Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1851-12-13
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Letter from Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson.
CAprz, Ohio, Nov. 23d, 1851

CADIz, Ohio, Nov. 23d, 1851.
Mr. RoBINsoN-De Eiepd-Tho Anti
Slavery Bugle being the Organ of the West
ern Anii-Slavery Society, we consider every
member of the Society in some degree re-
sponsiblc for principles appearing in its col
unns endorsed by its Editor. From this
consideration, we being members of said So
ciety, and supporters Of The Bugle, we take
strong exceptions to some portions ofJoscph
Bafker's letter, which appeared in The Bugc
ofNovembcr 10.
Mr.. Barker says, "My own opinions are
rather excentric, do believe that the Bible,
or portions of the Bible are in favor of
Slavery, polygamy, fornication, adultery, in
cest fraud, injustice and murder; C) | be-
lievc that Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, whom
tho Scriptures represent as examples of pie
~ and iavortos of God, were shareholders,
liars, and adnllcrors" Mr. b., why call
yourself excentric for believing this? We
would expect all believers in the Bible, ne
cordng to your grophck description of lis
contents, "arc Shareholders, liars and adul-
terers." People are not generally better
than their moral standards, but, alas, are fire.
quently a great deal worse. Where in the
Bible, are these atrocious principles taught.
that you dclincated? Are they in the Deco
logue: The fundamental principles of the
Bible, arc contained IN the Ten Command
ments. 1t is the principles Of book or an
institution by which we are to judge of its
character, and not the lives of its votarics.
Suppose we were to Judge of the Govern
ment of the United States, by the consent OF
many of its citizens, would we not pronounce
it Despotisn, rather than Republic p
That the Old Testament Patrarcls were not
perfect, we admit; and still they were "cX-
nmples of piety and iavorites of God;" and
we are TO initiate their examples, ms far MS
they come up to the Divine Standard. They
weIe vastly superior TO their heatlen neigh
bors at that period, whose Gods were EN-
blems of the vilcst debaucherics. And if
God in his Providence had ordered your lot,
Mr.. b., in some of the benghIcd countries
at the present day, where ihe light Of the
Bible has never penetrated, you might have
heen prosirdiing yourself before some dis
gusting idol Alas, what theatre for the
display of your 'cXcontnciIies.' Where did
you get your knowledge of the moral attrl-
butes Of God, but from the Bible? Did YOU
ever speak with him face 10 face, as man
speaketh unto his friend"
Mr.. b. further says, 81 believe there arc
not two passages in The whole of the Bible,
that speak against slavery. question
whether there he ono. do not believe that
either Jesus or Paul regarded slayeholding
in all cases sin. Neither Jesus nor Paul
ever SPEAKS against slavery. Neither Jesus
nor Paul even denounces or ceDsures the
stakeholder" Mr.. b., you never read the
"whole OF the Bible" you have never "radi-
cally investigated it," if you did you are n
most fragrant calumniutor of its principles
and we do most aifeclionalely and earnestly
sniredt you to beware, lest you are rushing
oil the thick bosses of Jehoyah'S bucSler.
We recommend you to take some lessons
from Mr. Garrison oil this important sub
ject. lie can find passages in the Bible in
scores, to give scathing rebukes to this guilty
nation for its slavehoIding; so applicable for
this purpose at the present portentous crisis,
that it would lie supposed the sacred writers
had the United States of America, specially
IN viep. We will not anticipate MIR. Garri-
son, we will give an extract from his letter
TO the last Anniversary of the Pennsylvania
Anti-Slavery Society. After giving many
quotations from the Bible, applicable to the
condition of this nation at the present crisis
he says, "My dear friend (Mr. Mckim) fnt
no language SO opposite, so reliable, SO de
scriptive, so consoling in the present time, Al
that which have quoted from volumn pro
fessedly held by this oppressive nation Al
the inspired word of God, which yet disre
CARDS in the most daring manner, all its ad
monitions, warnings, expostulations, exam
pies, threatenings and judgments"
Mr.. b. is the first Ant-Slavery person w
recolIect OF, who represents Jesus Christ a