Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1848-12-15

ne consequence was lnht nund1euS whose
claims for justice and constitutional legal
protection were equal TO those of other citi.
zens, were driven from their homes; their
houses destroyed or greatly injured their
hard earned property wasted their families
driven out homeless and shelierless, TO seek
protection from the few, whose hearts were
no, entirely closed to msrcy's voice.
This was done in the presence OF men whn
possessed influence and property, who were
ready 10 aver that their neighbor thus ouira-
ged wasa worthy citizen; while he who was
the miserable tool OF law in inflcting the
wrong was in most cases a nuisance in socie-
ty.
And what became Of these victims Of out
rage and cruelty Like thousands Of their
oppressed race, many Of them fixed their eye
upon the star OF freedom. and thitherward
bent their steps; looking for that protection
and mercy from the British lion which they
had sought in vain beneath the star SPAN
gled banner of republican liberty. Others
sought to remain ia various parts Of the
State, whittier they went but 10 the cry,
behold a troop cometh. See the poor degra-
ded race. Cant take care Of themselves"
They come naked, starving and penniless.-
Oh! justice, whittier art thou fled 7 The
power Of a sovereign State employed in rob-
bling a class Of her citizens Of the little all,
which, in spite of her wholesale robbery,
they have accumulated then the miserable
insult added TO injury Of poor, degraded,
cant take care of themselves"
Our State, 1--WE blush to own il OURS call
ing itself not only civilized but enlightened,
not only non-slaveholding but free, republic
can and even christian, 81 far from furnishing,
perpetrates these and kindred crimes, violates
her own constitution, debases her own citi-
zens for the purpose Of executing the vile en-
actmenis which disgrace her statute books.
! Now is there a town of any considerable size
in Ohio in which there is no place for the
ostensible worship of God!
Can acceptable worship arise from that
heart which sees his brothers wrongs, and
yet dues nothing for him! Will God accept
such worship ! or will He not rather say,
" Bring no more vain oblations, it is iniqui.
ty, even the solemn meeting" "Tour ap-
pointed feasts my SOUL ha,eih, they are a trou.
BILE unto me | am weary to hear them.''-
Oh! the crimes of that nation which called
forth such withering rebukes from The lips Of
Almighty God, were light in comparison with
the guilt which darkens our land. Their:
was an un%enlightened age, the present is an
age of light. The gospel Of love and good
will to man has been sent to bless the world
but its light is becoming dim by dark mists
of prejudice. oppression and its concomitant
evils.
The following facts show how the white
churches treat their colored breihern. The
first was stated by a man who formerly be-
longed 10 the church from which the colored
man was expelled
"a professor of religion came from a slave
| State. and Nc he eupnnead hi0Solf in n fraa
State, he very naturally concluded that here
he might learn TO read the sacred scriptures
He entered one Of the Baptist churches in
GAINESVILLE and asked IA teacher il he would
teach him how to read. One of the female
teachers seeing a colored man, Immediately
left the house. When the cause Of her leav
ing was ascertained, the colored man wat
told that he must leave the school. Yet this
colored man was a member of the Baptis
church. Will not the Savior say, : lnasmucl
as ye did II unto one Of the least Of these my
brethren, ye did it unto me-"
Mr.. Johnson, who had been a slave II
Virginia until 1889, came to Chillicothe.-
He had acquired some education and becam,
a Methodist preacher. Says the teacher o
the colored school which he attended :,
was very much interested in him on accoun
Of his gentleness, meekness and ardent pie
ty. He made very rapid progress in study
and was beloved by all who knew him. A,
he was a member of the Methodist churcl
he presented his recommendation to In,
preacher in charge of the white Methods
church, and by him was invited to attend
their meetings. He went twice for the pur
pose OF attending, and was expelled boii
times because he wore a black skin. He wa,
told that the colored people have churches o
their own, and must not trouble them. Tn
colored man., deeply wounded, returned II
Virginia. Thus the church, like a Jew
when approached by a leprous man, exclaims
. u%nclean unclean!! Stand by thyself! [!
! am whifer than thou y"
Perhaps there was no "negro pew" i
that church. The above are single instances
yet they are fair representatives. Of the spiri
which pervades the State.
That church which has its pew by tn
door or in some by-place, in which the color
ed man may creep, thinks itself fulfilling III
great law of Love thy neighbor as thy
self" In more instances than one have &C
lored people been led out Of the house wher
the protested followers of the meek and low
ly Jesus were met professedly to worshi
him. Now is the spirit which dictates thi
prescription the spirit Of Christ?
In a town in southern Ohio the three prir
cipal churches, viz Episcopalian, Metho
dist and Presbyterian, sustained a Ssbbat
School Union ConcerI, attended monthly, a
which Concert committees were sppointe
from the several churches 10 visit the differ
f ent wards each month, for the purpose of in
viting and securing the attendance Of all tn
children in town, upon one of the Sabbat
schools connected with these churches
There were in this town some twenty or thin
ty eolored children who were prohibited b,
the law of the State from attending the pub
} lie schools, and the law of prejudice exclu
dsd them from the Sabbath school. Durin
t a TWO years. residence there, il was not know
. that one OF these committees even asked a &C
, lored child to ottsnd lAs Sabbath school, ea
'cePt in q single instance,