Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1849-07-28

what do we beholdl Those who name the
name OF Christ, and profess 10 worship the
same God, in positive contradiction 10 the
precepts and the practice Of Jesus, engaged
IN these bloody conflicts, not only with the
children of the same Universal Parent, Of 9TH
er names, but, even more frequently, one with
another! And those who profess to serve
him as ministers of his gospel Of peace, are
found urging on embattled hosts to the work
OF death-profaning the name Of God by
using It as an incentive TO the respective as
s%ailants, and chanting Ie Deums for every
victory achieved for enabling them to strew
the battle field with the mangled bodies Of
the dying and the dead!
3. Siarery. A moments reflection NEST
convince the sincere and dispassionate inqui-
rer, that slavery,-in reducing man 10 a chat
tel, a beast of burden, an article of merchan-
die, an instrument in the hand of an owner,
-annihilates marriage crushes the natural
affections implanted in the mind by its Di-
vine Author; utterly d~isregards the duties of
husband, parent, child, brother; in short, vi
olates every right of mind, and every moral
law of God. 1t does The first, by prohibiting
the use Of mans physical and mental powers
to promote his own happiness, and the happi-
ness Of those connected with him in the vari-
Gus relations of life the second, by making
it impossible for The SLAVE 10 perform The du.
ties which God requires, and TO enjoy the
happiness intended for man in the fulflmeut
OF those duiies,-and consequently, on the
part OF The STAKEHOLDER is a fragrant viola
ton OF Justice, Mercy, Goodness, Love, and
every moral principle; while, by stepping
between man and the Divine requirements, il
Is a practical! and blasphemous denial Of
Gods right TO Govern his creatures, and is
pSSPpIuj and uposI o,oIooLLo Aru,,e "
dition TO this, it debases what is most noble /;
defaces what is most beautiful sunders the
transformations; brushes intellects, breaks
hearts, and degrades bodies. 1t brings into
action The worst feelings and passions /; de-
stroys religion, spreads moral pollutionin the
community; paralyzes industry, and even
blasts the SOIL. 1t is enough to say, that this
mighty wrong, this giant sin, numbers its
three millions victims in our own country,
Could an evil of such magnitude he con.
tlnued in our midst, were there vitality in the
religion-in the churches of the country q
were not the ministry emanating from the ten
thousand puIpits in the land, infdel 10 truth,
to love, to humanity and their occupants,
consciously or unconsciously, caterers to the
Fidelity, the Atheism which marks the sys-
tenn, and the complicated iniquities which are
its attendants Verify, nay.
A. Allied TO this iniqnity is the Prejudice
a~sgai,,sL Color, SO shamsiallys psezalep,smonz
US. Man is Identical in the elements of his
being wherever found on Gods earth his
feelings, his sorrows, his joys the same the
aspirations of his soul embrace alike the in
terests Of time and eternity. And shall he
pr%esumptuouly conclude, that He who has
diversified creation with every hue, intended
that the variety OF complexion in the human
family should separate his children from each
other, or form a barrier TO their mingling in
common brotherhood Shall he, in the in
diligence of this unholy prejudice, deny even
the power OF Religion TO remove it, and carry
out his practical ungodliness by transporting
his brother to other climesl SO proclaims
the cruel and unjust scheme of Colonization
and the Religion Of The Country ~sustains it.
S. Bearing close analogy TO the system of
slavery, is the condition 10 tUhich tComan is
reduced, by the practical denial of her equal-
~ with man, in rights, privileges, duties, and
responsibilities. A similar disregard of the
fact OF the identity Of human nature, and inf
deity Of selt-eyiden truth, exists in this as
in the case Of chattel slavery. The identity
OF human nature is the impregnable basis Of
the equality of human rights. If human ma
ture be the same, then interests, capabilities,
responsibilities, rights, are the common in
"S''uiNS VI oii3 iOuh 'Ho COIllHUn IdTent.-
And all these are facts of indubitable con-
seriousness. Yet of these facts there is a prac.
teal denial in the arrangements of society,
almost every where; and the authority of
Religion is claimed, by its pr9fessed ministers,
for this unsPeakable wrong done to onc-haD
the human family!
Can religion be at variance with nature
with the facts of consciousness Then Gods
laws are IN conflict with themselves -relicion
Is an arbitrary thing, and man an enigma -
Loce 70 G0d and lore 10 man, are terms Of no
significance. They may mean hatred, inius.
ice, cruelty, oppression, or any thing thai as
Stunning or legalized teachers NAV interpret.
In vain are all appeals to principles of benev.
olence implanted in our nature, or 10 our per-
cepton Of any Divine or moral attribu,e.-
Alas, Tor the theology Of the schools-of pro-
iessed ministers Of religion Here is the
soil from which the mighty Tree of evil,
whose branches overshadow the land, derives
much OF its sustenance.
We have seen the fruillessness of the Re-
ilgion OF the churches, respecting great evils
which exist 10 our midst. 1t is moi wanting
In regard for the " mint, anise, and cummin 8
In zeal for ceremonial usages and theolopi-
cal dogmas, as Water Baptism, the Supper,
trinity, Total Depravity, Vicarious Atone
ment, an Imputed Righteousness, &c.; which
may all be as punctiliously observed, as rea-
dily embraced and firmly entertained by the
immoral, as by the pious and good-and the
latter even more readily. But regarding these
Migrant evils, it is blind, and deaf, and dumb!
In the practical exemplifcation of lore Of God
and humanity, the Church of Christ, SO call
ed, has probably no pre-eminence over the
Church Of the World; probably falls behind
1t. In doctrine it is not less defective than
in practice. To this point we now ask your
serious attention.
We speak in general terms Of the theology
of the chuches of Christendom when we say,