Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-10-30
oNUE MORE IN THE WEST.


DEAR FRIEND RoDINsoS On the 18th day of Sep.
temoer' lett Boston for the west. My FIRST NEE.
ting was in Cherry Valley, Ashtabula county. O..
Sunday, the 18th inst. The day was clear, warm,
and beautiful. The friends from Wayne. New
Lyme, West Andover and Dorset Aefb there,
which, with the Cherry Valley people eaSc Us as
aige:a collection OF the true friends Of tho slave,
as is often seen together on an ordinary occasion
extra seats were brought into the Town House and
every place completely filed, while the pleasant
ness Of the day enabled a large number to be com:
tortably accommodated in carriages, and hear
through the open windows with ease and comfort.
1t was to me a day of much interest. One feature
OF my lecture was, the present movement in Mas.
sachusetts to scrcen the personal freedom of the
fugitive, upon the soil of Massachusetts have
In every place thus far made it a point to place
this subject as clearly and strongly before the peo.
pie as possible | intend SO to do In every nlace.
80 lar as | can judge, this is the great point of in
terest in the min Is of all who have heard un ths
subject during my present tour. 1t IA SD just. sB
reasonable, and 80 practical that none find beaft
to oppose it, while all honest mon hail il with inv
a number of persons agreed to put petitions in
motion in the towns represented in the melting and
send them on to Columbus this winter. speht
about two weeks in Ashtabula county. lectutintg
nearly every evening. In New Lyme on Sunday.
10Th inst, we had another large meeting of much
interest. In coming out from Ohio, to Wavne
county, Michigan, | had. the misfortune to loose
my wallet containing nearly all my money, $780,
l missed 1t just as | was going to a funeral of a
beautiful young girl who had died of consumption,
She was deeply ithbued with the spirit of reform,
and died calm and happy. | spoke such words as
came to rue and felt exceedingly happy as l saw in
the fearful eyes, and animated countenances of the
large audience a response to tie truth | was utter,
ing. This was in Pennington. On the next day
Monday | spoke in the Union House in Liyonia,
and had a large and interesting meeting. Tho
friends learning my loss promptly took measures
to help make it uo. But on Monday-contrary to
all expectation-I found the wallet with every dol.
lar safe. 1t was dropped on the plank, six miles
out OF Detroit on the way to Pennington. l had,
however, made appointments for several meetings
In that neighborhood, supposing | should be de.
tanned at least a week in making the proper eff
iorts to recover my loss. | was therefore detained
a week longer in Wayne county, than I had intens
ded. But hope no damage came to the cause as
my meetings were well attended and much inter-
est seemed to be excited. lam now in Lyons, and
shall hold a few meetings here and at Livonia and
Grand Rapids, and then cross the lake to Milwau-
kee and work my way into Illinois.
l greatly hope that the friends Of the slave in
the Northern States, in all the towns will make
earnest efforts to circulate and get as unanimously
signed as possible, petitions asking for a law se-
curlng. to every slave who shall come upon North
ern soil entire freedom from the man.hunters eli.
ther of the North or the South.
know that the leaders in the Republican party
fear and dread this measure exceedingly. They
know that a great many in their party are boRe est
men and will go for such a measure, and they
know quite as well, that many others are negro
baters and exceedingly proslavery and that da
vision will be the result.
By all means let these petitions 20 on. and as
the old prophet saw in his dream, they will be as
the BARLEY loaf t~umbling into the camp of tho
Midianites."
l find money exceedingly scarce in the west.
This will make it difficult to procure subscribers
for the anti'slavery papers, yet l shall do whatI
can and hope not to be wholly unsuccessful.
Yours truly, A. L. FOSS.
LYONS, Oct. 18th, 1858.