Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1850-04-06
Letter from Rev. ]. lIenigom,tyl

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YOU have copied from the Pftsbhrgh Chris
tian Advocate, notice of our revival of re-
ligion, which forwarded not long sincei and
have given your comment upon Il. This
notice, with its extraordinary comment, was
handed me yesterday. In passing over your
editorial, / read with establishment these
words: "Mr. Montgomery illustrated II the
other day by declaring TINT the wheeling
slave catchers, who recently visited THIS
place, were abused by the AbolitiOnists, who
had no more right to interfere to prevent
them from carrying off their stray negroes
than they had to interrupt man IN the pur-
suit of fugitive horse" Now, sir, ask you
whnt day give the time and place.(D To
the best of my recollection (2) never utter
ed such an expression any where. Neither
you nor any ono else ever heard me sny SUCH
words. know what said, and no consist
ent Anti-Slavcry man would ever find fault
oft. ] have said, and can say again, tnat
there is no consistency in that man, WHO
cries perpetualy against the siH q staee'y'
and at the same time is swcnrer or Sap-
bath breaker himself For Gods word says;
"Thou shalt not swear. Thou shalt reniem-
Der the Sabbath day to keep Il holyy &C
He that swears, and he that desecrates the
Sabbath, is sinner as well as the slavehold-
said. But there was no reference to the
Wheeling matter whatever. ] consider your
words fiise in he ertremc. A fabric OF your
own invention, or of some of your brother
inidcls (4l You conclude ty saying; On
| ly few silly, ignorant girls can be found TO
swell the list of converts" This is another
fnlsehood. You seem to abound in such
things. More than 20 united with the church
in all, some subsequently to the notice for
wHrded, and four or five were men OF quite
ns much sense as some editors, (5) and sever
al were Ladies, who are of age, and can
"spcak for themselves."(6) A cause that
must be supported aud propagated by such
base ialsehoods, must be poor pitiiul cause.
| Such is your Comcouterism"
J. MONTGOMERY.
Salem, April Cd, 1850.
Remarks.
We clcerfhlly give place to the above let
ter from the Methodist clergyman of Salem,
though he must be aware that in so doing
we net in opposition to the uniform practice
of Methodist Editors, who do not hesitate 10
brand Abolitionists with opprobrous names
and misrepresent their opinions and acts,
without allowing them any chance for reply
or defence. We append few remarks N
the shape of notes, to winch the reader viii
find corresponding references in the text
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o. Wha' does Mr. montgomery 'nink OF
the consistency oi ciergylnen VINO cry per-
petuaiiy against swearing, oaoDain-preaK-
lng' @c' ana VINO act me part oil 'aumo
dogs IN relation 10 slavery ana refuse 70
open their ilps Tor the onmo ana plead tne
cause OF the oppressed' AS to swearing,
we believe 1t is vice to which Aboliiionlsis
are as little addicted as their ne'ghbors' but
if any thing could excuse IT. 1t would be the
Indignation which every honest man must
| feel in view of the conduct of such teHcIlerS