Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1859-03-26

NOTES OF A FIELD A N

DEAR BENZ. A walk of four miles, on n pleas.
ant spring afternoon that, from its warmth, made
my overcoat and baggage quite uncomfortable &c,
compartments, took me from Lloydsvillo to
BELMONT,
where I had appointments, and held two meetings
in the Protestant Methodist meeting house, that
were well attended by quiet, and apparently inter.
ested hearers. But there are none there who "be.
lieve our report" and all the anti-slavery there,
is of the Republican stripe, that kind that justifes
itself in the position of its being right to do wrong.
From thence | rode eight miles by railroad,
which seemed to introduce me again to the luxuries
and comforts too Of civilized travel. after . three
months experience on horse'back and on foot in
those muddy roads that | need not tell you Of
This with nine miles on foot brought me to my
destination, the journey seeming to me like that Of
the little girl who came fifty miles in the cars and
five miles in a carriage, and described it as riding
a lille ways in the cars and all the rest of the way
in a carriage so now | rode a little ways (ffteen
minutes) in the cars, and all the rest of the way
(three hours) | went afoot, which brought me to
soMERToN,
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school house, the Methodist aud the Quaker meet.
ing houses being shut against ME. These were
fully attended and quite a number appeared aux.
ious, and really to be under coz victicn and, I hope,
will be converted to the truth, but of this | should
have more hope, were 1t not that | saw that they
we're under the influence of the accursed political
principle, that the end sanctifes the means. The
National Era circulates extensively here, and is
the law and the testimony to nearly all that have
any proclivities for anti.s!avery. What q pity
that Mr.. Bailey should have descended from his
old high plane of moral principle to the present
low one of political expediency, that enables him
to justify the action of those Republican members
of Congress who voted for the infamous and wick
ed Oregon Bill, CONSTANT as that action was with
the position of the Republican party.
This place is the extreme point from nome that
I proposed to visit, and now after more than three
months travel and peril by land {mud), and by
sea, swimming Pet in deep. swift, muddy creeks),
aud among theheathen lat New Garden, etc. J, / set
my face Salem.ward and thence homeward.
Returning on horseback, by railroad and on foot
l made my next point of work at
EAST R1cnLAND,
near st. Clairsville, and at The suggestion of Bush.
rod Hoge with whom ] tarried, we walked on
Sunday over to the Methodist meeting near, to see
what could be done there, The meeting was quite
a full one attracted to hear the last sermon of a
young preacher by the name Of James Thorburn
who was about to leave the country as a missionary
to India. We arrived too late to do any thing in
our business before the meeting, but at the close,
,rhila thau r.r fakipO a nnllaatinp orosa and
stated that l would like to preach a sermon there
that evening, showing what Christianity was, and
it's relations to American Slavery, but as l had
arrived too late to secure their consent before
meeting to use the house, l would like if they
would give that consent to appoint the meeting.
Whereupon this young sprig of Methodism,
Thorburn, arose and said that they could do as
they chose about letting me have the house, but il
| did they would be sure to hear a TRADE against
the churches and a special abuse of the Methodist
church. / asked him what authority he had for
this attack upon me. or how he could tell before,
hand what l should say. Oh, be said, ne knew
me and my sort of folks he had seen me before,
and heard me in Marlboro, Stark county, a gear
ago. Well, inquired I, did you hear anything oil
that kind thenf No. he replied, he did not, at the
meeting that he attended, but he did not attend all
my meetings there. But, said l, did you hear OF
know of my doing thus at any of my meetings there
or elsewhere? No, he said, he did not. | there
upon administered to him a deserved rebuke fol
this utterly unwarranted attack upon me. and thu
attempt to prejudice the people against me.
Well, he said, he knew the class that | belonged
to. and judged me by the rest; but he would like
to know what church belonged to-. The Church oil
the Living God, l replied. But, said he, to what
denomination l replied that, as l did not expect
to be asked that question at the Judgement Bar. ]
esteemed it unnecessary now, contrawiss rather
impairment. Thatis the way all tbese.comeouters
talk, said hoi here isa man that belongs to no