Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1848-04-14

law and take away thy coat, let him have
thy cloak ALSO" (NdfheiO =; 400 and thus
his nnPrincipled prosecutors were suffered 10
glut their wolfsh appetites to safety upon
their unresisting victim.
Looking al this subject in every point Of
view, Your Committee do not hesitate TO say
that an act so contemplate, mean, ddslafdly
and brutal, is rarely TO be found in the histo-
Ty OF human transactions. Therefore
Resofred, That the spirit manifested by
the priesthood Of the NJ. T.. Church in this
ylclniiy' ia not the legitimate offspring Of
Christianity, Science, or Civilization, hut a
relic OF the dark ages-a continuation Of that
lntolerant spirit which caused the establish
ment oil the Roman inquisiiion-of that "a.
natlcism which cTimsoned the tairest fields
OF European civilization with the blood Of
their nariyrcd citizens. aud whitened the
peaceful valleys Of the Alpine mountains with
The bones Of their butchprcd inhabitants: and
we believe hat political power is only WIN.
ting To render these fanatics MS formidable
enemies 10 human liberty aud human hapri-
ness as ever the Roman hierarchy were in
their palmiest days.
Resotred, that the ministers and other ri-
lers OF the NJ. +. Church, seem to manifest
a disposition to monopolize for their own use,
the exclusive privilege of disturbing NEE
lungs, and a~ssailing with mobOcratic violence
any assemblage of citizens who shall call in
question their own infallibiliiy; hence their
extreme sensitiveness, like all other monopo-
lists, whenever their exclusive privileges are
infringed upon or invaded.
Resoired, That the thanks Of this meeting
be rendered 10 those persons who were invol-
unfairly dragged into this dirty business.
and who have nobly refused TO receive llitir
portion of the wages of i%niquity.
ReSOtced, That we consign over TO theiI
W consciences, (if they have any, and to
the blighted and whitening contempt of al
insulted and outraged community, those per
sons who volunteered their services in the
most despicabIe transaction, and have pock.
eied their share Of the plumber of prosecuted
innocence.
ResOired, That the right of the people n
assemble for The purpose Of worsIlipping Goo
according TO the dictates Of their own con
sciences, is among the most sacred of thei
natural rights, and, consequently, it is The
duty Of Government to afford them adequate
protection from innovation, either externally
or internally: nevertheless, we cannot bu
express our decided opinion that any chutcl
which manifests such a litigious spirit as tn
NJ. +. Church in this vicinity has of late
is not The Church OF Christ, nor its minis
tiers of the kind commissioned by that au
gust parsonage. Christ's ministers were sen
like sheep among wolves: these go forth lik
wolves among sheep, and are about as gooc
as could be expected from a church which,
, addition TO its other denominations, is guilt
of trA0icking in slaves and souls OF men.
R%cSOired, That this meeting highly CON
mend those members Of the NJ. +. Church
who have had the moral courage 10 NANTES
their disapprobalion of the conduct of thi
overbearing and %,yrannical priest, by bearin
an open testimony against it before the " orlt
ResOhred, That we sincerely pity tho'
i misguided priest-ridden devotees who piou
~ believe that they are advancing the inte
est of Chrisl's Kingdom, by defending t
, conduct of the author Of the aforenamed o,
rags upon every principle of RELIGION, ID
cENcY, and COMMON SENSE.
? ResOfred, That any attempt on the part
r a base and uuprincipled priesthood, to d
tate TO the people who attend their pub
meetings, in any matter concerning th'
wearing apparel, manifests no common d
gree of ignorance and impudence; and we
it not for their influential standing in sociel
, would place them beneath the contempt OF
free and enlightened community.