Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1846-04-24

trary power conferred by the discipline upon
the preacher in charge, which uhhappify is
not unfrequently exercised, and which in a re-
cent case was made to fall most ungtaciously
upon the head Of our much esteemed brother,
Moses Beach, believing as / do, that the right
Of private judgment and the liberty suitably
to express it, belongs as fully and as practi-
cally TO each individual member Of the church
as to the preacher in charge, or any other Of
fcer in the church.
/ beg you, sir, to regard me az having CONF
to these conclusions candidly, deliberately,
and prayerfully; and regard this as an act Of
duty in the performance Of which, can ies-
tify in favor of truth and against the sin Of
slavery, as well as other sins.
I also say that l do not consider that the
Methodist Episcopal Church is the only
church which is connected with slavery, for
all the different denominations and churches
with but very few exceptions. are more or
less, in some way or other, connected with
this nefarious system.
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some church, at a proper time, which has no
connection with oppression, for / believe it's
not only a privilege, but a duty, for all chris
tians protesting godliness, to unite with or
form some church in order to help each other
on in the Divine light and the way to Hea-
ven. But a church with which [ shall unite,
must receive no persons as members into the
church, nor to the communion, who hold slaves
or are in any way connected with slavery ;
nor must il receive members Of other church
cs, who do admit Shareholders to membership
or communion table with them, thereby sane
tioning the system of oppression, and such
members as Gods chosen people. In con-
~clusion, let me say that in one sense / am a
Methodist, and as such, l hops the Methodist
Church and all other churches Of all denomi-
nations, will come out Of this abomination and
repent in the very dust.
shall not censure any person for not be-
lieying as ! do, for I believe they would do
just as I have done, if they could see the sit
uation Of most of the churches Of our country,
and the action they take in favor of slavery +;
but on the contrary, l shall regard all the
brothers and sisters Of the church as brethren
and sisters in the Lord. But may you, my
christian friends, see the evil of slavery in
the church and nation, and be brought TO re-
peniance. and pray to God for forgiveness,
which is my most humble and earnest prayer.
CHARLES H. TRACY.
[1hc above letter was handed US for publica.
ton. We like a great proportion ofit, but were
much surprised at the second and concluding
paragraphs. If the writer uses the terms,
" brothers and sisters in the Lord" and
I" christian friends,'' in their ordinary accep.
t%ation, We can conceive of no possible reason
why he should refuse to fellowship his " bro
theirs and sisters in the Lord" and hold
church communion with his christian
friends" How is this, friend Tracy, why
sever your connection with those whom yor
regard as the people Of God l-EDRs.l
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FRIENDS EDIToRs please insert in you
next paper, the following extract from a let
ter from Joseph Mead, of Somerton, Bslmon
Co., O., dated (pOst-marked) April l4th. l
settles the question about the " retrGetion,'
so far as / am directly concerned in it. b.
r a reference to the Bugle of the Bird inst, tn,
t reader will find my statement Of the matter
! Respectfully, b. B. DAVIS.
as. M. j., Isaac N. and myself ATTENDED
G. Plain M. S. M. ia mission vas to brin,
about if possible, a reconciliation, and for thi
D purpose, attended the Conference and sug
gested that a committee be appointed to draw
) up something to present to the Yearly NJ
that would be likely to be received. Accord
: ingly the Committee was appointed, and Sa
muel was requested to meet with them /; h
r did so, and suggested to them, as l under
stood, both then and before the committe,
| met, that if they would say as muc', in thei
. ovsrtures to I. Y. NJ, Indiana Yearly Meet
ing as that they were sorry they had mad
use Of G. II. Whites [rame1 in the (eekb,O
!ed) protest, that it would be received an
n accepted as sufficient acknowledgment, an,
o harmony would then be restored. At hi
n meeting of the Committee an instrument q
writing was drawn up, "a copy Of which,
n think, may be obtained) which, I think, en-
braced or amounted to this, aud at the mex
y lmeeting] after the conference was submit
ted TO the members for their sanction. An
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