Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1846-12-25
COMMUNICATIONS.
SHARON, Medina co., Dec. s, 46.

FaiKSps EDIToRs.-
Since we commenced our
lecturing tour we have had meetings at Royal
town, Granger centre and at this place. At
Royaltown, Third party Is stronger than eth
er, AMI don't know but both Of the other po-
litical parties. We held two meetings there;
one in the sitting room and one in the bar
room of the Tavern. The first evening | was
alone; and although | had not more than ff-
teen hearers, / never talked with greater in
terest to myself or apparently to others.
sat before an open blazing FIRE till 10 O'Clock
at night, and exposed, as well as | could, the
unfathomable corruption Of the American
Churches, and showed the folly Of attempt
ing to overthrow Slavery by voting or other
wise, with Church and Clergy in their pres
ent position. The next evening Edward
cam to my aid. Present was about the
same number as on the preceding evening,
mostly Third party men, among whom were
ESQ. Towsley, his brother, and an intelligent
Mr.. Roberts-late from the state Of n. Y,
and formerly a Protestant Methodist Clergy
man. We had a brotherly chat with these
friends on the duty of secession from the U.
S. government-hearl and answered numer-
Gus and various objections to our views, the
last of which was that our ground is so high
that few can be persuaded to take it, where
as many may be induced to rote against Sla-
very who have little or no conscience. An
objection that supposes that slavery may be
abolished by the heartless and unconscien-
tious. At the close Of our chat Mr.. Roberts
requested me to leave him a Bugle, saying
that he might take a notion to increase its
subscription list, and that | need not be as-
tonished if | should find him ere long coop
Grating with US.
AT Granger Centre we had an encouraging
meeting, and that on Sabbath evening, in the
Presbyterian house. A prominent member
Of the church, a deacon, | believe, endorsed
all we said of the %iniquiiy of the American
churches, and on being asked By one of his
brethren if their church was pro.slavery, an
swered emphatically, YES! We were kind
ly entertained by Others Of the church who
are almost if not quite persuaded TO be Chris
tians. The church at Granger will soon step
into boiler ground, else she'll lose some of
her best members.
must tell you that I have heard a defense
OF the Nj. e. Church against the Come-outers,
by one Of her distinguished ministers, MIR.
Parker. 1t was on Sunday, the 3Oth of Nov.
in the neighborhood of John McCloud, Bath.
The following are some of the notes which
/ took at the time:
rs. S. Foster complains that the church
has mobbed him. 1t is not so. The church
is the friend of law and order. Foster is not.
He teaches that people should violate the civil
law unless it accords with the law of God.
Hence he was mobbed by his own converts
'For II years the NJ. E. Church made an
to keep Shareholders out of her pale
finding it impossible, she at last took
them in, thinking access would thereby be
opened to the heart Of the STAKEHOLDER and
slave"
"Are Methodists the cause Of ~slaveryl No.
Arc luele any more slaves IN consequence oil
Methodists than there would otherwise have
been No. Therefore the M. f. Church is
Anti-Slavery."
"lf our church is pro-slrvery because she
contains Shareholders, then she is anti-slavery
because she contains aboliliorists. And since
she has ten times as many anti-slavery men
as Shareholders, there is ten times the evil
dence that she is anti-slavery, that there is
that she is pro-slavery."
81 am an abolitionist-there lives not a
stronger one. Slaveholding is right under
some circumstances"
forbear. nave given enough for a spe-
eimen.
LEANDER HATCH.