Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1859-01-01
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FIELD NOTES.
FRIEND ROBINSON Some Of your readers will
Recognise the above caption, and infer that The
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AGAIN IN TUE LEcTuRING FIELD.
On Saturday, the llth inst, | LETT home in com
pany with Jos. a. Rowland, oil Mass, for a few
mouths Of field service as an dnti.slavery lecturer.
You will not expect me to give, in what are mere
ly field notes, any very graphic description of the
trials and troubles often incident to a mission of
the kind, even if | were ca pablo Of such pen paint
ing. 1t is the initiated only who can fully under
stand this matter yet u faithful description OF the
life Of q lccturing agent and especially as expert
enced in the early days Of the cause, would be q
valuable contribution to our anti-slavery literature.
Aud let me here say, that | know Of no one so well
qualified by experience, and by intellectual gifts,
to tell of that which he saw, and a part ot which
he was, as pARKER PILLsBuRY and | trust ho will
add this to his other On!islavery labOrs, anl re-
cei,e the thanks Of aboll.ionists Tor 10 doing.
PROGRESS IN coLuMDIANA.
Those Of us who have visited Columbiana from
time 10 time to preach the gospel of aboli.ionism,
ieel pretty well acquainted with an old school
house in which meetings have always, | beliege,
been held, except when Lot Holmes opened the
Quaker meeting house in u way perhaps neither
in accordance with Ohio Law, or Quaker gospel
Imagine my surprise then, at learning upon our
arrival, that a meeting had been appointed in the
NJ. L. Church, which had recently opened its doors
before for a similar purpose. This was encour-
aging and when a delinquent Bugle subscriber
paid US unasked So on account, l felt inclined to
accept the two incidents as indicative of the good
time we might expect in this, our mission.
To me, our meeting at CUlumbiana was very sat
~lsiactory, for | think the truths we uttered were
appreciated by our hearers.
MEETINGS AT cool SPRING.
On Sunday forenoon and evening we occupied
the meeting house at Unionyille, the place where
an attempt vas made to break up by rowdy yio'
lence, one Of Miss Watkins meetings. Some eff
fort has been made to bring to. justice these dis
turOers Of the public peace, but with what success
remains to lie seen. AS like seeks like, SO these
fellows when arrested applied for legal counsel to
the editor Of the "Ohio Patriot" at New Lisbon,
who came in hot haste to save the Union, defend
the mObocrats, and snub the abolitionists.
"Are you a niger worshiper ~ asked the re.
fined AID ~dignifed counsel Of David Galbreath,
one Of the witnesses. Not to the full extent
was the reply, "lor there are some phIe negroes
that | don't worship" The hit was so palpable
that all saw it, and Woods felt that it was 30. The
trial Of these fellows will come en- in February
and as one of the points made by the prosecution,
is the disturbance Of a religious meeting, would it
not be well to place Miss Watkins upon the wit.
ness stand, and have her repeat, as nearly as pos
sible, the lecture she gave at Uniouville 1t would
satisfy the jury rs to the character of the meeting,
and benefit to some extent Bench, Bar, Jury, and
Spectators.
The rowdies ofthe neighborhood having received
a lesson in good manners, were not present at our
meetings, or if they were, behaved decen,ly. Our
discourses were listened to with attention, and in
silence. No questions were asked, no objec,
tions were urged, and l presume the audi.
ence felt that logically and morally we were in .Le
right. AT the close of the meeting our tracts wele
seized upon with nvidity, and quite Il number came
forward, and signed the memorial, asking the State
Legislature to make Ohio free soil.
CARRIAGE SHOP AT FAIRFIELD.
On Monday and Tuesday we were at East Fair.
field, which place it appears the waves of las,
years religious excitement have just reached, and
In the town, and in the neighborhOod revival meet
ings were being held. We found the room await
ing us in which the anti-slayery gospel had before
been preached-the carriage shop Of our friend
Stokesberry-and there met those who lad not fol-
lowed the Priest and LeVite to tho temple, but were
more interested in hearing about suffering human,
ity, than abstract divinity. Quite a number Of
question were asked, and some opposition speech.
es were made. Exceptions were especially taken
TO the estimate we had presented of the pro.sla
very character Of the Disciple church, and the
charge we made OF its fear OF free discussion, both
Of which were denied by a member of that Sect
In order to present the matter in a form less open
to caviling DIRECTORS, w requested the member
referred to, to apply for the use of the Disciple
meeting house Tor the purpose Of free and full
discussion of the position of Alexander Campbell
toward slavery, and the Fugitive Slave Law
This was objected to, because A. G. would not be
present to defend or explain his position. TIE Oh.
jector said it was not the business of the Disciple
church at Fairfield to defend the views of Alexan-
der Campbell the church took the Bible for its
! creed, and that creed they would discuss. We
then challenged the members of the church, and
any persons they chose to call to their assistance,
to discuss in lis meeting house the question, Does
the Disciple church conform in walk and converse,
ton to the example and doctrines of Christ and
his Apostles, as recorded in the New Testament?
The challenge was not accepted, and probably will
not be. AS abolitionists, we would of course have
confined ourselves to an examination Gifts testimo.
my upon the question of American Slavery, know.
ing that ii recreant in that, the claim of its mem.
bers to be Disciples Of Jesus, would be seen to be
unfounded.
On Wednesday | left Mr.. II. at Fairfield to hold
a third meeting, which it appears was spiced with
some debate, though the opposition arrayed against
him could not be characterized as was the Dutch
mans dancing-"goot for strong"
those whom we met a! Fairfield were terribly
afraid OF the petition we are circulating, and we
only obtained four signers in the place even those
who declare the Constitution to be anti-slavery,
dare not sign it, or scarcely touch it, or look at it,
They all regard it as some kind of an Internal ma,
~chaohine which may explode when they least ex.