Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1861-02-02
For the Bugle.
FROM THE SEAT OF WAR,
LIMAvILLE, STARR Co., o

Editorial correspondence" Of the Cleveland Lea
der and signs himself III. F.. c." appears to be
on the hunt after h~otOriety and a gold.hsaded
cane. And now that he has commenced playing
toady for the chivalry of Virginia; there is not the
least doubt in my mind but no will succeed, that
is to say, provided always that the Shareholders
are properly grateful for his services in assisting
to procure a safe conduct to their hell Of infamy
and degradation, the slave girl Lucy. johnson
the hireling bloodhound, and his gang Of seveo or
eight helps, it seems had commenced their stealtby
journey of man-stealing, and this fellow must
needs accompany the Cavalcade, as numbers Of
young admirers of royalty lately followed the
Prince for the purpose of winning a royal nod and
courtly smile. No doubt they were sincere lovers
Of the company they sought, and by parity Of rea-
son, so must the Leaders, editor; for as we gener-
ally judge men ny the company they keep, SO of
course this dissembler in the ranks of Abolition,
is in heart the admirer of Slavery, and the boon
companion of its dirty myFmidOns, else why found
associated with them in the meanest part Of the
drama, viz; carrying off the victim and the bootyf
lie should have been in his secret chamber rather,
weeping and clothed in sackcloth, to see "Jus.ice
so gone away backward" But instead of this the
weak-knee'd supple-backed advocate of freedom is
found %clappiug his hands at the success Of the
thieves. and rejoicing at their skill in strategy
At Wellsville be sits down to express his congrat-
u!atioUs. Lucy is once more in sight of her ma
tive hills, livery poetic,) with only the free and
sparkling waters of the Ohio between her and
what : Shall we tell it2 Oh don't In shade let
it restl' Nay, but murder will out"-perpetual
slavery. And yet this background in the picture
SO full of darkness, gloom, misery and death is
in the mind Of the Editor-a source Of pleasure
and cause for rejoicing. The whole crew mot i'm
Guiding the slave woman could now breathe
freely, the danger was past, the attempts at res
cue have been a failure; and ClelOnd, the coudue-
tor Of the train, is a brave, s~agaCious fellow, has
pulled the rope end signalized with the hand SO
adroitIy that be Is deserving of all praise by thus
preventing the loss Of life. So, as the fellow is
down in the despatch for promotion, we say by all
means let him have it with q medal to bootl Fir-
ginia will attend to that. She's agoihg to be in
immediate want Of steady hands and shrewd
heads, and she'll not forget that Cleland is in the
market. He will 60 ''over the border" with many
q left-handed blessing we assure him, and be well
come to the wreath he has 30 cringingly earned.
By the bye, what a strange hallowing and sane
tifying thing Lao is ! To have LaW on ones side!
Withou! Law-sta.ate Law on our side, we are
very low, vulgar animals ! Even God Almighty
himself is of no account unless the Law assert 1T.
Justice, right, TRUTH, love-all the virtues ald ell
the graces are the mere chaa Of fanaticisuAj hon
esty is robbery, and a patriot o rebel if the Law
and the "powers that be-" SO declare il. This is Z
strange world Here 10 a case in point; Cleland
has skillfully aided and abetted in stealing a wo-
man, ergo, Clelaud is a fine fellow; for stealing in
this case, the Lap says lie not robbery, Clel
land is not o thief. Slavery according to heaven,
as taught by the Savior, is the "sum of all villain
ies." But the Law of man-the traditions o
%men-have made this Law Of God void-they have
legalized the business, therefore Clela1d is not &
villain. Slavery lie the den where the ravishel
holds court OF will, and although Cleland hal
loaned himself and hired out as IAN instrument o.
unrighteousness unto sin" TO cast this poor wo
man into the arms of the foul lecher, and assists il
holding her there till the deed is contaminated
!, yet by the w~itchery and logic of LaW the pande
has become honorable, the procurer o hero. In
word, to be a good citizen you must be law-abid
ing, therefore the worst men are the best citizens
Alas for such logic o what a leprosy Of mint
~ prevails! Gods judgments cannot be very far IF.
But this editorial despatch goes on to inform u
of the failure at Limavil!e on the part of the res
cuers; and states also how the bloodhounds in tn
car, clutched their revolvers and set their teet
when they beheld the crowd at the station. An,
we have heard others brag Of the great cOurag
all such heroes manifest when they feel they hav
be the Law to back them. o, they are stout-hearte
n then Only legalize the rascality, and imme
ed diately what backbone grows up beneath il
nd shaded What muscle is developed, what courage
Laugh ye fends They set their teeth, did they
no And the brawny Johnson clutched his revolve
it and turned pale; for SO our informant saith, VIII
ny saw the whole posse 10 their scare. johnson, wei
is, he possessed Of as silvery tones and tragic steT
.rs as Macready, would have been at this momen
Is, well fitted under The Inspiration of his shake
to condition, to play the par. of Macbeth when SUE
in denly confronted by Macduf;-murderer and mi
en- creant as he was, be now puts on a clustering froI
ed -"sets his teeth"-and assuming a false courae
nd be cries Uut
ae -"Come on Macdui
"And damned be he who first cries hold! enough
a | hope conductor Clcland did not fail to wipe @
-. the cold sweat from the pallid brows Of these h
ho roes, SO soon as they got clear of the VOlcan
More than likely the car would need f~umigatir
n and well ventillatiDg after seeing such service; b
IN | leave that.
nd But the thing failed. It was badly manage
1873 We grant all that. The boys had no ezperienc
CHI 1t was their first campaign. They made no pr
Jet vision for a failure in any part of their plan
he This also was very foolish. But when we consi
ire err that some two hundred men were got togeth
lte in less than ten hours notice, the apology may
err laid to the hurry and want of time to council al
we mature their plan Of attack. For my OWN pa
be though living in the village, l knew nothing Of
an affair until within an hour and a half of the ar
val of tho train. And as l am regarded as & no
,ho fighting Christian AbOlitionist, it was very nat
ire raj to leave me uncOnsulted and unacquAint
1ly with the fighting part Of the programme. On n