Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1845-12-26

ers, unfolding a pro-slavery Governheh'an
in other particulars-that many, perhaps a
majority Of the recommended ministers of the
Society, as well as many of its other men,
bers are using their whole influence against
the nti-Slavery movement, and yet retain
their standing in the Church; and thatmembers
have from time to time been disowned, Who'll
ly on account of their consistent Anti-Slave-
ry character and action. Could such things
be, if the Society carried out in practice its
Christian professional Can that be justly
considered a Christian Society, which, while
it processes to recommend none to the min
stry, except such as are divinely appointed,
nd speak by immediate inspiration of the
Holy Spirit, yet retains in the ministry per-
sons who are active and bitter in their oppo-
sition to the cause of the slave, and declares in
its Quarterly and Yearly meetings, that it
believes such are "careful in the exercise Of
their gifts to wait for divine ability"
Can the body which hurls from its connec-
ton such persons as /. T. HopPera and his as
s%ociates, wholly on account Of their efforts in
behalf of bleeding humanity, be justly look
ed upon as occupying the high moral and re-
ligious station claimed by the Society Of
Friends! But one answer can be given by
any friend of truth to these questions.
know it is sometimes asserted that Friends
of Ohio and other places, have nothing to do
with the action of Friends in New York
This is a mistake. /. 7. Hopper was dis
owned not merely by Rose street Monthly
Meeting, nor by the Quarterly and Yearly
Meetings of that place which sanctioned its
proceedings, but by The Society Of Friends;
not one meeting in unity and correspondence
with New York, having ever, so far as | am
informed, brea,hed a whisper in disapproval
of this high-handed outrage.
Such then, is the position occupied by the
Society from which l have thought it my du-
ty to disconnect myself, and to which friend
b. B. D. still adheres. Though l believe
that after a careful examination of the sub
ject he will agree with me that he cannot sus
tain his present relation to this body, without
in SOM measure at least, sanctioning its pro-
slavery character-without being, so far as
this connection is concerned, the "suppOrter
Of S!avery-the enemy Of the Stare"
B. B. Davis is of opinion that my princi-
pies, if carried out, would require that I should
come out from the Anti-Slavery and Temper
ance Societies as we'll as that of Friends
IL he succeeds in establishing this view of
the subject, it will, it seems to me, have lit
tic to do with the matter in question, as it 10
not at all likely the discovery that an
already involved in guilt, owing to my con-
n%ection with two Societies, many of whose
members are corrupt, would induce me to
connect myself with a third, of the same, or a
worse character, and thus add to my guilt
Principle, it seems to me, would require that
| should leave the former, rather than Join the
latter.
But | do not admit nor believe, that the argu-
ments used to show the duty ofdisclaiming the
Society of Friends will apply to the same ex-
tent, or to any extent, to the members of the
Anti-slavery g. Temperance ocieties, for the
reason that these associations are in several es-
s%ential particulars different from that Society.
Every person who subscfibes to the Consti-
tuition of the A. A. S. Society is a member Of
that association. Individual of all classes,
and Of every character and condition, meet
together on its platform to labor for the over
throw of slavery. That Society has no pow
er nor does it claim the right, or hold it a du-
ty, to disown any member under any circum-
stances. All, who wish to do so, meet upon
that platforn-compare views with each 9TH
er-unite, so far as they can agree, in the car
rying out of measures for the promotion of
the Anti-Slavery cause, and where differen-
ces of opinion arise, or a course of conduct
is pursued by some which others disapprove,
neither party is responsible for the doings of
the other, any more than one individual is
chargeable with the wrong done by another,
or neighborhood. The same may be said Of
the Temperance organizations. Every one
can see at a glance the wide distinction ex-
isting between associations Of this character,
and the Society of Friends and most other
religious bodies, which are disciplinary, and
profess to shut out from their connection all
who do not sustain a christian character.
1t is evident therefore that what my friend
says about members of A. S. Societies using
the products Of slave labor, voting for slave
holders, &c., though it may have an effect to
induce these members to examine the ground