Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1846-01-30

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| would now cab your attention to an eX-
preston OF friend Tomlinson's in the Bugle
that no other than a Priest or the willing
tool Of a Priest, could be guilty of placing
before the public an article so VIGOROUSLY false
and slanderous in its character"
Now l would jns, say that this is no I'M
Common expression, for the eye to glance up
On, in the columns of the Bugle. 1t seems
that Friend Tomlinson was not contentto call
+. u. Wolf to account for his own INSIDE
meanor, but must throw back the charge up
on the great Author Of the Priesthood in whom
is concentrated all the treasures of wisdom
and knowledge. () What moro like the
old serpent-calculated to bring into disrepute
every thing that is excellent, and lovely, and
of moral worth. Although Jesus Christcamo
to rectify what was wrong in the Jewish Ma
ton, yet he acknowledges that they had the
KEY of knowledge, and that salvation was of
the Jews. Although they had SO greatly de-
parted from the first principles of moral eX-
cellence, yet they were the moral Lighthouse
of the world, and rectifying what was wrong
in them was called shaking the Heavens, that
is. the heirhts of moral excellence. So now
the Priesthood though fallen they may be,
yet in them is concentrated all the moral light
there is in the world, which exerts any great
amount of influence over mind. (2) And if
the light be darkness, how great is that dark
ness. (3) How could Friend Tomlinson get
words together to show more contempt of the
Priesthood, and of course of the great High
Priest! Now the Billie teaches that he that
seeketh to himself such an Office, seeketh to
himself a good degree. But the Bugie if it
wishes to describe any thing low, mean, and
almost beneath contempt it will i~talisize the
word Priest or COtCard'S Castle, CD and then
upon the back of this, urge up the principles
of the great High Priest as worthy Of all ac-
ceptation. Thou shalt love thy neighbor as
myself. What consistency! Better make
the tree good and its fruit good, or the tree
corruptand its fruit corrupt. Honesty always
clothes itself in its own garments. A notori-
ously wicked man if he comes in his at
in the garments of righteousness.
believe it is the common opinion OF mankind,
that when resort is had to low sc%urility, there
is a lack of sound argument and therefore
what they feel themselves unable to do by
they attempt to do by resorting to
expressions of contemplate call in the aid of
the low and thoughtlcss part Of community,
not having the aid of the intelligent and vir-
tuous.
The declared strength of your position is
the omnipotence Of Truth. In harmony with
this, your declared determination is, to pub
both sides, your own views, and the
of your opponents. I will now call
your attention to an article in the Bugle No..
ID, suggesting the propriety Of p%etitionin NC
Congress for the repeal of the law sustaining
the Christian Sabbath, because it often so in
terfered with mems secular business, as to
cause great inconvenience and loss-chal-
discussion upon the subject. (5) |
wrote an article showing from facts the i'm
p%ortance of the Sabbath, simply as a money
and eloyating institution. TO a com
ofSabbath observers, Peace, Prosper
ity, Elevation, Life. No Sabbath, Strife,
Loss, Degradation, Death. The above artic-
lie you have not published; your convictions
being the same with those who were
to cast the first stone upon the wo-
man taken in adultery. That is,it would now
DC your wisdom to keep still. This the fact
demonstrates. (6) Another thought I have
with regard to an editorial, Il have it not now
before me,) which represents Pierpoint, as
of his place, in a Strait Jacket, and in a
while in the, Pulpit-That the Pull
pit debars him from attaining that high eleva-
ion to which his noble mind is formed; and
hen Byron is recommended as a pattern of
.ievation. Why do you resort to the Pillo-
", or Coward's Castle when YOU wish to
,all the attention of community to your pecu-
lar views. a.
Will you let this have a place in your col
umns with such notes, if any, as you see fit
o append.
p. FINLEY,
U~nionville Jan. 9th 1916.
(l) This is indeed a strange idea, and one
which requires more logic than our cores
has displayed in his communication ,
o prove correct. 1.-THE priesthood is corrupt, t
re wenot to declare the fact and speak of its ,
as priests, lest some one should i'm I
CINE that by so doing we cast reproachup on ,
he greot Hioh Priest Of tho ~