Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1847-05-28

have long replned at the position of tic
Churches in England on the subject of Sla.
very. They have sought many opporiuni.
ties TO do away the prejudice of the English
Churches against American Slavery. WHY.
sir, at this time there were not far from Sew
enty Ministers of the Gospel from Christian
America, in England, pouring their ~leyrous
pro-Slavery dislilment into the ears Of the
people OF that country, aud by their prayers,
their conversation and their public sreeches,
seeking to dIrken the British mind on the
subject OF Slavery, and to create in the Enr-
fish public the same cruel and hear,lcss ana
thy that prevails in this country In relation 70
the slave, his wrongs and his rights. KNEW
them by their continuous slanderinr of nv
race, and at this Time, and under these cir
cunstances, ] deemed it happy interposi-
ton OF God, in behalf of my oppressed, and
misrepresented, and slandered recple. that
one OF their number should be able to break
his chains and burst up through the dark in
cruslations Of malice and hate and degrade
ton which had been thrown over them, and
stand before the British public 10 open TO
them the secrets Of the prison-house of bond
age In America. lCheers.1 Sir. the Slave
sends no Delegates TO the Evangelical ALI
ance. lCheeGs. The Slave sends no Dele
gates 10 the Worlds Temperance Conven.
ton. Why? Because chains are upon his
arms, and letters fast bind his limbs. He
must De uriVeh OUT 10 be sold at auction by
some ChriSifan Shareholder, and the money
for which his soul is bartered must be appro-
% 'i'e'u III "osPoi dmohg the lea
Sir, | feel it is good to be here. There is
always Work 10 be done. Slavery Is every
Wheie' slavery goes ont In the Cambria and
comes Dack IN me cambria. Slavery was in
me hVangeIlcal Alliance, looking sanity in
the person OF Rev. DR.. Smythe; it was in The
"orlu $ temperance Convention, in the
person OF Rev. Mr.. Kirk. DR.. Marsh went
ABOUT saying IN SO many words, that the I'M
fortunate SiaFehoidefS IN America were so
pecullaFIy sl'uated' SO envlroned by uncon-
l%rolIabie circumstances, that they could not
ilberate thelr slaves; that If they were to
'mahclpd'e 'aein they would be- In many in
Stances cast INTO prison. Slr, 1t did me good
TO 80 around on me heelS OF this gentleman.
! was gl"d 10 follow MN around Tor the sake
OF my country, Tor the country is not after
all, so Dad as rev. Or. Marsh represented 4
10 ne' aiy iel'ow ccunirymen' what think
We he saiu OF you' on the other side OF The
Slanss hte-salu Sou mele ny Uhly pro
'idtc'l' u 'n"' yVu "cu'diiy "iueu me save
no,uei ,ha no u 20 "iS "ar ns sftu'Giy an hl'
e'"1P , ma, !" m ~ younPeli1I niih 10 D'
Ia ~ H., W ~. ~ no
lob IJo.t IT, cisno '0"'Pei "e
AND fev. Doctor Cox, too, talked a great
deal over tnere and among other things he
salu mat many Siaveholdeis-dear Christian
men were sincerely ANXIOUS to get nd OF
thelr slaves ana TO show how difficult 1t is
Tor 'hem 10 get ria oil their human c%hattels,
ne pun me borrowing case. a man living In
a State the laws OF which compel all persons
emanclpatIng Their slaves to remove them be-
yond It's limits, wishes 10 llberate his slaves,
but he IS too poor to transport them beyond
lho cohhnes OF The State In which he resides 4;
therefore ne cannot emanclpate them-he Is
necessarily a Stakeholder. But, sir, there
was one l"ct' winch happened, fortunately,
TO nave on ham Just at thattlme, which COM
Pletely nentTallzed this very affecting state
ineht OF The Doctors. 1t so happens that
Alessrs. GeTrt Smith and Arthur Tappan
nave advertised tor the especial benefit OF
ms afflicted class OF SHAREHOLDERS that they
have set apart the sum OF $4,000 to be APP
proPria'ed IN aiding them to remove thelI
emlanclpa'ed slaves beyond the jurisdiction
OF me state and that the money would he
iorlhcomlng on application being made for 1t
but no such application 'cas ereT made. This
shows that' however truthful the statements
OF these gentlemen may be concerning the
things OF the world to come, they are lament.
ably reckless IN their statements concerning
ttlngs aPpeTiaining TO this world. ] do moi
mean TO say That they would designedIy tel
that which Is false, but they did make the
And Doctor Cox and others charge me Will
having stirred up warlike feeling while abroad
This charge, also, | deny. The whole o
my arguments and the whole Of my appeals
while / was abroad, were in favor Of any,
thing else than war. l embraced every op
portuniiy to propagate the principles o
Peace while was in Great Britain. | con
tess, honestly, that were ] not a Peace man
were ! a believer in fighting at all, ! shoulC
have gone through England, saying to Eng