Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1861-02-09
From The Michigan State NevL
AN ABOLITION MEETING BROKEN UP BY
A MOB.

Tho radical Abolitionists of this place attempt
ed to bold a meeting at the Free Church on Satur-
day and Sunday evening last, but were proven
ted by q mob. Parker Pillsbury Of Boston was
relied upon as the principle speaker, though there
were others who we're expected to participate in
the discussion.
For some days prior to the day appointed for
she Convention, we had noticed signs portentious
Of an outbreak at the approaching meeting, and
We feared just such a result as has disgraced the
City and all engaged in it. We have no more
sympathy with Pillsbury and his cO-la5orers, than
We have with Wigfall, Toombs, Garrison or the
Democratic party, for they are all OF a piece, die
unionists Of The blacklist character. The demo-
cratic party, have well nigh ruined the nation,
aud Wigfall, Toombs, Garrison, Pillsbury, Doug
las, Buchanan, and the Free Press with the small
er fry Of the party, all are now seeking to pu! the
finishing touch upon their work Of destruction.
Such sentiments as Pillsbury and his school ad-
vocate, are subversive of all order and law, and
such sentiments aud acts as the Democratic party
have put forth are subversive of the real princi-
pies upon which our government is based. But
We hold that when mobs are allowed ~wan!Cnly to
destroy the lives or the property Of any class OF
mon, and when the law is set at defiance, it is
time for every man to fill his pockets with six
shooters and become a law to himself. We hold
that no man has a moral right to after reasonable
sentiments against his country, though he may
not thus subject himself to the penalty due to
traitors, yet he does subject himself to the ridicule
and contempt Of his countrymen and as there is
no law TO punish such men for their disunion SEN
tinents thus uttered, we believe in minding our
own business and severely letting them alone
The occurrence In our city has d~isgraced US be-
You'd measure. We were not present at the place
of meeting, but we learn that some bones as well
rs windows, doors, seate, &c., were broken.
We saw one little chap very much excited we
Judged that the little fellow had been bitten by o
rat or some other small animal. He hoped and
chalked about as though he thought that if the
Almighty had only given our country a few more
such specimens Of Liliputian dimensions, intel
l~setually and physically, the country would never
need another Washington.
The whole thing was wrong. We advised MIR
S,ebbius, Glazier and others not to attempt t(
hold the meeting, aud if the authorities had inte-
fered and prevented the holding a meeting fol
the promulgation Of disunion sentiments, the re
suit would have been far less disgraceful, ant
shero would BE- now no sore heads, broken bones
and shattered buildings. The holding of such
meeting, we urged upon these gentlemen, coulC
do no good, though there should be no demOnstra
,ions Of hostility, and it was impossible for US t.
see any good reason why those gentlemen, intelli
gent as they are, moral and quiet citizens as a!
know them to be, should persist in holding such
meeting in view Of the fact that no good coul(
possibly arise from it. But mob violence is al
wave to he condemned even when the law is vic
lated, what words then should be employed to ex
press the profound contemps in which the commu
nifty should hold the aiders aud abetIors of the
mob Of Saturday night.
Pillsbury violated 20 law, and though we iooA
upon him as q traitor to his country IN spirit, ye
be does not stand before the country as q criminal
and if he did, no man or men you'd have a RICH
to lay violent hands on him.
Mayor Barry was called upon to quell the riot
but when proceeding to the scene Of blood-she(
for that purpose, he was informed that the GROVE
had disrersed.
We learn that Mr.. Pirlsbury had q respectable
hearing on Sunday, and that the meeting was vel
attended and no violence attempted.