Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1850-02-16
VOL. 5.
Comfort for a frightened ssclarIau.

e. Thomas Jr.' writes from Coal Bluffs
to the Pittsburgh Visiter. in a terrible state of
agitation over II. G. wrghts views of Death,
as recently published, which he pronounccs
'infidelity in its native uglincss.' We did not
know before that Death was fundamental
doctrine in tho scheme of Orthodoxy, the deni-
al of which endangered the soul, though we
have seen in our day good deal of that sort
of religion of whose subjects an Apostle has
said that they are twice dead and plucked up
by the roots. Whether the correspondent of
the Yisiter is ono of that sort, or not, VIC will
not undertake to decide but VIC arc perfectly
certain that he is relation of the pious
old woman who exclaimed, Take away my
total dcprayity, and you deprive mo of all my
rcligionr Total Depravity and Death arc
doubtless the two principal pillars of his faith.
Now we should like to ask this poor scared
scctarian if after ALL he docs not think that the
design of God would be as truly fulfilled IL
men were to live according to the laws of their
physical nature to extreme old age, and then,
instead of dying, to pass into the spirit-world
without pain or struggle as q child goes to sleep
ing themselves off by wholesale, by intcmpcr-
ate living; This, and this only, is the 'inideli-
ty' of II. C. Wright. If he is shocked by
IT, Let him console himself with the reflection,
that brother Wright, 'infdel as he is, can't
prevent him from dying as he plcases, whether
by means of dyspepsia, drunkenness, gluttony,
poison, pistol hanging! He can even cut
his throat at his pleasure, without so much as
asking the leave of any inidcl in the world.
Mr. Thomas thinks the progress Of II. c.
Wright should be warning to those Abolition
ist who are for abolishing Capital Punishment
SC. and he charges him with venting his rage
against the Bible because it sanctions the gal
lows. Now that II. G. w. has ever exhibit
cd any rage against the Bible or even ad-
mittod that it sanctioned Capital Punishment,
we utterly deny. The Church says that it sane
tons that and other enormitios, and he replies
that, If it does, then it is not of God. The
assertion of Mr.. Thomas is one of those pious
untruths which a certain class of religionists
always feel at liberty to pcrpctratc in behalf of
their faith.
- But we did not intend to reply to Mr..
ducc tho remarks by which Mrs. Swisshelm
sought to quiet his troubled mind. We hopo
thoy may have q soothing effect upon others
beside himself .s 1ll
We give the above very checrfully but think
our correspondent unnecessarily alarmed. We
cannot see that any harm could come OF it even
supposing brother Wright should succeed in
this, his last and not least undertaking. We
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of death, provided it can be accomplished by
constitutional means; but after the new system
is brought fairly into operation, hope some one
| will set about getting up society TO prevent
any farther increase and also to lay quaran-
time on the babies to prevent their entering tho
ports Of manhood and womanhood. Each one
must be made to stop where they then arc so
| that folks may have babies to nurse and chill
dren to dress to show off the Juvenile fashions.
As for Mr.. Wnght's opposition to death making
a reason why Abolitonists should not oppose
Capital Punishment, is it not Just as good
reason why they should not be Abolitionists
! If it is dangerous to wander out of the fold of
orthodoxy, the first step should be avoided
| II anti-death springs from anti-marriagc, and
that from Oni-sabbatism and this from anti
capital punishment, docs not it in turn spring
I from anti-slayory; and would it not be the
better way to avoid the beginning of sorrows--
keep clear of the t-savery and its attendant
train of hercsicss Our correspondent would
not surely try to frghten rciormcrs from their
work, by the fear of becoming like Mr..
Wright One of the strongest arguments in
the mouths of dcspots is the cxcesses of free
dom, With it they would ever frighten men
back into the chains OF yassalagc, The ex-
cosses of the first French Revolution are as
! good an argument to prove the masses unfit for
self-government as is Mr.. Wright's fanaticism
to prove that people may not explore the fields
of thought, and oppose all that appears contra
| ry to truth. Mr.. w. is so far right that a
| large majority of all the deaths that occur aro
unnaturGl-the result of q sinful or ignorant
disregard OF the laws of health. DIR. johnson
says "all who die from any other cause than
old age, or the gradual wearing out of tho
machinery of life, die violent death we
quote from memory-aId if Mr.. Wnght's wild
notion will aid to impress this fact upon the
| public mind, it will not have been without its
use in the world. We should no more think of
giving up our opposition to Capital Punishment
because Mr.. Wright thinks death should be
abolished, than we should think of disbeliev-
ing tho Bible because Miller tried to prove
from it the end Of the world should have been
five years ago. '. ri
! ANTI. .SEcTARIAN CoNyESTIoN.--Gerrit Smith,
Samuel J. May and others have called meet
ing Of Christians, to be held at Syracuse, N. Y,