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dulterer was expelled, he was treated with
the utmost leniency. Not a word was utter
ed publicly against him. Even in the min
utes, no charge was recorded against him.
No hint was ever given in the Magazine, Of
the enormities of which he had been guilty,
or of the length of time which he had prac-
tised his horrible pollutions. No attempt was
made TO withhold the monies due TO him.
They paid him all, and even gave him a con-
siderable sum To aid him in his difficulties
Never, since the days that the Jews preferred
the liberation of B~arabbas, the notable rob-
Der, TO the liberation Of Jesus, the great de-
liverer, have men given stronger or fuller
proof, that they hated freedom and indepen-
dence, a regard TO conscience and TO God,
more than the most fragrant and unnatural
crimes, than the New Connection have given
in their treatment Of the reformers and the
great adulteref.
And let it also be known, that the New
Connection still have fornicators and adulter-
ers, knOwn fornicators and adulterers, amongst
them /; ave, even amongst their superlnten-
dent preacher and that SO far from expelling
them, they do their best TO protect them from
inquiry, by appointing them 10 circuits where
they are least likely to be annoyed by the enc
mics of their evil deeds.
And the Old C%onnexion is as bad. And
the Baptist and Independent bodies are as
bad as either. The Baptists took in and
sanctifed that filthy and abandoned man, who
disgraced himself SO dreadfully while sta
toned with me in Gateshead. They have re-
cognised Russell also; and they still keep
amongst them L. Giles, the man who was
lately convicted Of seducing his servant girl
at Bristol. But why do | dwell on p%articu-
lars! Their whole conduct is grounded on
the principle, of Furnishing manliness and
goodness as an objectionable and intolerable
offence, and OF toleratng every form or de-
gree OF crime, which does not, either by its
natural tendency, or its great publicity, en-
danger the power and interests of the priest
hood or sect. ] have not the slightest doubt,
but that the leading sectarians and priest
hoods of Great Britain, would be as violent
and determined in their opposition 10 aboli-
tionism, and as unprincipled in countenan-
cling and protecting kidnapping and slave
holding, as any of your American sectarians
and priesthoods are, if they were placed in
the same circumstances, and had the same
temptations. Their conduct in connection
the Evangelical Alliance, their nnmanly
opposition to the American abolitionists that
nave visited this country, their reluctance to
AXE any part in enlightening and rousing the
mind in this country on the subject Of
Slavery, and, in conclusion, their
entire devotion to the interests of their order
md their party, prove that they are as cor
'upt as the leading sectarians and priesthoods
Vt America, though their corruption does not
exactly the same shape, or show it,
self in exactly the same way.
Then look at the conduct of the sects and
'rleshoods of Great Britain with regard 10
he temperance cause. Even the underslan.
ding of a child is sufficient to satisfy it, that
the drinking system is productive of infinite
evil, and that the tendency of teetotalism is
to do incalculable good. Yet the sects and
the priesthoods of Great Britain are, with few
exceptions, banded together against %teetotal-
ism. The Wesleyan Methodist Conference
have done their utmost, 10 prevent any min.
lister in their body from advocating %teetotal-
ism, and to prevent any chapel or school in
their conneXion from being used by %teetotal
lecturers, While they subscribe the Ian.
guage of John Wesley, who pronounces dis
tillers and sellers of spirituous drinks, Poi.
OItl SCItiul VI HCl uboJtbl1 , ouUJGClS, anu
speaks of the drink itself as Liquid fire and
distilled damnation,' they prefer distlllers and
rum-sellers to the highest offices in the con-
%nexion, and actually let off a part of their
Centenary Hall for spirit vaults.
In som circuits, a great part of the class
leaders and local preachers are either publi-
cans, distillers, spirit-sellers, or beer-shop
keepers while a great part of the members
are amongst the most drunken and sensual OF
the population. One of the leading men a.
mongst the Methodists in my own native
place, is a spirit-seller; and the only spitit-
seller, except the publicans, in the whole
town. The mischief which this man has
done, both to the temporal and spiritual inter-
ests of the neighborhood, is incalculable and
his violation of the laws of Methodism is
most palpable yet the preachers, instead Of
rebuking him, pass by the doors of their
poorer members to visit at his house, and cal
and drink at his table the life and blood Of
their ruined fellow-men.
1t is the same with the other connexions.
Publicans, malsters, distilIers, spirit-sellers,
are almost everywhere to be found amongst
their leading members and principal officers,
And the conduct of the sects and priest.
hoods in reference 10 other reforms, is in per.
feet keeping with their conduct in reference
to teetotallsm. The sects and priesthood
are, in fact, the worst opponents that reform
ers have to contend with. They are the
greatest slanderers of R~eformers, and thu
worst abettors of the destroyers. 1t is a fact
that throughout The country, the most enligh
tened, and benevolent, and useful men, arr
to be found, not in any of the sects, but apar
from them all.
With facts like these before me, | can ca
silly believe your charges against the sect
and priesthoods of America. | can well un
derstand the character of the opposition will
which American Reformers have to contend
| know what the trials of American Reform
ers must be, from my own, | know the cha
racter of the sects and priesthoods of Ameri
ca, from the character of their kindred sect
and priesthoods here at home.
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