Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1845-10-24


II y nothing but ulcsmensm- That's good
Mesmeriscr can produce a revival at any
tina Mr.. Bates here called upon his breth-
rem not TO Aatter themselves with the belief
,ha, the persons holding these sentiments
were not numerous, for said he, they are
much more numerous than you imagine and
their zeal and perseverance falter at no OBJ
stacle. In May last there was an lnidel
convention held in the city of New York
according to public notice previously circu-
lated throughout the country. of which John
A. Collins Of the Skeneatles Community
was an active member. He holds to the
doctrine Of the abrogation of the sacred
marriage relation, the right to private prop
erty and all human government. Another
leading member of that convention, and one
who exerted a controlling influence over its
deliberations was that celebrated and notorl-
Gus arch infdel, Robert Owen. His princi-
pies are notorious. He too discards private
property, does away with the marriage re-
lation, and human government. At that
convention measures were set on foot to as
certain how many infdels there are in these
United States. The foundation of infdel
societies in every neighborhood where inf
dels could be found, was earnestly recon-
mended and is now being carried into opera
ton, 81 that in your midst, perhaps, means
are in progress for the dissemination of their
inidel doctrines. And as was before re-
marked they do not come out like men and
tell you there is no God, for if you look at
that stand, at the candle, at that book, at the
pulpit, you see at once there was a design
ing intelligence engaged in their creation;
and if you look out on the earth, on the
Heavens, on man, you are told in thunder
tones there is a God. The fool, and the
fool only, has said there is no God. But
these reformers are too cunning to say that.
This same John A. Collins (Mr. Bates
again remarked that he liked to give names
and places for he was prepared to prove any
position he assumed) in a convention Of
working men held in Boston some time last
year said, that he did not go before the
people with the avowed purpose Of preach
ing infdelity, but he talked about Anti-sla-
very, Temperance, Peace, Phrenology, Mes
merism, anything at all by which he could
get the ear of the people, but he never failed
to throw in some of the doctrines of infidel-
ity. And these are the means adopted by
these men. William Lloyd Garrison, John
A. Collins, Robert Owen and the whole Of
those engaged in p~ropagating what they are
pleased to term reform movements have one
object, and but one in view, the destrpc-
ton of our holy religion. This man Carl
son published a letter not long since in his
Liberator which he had received from a man
in Liverpool heralding the contemplated
visit of that notorious man, Robert Owen,
to this country, which (though not intended
for the public eye) Garrison thought too
good to be lost. This letter stated that Rob-
ert Owen would visit this country, and went
at length into a detail of the benefits the
world had derived and would derive from
his efforts, and bespoke for him a hearty
welcome. 1t also suggested that John A:
Collins should be made the John the Baptist
to precede him in America as the writer had
done in England, and prepare the way for
the millennium his principles are about to
introduce.
Here then you have the men and their
principles. Robert Owen, VIM. Lloyd Gar
rison, John A. Collins and their compeers,
and their doctrines those Of the French rev.
olution which drenched Europe in blood and
filled her with crime, together with the abro-
cation of the marriage relation, the right to
private property and all human government.
And some of these men affect to think a
change is to come over the face of things SO
great as to make this earth a paradise, to
drive out sin and misery; but by exactly
what means they hope to effect it, is not We
~ apparent, but if you believe some Of
them it can all be brought about by eating
nothing but raw wheat and t%urnips.
But the way you are to be reached is
through Anti-slavery lectures, Peace lectures,
Temperance lectures, lectures on Phrenolo-
gy and Mesmerism, in fine, anything to
which the people will listen, though they
have not done much with the Peace ques-