Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-10-23

month"; lie showed how every supporter oil the I
government, whatever party name be bears, is in. $
dividually guilty in the matter and said that II t
we ever overthrow slavery, we must so e~plightep
mems consciences that they will refuse longer con- Z
sent to q completely by which the system is sus-
tanned. L
Josephine S. Grifing wished to add a few words
to what had already been said this evening, not,
however, upon the resolutions, but upon the ques-
tion Of funds, she being one of the Finance Com.
mittee. {
She said that as she passed among the audience
soliciting donations, some met her with the charge .
ngains. abolitionists that they were impracticablc,
and too impatient. The past has been a remarka'
be year. There has been a great revival of relig'
ion. The churches say that God has outpoured
his spirit upon the land that "a great victory has
been achieved over infdclity. 1t has been a year
Of intense interest to the slave. His wrongs had
heretofore been unbearable. but il seems as if sla
very had now run mad. Not content with
degrading four millions of victims in the South, it
has established its power everywhere. Its Shiny
form Gomez creeping over our own door stills, we
find it at our own hearth stones, and coiled around
our cradles.
Impatient. are WEI There is a power which
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Gods authority. And we are impatient because
we wish to have the rights of the slave restored,
because we wish them to be developed by intellec-
tual culture, because we would have them enjoy
the social relations, would restore the husband and
wife to each other, give back the babes to the moth.
er, because we would have them experience that
happiness, that elevation which can be found
in no other spot than in tho family circle. We
are impatient are we? We were connected
with churches that sustained slavery, and
when we listened to. and obeyed the voice
of God which said Come out, you called us
in6dels. and threw distractions in our path. We
we're members of q government which sustained
5 slavery, and we rebelled as our fathers did, we be,
came traitors to Il government which tramples up.
on God and humanity and for this you denounced
US.
And we are impracticable, too Impracticable,
because we ask for q true church and a righteous
$ government, because we ask homes, and schools.
and protection for fugitives. Some of you tell US
to wait longer until you have time to create a po'
$ litical party that will do the work. The lash sinks
d deeper, the fires Of slavery burn hotter, everything,
ererything is blotted out from tho slaves hope, and
yet you tell us we must not lie impatient, that we
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wait for you. If the measures we propose are i'm
e practicable, it is II because you and others refuse to
: help us. You throw a fetter for our feet, you Grip
r pie us in our progress, you hinder US in our work,
d and then call us i'm practicable and inpatient
Millions tonight are suffering in slavery, but you
h are patient, very patient in the endurance of their
IS wrongs-the patience of Job never began to equal
yours. You sit very quietly, occasionally, it is
true, working some in your party, and you say
you intend to do something /; but you are not in
d earnest, or you would not call us impatient.
n We want funds to educate the people, to elevate
u the moral sense of community: and Mrs. Grifing
said she was especially interested in the Bugle as
p an educator. There has been a great revival in
the land, but are the converted more devoted than
before to the anti.slavery cause, or do they mani
fest a greater contempt for it. Two hundred were
Joined to the churches Of this place and she did not
know OF one of the number who was more anti-sla
very than before. Instead of advocating the cause
Of the slave, they try to prove that the M. +. Church
IL and other pro'savery organizations are anti Ella
II very. We need some other educator for our chill
IL dren than one which ignores the claims of human
d ity. Our children are taught Goodrich's history
~ in our schools, but how many OF them are laugh
's the history of slavery's outrages. A child has beer
10 recently hunted from this community, her seat a
IN school is vacant, and her playmates dare not asl
s. what has become of her, and if they did, VI
shouldn't dare to tell them.
ID my child is gone" was then sung.
ie Then adjourned.
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n. 18TH. MORNING SEssIoN.-The minutes of yes
n. terday were read and approved.
Mt 1t was moved and seconded, that the final ad
ca journment Of this annual meeting be at, or befor
D. | o'clock, which motion was lost.
ne On motion, the following resolution was ununi
,e. mously adopted
h, Resolred, That this society highly appreciate
ut the voluntary labor in the lecturing field of VIM
and Jehu Holiday, Harmon Behler, Abraham
or Brooke, Reuben Erwin, and Joseph Heigh1on, ant
he trust tina. their efforts may be continued, as oppor
ar. tunity may offer for the extension of the principle
on of freedom.
or The following resolution was offered: and was ad
10, vocated by Wm. Hoisington, M. R.. Robinson, BENZ
be Bown, Josephine S. Grifing. and others, and unan
a imously adopted:
ire Resolved, That we regard the Bazaar, held un
as der the auspices of the Salem Sewing Circle as
- most efficient anti.slavsry instrumentality, and a
as the present time it is especially desirable that al
who possibly can aid in its operations, and have
desire to assist in promoting the spread of gu
noe principles, should extend to it a patronage worth
I'D of the object its originators have in view.
hn Resolutions. series No. 2, were again called u
,o and after some discussion, the further considers
90 ton of them was waved, to introduce some othe
-. business.
'no Voted, That the Executive Committee is hereb
do instructed to forwsrd letters Of solicitation to eac
~ neighborhood in which they can procure subscr
bers, or other aid for the Bugle.
A proposition was made by one Of the audienc
ng nirs s5 for the simmer, If the Rnals nr0,;de
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of