Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1849-10-27
The Disciple Church PrO-Slayery.
From the New Concord Free Press.

est men, that the course pursued by a ma
Jority OF the member of the various religious
denominatlons of this country, has done more
to rqtard the Slaves redemption from oppres-
sion, than all other influences combined
Whp dare assert to the contrary?
Lpok at the various reform associations
thai have for their object the amelioration of
mars condition what zeal and energy they
are compelled TO exercise in order to over
cone that constant revengeful opposition
with which they are met from those who
stand on Zion's walls, clothed in the habili-
ments of Heaven, to defend her from the at
tacks Of the devil and his adherents. Ask
the temperance lecturer, the Peace lecturer,
the Moral Reform advocate, the Anti Slavery
lecturer, from what portion of the American
People they meet with the most opposition,
persecution and contempt, and they will tell
you, from the American Clergy and their
followers. Yet this class of the American
People are ever ready to cry out, "Oh! we
are Anti-Slavery-we are AIni-SlaveTy-
Cod bless your souls, we dou't admit to our
communion Shareholders"
Perhaps there is not a religious organiza-
ton upon the face of the earth that claims to
be more opposed to oppression than the
DISCIPLES" or " CdmpJeNiteS." The fact is,
Mr.. Editor, they claim to be very near the
personification of all moral purity and Anti
Slavery perfection. | purpose to show in
this article that they are as deeply involved in
the sin of American Slavery as Henry Clay,
DIR. Junkin, or any other Southern Slave
holder. The first witness which | call TO the
stand is President Shannon, of Bacon Col
lego, Kentucky. Hear him:
aThuS did Jehopah stereotype his opprobd-
. -U nAs CI-. L. Is. -
Nth the institution of the Jewish Religion-he
only religion on earth that had the Divine Sane
ton"
Such are the sentiments of one who stands
high among this portion of Gods protested
people. No wonder that the noble-hearted
philanthropists of Kentucky were defeated
in their late attempt to knock the shackles
of tyranny from the limbs of their oppressed
coimtrymen.
My next evidence of their pro-slavery char
acter, is the universal silence of their weekly
and monthly periodicals, devoted to the adj
vocacy of what they call primitive Christi
aniiy." / have been a constant reader OF
some three or four of their periodicals. for the
last four years, and during this whole period
lafs;ppe / have not seen an article written III
opposmion to Slavery or Its consequences
but mann in favor of it. Alex. Hall, Editor
of the "Gospel Proclamation" published il
the free State of Ohio, when asked how "ial
he dare 20" in exposing the evils of Amer
can Slavery, was silent as the grave! Why
The following table will show the reasol
why this washed " Disciple" of Jesus DARl
not speak out for the glorious and Godl
E cause of humanity. i here present al
g important table, showing the number c
Z" disciples" there are in the Southern State;
which have taken from the "Chri,
tian Register" Shareholders Register,) pull
lished by this same Alex. Hall:
States. No. of Mem. States. No. of Men
kentucky, 34,566 Texas, %
Virginia, 1904 y. Carolina, 49,,
Tennessee, 1905 Mississippi, 81
Missouri, 1902 Maryland, IS
n Louisiana, l,44l -
!, Total, 66,2'
Whole No. of Preachers, AZ
Whole No. ofElders, 1,8i
From the character of the above table yC
/ can easily discover the reason why the sa
y Hall dare not speak out for down-trodden al
crushed humanity-there is bread and b.
ter in the above-this explains that deaf
like silence that pervades the columns of t
n various periodicals devoted to the advoca
II Of Christ and Him crucified. Think of u
231 disciples, 400 preachers of the everla
D. ing Gospel, and 1852 elders, all, or at lei
a. a large majority of whom are daily and ho'
h, ly rampling upon the rights of thousands
I'd their fellow-citizens-treating with mC
a than infidel contempt Gods authority-rC
o, bing mothers of their children-breaking
IL all the social relations Of untold thousands
10 increasing not only the miserios of human
e. here, but adding to the tornents of the
er ready damned, whose unhappy conditt
n might have been one of unalloycd happin
ne and bliss, had it not been for those same p
an fessed Omissions, who have stood as stu
IN bling blocks between an offended Deity All
IL sin-cursed world for the last fifty years.
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