Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1846-05-15

ed upon his brow, he said to her in a voice
which might have made the knees of terror
quake, " go TO the devil, and make the best
of it," (Here let me say that profanity,
among the Southern religious professors, is
no thing, though in justice to those
who make very great professions, | would
say, that they generally refrain from this prac-
tice on the SabLah.) This poor victim of
Christian cupidity then turned and left the
room, while the scalding tear drops ~coursing
rapidly down her sad and despairing face, re-
vealed the deep anguish of the sorrow-strick-
en- heart. A few moments silence followed
her departure, when this God-dishonoring
man., taking down the family Bible, remark
ed, that as it was getting late, we would have
worship and retire.
My friend begged leave to be excused from
attending worship with the family, as he pre-
ferred having his devotion in his ROOM
Weary with travelling, we retired, but not to
rest. As for myself, my very dreams were
haunted with the frightful ghost of this mise
rable, deluded mortal. My friend, not being
able to sleep, spent the most of the night in
prayer to Almighty God, that he would in
tender mercy, visit that poor soul, and snatch
him as a brand from the eternal burning. In
the morning, while we were sitting at the
breakfast-table, a little half clad slave came
running in, and said that aunt Agnes lay dead
in her hut. We quickly repaired to the spot
to learn the truth of the statement. "Hung
be the Heavens in sackcloth, and let the sun
hide his face as he did when the infatuated
Jews nailed the Son of God to the cross!-
and let there be a jubilee in HE'LL" What
a spectacle was presented TO our view! On
the bare ground lay the injured mother, cold
and ~lifeless. The consequences were before
us. A hog, which had access TO her hut, had
torn her new-bern babe into a hundred frag-
ments, which lay scattered all around the
yard.
Tell it not in Gath publish it not in the
streets of Askalon, that deeds which even the
cruel Turk would blush to own, have been
perpetrated in Christian () America. NY
friend inquired of the master if he did not, in
view Of the aggravated circumstances of the
case, feel condemned to which he replied,
that he did not, from the fact that he had
brought himself into such a relation to God
as perfectly to acquiesce in all his providen-
cess Mr.. A., having commanded some of
the slaves to gather up the fragments of the
mangled infant, and bury them with its mo-
ther, we returned to the house. Again my
friend feelingly reminded him of her claims
upon the generous sympathy of his host, and
strove to convince him of the moral turpitude
OF such inhuman and cruel neglect. But alas ,
his admonition proved only a SAVIOUR of death
unto death. For not wishing (as is the case
with most reprobates, to have his sins set in
order before him, he turned to his reprover,
and in a spirit, which, to say the least, sa-
vored little Of kindness, and in a tone, which
only made more palpable his already sufi-
GENTLY demonstrated guilt, said, that he had
given him leave to preach 10 his slaves, but
as for himself, he wished none of his ~instr,c-
ton.
We retired to our room and spent the time
in reading until ten o'clock, when Mr.. A. rave
US an invitation to accompany him to the
house Of God, "a Baptist Church) remarking
that as 1t was communion day, it would be
one of unusual interest. We accepted his
invitation,
For to see The worst, a wish arose."
After a hypocritical, cradle-plundering choir
had sung a spiritual song, and a God-dishon.
0ring, woman-whipping deacon had made a
solemn prayer,a liccntious, man-stealing priest
descended from the sacred desk, which his
unholy presence had polluted, and with his
blood-stained hands, began to break The bread
and pour the wine into silver vessels, Dur
chased with the price of the souls and bodies
oil his own Church members; and all this
was lone "Jor The glory Of God, and The good
Of souls" He then tried to put on a sancti-
he'd countenance, and with a trembling voice
said, "the Uhite members will now come for
ward and partake of the sacrament, but the
will wait until the rest are througb.n
Mr.. A. was one of the first 10 90 forward IN
1t may be said by some, that it was nm
reasonable TO suppose that this man would
nave ac'ed IN a manner so wicked and base.
rom The TACT that it would 60 against his in.
Ierest' In answer to this objection, | would
that man all. i e..