and the Congregational minis
r ter was on the ground to hear, and if necessary
give battle. lie said he was willing to have Bit
own meeting house opened to our friends-haC
not the least objection to their lecturing there
) provided they would promise not to censure him
l leave your readers to judge whether the promis,
was given. Another minister was also on til,
: ground, who was so far in the rear Of Christian
Democracy that he unblushingly defended sIa
very as a God-ordained institution. The :hre,
meetings we held there were not enough to satisf,
the people, who, like Oliver Twist, asked fo
more !" SO Stephen, will on Thursday next Civ,
them another dose, not of birthstone and treacle'
but of an;i-slavery truth yet perhaps some of tn,
former article may be mixed with it, though Ger
tainly none Of the latter.
We were disappointed in having a convention a
b West Andover, but were obliged to 20 to An
dover Center, two miles distant, to find
house in which to convene. The Congregation
al house at West Andover was bulls in par
by the assistance of the friends of free dis
d cussion. Contribution for building were mad,
under q resolution adopted by the Church, de
g claring that the house, when DOT otherwise occu
IS pied, should be free for the discussion of mora
g questions. Three If our Disun;on friends hav,
d some $3.50 in the building, while the three trus
o tees who refused the house for our Convention, d.
e not hold one half that amount of stock. A see
a ond application was made on Sunday for meeting
D for this week. The church members took the mat
tor into consideration, and, as ! learned from q re
liable source, granted the usc of it for Friday anG
S Saturday evenings, but when the reply transmit
e ted by the trustees reached us, it contained a vir
D tual denial. Now whether it is entirely right fol
a church organization to obtain money under false
pretences, and so entirely ,0rong for an Individual
n to do it that the penitentiary is considered prop
d er place for him, the ethics of the people must de
eide. And whether the underhanded and decep.
" tive policy pursued by the Trustees of the Yves,
y Andover church is the kind of action which will
y be approved, or even tolerated by their constitu,
+ ents, will be determined by the future course Of
those interested.
+ So our Convention was held at Andover Center
!, where we occupied for four sessions the Universal
e ist Meeting House. The attendance was large,
! the house being uncomfortably full part OF the
E. time. We had some discussion with the Congre
gational preacher of the place, and with several
a Republicans, who tried to defend their position
just enough. perhaps, to flavor the proceedings
with the spice of variety. We as usual gave our
testimony under a pledge "to speak the truth, the
whole truth, and nothing bu: the truth - and
believing there were many present who had intel
lects to comprehend, and hearts to feel, and con.
sciences to move 70 action, / am well assured that