Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1860-09-15

like them to be. lie admitted the compromises o
the Constitution ho was in favor Of State Sow
%efeiguty. The real character of the free coloret
people of Ohio, the prejudice Of TIE whites which
had closed every avenue to productive labor
against them, driving them to steal or starve, to
gethcf with the ~foregoHe conclusion that by some
Judicial means they must be expelled from thC
State, had driven him into an inextricable lab
%yrinth, with regard to emancipation.
Mr.. Smith rose quickly to say, he did not IN
%derstand the gentleman to urge this as an argu
gumeut against the abolition Of Slavery. Surely
as slavery wac Il sin, it was our duty to abolish it
regardless of all consequences. 1t was AWAY,
safe and right to stop SHINING. How pertinent
and Legitimate thought l, /. the character Of O
Gospe! Minister, and how lucid the light, to tn
bewildoreG %wsyfarer. A gentlethan, whose name
| did not learn, with the proper zeal Of a Law
and Order man, remarked that the reason that All.
olitionism had been rejected, as l had charged, was
that its advocates would overthrow all law, and
produce Revolution, as the speaker had demon
strated-the full force Of which he hoped would be
felt by the audience. If be had ever been on alb
olitioDist of their kind, he was sorry. The laws
must be cbeyed. Mr.. Smith, half rising, hoped
this gentleman would except the Fugitive Slave
Law to which he generously responded, we arD
under no obligation to obey that law.
said to myself, what immense influence such
timely words as Mr.. Smiths would have on the
public mind coming from professed Ministers; and
how cheering to the advocate of an unpopular.
righteous cause, ST ch genial support and cooper
alton.
Talmadge, l am told, was first settled by o
little band Of Connecticut men, who brought with
them a living never dying Creed and Constitution;
and SO have been able, from time to time, to mar
tial their own troops, and fight their own battles f;
one of which l will relate to you, as l learned
it.
A few years ago, on a happy Sabbath morning,
the people were assembled for religious worship
in the village Church, when an unexpected visitor
of the fetter aud lash order, made his appearance
in their pulpit, ~assnying 30 confer on them a ser,
mon. Whether he carried with him the mark of
tho beast, or whether 10y some other questionable
shape they learned his 'sorcery'-they thought to
let him know that they were not of the nations
that were deceived and all quietly walked out,
leaving the Minister alone in his glory.
During the last six weeks, l have been unable
to report the ins and outs of our An.i-Slavery
meetings, and as this article is already too long,
l will only add that in Geauga County, where l
made many delightful visits and spent three or
four S~abbaths, the ingdthering from several miles
around, of hearty workers for the Slave, made the
meetings both interesting and large, while the out
going Of the few who chose not to be 'tormented
before the time and LEFT, damaged the cause, even
less than was expected.
IN Stark and Summit counties we have met no
formidable di, couragements-and interest enough
to confirm cur opinion that this is the time 10
work.
On Sunday last we held a meeting at Cuyahoga
Falls. AS we drove into the village near the time
for meeting, and saw the Churches oil closed, and
the people wandering up and down the streats, as
though, like ourselves, marveling where this
strange gospel would find a pulpit, we were direct
I'd to a large old building, Mechanics Institute, |
think, though have no other assurance than that
one end of the immense hall, was filled with
huge m .chinery, piled up to the ceiling, and the
other with seats. in front of which was q small
candle stand and a chair.
Surely mechanics might be taught here, and |
WI = uNAh w o1th oh w NhOA6 u - I
BILE subject might feel so much at home. But the
large audience Of intelligent men and women, who
gathered there, might have graced cushioned seats,
and marble walls. | have not time to tell you
how satisfactory the meeting was to myself-how
eager and yet how patient the Republicans, and
what marks of boldness some leading Democrats
gave in swelling the list of subscribers to that un-
dinching foe to oppression, the Anti Slavery Bu-
gle.
We shall soon have the pleasure of seeing in
our State Mr.. Pillsbury, Of whose power, eloquence
and executive ability the best testimony may be
found, in the thousands who have listened to him,
in this, and other Western States, and whose feet
are now on the road to universal freedom, with
their faces thitherward.'
We shall not fail l trust to p~roffer him the wei,
come he expects, q hearty ard vigorous co-t pera-
ton. lie will probably remain in the West but a
few months. There is work for n host, but the
hosts are against US, therefore, we should lose no
liz preparations. The conquest to be made,
demands that with the utmost dispatch we are at
our posts, and ready.
Mr.. Pjllsbury, from his well known integrity to
the cause, and his knowledge Of its wants, is COM
missioned to act asGencral Agent for the East and
the West.
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