Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1850-08-10
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AbOliiIOnists and the Bible,

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pressed his fears that some OF the advocates
of the slaves were lacking in due npprccia-
ton of the Bible, and were therefore tending
TO nfidelity, Wendell Phillips rose aud said;
/ wish to say one word in regard to the
remarks which have been addressed TO US,
IN order that the untisluvery enterprise may
stand Alright before this audience. ID might
be judged from the tone of the last speaker
that the abOlitionists see an enemy and an
obstacle iii the Bible. He has been entreat-
ing us TO have greater regard for the Bible.
lie has been eudeavOring 10 impress upon
us reverence for that book. You might draw
tho inference that we needed such eDueaties.
Now, in behalf of tho abolitouisis, let me
say, we have nothing to do with the Bible in
regard TO its merits or its faults, except IN
one point: does IL sustain or rebuke slavery ?
If any speaker wanders beyond that, he
speaks on Lis own responsibility, be speaks
that for which this society is not amenable.
Perhaps il may be impossible for him TO
avoid expressing his private opinions of the
Bible as to other points, in tho course of il
lustraiing some anti-slavery topic. Yet you
are to tnke the. as illustrations. And when
any friend Foster introduced some spccLla-
lions of his own, on other points than slaye-
~, he had no right to do il Otherwise than as
illustrations.
Now, the friend who has just spoken will,
think, grant us this; that no speaker, un-
less il be Mr.. Foster, has wandered beyond
the just limits of anti-slavery discussion that
our ant-slayery speakers have never yet al
lowed that the Bible sustained slavery; that
we have felt no need, therefore, TO throw it
overheard. And although we may put the
question like my friend Wright, What would
you do in certain circumstances? let il be
Tememcered, that the anti-slavery enterprise
puts such circumstances as merely fictitious,
bypotbetcnl and claims the Bible Us OH its
own side. Prolonged applause.
Remember, that although we feel there is !
enough in mere humanity, without the Bible, |
10 condemn slavery-lhat the verdict against
il is so sell.evident as TO destroy the title of
amy book TO be thought inspired which sane
tons such a system; still we, so far from
bringing any such accusation against the
Bible, have always claimed il in behalf of
justice and liberty. Ii is from Moses Stuart,
it is from Daniel Webster, il is from the
church aud the politicians, that this attack
on the Bible comes, and not from us. Loud
cheers. ] know | am repeating things
abundanlly well known TO all our friends,
but it is often the result of such speeches os
we have just heard, that the audience 90
away under wrong impression. lcuntcnd
that every thing that has been said, that the
principles of these resolutions, that the sub
stratum of all that has been spoken, all claim
the Bible us a basis; and that, confident the
Bible il on our side, we will not be forced
into amy position of seeming hostility TO it,
We have issues enough with this community.
Because the clergy of our liule day and
neighborbood peryert tho Scriptures, shall
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