Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1848-04-07
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Friends EDrToRs -
In your paper of March "a, you have the
following; 81. J.. Lehmaousky, who was
for twenty years in the French army, has re-
Gently been le%cturing in various parts of o.
hio. lie was one of the 10000 who survi-
we'd the perils Of the Russian campaign, and
one Of the 1000 who returned from Egypt.
In his lectures upon the wars of Napoleon,
he bears a strong testimony in favor of Tenn
peranco." You then copy from the Ohio
Observer, published at Hudson, some datter-
ing remarks, of his having been the special
subject of the Providence of God, and the eff
fcacy of Temperance.
This same Rev. Col. has been al this place,
and whether he is exactly what he represents
himself 10 be, is doubted by very many. lie
came here from your county | believe, and
at once made friends with the orthodox of the
place, and before lecturing at all, preached
for the Methodists in the forenoon, and COD
gregationalists in the afternoon, on Sunday
He enforced the doctrines of original sin, to-
tai depravily, imputed righteousness, &c.,
and closed by denouncing Voltaire a liar for
saying there were no monuments at the place
where the children of Israel crossed Jordan
dry shod. He knew this was false, for he
had been there, and with his sword had cut
The mound until he saw the very stone put
there TO perpetuate this event. He also in
fnrunl Tho popnroratioD ,bot h. lol ,.e..
twenty-three years of his christian life in
butchering his fellow men-said nothing
about having %repented Of it; perhaps, his God
did not require this evidence of obedience
We don't know, but think that his God is
not like the Christians God. His text was,
"Their God is not like our God, they being
the Judges" The orthodox of the place were
his principle admirers. And why should
they not be most delighted by a recital of
those awful deeds of blood and murder 3
Some doubts were expressed while he was
here, as to the truth of his narrative, and
whether he was what he pretended to be-
He was told to his face by one gentleman
who is somewhat familiar with the history
of events about which he pretends 10 speak,
that he believed him an imposter. The Rev.
Col. buckled on The whole armor Of his chris
tan warfare at once, and denounced the doubt
ing one an lnfdel, and the Congregational
Priest, and a number of his active members
who had come to the Coils help, Joined in
denouncing, and with the most bitter accusa-
tons fairly drove the believer in history and
doubter of the Reverend fighter from the
field.
In fact for time here it was not sufficient
that a man held scriptural and orthodox views
Of Christ-if he did not believe that Col. Leh-
maousky was his Prophet. Indeed, some
who were most JoreiJiy struck with the beau
ties of his twenty-three years christian ex-
perience, the battlefield, followed him TO
Hudson, "if so be they might but touch the
hem of his garment" Since these events.
Efforts have been made here to test the truth
of this i~tinerant military divine, and there is
now in possession Of the gentleman who dar-
ed TO denounce him as an imposter to his
face, evidence sufficient 10 satisfy the most
ardent Lehmaouskyian that if he wishes
a better knowledge Of French History he
had better rely on the writing Of authentic
Historians, than swallow the unsupported
contradictions of any man, simply because
ministers let him occupy their pulpits, to tell
Of the miraculous interpretations Of God fol-
his preservation.
Yours, for Truth.
y Ravenna, April Bird, 1913.