Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1846-02-27

Htre 10 the NORTH, ana vet lean to slavery as
far as possible, TO keep the minority quiet,
who are inclined to go with the South -
hence, the writer labors to show that the
shareholders of that Conference have moth
ing to fear from the abolition Of the North.
He says:
The bugbear Of abolitionism is brought
before the people in all imaginable phases,
win a view to operate on their fears, by
maintaining that if they DO not affiliate with
The Church South they will be linked
win aboliiionists, who will make slavery a
test OF membership, and then all slavc-hold-
crs Will be expelled lrom the Church /! One
writer goes so far as to assert, that a Simyh
myJfiy Of the Northern General Confer
ehce, as he styles it, can at any time enact a
law oil THIS character TO secure this end"
The writer then proceeds to prove that the
supposed law cannot be en1cted without a
vote OF tiree-fJurlhs Of all the annual Com
t%erences, which he deems impossible. He
then remarks as follows:
"To sustain them in their position. that
the Methodist Episcopal Church > Will be
o~ver-run by abnlitionism, and by consequence
The Baltimore Conference will be brought nn-
der its ban. thu writer's in the Richmond
CarlStlin Advocate make sundry quotations
rom articles in lions Herald, of the most
e-cePilonlbie character. But What does this
amount to? We unite with these writers in
condemnation of the sentiments Of the Her
aid. That journal is not the exponent of the
views of the Baltimore Conference, nor OF
the Methodist Episcopal Church out of
New England If, indeed, it be of that por-
ton ct the Church. The Baltimore Confer
eGce will not endorse the opinions of Zion's
Herald. 1t is directly opposed to them. As
l'esc quotations, III the connection in which
tley stand, and for the purpose for which
they are made and used, may do som mis-
chief, We take occasion here to say
list. That if the editor of Zlon's Herald,
or those he represents, expect the Baltimore
Conference 10 enter upon a crusade against
slavery, he and iiey UiH be utterly mistaken.
1t Will do no such thing. That body of
Christian ministers understand their calling
better than to enter upon work Of this charac-
ter! There is no abolitionism, or abolition
tendency. in the Conference. The subject OF
slavery is left by it where it stands in the
Discipline Of the Church and the laws OF
the land. Tho interference with the ques.
ton by aboliti)niS:s, either in civil or eccle.
s~iAsiicIl associ ltions, has been productive Of
evil, and only evil 1t can only he effect
Cd by TIE diffusion Of the Gospel, and the
legitimate action CT The States where il en-
lists.
"2d. If there be 4 portion Of the Metho-
dist Episcopal Church that cannot stand
upon the Discipline as it is that cannot re-
main in her communion on this basis, or that
intends TO use the Church as an arena of
strife, or as an organization and engine fer
the promotion Of abolition schemes and pur-
poses, the sO0aer and tie more distinctly il is
avowed, the better. We have no fellowship
with movements of this character. Certain
are we, the Baltimore Conference will never
act in concert with such party or purpose"
The editor of the Herald must feel under
these attacks, but prudence may require him
10 suppress his feelings, as to express them
would be 10 reveal the real state Of things.
He sometime since accused the Protestants
aud Wesleyans of having commenced an ex-
terminating war upon each other-but who
is at war now! The glory Of Episcopal
Methodism has always been, its unity, its
oneness every where! "Behold, how good
and how pleasant it is 10 dwell together in
unity It is like the precious ointment upon
the head, that ran down upon the beard, ever
Aaron's beard that went down to the skirts
of his garments ."-irue Weshyan.