Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1846-05-22
NO. Al.


ICES a system Of theft and robbery, character
ICES this christian stakeholder. lie is insol-
vent. Now witness the operation Of law
The creditor seizes upon those slaves. 4
buys the father, b the mother, c the son,
d the daughter, all "for the good Of tho
slave :"
But though these fcvorses Of fortune hap
pen not to the man, yet at his death those slaves
may fall into the hands of persons who win
"desPitefully use and persecute them - and
ere long, sell them 10 the soul driver; all "for
the good of the slave e" Oh, i'll could de-
scend TO the bottomlcss pit, and snatch the
pen of Lucifer-command the language used
in that dark cline, / should then fail of a de-
scription of the SIN of slavery, as it exists in
the NJ. Il. Church! And never will those
who defend as right the position of that
church, meet their just deserts until they
hear the sentence, "depart We cursed.' God
grant them repentance to the acknowledging
of the truth.
end. ! can hold connection with no church
which lays down the position that no men,
Der may, with IMMUNITY, call in question the
doings of the church; or presume to believe
the church guilty on the subject of slavery,
without mourning the title of " exceptional
bic members!" Let the principle once be
established, and the practice obtain, that the
people are 10 sit quietly down and presume
that all is right, and what would be the re-
suit! Alas, that the practice has so far OBJ
tanned.
3D.. l can hold connection with no church
whose members may stand up, even at the
North, and boldly defend slavery as right
a%verring that " it is just all the darned Mig
gers are good for" And yet this is done in
the very place where members are denomina-
ted =" exceptionable," for presuming to believe
the church pro-slavery and to the knowledge
of the minister, and yet no notice is taken of
1.-THE person is a good and acceptable mem
her, so far as this matter is concerned, at
18th. | cannot retain my connection with a
church, connected with which are persons
guilty of the violation of the principles of
common honesty and common truthfulness,
and yet are unrebuked! Yes, they are de-
Tenders of the church, some wealthy, and as
such, Jealous supporters OF the church, and
so, lorsooth, they are good christians !
9Th. T ,DW not be connected with a church
which t~olerates the following enormities =
A leading member proposed to another men,
Der, who was formerly a licensed exhorter,
to drag an anti-slavery lecturer out of the
house and he would shut the door, and both
started TO execute the proposition; but by the
solicitation of several persons, they were de-
tered from their purpose.
Another brandished his knife, and said to
those CONTINUOUSLY seated, that he would like
to use it upon said speaker. Another indi-
vIdual, who has been for fifteen years a Ii
censed exhorter ,averred that ''should said lee
turer return to this place, he would getthrown
into the river" As he made the statement
onhis W responsibility the conclusion is that
he purposod being the administrator; rather
fast for his orders, we would think, by the
way.
And now let no one say that it is from any
grudge or spite, that | take this course. No,
| don't know as | have a personal enemy. If
l had l know my duty would be to love that
enemy and l hope in God | should. The
cause of Christ and humanity demands this
f course at my hand. Think you that d. not
know that it would be an easy course to fall
in with the dominant party, and be borne
along by the popular %currents But then,
where is the persecution, which | am told 1
shall receive, if I"live Cody in Christ Je-
sus I" Aye, what is the painful conclusion to
which we are forced in regard to the position
Of the progressed church of Christ, by the fact
that it is the object of the peculiar regard of
the oppressor; that in him it has a warm de-
fender and that the miserable d~emagogue,
too, stands forth to pronounce its eulogy =
o, my earnest prayer is that the church may
see its wrong, and repent of the same, and
put it away. The position of the church i
regard as the ground of fear for the spread OF
/, inGdelily, the philanihrOpic efforts of persons
for the good of the slave eau have no such
effect.
Yours for religion and humanity.
1 +. +. CURTIS.
: Harrington, May 10, 1876.