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AVEltY BUGLE.FROM AN EARLY ABOLITIONIST.0 111 til 11 11 i r a I i n ll O *!*«'•» eumpiooue dinner »u prepared onderlwlx* u III U U I Mi I 1 U II U . h; wpo,iB,Bnjerieei Al Bbou, 0D# n.olook »bBj |»,audience ni addressed bp th« talented Francis «*, Ellen Watkins, uf Baltimore, after whirli atilqu oration wi delivered by lbs eloquent II. Ford fo| t Ep*n, May P. 0., July 30, I860. IDooglaeeMChlcago, 111. Botweon the two #peak - toiFhiimd B. Jonas: I have iwd reasons, at leati, i*f*. ibe causo of ihe downtrodden and oppressed wi for writing now : First, I abould regret lo lore wn* fully vindicated, and tho wrongs of my people an j'* 'identity with the Anti-Slavery oaueo, little ne I' wore Ihrmoe prolific of diecuesion. Freedom end, fir h| here aided in the part, or may aid it in the future. Slavery conetituted every reflection and coneider- vli'r I like lo bo considered one of the family, end to alion. and the great theory of homan right* wn«| thheld op in lie true light lo thousand of pupil*, and the ourelng and blighting form of alavery wa«,tn fairly and juaily eshibited to the eowarda ol the in north, who uphold and proteot thla God-defying, I of man-degrading, eoul-cruehing and hellileeerving inalitutlnn, which bold* men in abject servitude. ■■Weil India broihere. They only had eight hundred thnnsnnd gelling yokee to break; wa have four milliona of tbeee lo deatroy and grind to powder before our glorinua work ia dono. And 1 do not know lhal breaking the four milliona of yokea will bring deliverance to our handa, since]nJ! bo oallod by in name. Secondly,I don't like lo bo 1( slandered ; if I don’t afBa my aignalure, frequent-rie liole, they report die deed, whiobI bringa prentalure (though il be alight) tadocaa lo m my Irieuda and ahortlived reliof lo tonaoioua ad-iw hcrenta to the opinlooe of long ago. But there ia ^ eiill another reaaon. Quite recently I apent aev-^ oral wceka in acenca onoe femiliar to the Bugle I editor, and though unknown to many of hia read-; era, they could not fail lo be intereeting .wero they ^ deecribed by one oompetcnt. Thnee who were ( I born and have alwaya lived in Incnlitiee in the in-nj' terior.when Bfty yeara ngn the red man and the red „ deer, wilh a chance liufTnlo held undisputed poa-1 that aocuraod liend ie loneed again, who navigstea■' session, could not avoid nhiorving the e.mtrnst. Iho Ocean to traffic in human mieery, and freightcould they alight in old Cheater County, l’euntyl-1 itaolf with tho groane and tcare of agony. Ilor I vania, where Penn'e soillera aooghl fur, and mnde 1 motto ie written wilh blood—it ie dripping with| themselves bomee in the daya of our great, grcnt human guro ; and I agree with what has already. grandfathers. Iloro are unmistakable ovidencce of, been eaid.their preference of utility before heauly. The I Come then from mountain and valley,!* ' maeaive atene wnll* which a rich cement and titno! From hilltop and plain,|n have rendered well nigh aa impenetrable *e the j With heart to do battle”* mountain rook. Many of tbeee edifices ure entire-1 For freedom again.Jrjly new modelled ineide. Some have Ibo exterior | F.xcuee nil fur wandering eo Ur from ibe eub-nebblc-davlird, eoiuo are while-waahed only, while J*0*-a few have the mmc aapeol they bore when thoy After the oroliona were ooncluded, tho ptocea-left the hand of the builder. Except the.o teaiill-, *iun **an formed and returned to ibo city, and w* ora of the taate. or the necciaitiea of primitive wae diamieoed for Ibo day. Al night tho peopletimes, almost all the dwellings, bnrna and out- were niaomlled in Stnrr Hall, whore they wer* house. are dollied in the purest while. All tlie'agnln addreieed by Mlaa W alkine. and Mr. Dnug-, poling and much of Iho fencing ia drcaaed in Ibe Inaa, the former on “Home Influence,” the latterj same manner. Beat if all i* their large old trcee on The Brutality of Slavery, after whiob theI about their improvement*—forest treea which have borne ibe vohnrcbings of two hundred summers,and 1 j brnved ibe atornia of as many winters ; still they , stand fast rooted ia tho spots where were developed the germs of tho chestnut and acorn. Cul'ure has I' d me il* part, Pomology has been studied with I effect; fruit and ornamental trees abound, and | shrubbery “loo tedious tu mention. Tho farms ,n* pro! ably nverngo aoventy-Bre acres of soil natural.w' ly of a seouiid ur third rato quality, but iu a higl stale of cultivation. Tho east of guano and other ljy | fertilisers ia such, that Iho farmer does not aocunt. ulalc hero as readily as in localities whoro tho soil does not require such frequent renewing.,c' What is bettor than anything yet told.the people 10 are social and comparatively Intelligent. They do nut forget that the diffusion of useful knowledgehas been spoken of as a desideratum, hence Com-U* moo eebnule and Lyceums claim their attention,—1 11 If the brancbee taught, and the manner of i8* (caching are not the best posibio, in this progress-ul i ire ago, improvement may bo anticipated. nt' But Reform, what of it f Would that a better **’' report could be made. Though a well watered nt*' country, that liquid ie not the only beverage.—1,18 When the Washingtonians were in full blast, na Tomperanoe prospered. When law was resorted ,ld. to in aid uf the cause, a counter sympathy was HFlanaitskkod and tswvperanoe mao cannot oougratu' MdlimnaliAfeMlMaoa ihm aila.Aktdufllavtry p break “hmd besom* household vfbrd*'.- No’win pwskwdc 14 vindicate, at- palliate *• wf°| chaliclism, and every body assents to the Hardest wnweamb*. ou i words Ibot are ultcred against the vile eyetem ;but ibis never will abolish it. There is work to bo irn | dene— something besides discussing the merits and I demerits of Disunion ncd Political action. It ia *’ not unfrequent that in the teal to bare things *; | done in our tray there is more of parlixanism than I hearty solicitude for the slave's redemption. The ;*‘f‘ lt;head work seems (doubtful if eren this is more *n : than seeming) lo be done, but tho heart work is not so apparent. If we would realise the relation in which we stand to tho subject should we not ask What can I do” f Wo are uni indiridually sufficiently in earnest!; we do not put our eoule in the slave's soul's stead. It was not thus always.—A»k the abolitionists of Salem and vicinity if they feel the same interest they did twenty years ago when there came lo your poet ofEco of tbo.Krannoi-patur, Liberator Philanthropist six copies each, and ono hundred and forty of Human Rights T—Arc Ibe martyr days of ami-tlavery indeed past?Cannot a righteous cause prosper after persecution ceases I Ars odium and progress inseparable?—Tben welcome odium ; bettor bo baled, than apa-tbetio: bul I will say no more, fur I sicken at the (bought of our indifference. I once bopod that ere now, thueo in whom life is fresh, impatient under tardiness of ibcir seniors, would have taken the matter into ihoirown bands and moved forward heedless of ibe admonitions to be “tolerant, mod erale aud prudent”.Have you become Israelites in Salem ? 1 read in a slray copy ol llie Republican that you have rcoemly bad a mooting lu urge the obligations olpeople wero eetved with refreshments.and a social reunion luok place, and eu our scene closed for this anniversary of the emancipation in tbe British Wesi India Islands.Mies Watkins has been lecturing in Ibis Slate for some two months with groat success, and we hops the Ilnosier Stale will yet boooms a pattern for her sister Slates, in morals, juelion, and equal rights to nil mankind.Yours for Truth and Righl.J. GREENLY AMPEY.[The foregoing communication was received last week, but not until our paper was nearly made up.]BIGOTRY.Wrt.suriKLD, Ohio, Aug. lfl, 1820.The Bugle ol Aug. 13, contains a letter from Parker I'illsbury that manifest* greater bigotry than 1 have seen exhibited for along lime. And it is tho exhibition of eueh bigotry by sorne of tbe most active of those called “Garrisonian.*, that in my opinion, bindete Ibal Society from gaining the sympathies of bat a small portion of tbe people of the land. They are viewed ae Ishmaelitee, and will be so long ae tbeir band it against every man. Every one ibat doe* not elep on to their narrow plank is denonneed.ae en enemy to the slave and lo aVmankind. They olaiio that they arc righl, and »Brin that evevy one that does not agree with wrong. They will not admit that any bOMet who differ* from thorn. All inuel subscribe to their creed or be nnatlimctixed as borctiet. S. S. Foster a short limo ago, lot bis bigotry oarry him so far, tbal he was just on Ibe point of excommunicating the wholo Anti-Slavery Society, under which he has eo long labored. Fhanke lo B few present, lie wae persuaded to drop hie tobeme. or tbera would now be nothing of tbe Anti-Slavery Society, except Stephen S. Foilor. Possibly be might admit Parker Pillsbury into his church, for ho is certainly bigoted onougb lo suit any one. Talk about bigotry in the church, or among professed Christians! I have never known a church, or any Christian man, in bigoted as to dcnounoo as heretics ail who differed from them. Cbristinuify ia oharitnjjle and liberal. Ii says God speed to all u bo love God and man, whether they walk with it or not. We ought to know and admit that mon may be honest and differ with ue.If I know myaelf, I love my fellow men of every nation, and desire to do ail I can for the gooJ of all. I have for years, as long as I have been in public life, identified myaelf with the cause of the opproesed, and have done all I could for the liberation of Ibe slave, for the entire overthrow of Sl*. vory. I have slood reedy, and I am now ready to do anything that I think oan possibly help the oppressed. I am not to bound to any party cburob, class, or creod. but ibat I would lento all, p and separate myself forever, il I (bought God und o Iho right, would eo direst. And in tliie I express tho aoatimonis of thousands of my brethren in ihe ministry. Yet Parker Pillsbury. would anathe-ihe Jewish Subbatb. Pity you do not exercise jmM,M •II of us- Bnd chrK° u». iib outshiningyonr talents and employ your time on mstlers o( (his bBtrajal of Jesue, because we doless doubtful utility. A glance at the Authority not lt;uhseribe to bis creed and follow him. for tbe Insiitutiun will show that at first it was! We would bid 0id speed to Parker Pillsbury S. «imply the announcement of a fact that creative 8. Foster, Wm. L. Garrison and any others that power operated during six days; on Ilia eoveuth,, would hone*ily labor for Ihe good of the slate,! took a hallowed reet; nothing mere. Twenty-five notwithstanding they did not belong to our R hundred years aftrr.aSabbath was appointed on the 'church, or believe as fully in the truths of the Bi- oi miracle of mauna. In the Decalogue the Rest is re- hie as we do. We stand on broad ground, on lib- *: ferred to a* the reason ol the appointmeut, bul on oral Christian principles. But we are called here the revision of tbe law,in Douleronomy.it wae to be ties because we aie nut as narrow-minded and *' observed on account of their deliverance from Egyp- bigoted as they are. I atian bun lage. First and last, It was addressed lo Now Dr. Cheever in the eandid judgment ofiol the people led by Moses and them only. The Ian- tens of thousands, is doing far more (or tbe good rlt; guage ie, “Hear, oh Israel,” Ac. There haa been of tbe slave, on his broad Christian platform, than ] •’ progress in this mailer under the Chtislian dispon- any doxsn men can possibly do. standing where pi sation. Tho Seventh was the day set apart in the barker Pillsbury would have them, on his little I r; Jewish law, and Death the penalty for infraction.!narrow bigoted plank. Now who is righl ip this'll Tbe improvement consists in substituting Ihe Sev- mutter ? Are thousands of men ol good judgment! 0 omli wilh tho First day and a fine of a lew dollars mistaken and only Parker Pillsbury right ? It ol instead of a deadly atoning; and Horses not lioing, il not moro probable that Ibe latter may be in an hi id. I strictly, bovine, or aaeioe, and besides, church go error? M uet Ihe whole world bow in opinion to ei lie I ing being a work uf Christian necessity, they may a little clique that claim to have all tbe wisdom ? | ofii* | be ridden or driven one, or a score of millied up lo be fly-bitten, while their owners are wor. ebiping.Beat wishes to tbe reader* of tbe Bugle.AMOS GILBERT.No, no Mr.Parker Pillsbury and the few who side, vi with him. must give up Ibis bigotry. They must th allow otbere aa honest as they are to work in tbeir i si own harness,— lo cae tbeir own weapons, Thoy wFIRST OF AUGUST CELEBRATION.Nsw GaanxN. laoisHa, Aug. 3d, 1839 The Aunivarsary of the emancipation in thaWeal ndia Islands, was oelebrated yeaisrday by lha it- ptople of color at Richmond, from various parts uf this .State. The Daughters uf itutb, and tbo Masonic fraternity turned out in full regalia. The Sabbath Schools and oiliseoe from various parte, joined the procession, which was organised in front of Starr Hall, and marched tbrongh divorce streets, wilh mutie and banners, making a grand display. From tbeoce to tbe Fair grounds, undar direction ol the Grand Marshall, Calvin Ouliaad,must use tbeir own sharp weapon* against slavery, cl and not try lo cut off the head* of otbere who pi chuoeo to stand oc broad aud liberal ebristiau mi principles. Q1 have no reaaon to doubt bul that Parker Pillt- tb bury desires Ihe good of tb* (lave. 1 claim that ui ho has no right to deny Ibal I honeslly love the hi elevo, and am doing what I think is beet adapted fir to do good to all the oppressed. He may thick is his judgment betUr than mine, and I may think lo mine ia heller than bis, anJ w* both be tqualiy vc honest. Then let ue give up all Ibia contention av with oaab other. If Dr. Cheever obouaea aud has Jt the ability, lo advanas agaiuel the host* of oppres- uj eiuu, wilh a whola battery of rifled cannon, Ibat w at every discharge in quick succession, niuwt down [on
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