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

recreancJ to truth and purity 10
constantly rebuked by the philanthrOpic and
christian efforts of VIM. Lloyd Garrison TO
revenerate and redeem tho world - and by
the dupes Of that priesthood who bapiize sla-
very, war and the g~allows, as christian, is
this charge reiterated in order to divert the
public eye from their own infidel and hellish
deeds.
Ever since the agents Of tho Am. A. S.
Society came 10 this State, the clergy and
those connected with them, have endeavored
by all possible means to destroy their inlu-
ence. Not content with raising mobs
breaking up their meetings misrePreseni-
ing their principles - denouncing them as
traitors and infdels, they have uttered foul
mouthed ISLANDERS in regard to the morality
of their lives and in this desPicable work
mono have engaged more eagerly than the
priests Of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Among the foremost Of these was Henry Am
bier Of Salem. Scarcely had we arrived in
town, before rumors, purporting to come from
him, were circulated in regard to our moral
purity - scarcely had we raised our voices
10 behalf Of the dumb and perishing, before
the cry Of in6delity was raised to excite pref
udice against us scarcely had we common
ced 10 uncover the sins of tho Methodist F.
plscopal Church before we were accused Of
falsehood and Misrepresentation by the Rev.
Henry Amber who came f.rward as a rep
resentative and champion of that denomina-
ton. We suspected his character from the
nature Of his defence - for who but one ia
miliar with crime and iniquity, would defend
a church that practices so much villany as
the Meth. Epis. Iii he knows the char
acter of that church, and we believe Henry
Amber sufficiently intelligent on that sub
ject. Who but one given to lust would
defend a church that makes merchandise Of
female virtue! We felt, not only at that
time, but at our subsequent meeting in Au-
gust, where he openly declared US infdels,
Jacobins, vile men and harlots, that he him
self in mind and heart was a stranger to vir-
tue. But even then we did not suspect that
in outward conduct he was sunk so low in
vice and infamy as subsequent Developments
proved that he was; for since that time an
investigation has been had of his conduct be-
fore the church, viii h resulted, as we have
been informed, in his suspension from the
Ministry, for an aggravated case of licentious-
ness.
Such is the character Of our defamer in
Salem - such is the man who arrayed the
prejudices Of many against US by the cry of
infdelity and immortality. The Church, in
rec,eancy to principle. in falsehood and crime,
in infdolity TO God and man, in lewdness
and contempt of the marriage institution, was
never, perhaps, more justly represented than
in the person of Henry Amber. And the
members of that Church are not the only per-
sons he represents either, for since his char
acter became known - since his suspension
from the Ministry - since his immortality has
become the jest and the bye-word Of the
very boys in the street, the citizens of Salem
have elected him Justice Of The Peace I! !
and we doubt whether those who roted for him
could be better or more fairly represented.
These same charges Of lnfdelity, that have
been reiterated and refuted for the thousandth
slime, were preferred against our friends Foster
publicly by the Rev. B. o. Plimpton, q
Methodist priest OF Hartford, but he utterly
failed with all his witnesses in sustaining
his allegations. We have before US The Rev
gen,leman's bill Of indictment, containing nj
less than thirteen counts. In addition Il
what he put on paper, there were some 50
foul that he dared not commit them to wri
ting, accusing them Of RIGHTEOUSNESS, &c. ~
Then here comes the Rev. Mr.. Maliby, ont
Of the same faith and order, who tells III,
same story of Infdelity, and sings the sam
song. And last we namc, though perchanc'
not least, the Rev. Elisha Bates, of the Evan
gelical Union, who goes abroad and preach
es the same tissue of Misrepresentation an,
falsehood, and goes home and prints it in hi
"Union."
These men we regard as fair representa-
tives of the great body Of the American priest
hood. True, there are among the clergy me-
Of kind and gentle disposition, and truthfu
spirit, but the mass we believe to be more o
less corrupt, determined upon sectarian ag
grandizement, and welded to denominations
pride. Every charge which they brin,
against the moral refonmers of the dav il hu