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lVERY bugle.CommunicationsFROM AN EARLY ABOLITIONIST.Edbn. May P. 0., July 30, I860.whete a sumptuous dinner was prepared under I wllolfl r bit iupcriDteuder.ee. At about ouo o'clock tbc I'atktf audience was addressed by the talen'ed Franel* es, go li Ellen Watkins, uf Balllmoro, afior which an lt;|utroa n oration was delleered by the eloquent II. Ford follow 1Douglass of Chicago, III. Betwoen the two speak- tor ban Fanxn B. Junta : I bate twd reaeone, at leati, |er*. **'« caueo of (he downtrodden and oppressed work, for writing now : Firet, I ahould regret to lote was fully vindicated, and tho wrongs of my people nnd pic identity with the Aoti-SUvsry cause. Ilttln ne I' were thruies prolifio of discussion, Freedom end .flanks, hare aided in the pan, or may aid it in the future. Slavery conalituted every reflection and eoueidor- riewa ll 1 like to be conaidered one of the lemily, and to ation. and the great theory of human righla a«i; the mi be called by ita name. Secondly,I don’t like to bo; bold up in Ita true light to thouaand of pcpila, and I All I ■landered i if I don’t affix my eignalure, frequent- the curving and blighting form of elnvery wns'theenn ly. to an ailiole, they report me dead, which lairly and jually eahibited to the eowarda ol the in cont bringa premature (though it bo alight) Badoeva to I north, who uphold and protect thia Ood-defying, of opiui my Irienda and ehortlivod relief to tcnaoloua ad- man-degrading, anul-cruehing and hell-deeervingi herenls to the opinloua of long ago. Rut there ie1 inelitutlon, which holds men in object servitude, j mwwm ' atill another reaaon. Quite recently! epenl aev-1 But we have a greater work to do than...... «- ... . . . .i . aa . a - Wm«2TI)cTuberal wceke in ecenea once familinr to Ibo Bugle West India brothers. They only had eight liun-| editor, and lliough unknown to many of hia read- dred Ihoqaand gelling yokee to break; we have | ere. they eould not fail to be intereating were they four millions of tboee to deetroy and grind to , described by one competent. Thoae wbn were powder before our glnrinua work ia done. And 1 I born and have alwaya livad in Inealitiea in the in- do not know that breaking the four million# or i terior.wben flfty yeara ago tho rod man and the red ' yokca will bring dellvtrance to our hnnda, ainoo ] jBBae ■[ deer, with a ebance buffalo held undi*puted poa-! 'hat ncouraod (lend ia looaed again, who navigstss]' session. could not avoid observing (lie r.mtrnet,’ tho Ocean to traffic in human mirery, and freight j* re* ■I could they alight in old Cheater County, Pennayl-' itself with the groana and loara of agony. Her I vnnia, where Penn's settler* Bought fur, and made 1 motto I* wrillon with blood—it i* dripping with I themselves home* in the day* of our great, great human goro ; and I agree with what ha* alroady grandfather*. Ilcro are unmistakable evidence* of, been *aid.Come then from mountnin and valley,From hilltop and plain,With heart to do battle For freedom again.F.icute in# for wandering so Ur from the eub-| their preference of utility before beauty. The1 massive Mono well* which a rich cement and timo' have rendered well nigh a* impenetrable a# the; mountain rook. Many of these cdittcei are entire-! ly new modelled inside. Soma have tho exterior I pebble-dashed, some are white-washed only, while J*0*-a few have tho same aspect they boro when they After the oration* were ooneluded, tho pmcei-Itfi the hand of the builder. Except thesu testifl- «««« »R»'» lormcd and returned to the city, and era of the taste, or the necessities of primitive I was dismissed for the day. At night tho people 1 times, almost all the dwellings, barn* and out- were aiaeiubled in Starr Hall, wboro they wer* I house* are clothed in tho purest white. All the'egnin addreised by MU* Watkins, and Mr. Doug-i paling nnd much of the fencing is dressed in the Ins*, the former an *'Home Influence, the Uttersame manner, Ilest t f all U their large old treesThoS Ahti-S Stark lt;Septeui ly cont Everfor pe,Northiabout their improvements—forest trees which have borne the *ehiircbinge of two hundred summers,and braved itie storm* of as many winters ; still they : stand fast rooted in the spots where were developed the germs uf the ehestuut and aeorn. Cul'ure has done its part, Pomology has been studied with I effect; fruit and ornnmoutal tree* abound, and | shrubbery too tedious to mention. Tho farm* pro! ably average sovpnly-ftrn acre* of soil natural. I ly of a second or third rato quality, hut iu a high state of cultivation. Tho cost ol guano and other ! fertilisers is such, that tho farmer doe* not accum. ulatc here as readily as in localities where the suil ' does uol require such frequent renewing.What is better tlmn anything yol told,the people are social and comparatively intelligent. They do not forget that tho diffusion of useful knowledge has been spoken of as a desideratum, hence Common schools and Lyceums claim their attention,— j If the branches taught, and tho manner of leaching are nut the best posiblo, in this prugross-ive ago, improvement may bo anticipated.I But Reform, what of it ? Would that a better ! report could he made. Though a well watered , country, that liquid ia not the only bevciage.—; When the Washingtonians were in full blast. Temperance prospered. When low was resorted i to iu aid uf the cause, a counter sympathy was I manifested and temperance man canuel cougralu-I lawihtaHlN* du tbw gdln. Jia _J«lMN«v*rlt;y pWtek »htd beeome household1 tfOnftV NmMftjcholiclism, and every budy assents to tbe words that are uttered against the vile syatcm ; but thia never will abolish it. There ia work to ho dene—svmeihinq besides discussing the merit* end demerits of Disunion acd Pulilioel action. It ia not unfrrquent that in tho seal to have things done in our tray there is more ol parlitaniam than hearty solicitude fur the slave's rcdotnptioo. Tho head work seems (doubtful if even this is more than seeming) to be done, but tho heart work is not so apparent. If we would realise tbe relation in which we stand to tho subject should we uol ask What con I do I Wo ere not individually sufficiently In earnest); wo do not put our souls in the slave’s soul's stead. It wns not thus nlways.— A«k the abolitionists of Salrtn nnd vicinity if they feel the same interest they did twenty years ago when there came to your post offico of thv.Eraanei-pator. Liberator Philanthropist six copies each, and ono hundred and forty of Human Rights I— Are the martyr days of asli-slavery indeed psst? Cannot a righteous oauso prosper after persecution ceases t Are odiuin and progress inseparable?— Then welcome odium ; bettor bo hated, than upa-ibetio: but I will say no more, fur I sicken at tbe thought of our indifference. 1 unco hoped (hat ere now, thuso in whom lifo is fresh, impatient under tardiness uf their seniors, would have taken the matter into their own hands aDd moved forward heedless of the admonitions to be tolerant, moderate and prudent.Have you become Israelitoe in Salem f I read in a stray copy ol the Republican that you have recently had a meeting to urge the obligations of the Jewish Sabbath. Pity you do nut exercise your talents and employ your lime on matters ofon The Brutality of Slavery,” after which the |ruBpeople were set ted with refreshmrnts.and aajcial reunion look place, and so our scene closed for this nnnivers.rry of the emancipation in tbo British West India Islands.Miss Watkins has been lecturing in this Slate for some two months with groat success, and we hups the Iloosier Stale will yet boouma a pattern for hor sister States, in morals, justioa, and equal rights to all mankind.Yours for Truth and Right.J. OREENLY AMPEY.[The foregoing communication was rsceivnd last week, but not until our paper wos nearly made up.]BIGOTRY.Wet.suriKLn, Ohio, Aug. lfl, 1829.The Bugle ol Aug. 13, contains a letter from Parker Pillshory that manifests greater bigotry than 1 have seen exhibited for along lime. Aud it is tho exhibition of such bigotry by some of tbe most active of those oallcd Garrisonian*, that in my opinion, hinders that Society from gaining the sympathies of but a small portion of tho people uf the land. They are viewed as Ishmaelites, and will be so long aa their band it against every man. Every one ibat does not etep on to thoir narrow plank is denounced,as an enemy to tha slave and to aMmankind. They olaiia that '.hey are right, and affirm that #v#fy oat that dots not agree with ll wrocg. They will not admit that any canifa*. honest who dilflm from them. All must subscribe to thoir creed or be anatlimctixed as horctios. S. S. Foster a abort timo ago, lot his bigotry carry liim so far, that he was just on the point of excommunicating the wholo Anti-Slavery Society, under which h* has so long labored.have hi inanity fd into been si strivlniotery \Earn friends niverss gether nnd der human receiveBesii and Cu protonlTbc road w; Pillsbu one fai 2nd to The a simil nnce; v Soutn. fare v tondAllinm f hos|Thanks to a few present, lie was persuaded to drop dicnco,his scheme, or there would now be nothing of the Anti-Slavery Society, except Stephen S. Foster. Possibly he might admit Parker Pillsbury into his church, for ho is certainly bigoted enough to suit any one. Talk about bigotry in tha ohuroh or among professed Christians! I have never known a church, or any Christian man, so bigoted as to dcnounoo as heretics all who differed from them. Christianity is oharitn^ilo and liberal. It says God speed to all w ho love God and man whether they walk with it or not. Wo ought tc know and admit that men may be honest and differ with us.If I know myself, I love my fellow mon of every nation, and desire to do all 1 can for the gooJ ol all. 1 have for years, as long as I have been in publie life, identified myself with the cause of the oppressed, end have done all I could for the liberation or the slave, for the entire overthrow of Sis. very. I have stood ready, and I am now ready to do anything that 1 think can possibly help the oppressed- 1 am not so bound to any parly church, class, or creod. but that I would loovo oil, and scperate myself forever, il I thought God and tho right, would so direot. And in thia I express tho sentimonis of thousands of my brethren in the ministry. Yet Parker Pillsbury, would anathematise all of us, and chargo us, with oulsinning Judas in hit betrayal of Jesus, beoaute we doless doubtful utility. A glance at the Authority |not •“Ascribe I® b'« creed and follow him for tho Inaiituliun will show that at tiral it was! We would hid Qcd speed to Parker Pillsbury S. simply tht announcement of a foot that creative 8- Foster, Wm. L. Garrison and any other* that power uperuted during six days; on the soveotli, ^ would honestly labor for tho good of tho slave, took a hallowed rest; nothing mere. Twenty-five notwithstanding they did not belong to hundred years aftrr.aSabbath was appointed on the church, or believe as fully in the truths of the Bimiracle of mauna. In tho Decalogue the Rest is re- hie as we do. We stand on broad ground, on lib-ferred to a* the reason of the appointment, but on oral Christian principles. But we aro called the revision of the law,in Douleronomy.it was to bo ties because we ate not at narrow-minded and observed on account of their deliverance from Egyp. bigoted at they are.tian hen iago. First and last, It was addressed to Now Dr. Cheever in the candid judgment of the people led by Moses and thorn only. The Ian- toe °f thousands, is doing far morn for the good goage is, Hear, oh Israel,” Ac. There has been of the slave, on hit brotd Christian platform, than progress in this matter under tho Chiialinn diapon- any down men oan possibly do. standing where inlion. Tho Seventh was the day set apart in the 1 Parker Pillsbury would hare them, on his little Jewish law, and Death tbs penalty for infraction, narrow bigoted plank. Now who Is right in this Tbe improvement consists in substituting lbs Set- matter? Ars thousands of men of good judgment omh with tbe First day and a fine of a few dollars l»U mistakon and only Parker Pillsbury right ? Is instead of a deadly stoning; and Horses not being, j • • not uroro probable itial the latter may be in strietly, bovine, or assine, and besides, church go |error? Must the whole world bow in opinioo to ing being a work of Christian necessity, they may j little clique that claim to have sll tbe wjsdum ?be ridden or driven one, or a score of miles, end lied up to be fly-bitten, while their owners ere wor. ebiping.Beet wltbee to the readers of the Bugle.AMOS GILBERT.FIRST OF AUGUST CELEBRATION.No, no Mr.Perkor Pillsbury end the few who lid with him, must give up this bigotry. They must allow otbere as honest as they are to work iu their own heroes*,—to use their own weapons, Thoy must use their own sharp waapune against slavery, laud not try to cut off tbe heide uf others who | cbuoeo to eland oc broad and liberal ohrietianNew Gasdim. Ixoiaka, Aug. 3d, 1839 The Anniversary of the emancipation in theWeel India lslaade, was celebrated yesterday by tbe people of color at Richmond, from veriuua parte ol this .Steto. The Daughters uf Itutb, and Ibo Masonic fraternity turned out in full regalia. The Sabbath Schools and oiliieoe from various parte,prinoiplee.I have no reason to doubt hut that Parker Pillsbury desires the good uf the slave. 1 claim that ho has no right to deny tbet I honestly love the elevo, end am duing what I think is beet adapted to do good to ell the oppreesed. He may think hit judgmeot belter than mine, end I may think mine ie belter then hie, anJ we both be tqutliyjoined the procession, which wee organised in boneal. Then let us give up el) this contention front of Starr Hail, and marched through diserse with eeob other. If Dr. Cheover ohauset and ha*alrtsla, with muste and banners, making a grand display. From thence to tbe Fair grounds, under direction of the Greed Marshall, Celfio Oulland,tbe ability, to advance agaiuel tbe boele uf oppression, with a whole battery of rifled oennoo, that at every discharge in quick succession, muss downhavo a vitod.whichweek.of SepBy t when Friend The Progrt 23d, 2 The oomnit day, tl day*.Wettaahmi or war exceetl It m corn mi a diffei otry inrefers.pies, n ry froi of A. One wl of the hie opt eritioit oome u very pi ibuugbwhose classed proof o od by i Gerritt tbeir b minoril ho teyr firm tin it wr jo to belli very, a; every adots Stupon srung
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