Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1846-12-25

lost one-,hird of It's members, and is per-
chance even now mourning over its departed
power and refusing TO be comlorled. When
the church lays it head in the lap of slavery,
1t must expect to be shorn Of its strength,
and bound and imprisoned by the willy Phil
istinas who rule in this land. The Method
ism Of Montville is rather a strange speci-
men Of christianity if Asa Underwood, a To-
cal preacher at that place, be a true represent
tatiye OF it, for he says if a man should be
suffering and he did not see him, he would
not be required by the obligation to love his
neighbors as himself, to relieve him, although
he should be aware of his necessitous condi-
ton. We ought perhaps to add, that our
meetings at that place were very satisfacto-
ry.
We found Chardon, the county seat Of Ge-
auga, our next place Of meeting, to be an en-
cellent representative Of those cold and heart
less settlements, county towns. As a gene
raj thing, it is better for reiormers TO avoid
them. Solong as there is any other soil I'M
cultivated, shun them, for moral labor is less
productive there than in almost any other
place. There is always to be found in coun-
ty towns, as well as in the %capitols of States
and Empires, an aristocracy which is unfa-
vorable to the growth of principle. Then in
Court week comes the Court with all its
hangers-on, whose business it is, not to re-
form criminals bnf 10 rnpieb Ill on..l--
who are not strong enough to break the mesh
es Of the law. There too are Office holdeIs
who msst walk in the tortuous paths of par
ty, and must give heed to its commandment
"Thus far shalt thou 60, and no farther
They Of course will sustain the party that
s~ustains them, and it is 10 the interest of their
families and friends 10 do the same. Then
there are the Office seekers, whose number as
compared with that of the office hoL9ers is as
legion TO unit; they are all interested in pro-
piIiating "the powers that be- and proving
by their devotion to party that they are even
more worthy than those who hold the office
they covet. Now with such material TO work
upon, and with the influence of such to con-
tend against, the moral reformer will find
that his labors will be Of but little profit
However, as an appointment was made there,
we went, heralded by an announcement from
Bruce not he of BannocA-5uyn, but Of the
''RepubIican & Whig'' of Chardon, that ..ss
they are of the Abby Kelley class of polili-
clans, they are entitled to very little conside-
ration" We were informed that the last
anti-slavery lecture delivered there, was piy-
en- by Theodore d. Weld, who was mobbed
for his temerity. Some threats were thrown
out against us, and it was minated that if
we should speak of the Constitution and the
fathers in Chardon as wehaddon elsewhere,
1t would not be well for US. We found it as
we expected, a terribly cold place; but the
fires of anti-slavery which have been kindled
upon every hilltop have thrown a little light
and some heat upon the county seat of Geau-
ga, and its people were willing to listen to
the strong doctrine Of Disunion without mob
bing its advocates as they did Theodore D..
Weld.
Among the best meetings we have held
was the one at Munson. A large audience
assembled in the Disciples Meeting House
at that place, and appeared much Interested
IN the discussion Of the various points that
came up for consideration, ing in ques-
tons, stating objections, &c. The Disciples
church at Munson has many members whose
hearts on the question Of slavery are right,
though Of course, we consider their position
wrong, as the church with which they are
connected holds christian fellowship with the
sIayeholding Disciple churches of the South.
and has in It's communion The supporters Of a
pro-sIavery government and constitution. If
1t were an anti-slavery church it would dis
ciP!ine its pro-slavery members, for it has
members who declare they hate the name of
Abolltionist, and who are hostile to the anti
slavery cause; and the very fact that it has
pro-slavery members whoare content to retain
their connection, is pretty conclusive evil
dence that 1t is not as anti-slavery as some of
It's friends claim that il is. Pro-slavery men
are generally far more consistent than are the
majority of professed aboliiionists. They
will at once come out ofan anti-slavery church
Ifthey happen TO be connected with one; no
hope OF working out a Pro-slavery conversion
will induce them to remain in it, for they
know hiatt tits really an anti-slayery church
their influence will he given in favor of prin-
cipIeS to which they are opposed. Adolf
t]ionists' on the contrary, hold on 10 the skirts
OF their pro-slavery denominations, and give
their support to churches whose position they
condemn.
We observe by the Bugle of Dec. 4th,
that our correspondent w. +. Lukens is out