Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-02-13

zion, he should not feel it right to enter upon a dis.
eussion there and then. | asked then him to attend
Mr.. and Mrs. Jones' meeting, Monday evening
and bring forth his objections. At this the trus-
tees who had meanwhile been running round the
house consulting with the preacher and Others
announced that they should not allow us to use the
bouse for further meetings, but on request, declin.
ed to give their reasons. whcreupon the audience
Kissed them emartlv. Now another brother an
nouuced that he had objection to the lecture and
was willing to tell what it was. While lie en-
dorsed oil that had been said. he objected that it
had not been put strong enough, And this
drought down the house" with cheers and mp
plause.
After administering as deserved n rebuko as |
was atle to these Baptist trustees and their vail
ant preacher, and notifying q meeting for the next
evening at such place as | could find. dismissed
tho audience.
On the morrow after considerable delay and
trouble I engaged the Academy for the meeting,
and posting up notices TO that effect. | left for an
adjoining town. Soon after the mott ,es were post
ed, the Baptists were successful in making the
proprietors of the academy believe that we were
Infdelsl Spiritualists ! ! and Free Lovers !! and
tDeY smut their nOuoe AZ AiHob 10 poh y INV"
'.'turn the world upside down..
Meanwhile tidings came to the man who
pays more than half the money that supports
the Baptist preaching, and he announced that the
house must be opened to US, or they would lose
him. As this would break them entirely, they
could not afford to do it. And after the preacher
and the trustees had labored long and diligently to
change his determination without success they no.
tilted US that vo might use their house when they
had no meetings of their own. And thus this holy
house which had heretofore been open to concerts,
exhibitions, brass band meetings, shows, &C., was
again open to the claims of humanity and the Jones
had three successful meetings there on successive
evenings, as B.. S. J. has already told you.
ANOTHER VISIT TO RIcHFIELD.
At the close of their third meeting B..S. j. not
,ifcd a meeting for me the next evening, where
upon, some of the Baptists, thinking they were
getting TOO much of n good thing, as this would
make Eve successive meetings, inquired by what
right we continued to use the house without con-
sul,ipg the trustees. B.. S. j.. replied that they
had notified US that the house was open to us when
there was no other meeting appointed, ana as we
had no notice of retraction, the meeting would be
held unless the trustees meanwhile shut the mousse
Arriving in town the next day, l repaired at an
carly hour to the house and found the doors open
and the fire made. But close upon my heels came
AN excited trustee, asking if | proposed to hold a
meeting there. l replied that did. lie asked by
what right we used the house. | replied, by vir'
tue Of the notice that he himself Brought US on
Monday that we could use the house when d'sen-
gagged. But, said he, objection was made last
night to the further use of the house Yes. SAID !,
but not from the trustees. aud notice was gwen
that the meeting would be held unless they shu'
.the house, which they have not done, for 1t Is OPEN
He replied that they would have shut it, but there
was no lock on the door, and they had been unable
80 procure one, and so had not been able
TO fasten the Doors they had desired and intended
to, (which | learned afterwards was the case. as ev'
cry store refused on their application to sell them
a lock). asked him what was the objection to
our meetings. He replied that they were of evil
.4eudency and tie people of Richfeld did not want
20 hear W. / told him that was easily settled, for
,.he people would not in that case come, aud we
could, of course have no meeting. lie then said
that the Baptists were opposed to US. asked no"
many Baptists there we're there are but nine
male members). Then lie said the Christians OF
the town were opposed to our meetings. l asked
him. why? He said We taught that inhdels would
70 to heaven without a change of hoart. told
him that no had Inexperienced us for we we're hrn
believers in the necessity and practicaoility oil O
change of heart, and we were there for the expires;
purpose Of laboring to change their hearts. lie
replied that he did not feel competent to argue
with me, but that they were anti-slavery, and Will
ing to have auti.slavery meetings, but
opposed to inf1el meetings. ] told him thai
we could fraternize there, for the Anti-Slavery So
.ciety that sent us out, sent US in part to overthrow
the inidelity of the American church that made
slaveholding compatible With christianity. Where
upon he would like to have the evidence that l wa'
an agent of the Anti Slavery Society. And hav
ing satisfied him upon this point. | asked for the
evidence that he was a trustee o. the BaptisI
church. Considering this the height of impudonct
he bolted, leaving me in possession OF the house
to which gathered IN due time, a respectable audi
,en,e the valiant II ustee with the rest, who listened
with attention ald interest while in Il two hours
discourse showed up the endorsement OF the
Aforementioned by its various actions and .hrougI
all its varied organizations of the atheism and IN
fidelity of slaveholding, and labored to show VIVA
was the duty of pro!essed christians, and wha
would be the action Of real christians in the prem
Uses. And | can but hope that this series Of meet
ings will make an impression upon the people o
Richfeld, and that the good seed sown, tina
was so well narrowed and rolled by those untirini
Baptis trustees, will ye. bring forth fruit that shall
amply repay the labor and expense of the sowing.
j, "A. II.
CHARLES MAckAY. Our correspondent B. S. j.
has made a decided hit at the Poet Mackay. How
f,I that there was occasion for il.