Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1857-03-28
Che Anti 5laperp Bu9le.
SALEM, OHIO, MARCH %, 1857.
A. T. FOSS IN ILLINOIS.

The Liberntor OF last week contains q letter from
A. T.. Foss. which contains a most encouraging ac-
count Of his anti-slavery labors in northern Iii.
nois. Mrs. Lucy d. Coleman also an agent of the
Anti Slavery Society is laboring in
the same region in connection with Mr.. Foss. AT
Sterling, Whiteside county, Mr.. F. says: Our
meetings were large, filling the Court House night
after night with earnest and attentive listeners.
And many q hearty God bless you w received
from Anti Slavery men, who have become quite
sick of the weak and wavering course Of the Re-
publican leaders in Congress"
We copy the closing part of Mr.. Foss' letter.
1t is encouraging to hear so good a report of the
anti.slayery sentiment of the West.
Next we came to Union Vile, a little village of
some FIVE hundred inhabitants, and lying about
eight miles from LYNDON. We found no friend
Powell to take us to this village free of charge,
and there was no public conveyance; so VIC had to
pay a man W ..dollar> and fifty. cents to take us
on. Here we were strangers, and had to go to a
poor, dingy, comfortless hotel, whose landlord had
the marvellous impudence to charge one dollar
and a quarter a day for the privilege of staying
where to stay was hardly endurable. We saw
upon the sign of this hotel the luminous words,
Preserve the Union = and we felt that this did not
argue well,-and so it turned out.
1--WE Immediately put ourselves in motion to get
up a meeting for the evening. We were success
full in getting the Wesleyan church, and at two
o'clock had our bills out. We did not expect
much Of n meeting, but through the dark and the
mud they came, and gave us a large audience
The fact is, those bills, with their glazing capitals,
NO UNION WITH SHAREHOLDERS awaken
much attention, and all the people are burning
with desire to see two live specimens, male and
female, Of the GarrisOnians. Our audience was
made ap of ministers and laymen, lawyers and
doctors, Democrats and Republicans, white, and
mixed,-a large meeting and a goodly. We spoke
to them Of the faith that was in US, and presented
the evidence Of its truth. We were heard with
the liveliest interest, but it was evident before we
closed tina. the interest was not entirely in our ia.
vcr. When we had finished, a Democratic lawyer
arose. and expended The usual amount of gas up.
on the terms, Our glorious Union stripes and
stars Unreasonable designs fanatics 'incendiar
RES &c. &c. lie spoke f~orty-fve minutes, and
we rejuined in a much briefer space of time. He
replied, and we spoke a few words of benediction,
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work in Unionville. We had been informed that
the Wesleyan church was engaged for a rehearsal
the next evening. preparatory to q concert which
was to come off the evening following the rehearsal
We were, however, followed to the hotel by a
young man, whose heart was all aglow with anti
slavery life. He desired us to speak the mex,
evening. This we were willing to do, il any place
could be obtained. Our young friend, James Gar
lick, said he would see it some arrangement could
not be made. and report in the morning. lie sue
ceeded in getting the Congregational house for the
rehearsal. SO that we could have the Wesleyan
church, as on the preceding evening. We imme
diately put out our bills for the evening. Henry
Boyer came in, and kindly took US to his OWL
cheerful homo. o! what a sense of delight thrills
ones whole being, when lifted from one of these
holes, and placed in the midst of beauty, comfort
and friends!
although the night was dark, and the roads al
most impassable, so deep was the rich. adhesive
mud, yet the Westinghouse was filed TO its ut
most capacity. There must have been near five
hundred people in attendance. Soon after We
commenced speaking. it became evident that there
were some dozen or more persons in tho house wh'
had come for the purpose Of disturbing and break
ing up the meeting. These men were not inhah
itants Of Unionville. In this town, not a drop o
intoxicating liquor is sold. But these low mel
were brought from a neighboring town TO disturb
and break up the meeting. Poor creatures! they
we're intoxicated with the vilest whiskey, and mad
dened with the spirit of their party. But the good
people of Unionville succeeded in restoring order
and we proceeded. On Of the Democrats proposed
that We should divide the time with them. This
we refused, but told. them We would be generous,
and we were 30. The lawyer again took the floor
and proceeded TO deliver himself of nearly the
same sounding phrases as the evening before
We answered his harangue as we deemed it de
served. The feeling Of tho meeting was strongly
in our favor. Friend Boyer gave US a standing
invitation to make his house our home whenever
our cause should lead us again to visit the town.
From Unionyille, VIC came, after much delay
for tho railroads are in a horrid condition, in con