Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1848-01-28

read Mr.. Robertson's challenge and my res
ponse, his second letter and ny response
On these. also, ! made some passing remarks;
abiding also 10 his manner Of placarding his
letters 10 me before ] had time 10 answer
them having employed a man 10 walk thro'
the streets Of Edinburgh between two boards,
one on his back and one on his breast. On
his back, BEWARE BEWARE :! Of a. Camp
bell-on his breast, Rec. Jraics ROderisOn's
challenge 10 a. Campbell. OF Bethany Col
lege. This was not enough. He had him
or a second one standing between tSo boards
at the entrance TO the Waterloo Hall, show
ing 10 every one as he entered, the courage
and orthodoxy of this Reverend "SecretaTy
Of the Scottish Anti. Slavery Society.
| next proceeded to inform my auditory
that the United States could not abolish sla-
very in a single state of the Union. Eng
land and Scotland always speak Of American
slavery MS if it We're a constitutional or ma
tional affair which a simple congressional
majority could any day abolish. ! gave a
history Of the nslltution--the position Of the
several states TO it, and spoke of Virginia and
her views as indicated in her last convention;
with her present views and prospects. ] al
so spoke of Maryland, Delaware, and Ken
lucky, as well as of the free states, and of
Nh'il Nit"N hlh 'fllNAo az 4 FOllu luuVt ON
the premises. ] went at some length into
the various hindrances and difficulties in The
way of those disposed 10 emancipate--espe-
cially the opposition shown to free persons
OF color in free states, developed in the treat
ment OF the late Mr.. Rdndolph's slaves, &c.
&c.
! then proceeded to my own position 10 A
merican slaveIy-declarlng that never APP
proved Of, nor defended any system OF sla-
very, ancient or modern, Anglican or Aineri-
can that in the statute books of all slave
states there were sundry laws and enact
ments that no Christian man could sanction
or practise ;-alleging, also, that no Chris
tian man in America was either Obliged 10
approve them or TO put them into practice in
his own case. | had myself emancipated
several slaves that came into my possession,
had bought others with a reference to their
emancipation, and had emancipated them,
and for several years have not had any prop
erty in any human being except in my wife
and children.
also gave a summary Of DR.. Wayland's
and DR.. Fuller's debate on slavery my own
views of their respective merits, and the
ground on which they closed that cbntrover-
sy. ! then took up the Pltriarchal, Jewish,
and Christian enactments on the subject, and
SHON tu lndt IO nldn ildu ever DPen pnlOlne0
= on pain IF accommodation to emancipate his
q slaves demonstrating from the last precept
of the Decalogue and from the first precept
Of the Jewish civil code, that the Lord did
. recognize and sanction, in certain cases, that
u one man might have property in another man
as his bond servant, both for a terms of years,
. even though he was his own natural and re-
HgiOus brother, and that he might own an al
len Tor life. SO decreed the Apostles also,
and, therefore, no 0ne church or indiuiaua!
could, Uth arg sh0w IF dirine authoriry,
mGfe II SMUT TO hOLd property in man or enact
n mo a term Y communion, provided only,
that the Christian duties due TO a Christian
or Pagan servant were duly and faithfully
> performed. Christianity regulated, bu { did
> not annihilate the relation of master and bond
; servant; and that although | was c~onstitu-
tionally, politically, economically, and mo-
; rally opposed TO all forms of slavery. eccle-
: s%iastic and political, English and American,
| could not legislate on the subject beyond
V the passages of scripture which | read-viz {:
. | Cor. vii. %; chap. xii. 10; Gal. iii. %; iv.
= 22-30; Eph. vi. 5-S; Col. iii. ll-22; | Tim.
' vi. l-3; Titus ii. .; Philemon 10th verse;
u On these ! commented at some length OPEN
" ing and alleging that Paul %enjoined cOntinu-
ance in the relation, except a bond servant
! had it in his power TO be emancipated, and
. in that case he might prefer it. He also COM
manded obedience to all masters, especially
TO Christian masters, enjoining npOn masters
the duty OF paying 10 their servants what is
. Just and equal TO the value of their labor,
knowing that there was in heaven a master
TO whom they should all account. With re-
gard TO those without the church, as Chris.
lian men, we have nothing to do. | believe
y that it would be much more ad vaniageous tC
y masters than 10 most slaves that emancipa-
~ ton was practicable, and that in all grain
" growing states slavery was an incubus on
: their industry, and a great state misfortune,
: and that | would give my vote for its fnaI
" abolition; but ! must dissent wholly from
the ground taken by the Scotch Anti-Slave
a ~ Society, as from that assumed by many
8 American Abolitionists.
70 Such were my views, and | feared not 4
avow them but | came not TO Scotland I
ne open my mouth upon such questions, and re
,U GREETED, extremely regretted, the means take
ne to elicit my opinions on the subject.
! gave in proof that ccclesiastic intrigu
" more than anti-slavery conscientiousness
- sympathy was now predoninating the fa
- that other men, such as DR.. Beecher, an
- sundry members Of the alliance Evangelict
10 were allowed to preach here without int
rt ruptiou, although differing nothing in theor
~ or in practice from myself. Some one mu
"a tered that DR.. Beecher and som other pc
~ son were called to explain their views
some other places, if not in Edinburgh. b.
~ were they placarded in advance !! This ha
~ not been so done.
ore Meantime Mr.. Robertson and his frien
slv Mr.. Kennedy, and other brethren of that cor
zen %nection, using their feet, eyes, and hands t
Ills keep alive the anti-slavery spirit, while som
I I of them were crying for Mr.. Robertson I
,cb speak, even before | got through, annoye,
,ro. me no little. | was obliged TO say that
90 was rather strange that after all The mean
as taken to publish and placard my alleged pre-