Year: 1860

1913 You remember we told you then, tba, you
Q were engaged in slaveholding, sustaining the
greatest of sins, upholding the sum Of oil villain,
, les. This was your position then, you could NOT
+ be worse now. True you prcfeeSed 70 be better


then proessed to be opposed II slavery, and TO be
working for its destruction. But you remember


we told you you coulj not do it, that you only


pledged to prune the tree OF Slavery, which could


but make it more thrifty. As itturns out however,
you cannot even prune it. You- opposition to


slavery, was all In appearance. You bad anti


slavery sentiment you had not anti-savery princi-
pie; but the reverse. Your principle upheld and


sustained sllvery; and now has fully developed


itself Your party is ripe and rotten ripe for


change And those friends Of freedom who have


put confidence in the party will soon be undeceived;
: We all renembef how many were deceived into
voting for the old Whig party. But when it de-


veljped pr nciples Of corruption and shut out eV-
the sentiment OF froedDm, their eyes were
opened. So have said, hope the Republican
rurty may soon come into power, that no one may


longer be deceived by it.


There is far trde anti-slavory feeling pow,


than zen years ago. Then you were pledged to


slavery now you are in the same condition, but
have more antslavery feeling but no anti-slavery


principle yet. So when the Republicans get into


Bower, and the anti slavery sentiment is still strong


er than now, the people will SEQ how they keep


the word of promise to tho ear, and 2toeE !: to


the hope and they will break a&ay from the par.
ty. Soon n new organization will he formed; not,
probably, anti-slavery party dltogether. bu.
compromising party, unless some sudden convul-
sion should come upon US,


But there is an tndcT current Of anti:slavery


sentiment that is widening and deepening and


growing stronger aud stronger, and we shall soon


have new movement developed, more Gelusive
r still, perhaps, and don't know who will then be
lost and led usray and how many of the elect. il
) possible, deceived But few will be saved. for
} God Is never without witness and the work will


90 on ; and we may reasonably believe, that as
he generation which was on the stage at the be-
ginning of enterprise, is rapidly passing away,
D and new one coming to take it's place, the day
of emancipation will soon dawn, and we shall re;
oice in the full fruits of abors aud rest aftef
, our lives Of toll Then we will have emancipation
. indeed-wrought out by working a thorough


change in the minds, hearts and ccnsciences Of the
peOple-anG not partial. imperfect freedom, such


as must have been; If emancifatidh had taken
place ten years ago.


Later in the session, the subject of extending


the circulation of the Bagle and the best means of


promulgating ant-slavery truth. being under


consideration.


Abby Kelly Foster urged tbeAboltionists of the
west to come forward to the support of the Anti
Slavery Bugic, as an indispensable instrumental.
ty in carrying forward our enterprise. John
Brown in an Anti Slavery meeting in the East,
said he was tired and dsgusted with all this
talking against slavery 1t is not talk we want,
it is aetion-resolute, determined action. She
said she agreed with John Brown in q certain
sense, ard in another sense she differed from him.
If it is the object Of any in coming here to liser
20 fine talk, and have an intellectual feast, such
an object would be unworthy one. God forbid
that we should come here for any snch purpose
But we have come together to confer with each
ether and adopt plans for effsctual LABOR,


Oar whole land is given to The power OF
shvery. The people are willing to do the vile
work of the slave-masters at the South and hence
in this sense there 10 talking to be done. And
you and must talk to our neghbor. to everybody
with whom We come in contact, and strive TO- bring
all with whom we have influence, to feel how
guilty they and how important it Is they
should work for the slaves redemption. Hence
wo are in favor of talking, not to amuse and
charm each other with fne speeches. but to make
us all better and more determined to do our ddts;
and to change the character Of the people, so as to
make country one that shall be ft for our
children to live in.


The Anti Slavery Bugle must be sustained, as
ar indispensable means of accomplishing the work
DO L., -, Il T. =, Al, .ttH
Western country, that is true freedOm-the only
one that condemns all compromise with slavery
whether in church state. All the other papers
Of the West are captivating and deceviDg thb
great mass Of the honest hearted people. and miS-
leading them to the support Of slavery. This mus:
not be We must educate the people, and make
them understand the character of their churches
and political parties that they may be no lorget
made the tools Of designing politicians and
priests.


The Anti-Slavery Bugle ought to have two
thousand paying subseribersit ought to have
we can get two thousand, Soma
Aboitionsts seem to imagine that the Bugle can
not be sustained. But l am here to work for il.
and aid in placing it on permanent basis, and
will not leave the Sate-inconvenient as il may
be for to remain here-till the work is done
Let no one predict that cannot accomplish this.
say we can and We ,oM


JonN NJ HOLMES followed, with further rsmarks
IN favor of sustaining the Bugle and increasing
It's circulation. lie insisted thu, the Abolitionists
?l the West augbt not to have waited for Abby
Kelley Foster to come here and do the work which
It was our Imperative duty to. 1t lis a shame that
We should ,hus neglect duty; and he hoped THAI
immediate measures would be taken TO put the
per a permanent foun dation.


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