Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1850-02-09
Yours
Guilt Of The Church.

Whilst thousands in thoir fold
Are suffering woes untold
By the scorpion Slavcry's singing.
DEAR OLIVER One hardly knows how best TO
give vent to the reflections that occupy the mind
upon recurring to the fearfully momcntous mat
ter indicated in the above lines. feel sometimes
that am at my wits end upon this point.
see an institution among us, compared to which
the Inquisition was mercy and goodness, tho
treatment of Hungarian refugees philanthropy,
and the suppressing of the rising spirit Of the
Italians by the French the amplifcation q
Christian goodness and yet my very neigh
bors-those with whom associate from day TO
day-are throwing the sanction of Christianity
around the former, while in regard to the latter
they assert, that if they had thousand tongues
they would praise God by using them all in de-
nouncing the atrocous villany!
In most things, aside from this matter Of Sla-
very, these men really seem to be human; at
least this is so in our vicinity. In the warm
season of the year, / rJticed that they wcro
thinly clad, as il they were susceptible to i'm
prcssions of heat; they rcoped and gathered in
to barns, as if nothing short of this would meet
ductive season of the year. And now that win
ter has come, see them warmly clad-the coat
is closely buttoncd to the chin, and, of a cold
day, upon entering house, they choose prorim-
| ity 10 the .frc. l have been in their houses.
(thcy have houscs-some of them good oncs.)
Is he husband: There seems to be genuine
affection toward the wife. Arc they parents
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lation. A most beautiful affection seems to cx-
ist between little black-cyed Billy and his pa
rents. In short, repeat, in every thing but
this matter of Slavery, thoy really seem to bo
HUMAN!
Slavery hath blinded their eyes. We assert
that that slave parent there iopes his Billy but
thcy can't see it; that the only thing of earthly
Joy left to that lonely pair yonder is the mutual
bliss each others society affords; but they an
swcr "No"; that the slaves arc alike suscepti-
BILE to impressions of heat and cold-that they
should be clothed accordingly-nay, should
have the right to clothc themselves-but they
answer, impossible" We assert as much in
regard to dict, but they respond, "a peck Of
corn per week."
As looked from my window to-day and saw
the worshippcrs as they drove their horses over
the rough roads to the place appointed, Thought
if tho blood and tears of the African slaves.
commencing with the bloody wars stirred up by
profcssed Christian nations for the purpose Of
obtaining them, could be commanded for the
purpose, you could make canal from every
worshippcrs house to his temple; which mode
Of conveyance would be much moro in keeping
with the worship than the abusing of horses un-
der the present arrangement. But this must be
done that the Scripture may be fulfilled in tho
matter of keeping the Sabbath, which says, "In
| it thou shalt do no work, thou, nor thy OK, nor
thy ass" &c. But then asses are not horses,
l any moro than the present Church is tho Bride
the Lambs wife.
o mcrciful Heaven is it come to this that
we must resort to ridicule, if by this means we
may reach the dormant senses of thy profcssed
followers! Argument has failcd-rcasoning is
inadequate. Why but short time since, our
hearts were made to stop their beating by an
advertisement Of an American Christian offer
ing for sale some forty of Gods children, as he
wished to spend the remainder of his life as a
missionary And the system which leads to
: such unprecedented atrocity is baptised by the
American Church in the name of the Trinity.
and taken to its communion table The last di-
rect expression of the NJ. L. Church in regard 10
this subject was, that Slavery as it exists in
these United States is not a moral evil" The
Presbyterian General Assembly say it is not for
the edifcation of the Church to say anything in
, regard to tho matter; "Amen," respond the
rest of the scots. Tho car of the Church cannot
be had, to any considerable extent. But few
will come out, no matter who the speaker, Il
they mistrust he is intending to charge guilt
upon the Church. They arc determined to die
in their SINS in this respect at least. And what
an idea of God have those who think to do him
service by their prayers and psalm singing, and
, refuse TO open their mouths for the dumb Eet
the Church speak and the slave leaps for joy
4 his jubilee is come But she will not speak
She has sworn it. "Wo unto them which jus.
a tify the wicked for reward, and take away the
righteousness of the righteous from him. There
a fore as the fire devoureth the stubblo, so theiI
= root shall bo rottenness and their blossom
, shall so up as dust, because they have cast
- away the law of the Lord of hosts and despised
the word of the Holy One of Israel
.Ir.aal .r E. F. CURTIS,
OrangeUille, Dec. "a, lS49. .ho,} to r9Vc
a CHEAP PosrAGH.--We are obliged to dofeI
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