Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-08-21
Communications.
ADHERE TO THE RIGHT.

BR. ROBINSON Inc prosiaVery spirit still lives.
Ab1litiOuists Of twenty five years standing need
net be told of the treatment which they received
in the early days Of tho present Anti.sis.
very movement. Our meetings were FREQUENTLY
broken up by MODS, and these mobs we're not a WAYS
made up Of the ''baser sort"=the rabble=tut
were led on by gentlemen of property and stand
ing gentlemen who. figured and frowned as iude,
es gentlemen who aimed to act as Legislators,
and even gentlemen who proclaimed themselves as
heralds Of the gospel, were known to incite, if act
personally lead in these acts Of violence. And
this mob-spirit manifested itself not only in dis.
turLing meetings, but history records its acts of it.,
cendiarisn, the demolition of anti. slavery papers by
It's malignant zeal and its tarring and feathering
those who felt called 10 speak in favor Of the mil,
lions Of b%ondmen, and Of its wicked murder of
those who took their lives in their hands proclaim.
ing liberty TO the captive. That spirit. [ see. is
not dead yet. But a mob is ever base aud cowardly.
Its acts were formerly no: uuirequentiy inspired by
the spirit Of drunkenness and overpoweripg mum.
bers. Experience has taught it the virtue Of eau.
tion and cunning. Violence in the shape of fire
and blood, it has found, only increased til, number
of true friends of the oppressed. Thus it over.
reached itself.
Now a more insidious plan is taken to keen down
the radical anti-siarery symptoms Of the tines
Antl-slavery meetings ave Stigmatized as encour-
aging all that the baser surs esteem as wicked.
Hence we see them denounced as spiritualists, or
If they would intensity more strongly we see them
call the friends of the slave, free lovers, those who
would abroga.e t the true marriage relation, and
spread anarchy all over the land. AL this and
much more is said by those who are led by the nose
by Observation-Disclosures who practically car.
~ out the lowest sort OF Tree, brute last in annihi.
laIing the existence Of the marriage relation among
four millions of their slaves,-as myriads Of their
own bastards prove. Yes these proslavery oppo-
nents will rant about imaginary free love, and at
the same moment admire, if not worship the faith
es Of enslaved mu!attoes, by proposing and
voting FIR them for the highest Offices ia the coun.
try. and by supporting III missionary and religious
associations which are led ON and managed by
southside D. DIS. Oh what consistency
The old system of mobocracy was, in q general
way. a pro.slavery democratic institution. When
that party was in its prime mobocracy was ram.
punt. It's leaders and its blind followers knew
nothing higher, boiler than the Union. On its per-
petuity they staked their all. The Union was.the
god they worshipped nore devoutly than. the God
Of Israel they prayed, swore, preached, fought,
moraliEed, and murdered in its behalf. by the
constitution they transformed themselves into
tioodhounds to scent the trail Of every escaping
fugitive they were Kissed after and by the Bible
they sanctihed every act of tyranny and oppression
in the land. But the more they scented, the loud.
err they tarked, the more they mobbed, burned
slaughtered and murdered, the more did they en-.
trap and circumvent themselves. This proves the
maxim, that where We attempt. to wrong others the
penalty assurediy comes On our own heads in the
end. RetributlJn is slow, but sure as the de.
crees of fate. These hiuts are so broad thas even
the stolld Democracy have seen heir force, and
measurably, ii not wholly abandoned their form
or mode OF warfare against Aboliiionists.
Their opponents, the Republicans seem now to
DO more uneasy about the movements of the radical
political abolltionist than any body else. E.pec.
tally is this the case in the state of New York at
This time. Every man in the North in whose breast
beats a human heart, knows and acknowledge
that Gerrit Smith is one of the purest minded and
truest anti,slavery men, and one Of the most thor.
ough retormers in the land. Added 10 his thew all
know and acknowledge that he is among the able-,
statesmen the country can boast. A large number
Of the radical anti-slavery men of this state would
be glad " see him governor. Every radical man
Of all parties knows his position is right, and
that it is the only one which can ever be effective,
g1vernmentally in doing away slavery. And candor
makes them acqu;esce in its truth. Republicans
well know that their party will never abolish sla.
very-and that they are even going to progress to
that point is prep0sterous to believe or assert. for
all their progress has been towards slavery until
they now stand about where thousands of the wbios
did when they voted for Tyler, Clay, Scott and
Fillmore. Indeed, their chief leaders and more
national platforms deny that they are even going to
interfere with slavery in the STATES. IL this more
than pro.slavery Democracy can do or farther than
it can GOT
As before intimated the radical anti.slavery yot.
ers Of this state DESTROYS of seeing Gerrit Smith in
the highest Office. held a convention and nominal.
ed him for Guvernor. This convention was at.
tempted to be overruled by leading Repablicaus
in a manner contrary to the usages of political par.
ties but just as old wings and democrats used to
do towards Aboliti0nists when mobocracy ruled
the day. All knew the object Of the conyention
was for Mr.. Smiths nomination. but Republicans
almost succeeded in turning il into confusion by a
sort OF mobocraey peculiar to fine coats and com
promising speakers. BY those present. who were
friendly to the measure, it is said the talent and
numbers attending the convent lion was creditable
to any party and to the State; and ia defiance Of
the schemes Of the outside political wire. workers
they did nominate Mr.. s. for Governor.
And now what is the course of this Republican
party in regard to this Convention and nominati3ni
Ia plain words they are trying to LIE it down.
Powder. brickbats, clubs whisky and murder we're