Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1859-10-22

from distant places; among them the VEN
erable Griffith NJ. Cooper, of Wayne county. N.
Y, who, in early life, was a commander of a u. s.
Man-of War. and who subsequently, became q man
OF pence and a minister Of the gospel which bring.
eth good tidings of great joy TO oil people. Now,
in his old age he lays down his reputation az
q member of o sect, and co-opoerates with TIE
Progressive FIR, ends in the FORMULATION Of their
anti-sectarian and reformatory principles. or
Thomas w. Higgiuson and his eloquent words Of
fire and love we will not speak, for he is knowh
to the friends of progress throughout the country.
Isaac Prescott, Of Ohio, has uttered brave aud
manly words among us. John 3oeson, the inde-
iatigable friend Of tho American Aborigines, has
made the hearts of many to feel that efficient
measures should be adopted to save the remnant
OF that outraged people. Wakeman Pen6eld. from
Ohio, a venerable minister among the Wesleyan
Meth0dists, was attracted by bis knowledge Of our
movement to come several hundred miles for the
express purpose Of ~mingling in our deliberations.
John ii. W. Toobey. of Cleveland, brought tbs
subject OF physical culture before the meeting in
manner to excite manifest interest.
We have had, as usual, n committee on Tes,i-
monies, which has reported upon the following
subjects, viz. Slavery, Caste, Sectariauism, Mar.
riage, Spiritualism, Education, Physical Education
Temperance, Tobacco, Treatment Of Criminals.
War. These topics have ELECTED q grea. deal Of
discussion, which, we hope, has been productive Of
lasting benefit. by awakening new Efforts in The
cause of truth. 1t is manifest to as that ct least
some among us, since last year, have gained new
light, and been enabled to take higher and pursr
ground than they occupied before.
Our Committee on Missions have held several
meetings and conventions in different sections Of
the country, which were often attended By large
numbers Of interested auditors, who evinced .
hearty interest in our principles.
The growing interest in our m ovement has besn
such that the ground belonging to the Lopgwood
property was found too small for the people 10
stand upon. The Board ofTrustees of that property
submitted a proposition, that some acres of adioins
ing ground be purchased with a view of better
accommodating the yearly meeting. The suggss-
tion was received with reclamation, and a commit.
tee appointed to secure the purchase Immediately.
In conclusion, dear friends. we bid you an afec-
tionate farewell. May love, mercy, and peace b
With you all.
Signed on behalf and by direction of the Penn.
sylvania Yearly meeting of Pr, gressivo Friends
at Longwood. Sixth month LIST, 1859.
6 6tI7Ass ;GhS S5SSs0S' Clerks.
Eloquent remarks upon the necessity Of eduost-
ing our children and youth in the principles Of
truth purity and progress, were made by Hannah
NJ. F. Brown.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Two resolutions were offered by Zenas EdwsrdS
and discussed by 1. Prescott, a.. Edwards, Enss
Hilles, G. Whittacre. II. NJ. F. Brown, Reuben
Erwin, Zephena Stone, Samuel Myers and o,hsrs.
After singing by two Friends, adjourned.
EVENING SESSION.
Addresses were made upon slavery. gehstaf OBJ
preston. national caste, &c., by Jehu Holiday, J.
A.. Tookey and others.
SUNDAY MORNING, 0 O'CLOCK
The meeting again convened. The following esasy
was read
We, the American people, are o fast and an On.
ergetic people. Electricity and steam have over
come time and space to such an extent that the
most Usopeap ideas of speed seem not impossible,
whilst time is regarded as lost that is not spent in
activity for some avowed purpose. The rage for
wealth produces a desire to accumulate rapidly .
vast amount of treasure in the least possible time,
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by slow degrees. The intellect is over-taxed in Or
der to acquire the most knowledge in the least pos
sble time hence, our school rooms are but hots
beds, bringing forth mentally exiguous plants
which are from thence transferred to the semiLs-
ries and academies. where they are sustained BY
the same kind of nourishment, and drink at the
same men.al fountain, until they become too ten
der to bear tie transplanting into the roughsr,
though more genial soil Of everyday life, whore
they might. under q different and less hurried sys-
TEN OF education have grown as hardy peIeniaIs.
The sallow face AMI meagre look Of the student
tell of the vigor of youth wasted in gaining a.
amountof knowledge which would better have been
obtained by slow degrees, than thus to barter
health and life away. The willy politician knows
that in his craft the'race is to the swift aud the bat.
tie to the strong, hence he would move the earth
were It possible, by the ~rapidity Of his motion, and
those in sympathy with him unfurl their banners
and cry Onward onward |" for Republicanism
or Democracy. The journalists too are expected
to furnish something strange, something exciting,
to crafty tho reading community, for they, too.
must be exhilerated and move rapidly onward Of
the world wilt apparently leave Them in the fssr.
The moralist must have new matter at each suG.
ceeding meeting, or the audience weary with The
dullness of the lecturer, and the sane1ess Of fS
and it is remarked, "He is behind The
age. The religionists, too, are carried by The
and storm. Revivals like the storm
cloud in its wrath prostrates the feeble. and thoss
TO withstand the shock. From all this rs-
pidity of action in business, in education. in poll
in morals and religion, does tie spiritual in
man find respite to commune with the spiritual q.
istence of God the Father. The good within every
individual seeks to a~sssimilate and hold converse
with the source from whence it originated. A
the body of itself cannot sustain the body. % mel.
can the soul sustain itself without it's appropfi.
ate stimula. But as the spiritual is rarely - 90
tive aA the aanAnal IL Ia lnllad intn nniatnasa