Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1850-03-30

The frst part Of our venerable friends epis-
dc, relating to the Greensboro Conference, VIC
omit, because the information It conveys has
been anticipated.-Ed Bugs.l
j. I will proceed TO give somo Of my own cxpe-
rience, reflections and convictions. Although
was never educated to believe in hanging tho
Quakcrs, yet being descendant from old Mas
sachusetts, was educated to believe in witch
cs, and to feel implicitly bound to believe every
word Of a book in which Il is written, "Thou
shalt not suffer witch to live" And although
the great and learned and pous Baxter pro-
nounccd the unbclicvcr in witches an "obdu-
rate Sadducce," yet have como 20 the conclu-
sion, that those old notions Of witches wcro
moro tho product Of pricstcraft, superstition and
ignorance than reality. 1t was said that when
William Ray "rcturned from the moon, in his
air balloon" in reporting of the dcstitution of
tho inhabitants there compared to us, he said,
among other things, "Nor can they boast Of
witch or ghost. nor of mulatto slaves"
would that we were as destitute of that
kind Of beings and fctions as they are said to
Ot III the mOOni anu Ncb ~ uocS sSehi W nv
that VIC have moro formidable, or more trouble
come difficulties to strive against in our world,
in these latter days, than ever were witches, or
ghosts, or mulatto slaves; mean "spiritual
wickedncss in high places" "thc abomination
of dcsolation," or the desolating abomination
"standing where it ought not" standing in
tho holy place" standing in the Church, who,
as the poet expresses it
Seeks Jehovah from his throne to tear,
And his proud Idol Self to settle there;
or, as the great Apostle to the Thcssalonians has
it, "who opposcth and exaltheth himself above
all that is called God or that is worshippcd, 80
that he as God sitteth in the temple Of God
showing himself that no is God;" or as Jesus
said "who shut up tho kingdom of Heaven
against mon, who neither go in themselves, nci-
ther suffer them that arc entering to 60 in
But to explain more clearly at whom 1 am aim
ing, mean all those professors of religion (but
especially those scetarian bigots) who are "lukc-
warm"-who arc not warm enough TO take
hold Of the reforms of tho day, nor yet cold
enough to let those alone who would so al
would that they were either cold or hot hot
enough to come into the work, or cold enough
not to care to get in the way of those that would
work but being just lukcwarm, they arc the
most annoying and therefore the most noisome
OF all beings. wonder not that the good spir-
it said to such, 1900 years age, al will spew
thee outof my mouth"
Let US for moment look at those devoted
sone aud of rofortn Ia N ,,roaont dov
who arc spending their time, their means, their
strength, and their lives, willing to "spcnd and
be spent" for the redemption of their fellow
creatures. and then look at the division of the
Society of Friends, called 'IIicksitcs with their
"Admonitory Address" pouring out their vitu
pcrations, such as "filthy dreamcrs," "hypo-
critics" vagabond Jews "vagrant Gcntilcs,"
"prctendcrs," &C., against whom they say "thc
judgment of God has of old gone out" and that
che will. as we shall sec, still continue to con-
found them in their own cunning, and put to
naught all their devices ono by one; " that it
Is folly for these to suppose that the Allscarch-
ing Eye cannot see their hypocrisy, and will not
expose the dcceitfulncss of their souls to his
children" Thus much on the Address, which
has been very ably reviewed by others. So
pass on. after remarking, that from what we
have seen above, and from scores of dcmonstra-
tons which could be collected, think they set
up about as strong claim to supernatural or
ganic relation TO infalbility as ever the Pope of
Rome did, and are about as angry when their
claim is disputed as the Pope was when his
claims to infallibilty were disputed by the Pro-
testants in the days of his supremacy.
And now / will give few facts, concerning
what do know about their infallibility, or their
Lie-Ability. LIST. One of their members pub
icly declared, just before the Presidential elec-
ton, that he tcomid not rote for Gen. Taylor
then went directly and voted for him. The
next heard of that man in Church was, that
he was Clerk of the Monthly Meeting. Well,
according to modern Quakerism, he was then
entitled to trustworthy Office in tho Church.
I'd. was around last Fall with petitions to our
State Legislature for the repeal of our Black
Laws, and also one against the common sale of
spirituous liquors. called on one of them he
refused to sign, and went off and reported that
was taking the signatures of little boys; and
yet say positively that though got several
hundred signatures, there was not ono signed
who was not over 10 years old, or whom 1 was
not careful to examine and become satisfied he
was over that age. Sd. offered one of them
ian overseer,) the pamphlet to read containing
the proceedings of Green Plain Yearly Meet
ing last year; when called for it he said he
had not read it" because" said hc 81 find
that you arc quarreling or disputing among
yourselves so soon." asked where he found
an account of that. He said, in that part head
cd Memorial to Congress-" leave it to tho
readers of that pamphlet to examine whether