Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-11-06
WHOLE NO. 6S2.


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We published some time since an account OF the
FIRST outrage pfac,iaed on MIR. Bowers. His Of.
fence th6t Of bearing his plain Quaker testi.
nony against slavery, John Woolman formerly
did when he visited the southern states as u mig
sionary from the city Of Penn, and convinced his
brother Frends-wh no remain convinced to this day
of the wrong of holding ,heif fellow men in
bondage. The coat Of tar and feathers applied to
the 5ack of Mr.. Bowers last summer was found
not to be sufficient admonition and he has there
fore now been taken out of the state by violence.
A mob was raised crew of buies, armed with
guns and pistols, of whom member of Congress-
j. u. Picuud, was the comrade and leader. went
at early dawn to the house Of Mr.. Bowers sister;
adoinining his estate, where he was with his wife
who was in chldbed, forced him to 20 with them
to the next railway statCn and sent hmout Of ths
state. The Maryland Shareholders are early risers,
they take time by the forelock.
Mr.. Bowers, according to a statement made By
of his friends in the Tribune of this morning
is a man Of spirit aud courage be maintains that
the large majority Of the people of Kent county
the middle and lower olass--are with him in this
matter, and that only the shareholders, who few
though powerful, against him. 1t may be az
he says; but if there exists such public opinio
inMary land it is md unenter prsing and npathet.
ic and nothing is to be expected from it OF pres.
ent. 1t needs to be thoroughly reused by sting!
ing sense of wrong; tneeds expression through
the press; 1t should have its journals it should
have its organization; the Republican party
should be introduced and installed, aud then the
popular feeling will make itself formidable, and
the aristocracy will be compelled to respect it.
We recolect another example of the manner in
which the shareholders Of Maryland overbesr the
less opulent part Of the population. A few months
since there appeared in the Baltimore An,erican-e
respectable daily journal. and possessing reputa.-
rion for the moderation of its vews-an article in
which great comp laint was made of the escape of
slaves from the Maryland plantations, and after o
rather elaborate statement of the losses which the
planters suffer in this way the necessity Of some
remedy was strongly insisted on. A short time
Shareholders convention was held in
the Northern part Of Maryland, at which Senator
Pearce was present. series of resolutions was
offered, and after speech from that Senator, was
adopted in which the frequent fight of slaves from
Maryland to the free states spoken of an in
tolerable grievance, and Lynch law recommended
as the remedy. If recollection be right, this
same Ricaud, who headed the armed bulies Ell.
gagged in the recent outrage on Mr.. Bowers, was
present at the meeting. and took part in it's proceed
ings.
Thus it is that, by instgations to violence and
threats of mob law, the free expression of opinion
il regard to slavery is put down in Maryland
Freedom of speech in community seems to depend
On the recognition of personal freedom all class
es. Wherever slavery is introduced despotie oil.
garchy is created, which allows no more iborty Of
speech than permitted in AUSTRIA NJ YEre'g gPos.