Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1848-04-14

On the evening Of that day Mr.. Selby
vent TO the meeting, and at the close called
he attention Of the church. and public to what
lad been going on through the day. The
was very stormy and did not close,
believe, ill eleven o'clock. Thus closed,
believe, the second protracied metting-the
OF freedom unflnching in the main
Of their rights, the opposite fer de-
on rule or ruin. ! ought 10 have
that at this meeting the preacher took
decided ground against us.
There has, for some years, been %"union"
Sunday School in this village-Ior four years
past it has met in the Wesleyan house. One
evening during the meeting last mentioned,
a meeting was called, and those in favor Of
forming a Wesleyan Sunday School invited
TO put down their names-a few did so;
when 1t was declared that none but those
whose names wereIown should vote. Thus
the %"union'' school was kicked out Of the
house without ceremony or notice.
The secret was this, quite IA lumber OF the
teachers and larger scholars were members
Of the freedom society and some Of them
had been so wicked as to refuse to kneel
when the Superintendent wanted TO say his
prayers in public. lie is The same person
who has led in the opposition from the be-
ginning. A Wesleyan class-leader and trus-
tee-a Liberty party man, and was, ! ain not
en,, ,,Iotb,r Ia, - IN, ar mt, =, candidate
fer Office. He had declared that no person
should be a member Of the school unless
they would kneel when be prayed. A con-
%slilution has been adopted for the new school
embracing all the points Of theology which
are deemed orthodox, | believe. Heretics
can have no place there. The consciences
of our Liberty party W~esleyans will not al
low them to meet in church or in school with
one VINO darcs to differ with them as TO how
large a liberty a man shall possess in form
ing his religious opinions; but strange to
say they have no scruple in keeping the mo-
MES of the s'uniou" school and refusing 10
pay them over 10 the officers of that %ins,itu-
ton. That though is a small matter!
Application was made for the Protestant
Methodist Church for the meeting Of the
elected school but pro-slavery ever true TO
his kind refused on the ground that they
were infdels. 1t was said that the Superin-
tendant is an lnfdel, while he, ~forsootb, is a
member of the Wesleyan Church! The
children even, unless they will 60 mad a.
gainst Gdrrisonism, cannot be allowed a place
10 attend school on the Sabbath.
Bat this is not enough-all opportunity for
addressing community must be cut off il
possible. "The leading influence Of The
Church" had declared repeatedly that ]. w
Walker and Nm. Selby should never preach
in the Wesleyan house again. Accordingly
a week from to-day he issued his mandat,
forbidling us the use Of the house in the fu
ture. The following is a copy:
LEEsBuRGH, March 25, 1918.
, Mcssrs. ]. w. WALKER g. N. SELBY,
. Gents This will inform you, that til,
: trustees of the Wesleyan Methodist ChurcI
in Leesburgh, have determined that they
~ wv Nv i'hA W ~ OSShEJ M
7 House In future.
Respectfully, &C.,
A. r. DEMPSTER,
on behalf of the Trustees.
At the time Of the issuing Of the above al
, appointment was out for the following eve
ming. We went to inquire, and as we ex
pected from the knowledge we have Of tn
/, source from whence il came, found that tn
majority of the Trustees had not authorize,
the issuing Of the cxpulsive document. Il
!, fact no Trustee meeting had been called, an
= nearly half the Trustees had not been con
5 suited at all. In the evening another buI
r was issued signed by four of the seven rrus
tees, forbidding us 10 use the house in fl
f turc, although one of the persons r~ositiveI
told us not six hours before, that he lad no
and would not give his name 10 any act
the kind only in a legally called meeting
the Trustees. Since then that Trustee ha
c explained the matter by saying that he CAV
v his name only to contradict a report that W
S claimed to have his consent 10 use the house
e when no such claim had been mad by u.s.
II When it was known what was done, TuS
d tees, subscribers and members were file,
d with Indignation; for | suppose by far tn
d greatest amount of money was paid for tn
building of the house by those in favor of gu
using it. On Sunday morning a large NUN
e her met at the preaching hour at the church
After the preacher, Levi jenkins, had don
h talking, he gave way for this subject to b
= settled. Mr.. Dempster came forward tow
ering with rage; took the hymn book to clos
the meeting, declaring he would not hav
IF their meeting disturbed and The subjeC
should not be discussed, &c. This callc
ID up Jacob Millersacb, one Of the Trustee
and others, who told him he was not y
Ie Pope over all. The matter was talked ov
of and d. told the others if they dared TO OPP
r. the house (Which they had built for free di