Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1846-12-11
BRowN's HOTEL, Liverpool, Nov. i, 40. !
3 o'clock in the morning. I
DEAR GARRISON !;

bko"" : lloIELi LlVeTpoOI, NOV. j, 10. I
3 o'clock in the morning.
DEAR GARRIsoN:
You will leave me, in a few hours, for the
land where we were born, where is the home
Of our affections and Of our dear families, and
where friends reside. 1t seems very desola,e
TO be left behind. | am wearying TO gethome;
but, such is IN dread Of sea-sickness, |
should rather die than cross that tossing ocean
again, if the choice were left me. But | shall
be in America, Chat land a~ccursed Of God,
and the worst upon earth for man, provided
our Father has given him a dark complex
iCn,) next summer, if my life be spared. 1t
is my earnest wish that, before that time, the
American Union-the Bastile of Slavery
may be dissolved, and American Religion,
that shields from scorn and eXecration tie vi
lest criminals that pollute the world, may be
repudiated as the direst foe Of God and man.
! have many things to say, but only a few
moments left-these moments, even should
devote to sleep. But my heart is too full
cannot sleep. My heart is with you, and
with those dear, dear friends you are soon to
see.
| want 10 say to you, that | regard your
present visit 10 this kingdom, and your ef-
forts in it in behalf of Humanity and Chris
tianity, as the most useful and important
event Of your life. This is a great and a glo-
rious field Of operation. The people of this
kingdom, and Of all Chrislendom, must be
delivered from the dominion of man, and
brought under the government Of God, be-
fore they can be efficient in practical efforts
to regenerate and redeem the world. So long
as the soul Of man feels the influence Of an
ambitious and designing priesthood, he can
not act simply to please his Maker. The
priesthood Of this and of all kingdoms serve
no purpose but to baptize whatever abomina-
tons the State chooses to legaliZe. | reject,
with loathing, a religion that ~tolerates slave
~ or war; and the being who is worshipped
as God by Shareholders and war-makcrs Is al
lied to war and oppression, and is to me a
demon Of blood. | would as soon bow to
the shrine of Juggernlut, as to that of such
a being. Go on, TO bring Christian truth to
bear on the individual and social evils of the
world. My heart is with you, and ever will
be, achaterer changes may be made in religious
opinions on any subject lchgtSoerer, so long as
YOU are faithful 10 the cause Of the oppress-
ed, and so long as you labor for the deliver
ance of man from The despotlsm Of man, and
to bring him into subsection Of cur common
Father. | have no regard foi an abstract re-
Iigion, that has no bearing on the character
of man. | have no confidence in a religion
ltldl CpllllGCEo ma . 1 hCoAAhJ Will ~
servances, with the singing Of psalms, ma
king prayers, and going to meeting, at set
times, and in set places, without regard to
personal character, or with any thing aside
from personal holiness. 4 religion that OIL
ly regards the relations Of men TO God, and
takes no account of the relations OF man 10
man, and of the duties which grow out of
them, is not Christianity. / cast II from me.
Go on, then, and work for the practical re-
dempton of the world from practical sin.
My mind has been deeply, and often most
painfully exercised by what is called Chris
iianity in Europe. 1t is a delusion, and not
the religion Of Him who came TO take away
sin. ] wonder not the people Of Europe, as
well as of America, become infIels. They
must he so, to the popular slayeholding and
war-making religion Of Christendom, or they
cannot be Christians.
1t is very, very hard TO part with you, UNI
der the circumstances But go and meet
your destiny, as it comes up from the hidden
future. l shall stay here, and meet mine
May we both be true TO ourselves and 10 our
God. No efforts have been spared, in this
kingdom, from my first landing here, to make
me out the enemy OF Christianity; and l am
an enemy TO what they call ChnsIIaniiy-lo
what they call The gospeI--to what they cali
Christ for as they understand Chriat' ne Is
a demon of blood, aud not the Pnhce oil
Peace: "A monster of wrath, revenge ana cru
city, and not a God Of love manifest In the
h,;l; and as ley understand Christianity, 1t