Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1848-10-13

that he should have them 10 show on his re-
turn home. The Rev. Joel Parker. ID,
now of Philadelphia; formerly .of New Or
leans, and ate Twards Of the Tabernacle (),
was the only one tina, clme up fairly and
handsomely TO the defence of Slavery. He
Condemned the tone of the Secretaries com
municalion to the Missionaries, as too Anti
Slavery, and maintained Gin effect, not lite
rally.) that the possession of slaves, Ear from
being Prima JuciF evidence Of sin, was prima
Jacie evidence of hohness. 'rh6 Whole mat
t1r was finally passed over to the next An
nual Meeting.
One thing was observable, that the low
and time-serving ground taken by the Secre-
raries in their Report, seems TO have given
entire satisfaction TO the dissatisfied parties
who originally called for action. The Rev.
MIR. L~oveioy, the Editor of the Emancipator,
expressed his high qualification, and entire
contentment with the document which con-
tanned no condemnation Of Slavery as a ma
lam an Sc, but only of its incidental abuses,
and refused 10 declare the robber Of his bro-
TIERS body and soul unfit for the fellowship
OF the Church Of Christ. In this opinion the
Rev. Jonathan Curtis, Of N. II. concurrd.
DR.. Edward Beecher, the famous organizer
Of guilt out Of sin, with an i%ronical sheer,
Us GFhNltliCh ll doS0IlNlIL
al. this late day TO doctrines which he had
been covered with obloquy by them. for pro-
posing in 1915. 1t would seem, therefore,
that peace is at last restored to this Zion, and
that henceforth whenever, 10 use the words
Of the Special Report Of the Prudential Com
mittee, God is pleased hopefully to renew
the hearts of Slaveholding Indians, and, upon
giving credible evidence of plety, they are
received into the church, there will be no
objection made on the par; of their neD-or-
gdnized brethren in Christ, TO sitting down
at the communion table with them.
But the moral support given by the Board
TO Slavery, reaches far beyond this petty
matter Of SIaveholding Indians. Represent
ing a large section of the Religious commu-
nifty, it is the medium through which the
sympathies of the evangelically elect flow 10
the Heathen--to the perishing millions who
are daily going down to eternal destruction,
for the want of Gospel privileges. But for
the Heather in their own country, kept
Heather by their own countrymen, who are
enabled 10 do this wickedness through their
own political consent and support, they have
no pity and no missionaries. The domestic
Institutions OF Ceylon and Hindostan, they
are willing to attack. They respect those OF
their own Gospel. favored land. 1t is dis
'dhCe iHdb leHuS encnhntment 10 their view
Of Heathendom. The diameter of the earth
is needed for a cond uctor of their sympathies.
Their regard for the unconverted is great in
the geographical ratio of the distances they
are removed from them. What conclusion
can be drawn from all this but the true one,
that slaveholding is not regarded by this
great Body of American Piety, as a relation
essentially and morally wrong! That it is
reuarded as one consistent with vital niety.'
and a regenerated estate And can Slavery
desire any fuller recognition! These men
either do not perceive that Heathenism in
the form Of The Sum of all Villanies, is a
proper object for Christian labor; or, know.
ing it, refuse TO extend a helping hand TO
their ~neighbor that has fallen among thieves
by their own wayside, because of their W
participation in the crime. In either case,
they are condemned as unfit 10 be the Evan
g~elizers of the World. We trust that their
increasing debt and crippled means may be
a sign that this truth is being more and more
fully understood.-Q.