Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-03-13
THE ANTI-SLAvERY BUGLE.

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p'Opie wished to hear her again, we appointed
a"o'ner meeting for Monday evening, a, which
I" "as.announced she would speak.
AN UNEXPECTED pIscussIoN.
we obtained n grant Of tho NJ. f. Church for
monday evening, but a trustee who was opposed
TO our going in, locked the door. and carried of
'he Key The house, however, was opened by
some mysterious means, and we entered. MIR.
johnson and his friends came in. and some Of
'nem insisted that the debate to which we had in.
''eu MT johnson. but phich limitation he declined
accepting must come of that evening. We there
'"te consented to change the order of the meeting,
ana gently showed Mrs. j. of the platform. As
&e mad called the meeting, we offered to affirm the
Pro'si"very character Of the u. S. Constitution,
anu ,hat all who support it, support slavery. But
u uo not suit the opposition 70 accede to that. or
any other proposition VI made, for they were sure
there was a cat under the meal, We told them
IT they would rather, 10 affirm that the con.
shtution was anti-slavery. and that BY it's opera.
ZION every slave in the land should be freed. But
no. that didn't suit them. Finding it impossible
to please them, We finally called for . vote of the
audience upon the proposition IS las. stated, and
it was adopted for discussion. The f,ss evening
of tbs discussion our side was sustained By Mr..
Rowland.
rns SECOND EVENING.
On Tuesday evening wo were obliged to 70
again into the Academy, where Mr.. johnson and
myself concluded tho discussion. After doing
what he could to construe the constitution anti.
slavery.wise, he also sndeavored to show that the
pro'slavery clauses were not ptoslavery. lie and
his friends having refused to accept our PROPOSE
ton to discuss the proslavery character Of the
Constitution, I told the audience, that because Of
that, I would net follow him there in that debate.
but At another meeting would give SEINE further
attention to that matter, We having had the sab.
ject up for consideration on Sunday evening.
AT the conclusion Of tho debate, I announced G
meeting for ourselves on Thursday night.
OUR LAsY NETTING.
On thursday night we held our seventh and
last meeting in Fitchville, which was accompanied
with some little discussion. circumstance seem.
ed to so shape our course a. 10 prolong our stay
there. The discussion on the constitution for two
evenings occupied time that would else have been
used in presenting other phases Of our movement,
and tho hope that by q protracted movement We
might awaken some interest, was . temptation va
did not resist.
1t is, of course impossible to measure results
to scan the future with prophetic eye. and see
what the seed planted to day may afterwards be
come; but go far as present apparent results are
to be counted, our labors there amount to nothing
or almost nothing. If the people there have
hearts and consciencss, l suspect they are kept a,
they keep their Sunday gear, nero for holiday
ornament than for use. I would as soon atsemp
to thaw an iceburg With . smile, &c 10 melt thsi
~frigidity BY appeals 70 their moral sense, 10 thei
convictions Of individual responsibility. / hope
for their s.kes, I Am mistaken in tho Judgment
have arrived At. but that judgment forces i,ssl
with irresistible conviction upon my mind.
LYcKux NETTING.
, Tho Academy room in which We held our moe,
ings, being engaged for q Lyceum meeting OF
Wednesday evening, We of course gave way
The members of the Association invited Mrs
, Jones to address them, which she accordingly did
upon the subject Of moral and social culture. s.
f~avorably was her lecture received, they sppointe,
t a committee to request a copy of it for publioa
|, ton.
LECTURE on woNAN's RIGHTS.
Some Of the ladies in Fitchville thinking that
] lecture upon woman's rights would tend to enligh,
en- and benefit the people, requested Mrs. Jone
to speak upon that subject, which she consente,
to do, provided a church could be secured for tn
purpose. The Baptist church was secured, an,
a large number assembled to hear the opposit
Of the doctrines which the Rev. Mr.. johnson ha,
been so strenuously advocating. Mr.. johnson
in an interview with Mrs. Jones the day afte
she lectured before the Lyceum, compliments
= her on the manner Of her doing it, although i
the sentence Immediately proceeding his compl
mentary one, be had declared it was a shame 70
q woman to speak in public but she did it, b
said, in a very modest and becoming manner
I Mr.. Johnson's imagination may be sufficient
!, powerful to present the picture of q woman doinI
o a shameful thing in a very modest and bccomin
manner, but mine, l confess, is not.
9 At our last anti.slsvery meeting in the place
while Mrs. Jones was speaking, Mr.. johnson il
s terrupted her to enquire whether he might e,
press his dissent from such of her positions a
Q milton Of the fact of her speaking and not of he
r right. Yet it did appear q little inconsistent fc
D one who denied the right, to wish to discuss wit
8 her. She told him to wait until she had fnishe
J., her discourse, and then he might speak whic
t he accordingly did.
a B. S. J..
CoNSEAUT TP. CRAWFORD Co, Pa,
a Feb. 22d. 1858.
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