Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1848-02-25
WHOLE NO. 1872.


and endcavors have been made to get funds.
My opinion Is that it the Thing is prc3ented
right, it might be done. This subject has
been fully and freely discussed in some por-
tons Of the slave siates-sermon have been
preached and published-a door seems to be
open. Many Bibles mightbe conveyed now.
there not many Of the slavc-holders who
will be willing that their slaves should have
the Biblel Are there not many who will Sc
cond our efforts in evangelizing the slave
population
"Rev. f.. Moves. The formation Of such
a society as this resolution c~ontemplates,
would be no less odlous to the shareholders,
than If 1t were designed tor their own evan.
geIization. 1t begins at the wrong end. |
was sincere in the amendment proposed 70
include shareholders. God, a great while
ago, engaged in the emancipation Of an OPP
pressed people. lie gave US Il model fer our
own imitation. When the children of Gsra-
e! were in bondage in Egypt, He sent a mis-
Slonary io-whom ! 10 the oppressed 3
No; but to Pharaoh. saying, lie, my people
TO- That they may serve me- No measures
were adopted for evangelizing the oppressed.
but TO the great oppressor the voice came in
thunder tones, Let them gOr And we in
like manner have to do with slave holders
The slaves have nothing to serve God with.
We must first restore them 10 their own
souls. God commands us, Go FIRST to pba.
raoh.
~. NJ. Durgin. Slavery is one. What
ever may be its appendages or incidents,
slavery consists in one thing, and that is, Ia
king a man and beating the humanity out Of
him. When this is done, he feels that he is
not a man. If he exhibits any will Of his
W that must be beaten out If him. Now
send him the Bible, when he knows not how
to read, and does not really own the faculties
which are necessary 10 learn. How absurd.
The moment, too, he begins 10 read, that mo-
ment his conscious manhood begins to spring
up. But no-slavery tells him, you are only
a chaltel. He begins to think there is a God;
but no-the Shareholder tells him, | am youi
God; you are TO obey me and serve me. But
it is said there is no law against giving the
slave the Bible. No law! What is law!-
We admit there is no statute law, but thert
is that which is above this, aud greater thar
thistle Iaw gpu6Hc opinion.
1T. Stevens. The resolution SAYS now
is the time. Ii the proposal had been to e
vangelize the north, | should have been ii
favor of it. We need it. There is enough
pro-sIavery here to call for it, and the soutO
would laugh at our hypocrisy il we talk abou
evangeliZing just yet either the Shareholder
or their slaves. Pro.slavery ministers her
need to be converted, and pro-slaveGy dea
cons, and all. Many are so pro-slaveTy thu
they will not allow us TO preach even again,
this internal Mexican war. Let us have
society 10 evangeli2e the pro-slavery men an
women Of the north and | will Join it.
REV. J. Burns. My own conviction i
that there are many things which would for
bid your adopting this resolution. i hope
and confidently believe, that the abominablt
system Of American slavery will come 10 al
end soon. 1t will some time, and when i
does much honor will be due to The Free vii
Baptist. No step surely should be taken t
turn aside from the main duty of holding NJ
The primary truth, that the slave is first 10 b,
free, restored from "A chattel to a human be
ing. Free viii Baptists, as such, cannot Ia
Dor efficiently in giving the slaves the Bible
You would have the least possible influence
with the shareholders. They know you.-
They know the stand which YOU have takeT
the sentence which you have prounouncec
against them. Think you that they will be
willing that their slaves should receive the
Bible at your hands. Mo-! They would spur
the thought Again: you would have 10 en-
gage in this work on the principle of com
promise, that you will not say anything di
recfly on the subject of emancipation. l'hi
you can not do. Through other channel
you must operate.
The resolution was laid on the table"