Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1847-09-17
Church, Politics. Commerce.

Supposing the question, HOw far The friend
@ Unirersai Liberty may VOLUNTARILY, pat.
ronise the institutions Of tbs country? will
come in for its share in your deliberations,
the writer takes the liberty to present a few
thoughts for your consideration. They arc
not offered as original call them an epitomi-
zed compilation.
The Ecclesiastical, Political and CONNER
cial institutions, are referred 10. Those who
adhere to any one Of the ecclesiastical organ.
i%zations, yield an indirect support TO every
other, for however they may be at issue on
some d%ccirinal points, they have opinions in
common on others. However vari mt their
interpretations Of the scriptures, all believe
them to be Of superhuman origin. Whatev-
er diversity in their conceptions of attributes,
they all acknowledge an Infinite Existence.
Let this suffice. Precisely the same is true
In the Political parties. They differ, regard
ing men and measures, but they unite in as
serliDg the necessity Of govcrnment-repub-
lican government, and in the right of MAORI
ties. Ii requires therefore, no argument to
show that the representative of the majority,
is the representative also Of the minority
There is no less diversity of opinion in rela-
lion TO Commerce. Scarcely two can be
found whose ideas h%armonize on this subject,
throughout, and yet all are in favor of COM
merce. The details will not be entered up
on here /; free trade and tariff men may dis
cuss their peculiar theories. The question
now TO be examined is not so much what are
proper commercial arrangements, as what are
legitimate, or rather what are not, in a moral
point Of view, articles of lawful commerce.
Attention having been called to the identi-
ty of all who are constituents of either of
the three departments, let us not fail to OBJ
serve how intimately the three are connected
how almosti nseparabIy blended together.
Is 1t possible to withhold patronage from one
OF them while countenancc is given to the
others, or TO either Of them !! Do they not
agree that man may Cypress, e%nslave, and
kill his fellow man! Who can deny it -
However predominant and pervading the re-
ligious sentiment may be in some minds /;
however BIASED others may be on account of
their political predictions verify believing
that there can be nothing desirable secured
unless their party is in the ascendant; how
ever absorbed others may be in accumulative
pursuits, leaving them neither time nor in
c~llnatlon to enquire, not only whether the
rules OF trade are adjusted on a moral basis,
but whether the articles Of trade are prohibited
by moral prlnciple-notwithstanding all this,
is 1t wonderful that there should be indepen-
pent, Conscientious spirits, who feel lespon-
slble for a course of action, the result of their
own rational convictions, who cannot rive
their sanction to either of the institutions I'M
der review Such there are, and their num-
Der is believed to be on the increase, in the
exact ratio OF perception that their interest
and duty are with truth and right, come what
may OF existing associations, or however il
may conflict with long held opinions, or pop
ular usage These have been, in derision,
called "cOme-outers - they object not 10
the designation. They not only defend their
course but they earnestly urge il upon 9th
ers to investigate their reasons for secession.
Those who leave the church say tina. in
many organizations, their code, creed, or dis.
ciPline permits them to hold slaves, to de.
termine the death of a fellow being for wha,
law calls crime; or shoot him on the battle
field without alleged crime. Radical come.
cutters say they cannot unite with any of them
for although some congregations, and very
many individuals in others, protes. agains,
all this as anii-caris.iln they 40 not tep.5,,