Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1846-02-20

or as a sinner. The Rev. Lewis Bolrs said.
there was a vast amount Of unknown sin n.
mong their brethren in the South. for they
were slaveholders. His friends did no, as.
sociate with the pickpocket, with the cow
%siealer, or the thief; but they did much worse
they associated with the murderer. not the
murderer OF the body only, but the murderer
OF the soul. (Hear.) He repeated they were
m'lrderers OF the soul. for they shat ont from
II the light Of Gods truth. (IIear, hcar.-)
lhey would dethrone the Almighty from the
hearts of the people, AMI compel them to
worship man rather than God. (iIelr, IIelr.
hedr.) Mr.. Douglass then read an advertise
ment, Offering the property of "A certain Bap-
list Doctor Of Divinity, in the South, for sale.
Among the items mentioned in the advertise
ment were, a library of works, chiefly theo-
logical several mules; aud Il number of
slaves. There, said Mr.. Douglass, they had
man associated in the old way: Il library,
chiefly theological, the property of a Doc
ter of Divinity /; several mules, and a NUM-
Der of slaves! (Cfies of "Oh, Oh!"-)
These things, occurring in a Christian coun-
try, should nike people hing their heals,
and weep over such a man as this Doctor OF
Divinity yet, tn IT man was rcckoned among
the piOus Of the earth, and would have been
received By the B~aptists Of Belfast, a few
years ago, as a good Christian minister. He
would not be so received now, he (Mr. Doug
lass would venture to say. (Cries of mo
no.') Bat that was not all, for there they
had them setting aside the marriage state, by
separating the husband from the wife, AMI
selling them t. different masters. There they
had them entering into the trade OF raising
slaves, as the people of this country would
cattle for the Smith!icld market; and they hid
ministers of the Gospel, too. who could tslr
the husband from the wife, and send him a.
way to the most distant market to dispose of
hlm'-and these men wished their slaves, who
stood Mr.. Douglass 10 saw sent a duery to a
brother minister, as to whether a man and
ms Mi'ri separated as he VII Douglass had
sycr riynr - d., ts H. H. ,nro
rated, in the sigh, of God, they should b.
viewed as if they were dead, and by their
marrying again. uley would De saved rom
Thea ,h"y hnd ,ro 'nt;s,s oi Amcr;c, s,rcI J
tioning a wholesale system of adultery and
cTnGuoinago' ana yet calling themselves
NH, ,la n AZ, %TThu,n "o' i Troo'I pn .''t ~,
Sb,rrr, who was over here = few mon,bs oro'
entert lined similar views. with reg ,rd In SIa.
very. to those cntcrt,ined Inv Dr9S Chalmers.
and other eminent men of the Free Church of
Scotland in his opinion, it was an evil that
should be abolished :; but lis existence should
not prevent persons or churches from hold
ing Christian communion with each oiher'-
(Helr.) lie knew he got not a little OF the
money which supported him from the slave
holders and therefore, he says, ministers
are IKE other people, they ieei they must
liVe' (Laughler') ueor9e bradbnrh' OF
America, speaking win a minister on me
subject oil 'Slavcry' IN connection with his
"eP'''"'i' '"e 'cPo''e' inle "''"e'S'o""
Mr. Douglass, for he doubtless referred, not
t, the answer Of a minister to a brother min
i~stor's ouerv on This snbi.ct. lint to tho an.
swers of two entire Baptist Associations.-
We subioin those %roplies, TINT our b ,ptist
ro,do.s ~, ,nJor.,,nl ,ha o,,,, % ,l.
"' "'"9 u - wa
among those whom they invite 10 their COM
mlnion table.-[EnRs.
w. c,u.L pino. n..n., ..o,i..
!, ia"Ir ~ ,hn nrns,ion D'P
opry f
"hcther, In a ease oil Involuntary sePa,
ration, oil snch 4 character as 10 preclude All
prospect oil inlure intercourse the parHes
ought 10 De allowed 10 marry again.
.2nsrer,-
"Tbat such separation amonu persons sit
mated as our slaves ara. is c,riNy a separltion