Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1847-05-14
WHOLE NO. SO.
:; he must sign his 1ame TO this formal,

.. lie must sign his rame 10 this formal.
or deciaration . '0'Tno'a
i nefeoy signify m assent to tho nrinci.
pl.s' the basis, aud the objects, Of the Evan.
lyrical alliance, formed in LonJop In A.
gust' 1916; and dsciarei nv desire n, ,.,tt.
W'" other Christian brethren in r,-,;u-
.1"'sTiedn Organization in conneci;o, MI ~
same "hh ne
eIsohs al a distance, who NAV be n,o
vented from attending and We, dosiror r.
membership, and who can complv hu Is,.o.
WIN the first two, and substantialnlv ,ys,,h ,sn
'h!io, OF the three conditions above sne,ieoI
WIN De SO lar recognized as to have a nIace
~ .ne catalogue reserved for them. and 81,
any lu'ure period, when the occasion NAV
,"Vor " they may subscribe their names an3
oeeolhe members In full Of the Alliance"
IL VIII be seen at once tina, these conai-
lions exclude all who have not previouslv
maze Up their minds in favor of the nlan.-.
Inc object OF course is to avoid discussion
WIN Inc strong men who, although thew
agree win The ''doctrinal basis'' Of the Lon.
uon Alliance, yet doubt the wisdom of such an
UlSnnlIiIioh as IS proposed. IF snch men
as Drs. Bushnell and Bacon were allowed
10 become members, the issue mipbt mo, bo
altogether agreeable to the wishes of the A.
neTIcan delegates. A condition 90 coward.
~ as this is worthy of the spiritual ia pliers
who framed il. ss'eiN
But the reader will nsk what the American
oeIegates, who have assumed such ex,raor.
urinary powers, propose to do with the veYad
question OF Slavery! By what means do
.nfy nope 10 "cip the volcano" which threa.
tened TO bury the London Conference he.
neath lis hot incrustsiions? We answer.
'ney nave done all that they could do 10 fore.
stall discussion by adopting AZ a part of Tho
preamble 10 their Constitution this decl,rae
tion N'N'a
inasmuch as the peculiar circumstances
o. thls country seem to demand an expres-
SION OF sentiment on the subject of slavery.
.his Alliance declares that a discrimina,ion
Is 10 be made between those who hold slaves
not by their own fault, or for the sake of ,heir
own advantage, but from motives en,iralv
benevolent, and those who hold their felLoww
creatures in bondage for the sake of g,in.
ana that me former are to be regarded as on.
H'ed 10 fellowship, while the latter cannot
oe received as members of this Alliance"
And who, pray tell, are "ihuse who hold
slaves, not by their own fault, or for the sate
OF their own advantage, but from motives on.
trety Benevolent? OF course Lev mr., The
members q evangelical! churches, sin good nn5
regular standing y and thus by this rule,
winch was intended to wear an anti. slavery
aspect ~ oiuer thereby TO entrap those not
thoroughly lndoctrlnated in the views of abb
o,i.oh's's' erery s|avehodding minister and
ehurch-member Who chooses 10 .nnnL, ,r;V no
admitted 10 this american .qNiduS, 1bs
men who adopted this declaration no donbt
expect that it will operate to SUPPRESS all dis.
cussion OF the agitaling topic, especially ma }
those who Will be likely to become members
uhoer me rules above recited will hardly be I
disposed 10 disturb a question thus adroitly
put 70 rest. The act and the motive are
worthy oil each other, and both are character
is'c OF men who have "a form of godliness I
but deny the power thereof" t
we need not say that we regard the dis. /:
JUNCTION thus set up between SHAREHOLDERS /
from beneVolence and shareholders from pain !
as utterly lrePosterous. 1t is in fact moth. 4:
ing less IMAM an attempt to cover with the :
shleId OF religion that class Of slaveholdere !
VINO do more than all others to sustain tho d
and on whom ought 10 rest The lar. Q
gest share OF responsibility for the bideous "
which have so long crushed to the |"
EARN millions OF their fellow men. While =,
slaveholding is regarded as compatible win ~
Christianity, it will be no better than a farce l
70 attempt to make Roadway against the prac- \
ice by bestowing our censures on those who :
rave The honesty to confess that they hold g
'helr slaves from motives of pecuniary inter. a.
EST. e.
we shall watch this movement closely and
keep our readers advised of lis progress.- h
How many have been or may vet be indu- h
to 60 to the " COMMITTEES of Recen,ion " Il
10 be catechised, examined, and, if found Ia
officially labelled for admission TO 9,
me august conference, we arc of course una II
'ie 10 state. We have heard, however. on q
we deem good authority. that The nun. Il
Der mus tar has been exceedingly small, tho 2
ne have spared no exertions to 81
persuade both clergymen and laymen TO sub "
MT 10 the prescribed ceremony Of initiation O
+ lndlng men slow 10 come at their call. and q
weary Of the dull task of sitting 4
lone TWO long hours every Tuesday after C
loon, they have gone about the CITY, hook 8
n hand' to record the names of such birds as n
hey could find silly enough TO he "canoht
vim the chaf." Some persons Of unqnes-
Toned orthodoxy are profane enough to treat
no matter as a farce, and annoy tho commit f
win their gibes and jokes! Well, let a
wait with what patience we NAV for the I
denouement, which, If the papers saw s
ruth, is to come on the 9Th of Nav. b
Mnhomedan Missionary Through the ir- NJ
luenco OF the Arlka, a class Of abolitionists, II
has been abolished in Algiers. 1t is a
they feel so much interested in tho cause ~