Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1850-05-11
Yours,
Life In Missouri.
pnlLAbflrarA. May LIST, Il

WHY Utut htChuo Nhoih a hdu ieh ucAthA hht ~
Illinois. They were of course mostly made NJ
of observations on the new state of thing
amid which I found myself Some of these
have procured. and herewith send you one
which II you deem desirable you can publish
s-a Yours truly, g. u.
f7fn "ArnExs, September, lsi--
"This morning sent off a letter to F., after
which set of towards that sacred edifice, the
Baptist meeting -Aouse-too sacred to admit even
Campbcllite preacher. was carly, but few
were there. the main body having gone the
distance Of quarter Of q mile to witness tho
immersion in the creek of slave belonging to
Mr.. r. TWAS very cold, but they tell me
grace bids defiance to aguc, rheumatism and the
like, on such occasions. learned on my return
that the subject had applied for admission TO
the Church three times before, and had been
refused, because he had no note from his master.
/ observed that the man has soul of his own,
sndif had been him, would have had moro
spirit than to join after that Little J. answers
"Slavcs must not do as white people do" In
the Church l found part allotted to the de-
jected looking slaves Poor creatures my
heart aches for them, and the moro so that
End even more real unhapriness and con;c.ous-
ness Of their fettercd condition than had ex-
pected. The other day Captain H., speaking
Of my school, said he wished mo to take as
many scholars as my health would permit, and
would prefer those in tho neighborhood, as he
wished Il to be united as a "band of brethren"
"a band Of Shareholders" Iinwardly exclaim-
ed. What sort of appreciation have these pco-
pie Of the idea Of Fratornityi None. They
mean selfish Union of the strong to opprcss
the weak. cannot explain to you tho scnsa-
tions experienced the first time sat in meet
Ing with them. felt that was indeed out
of place. They had been driving "niggcrs
nll the week, and came to commune with Christ
ON Sunday; and to-day when heard d. Y.
leading prayer knew that Satan had cum
ming ways. Behind me. on the slave benches,
sat the bright, good-looking Eanicc, with her
symmetrical form, she who always meets me SO
pleasantly when go to tho HIS. and is so
assiduous ir supplying me with cold weter for
bathing. There she sat among the outcasts,
poor young girl! She can only see her husband
for short time once q fortnight when at home,
and when she goes South with her master she
breads the worst Of evils.
have already described to you the very cle-
vatcd character of the religious services. To-
day the minister closed with "hcll and dam
nation,s ns usual. On tho whole, it was a
powerful winding up to those who prefer being
frightened and threatened into the Pantheon OF
false Gods in favor of whom the names OF
Christ and the blessed Father arc so shamcfaccd-
ly forged Our good Dora said to me, after my
return home, as l was rcgtetting the necessity
Of sending some enc through the rain for water,
"Oh you need not mind troubling Gs-wc arc
oily brutcs." The tones of her voice went to
my heart. '" You know don't think So" re-
piled. e"Yes, Miss, but it's hopeless. 1t tsccms
asf the whole world was against u.s."
fancy the girls do not feel the horrors of
their condition 80 keenly till they become moth
ors, and see their beloved children kicked and
euffed and ordered round, all uncarcd for, then
they realize what dark fate is to be theirs.
You asked me once if thoughts Savchold-
or could be a Christian. did not feel so clear
on the subject then, considering how difficult it
was to decide on tho measure of obedience to
the Spirit of Love- necessary to cntitlc one to the
name. NowI can answer unhesitdtingiy, No.
As heathcns, there arc degrees of goodness
among them but to speak of that glorious
light, Christianity, and slavery, in connection,
is worse than folly it is blasphcmy. When l
speak of these people as good or bad, it is al
ways relatively as shareholders. For verify this
Is the most damning aggregation of sin ever in
vented by the Devil. When sec the poor
wrctches shaving away so hopclcssly, knowing
that mere chance, OF the whim Of another, is
TO secure them few of their most sacred rights,
the rest being denied ipso .tacto-whcn see
them huddlcd together in these miserable cab
ins, l could almost hate the selfish beings who
hold chem. Talk about the English manufac-
turers! While do not cxonerate them, / yet
affirm that their sin is not half so great They
make part Of system extending throughout
the whole Of society, and from tho evils of which
neither they nor their children arc excmpt-a
system Of individual competition, which, by
giving Capital despotic power over Labor, has
proved itself utterly opposed to the principles
of Christianity, which is essential Democracy
tits true. But then this system has up to the
present day never been thoroughly criticised
If onsd did II hereor there, he was laughed at
for dreamer or fanatic. The ono case is
complicated, the other simple, and the system
of selfish competition is SO infinitely superior to
that of chattcl slavery, that the man who class
es them together must be lacking either in heart
or brain, or both. This business of buying
man. Of selling woman. Of working men and
women both under the stimulus Of so tangible
= thing a. a knOtted leather whip, and ap-
psopiating to yourself their carnings-of hunt
ing them with blood-hounds If they seek to