Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1849-06-01
WHOLE NO. 1877.

ana the friends of Abolitionism 10 con,en.
Plate The fearful results of their UNEQUAL con.
hlc', lei The advocates of Slavery humbly
rejoice in finding the God of the lible viii
vail" ~ Pe-
think | have read enough. The reason
why | have read it is because | made n bolJ
statement a little while ago in reference to
Tue position of clergymen of the North.
SAID they were not aware of the character of
nose with whom they are in association az
me south. ] do not believe there are a doz-
en- clergymen in New York, who will moi he
startled at these sentiments. But there ia
ahotheT worse statement than that, which I
have TO make. l do not believe there are
halt a dozen c%lergymen in New York. who
would not be proud 10 welcome this cleroy-
man 10 thtlr pulpits. "a voice; yes, there
are more than that.) | do not believe a
worn OF l' know what the churches and
clergymen Of The city of New YORK are.
know something about these pretended diyi.
slons in the Baptist and Methodist churches
Of the North, but | tell you that on the part
OF those who have created these divisions, il
Is all Tor the sake of ecclesiastical effect, tho
same as We see when politicians contriye
some scheme TO blind the ewes. and ouiet tba
consciences, of those who are disturbed, or
from whom danger 10 their party is to be an.
pretended. j tell you The great mass of the
clergy, not only of the city, but of the State
OF New York are in good, loving, fellow.
snip and communion with The author Of this
e%e'ter; and thus have expelled from their
churches in very many instances men and
women who dared TO call such sentiments in
question. Now if you are going 10 be teach
ers oil the people, why not first Instruct your
selves and then teach them
The sentiments of this letter are as GOOD
as the doctrine of the American Board, or of
the General Assembly of the Presbyterian
church, old or new school. No large eccle-
%siasiical body in our land has promulgated
sentiments less diabolica than these. We
are here to-day to call the attention of the
people TO the character of their religious
teachers. The ministry of New England
has expelled the Anti-Slavery of the North
from their fellowship and communion. Have
they expelled the slave-holding South! I
Tell you nay. This very week New York is
spinkled, from one end 10 the other, with
these very Southern clergyman, and it is even
possible that the writer Of that letter may be
among them. And yet where is the rebuke
of the churches of New York. There is
none. The New York Observer. the New
York Evangelist, and The New York indie.
pendent, indeed | presume every religious
paper OF this whole city, will brand this
meeting as a gathering Of infdeGs. They will
brand it with more opprobium than will any
other class OF the city presses. And yet
what are we doing here? We are exposing
the roltenness and hypocricy of a religion,
one Of whose Doctors is the writer of the
letter, extracts of which have been read 20
you. That is what we are doing, and that
Is why we are branded as infdels. The
AeiV York Herald will not brand this as a
conclave OF infdels. ~(Laughter.) | tell
you it takes the religious press 10 brand US
a. ~inddels, Ga voice, irueD and il is simply
because we are here to expose the only dam
gerous i~niidelity that now stalks abroad in
our land. | fear not that infdelity'which the
church says has been imported from France ;
| care not for any atheism which the church
processes 10 dread. | tell you the only dam
D gerous i~nfidelity we have 10 fear, is the inf
; deity Of n church, the ministers of which
j can promulgate such sentiments as | have
read /; sentiments which, ! believe, if there
were presses in ~perdition that published tho
o foreign news that might be telegraphed
h thence from this world, they would find some
+ corner OF their paper in which to insert it
q and head it, " Refuge Of Scollers,' and I'M
] der that head publish that letter. Gap.
! p'ause.)
Sill you ask us why we attack the churchl
o What shall we attackl What else can harm
lllt CdurC ~ humanity llhb inc cnuTCn L
tell you, nothing. The ~Anti-Slavery move
ment is onnipotent against everything but
The power Of the church, and it will one day
be triumphant over those proud organizations
which To-day sneers at us as conclaves of in
Gdels and atheists. Over the ruins of this
proud and insolent organization We will ont
IN day march 10 a glorious triumph. There /!
10 nothing from which we encounter such VIC
i. lent opposition as from the church and The
clergy of the land. The politics Of the
al country why il is more than half converted
-. TO Anti-Slavery. The politicians ofthe coun-
~. try already begin 10 see Anii-Slavery men
h. "as trees walking" and they make haste 10
l., take refuge beneath their friendly shelter
Why the very organization Of what is called
If the Free Soil party, whatever may be said
as 10 its merits as a party, proves that hard
ness Of heart and blindness Of mind on the
Il part Of the political institutions of the coun-
Try are already giving way. Why, the pull,
- pits of the land are strengthening themselves
IA in their hostility to freedom as they never
did before. | tell you that were it not fol
- The position of the church and the ministry
- we could elevate to-day the banner of Free
" Soil and Emancipation, and every slave
would enjoy his liberty secure. That is tn
10 reason why we attack the church. Henr,
NJ Clay rides at last in the car Of prospectiv
IN emancipation, and he is met by the pulpit
at Of the land, and his letter denounced, not f.
IN lis defence of Slavery, but because it hint
I at its overthrow. The sentiments even {
such men as Henry Clay are in advance c
the church. He joined The church but a FEY
a, ; years since, and possibly he will yet have {
80 he eXcommunicalcd on account of his Ant
70 Slavery sentiments. (%Laughter.) The neN
Sc 81 we shall hear perhaps will he that the churc
y has taken steps, as she calls it, 10 his fin
-, accommodation, for he has forfeited h
)" right 10 church membership and has assaile