Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1847-01-29
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that if it be for the purpose of calling in
question any thing you there say, | manifest
great fool-hardiness and presumption. at is
an easy thing, sir, to be mistaken" Wheth-
err you or / shall he found in this "fx," |
will leave the sequel to determine.
There are many things in the discourse
which demand examination. But will, for
the present, call your attention to head ii,
remark .. You there say, ''household regu-
larity and affection in families, is the basis
of all good society, the stability of the
church, and the best hope of a republican
government" This is the leading thought.
You 90 on to say, "This is well understood,
and those persons, who, under the watch
word tAbolition,'' seek the overthrow Of the
government, and the subversion of the Chris
tian church, exhibit cunning and forethought
they seek 10 turn away children from the
influence and control of their parents" As
to ssthose persons no one can misunder-
stand you. That you wish to be understood
as referring to the doctrines and movements
of the American Anti-Slavery Society, there
can not be the shadow Of a doubt. Your
charge then amounts TO this: "The A. A.
s.. Society seeks to turn away children from
the influence and control of their parents"
Now, sir, ] wish to ask by what authority
you bring this charged Can you show a
single declaration of the society, or any of its
auxiliaries that j%ustifes you In what one
of its multiplied publications do you find the
sentiment? Who of its agents has underta-
ken to "turn away children from the influ-
ence and control Of their parents? ?" Your
utter recklessness would astonish me, did |
not know that you were leagued with ii con-
fence whose honesty is as c~hangable as the
Chameleon that was organized and now
exists upon the admitted principle that man
thieving, and cradle r~obbing, should be no
bar to your fellowship and communion; and
which, therefore, can be defended only by
the grossest deception and fraud.
In the part devolving upon you of induct-
ing Rev. Mr.. Lord into the pastoral Office, Of
COuISS JOu hOulu uC CApcClCu W III
wha,l why, 'sone of the things, at this
time, that the brethren should be put in re-
membrance Of" All right. But how hap
pened it to become necessary to show that
'',hose persons seek to ''turn away children
from the influence and control Of their pa
rents Not because it is true that they do
so. This you will know if you know any
thing about the matter of which you speak.
is the more probable,) the falsity of your
statement is none the more excusable. This
is the secret. Many begin to believe that the
Diana of the PresbytPrians, which is no less
than the Moloch of slavery, did not come
down from God out of Heaven. Something
must be done 10 turn public attention from
this truth. | have no doubt you would have
chosen a truth rather than a falsehood, could
you have found one that would have answer
ed your purpose. But truth and fdlsehood
never harmonize. No truthful statement, nc
veritable fact, exists that can relieve the Pres.
byterians from the charge of abolitionists,
tndt ner communion is 'DrOtnernOO0 Of
Thieves" and that she constitutes one ofthC
"Bulwarks of American Slavery" All the
| facts that show these charges to be true be-
| yond a peradventure. Hence, your craft wa
in danger. Therefore in coming to the res
cue, your only alternative was TO sacrifice al
Y the truth and all the facts in the case upol
S the altn of Presbyterianism- the altar 0
slavery. You hare done it.
] One sixth of the families of our nation ar
stripped of all parental authority. In thei
e case it is not 'Sought to turn away childre
y from the influence and control of their pa
rents. The children do not belong to the pa
rents-all the children are orphans-all tn
mothers are childless-all the daughters al
common prostitutes-not from their ow
sing from the laws and institutions of tn
country. These laws and institutions til
n great mass of the Presbyterians sanction an
support. They choose as the exponent an
embodiment of their political principles III
IF man who has declared that "two hundre
t. years of legislation has sanctioned and san
n tilted negro slavery !" They are in lovir
s. sympathy with DR.. Hill, who, referring
c. abolitionism, said, "Somc of them were Ii
10 ched and he believed they deserved it. +
was no advocate of lynching, but he did b
OF lieve there were extreme cases that called {
III extreme measures, and this was one of them
o. These facts show how sincere your churt
or is, how sincere you are yourself, in chargir
- abolitionists with seeking TO turn away oh
dren from the influence and control of the
parents. You have Rugged slavery to 20
n bosom, one of the conditions of that sys,e
,c- is hat The family relation and narental al