Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1848-02-11
LocUsT GROVE, Adams Co., o.
January 9Th, 1918.
The Church SOlth'S opinion of the
Church North.

The following article from the Southern
christian Advocate, published at Charleston,
>. e. an organ of the Nj. L. Church South,
shows that the shareholders at least under
stand the true character Of the Church North,
and has nothing but contempt for it. as long
as It attempts $50 to serve God as not to Of
tend the devil.'-o.
"And now we wish the Methodist Epis-
copal Church of the United States North, ioy
In being as FULLY pro-slacery-so far as any
and every vital principle is concerned-as the
M. r.. Church South, is, has been, or ever
VIII be. That ecclesiastical body is formal
ly, truly, undeniably, irrevocably connected
with slavery? Shareholders lead her clas-
SEES; shareholders kneel at her communion
tables; Shareholders fill her boards of trustees;
Sapehohders occupy her rery puIp,ts. Let
New England and Ohio stand aghast, and
let the daughters OF Eastern and Western abb
olltionism grid themselves with sackcloth.-
Shareholders occupy her pulpits, we repeat;
tor although the travelling preachers of the
Baltimore Conference are not allowed to hold
TINS sort oil property, any of the Maryland or
virginia local preachers may, that choose so
to do; and many of them are Shareholders
A flne denOument. truly, is this to the whole
tragedy OF the General Conference oflSI4.-
The Nj. f.. Church has lost sixteen of her
falrest provinces; and kept sLarery sticking TO
her skirts after all. Her enemies within and
without will say that she endorses the doc
trlne that human beings may be regarded as
properiy-held as chattels-and what answer
can she givel She sees no neral guilt in
the relation of master and slave, per sc. Her
official organs must again be muzzled. Ex-
pedlency must strangle conscience, or aboli-
tionists will leave the foul communion in
thousands. The sliding scale of morality
must be adopted again, and that course ofac-
ton be regarded as %virtuous and praisworthy
in a layman, which would send a Bishop to
perdition. In short, the Baltimore Confer
ence has conferred a better boon upon the
Southern Church by going North, than if she
had brought to our communion twice the a.
mount OF her present numbers, and ten times
the amount of her talent. She keeps slavery
in the mother Church. and makes every apol-
ogy for Northern Methodisln, a chan pion of
Southern rights and principles ."-LiJerator.
GEORGE b. VAsHoN.-The New York cor
respondent of the Philaphia Inquirer says:-
For the first time in the history of the State
Of New York, and if | am not wrong, for
the HISI 'iuhe III TIE history OF lne United
States, a colored man was yesterday admit
ted after due examination, as Attorney, So
licitor and Counsellor of the Supreme Court
of this State. On his examination he eyinc-
ed a perfect knowledge of the rudiments of
the law, and a familiar acquaintance with
Coke, Littleton, Blackstone and Kent.
George B. Vashon, This nancy does not,
however, intend to practice his profession
here; he merely took out his credentials from
our Courts, and intends to practice at Cape
Hatien, where they will act as a powerful
letter of recommendation, and where he can
plead without being sneered at.
Mr.. Vashon was born and studied'his pro-
fession in Pittsburgh. His father is a very
respectable, intelligent and industrious col
ored man, and one Tho spared no pains or
expense in educating and preparing his son
for the legal profession. The education of
young Mr.. Vashon was of the most liberal
characteT,-such as to draw from his profess
sors %encomiums ofpraise. His qualifications
for legal proficiency were certified to by our
most eminent and erudite lawyers. Yet, un-
der the present Constitution and organization
of our Courts, he could not be permitted to
pursue the line of life for which he had la
bored so assiduously to prepare himself
New York has extended the courtsey due
his merit, regardless of the complexion of The
applicant.-PHSJWgh Gq=.