Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1851-09-13
lsgIsal, GsnlIemanIY and Candid.

Jlle following is from Correspondence
of tIc True Democrat, writing from Brecls-
viIls> Cuiahoga Co. This priest whose dig
pisy 4 measured by the length of his spurs,
ia ccstainly candid in acknowledging his pre-
diictDn f6rthe "prosperous and the strong"
Of course he could not be asked to help the
poof ffiendless wretch, who has fallen among
thipvss. His " poor old mother" rotten with
connption, would have been made more
NERVOUS" than ever, by such an unheard Of
event.
From The True Democrat.
Sthe months ngo, w. 8. Kennedy, the
| fresIpterian clergy man of this place, preach
ed d 8ermon against separation Of northern
fforf southern churches, and the following
! were some Of bis reasons He said that
ouf union was better than disunion, be-
! cause, to all human appearance, Il was the
! most prosperous evangelical connection ex-
l laui; and as il was prosperous, he dare not
| leave H."
! III believed that il was wrong to break
1 UP the connection because the churches
south were strong aud were quietly bringing
sinners to God A member of the same
| church, believing that the church would not
| admit to lis christian fellowship a body of
horse thieves, or highwaymen, for any such
| rcasons, and thinking that slnveholiing wss
worse than either Of the above crimes, ven
| lured TO take ground against the Rev. gentle
man,nnd expose the failacy oi bis arguments
| in q public address, which was listened to by
sosAe dozen, perhaps, members ofthe church,
and few others.
! Aiter the meeting he spoke to the clergy
L;nnn ubout discussing the matter, fairly and
fffub'igly, and received the following gentle
manly nor TO say christian, answer. 1t is
not my business TO measure spurs with every
little fOoster that hops up Oh my fence TO
| crow 1t was thought hy some Of the .faih-
I jH, % be extremely witty, but by those who
| are accustomed to look at things as they are,
| il Indicated anything but a preacher of the
| Gusrfl Of Him who was "meek and lowly
Of hoort.'
Iuibe course of few weeks several other
SeTn,cns followed, deicnding the connection
of s'ayeloldng with non-slnyehoding
chafctes. will give one example Of the
force of argument, and elegance of diction,
thaI cilaracterized those discourses.
\ "Sappose your poor nervous, old mother
had ne small pox or the incrsles, what
\ !. ould ;cs ,iS, would you con.fort her, OF
would you knock her in the Iiead?" We
were to understand that the Holy Mother
Church" must be comforted and sustained as
a whole, in spite Of its roitcnness. Why not
have said,-Suppose loatllsome disease
should lasten itself upon one OF your MEM
bers, aud from it the seeds Of decay should
he rapidly spreading through the entire sys-
tetp, what would you do? would you lot the
whole body perish? or would you omputate
tho offensive limb? For my part, eau see
but little similarity between the diseases
which ottentiInes The purest cannof escope,
aud the rottenness engendered by the licen-
tiousness cherished by slaveholding churches,
that sustain themselves by keeping women
as "breeders,n TO raise children for market.
| And when he spoke Of the religious adyanta-
ges Of slaves, and remarked that many of
them were as good christians as could be
found in the world, could not help thinking
that the mother church to which he referred
was like the woman that 81. John saw, drum
ken with the blood Of the saints, and with the
blood Of the martyrs OF Jesus.
At the close of ono Of these discourses, the
individual referred TO as opposing the coii-
l
bath, at the close Of the afternoon saryice, ho
would again speak on the subject, and review
the positions just assumed.
The dny anivcd--the clergyman, although
ho had said positively, the Sabbath before,
that he should soy nothing more upon the
subject, came out with one Of his strongest
discourses in opposition 10 the movements =
During the interinission at noon, und for sew
eral days previous, strong efforts were made
on the part OF some of the members of the
church to induce the people to discounten.
ance the action by leaving the house, and
some made an effort 10 have the house clos.
cd. The afternoon service was finished
minister and members of the church rushed
to the doors, while a miserable rowdy seized
the bell rope and ring an alarm. 10 hop
Every thing was in perfect consonance
with southern customs when the question o.
slavery is agitated. Soon, however, the
crowd dispersed-the bell rope was taker
from the hands OF the disciple Of kynders--
few remained, others came in, and an au-
dience Of about hundred as good citizens
as the town affords, and among them few
Of the best members of the church, Listened
attentiyely to an anti-slavery discourse.
Priestcrait and bigotry cannot obliterat'
from the hearts of honest men the principle
of Justice and of Reason; and Truth, how
strongly opposed, must ultimately triumph.
Yours, for freedom of speech and th'
rights Of man. 'h''H LEO.
HAIL CoLuMsn What spectacle thi