Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1851-02-01
From the Cleveland Advertiser.
Alexander Campbell In favor Of the Pugi..
tive Slave Law.

Sorry as am to announce this, The Jami-
ary No. Of the .Miiennial Hdrbingr, pub
lishcd by him, leaves no room TO doubt THAI
II is even so.
regret il for this, nmong other reasons.
am q member of the church of which, by
many, he is called The founder, and which
derives its most common nppellation from
him; and in common with its members, i
have more or legs looked upon his opnions
with sort of reverence hut cannot con-
tinue 10 do so, if lie lends his efforts and in
fluence TO ud pro-slavery politicians in their
pettii0ggug attempts 10 holster up Human
Slavery, which tluk john Wesley Justly
described us "Me sum Of all uii'ainitS."
II his article were not too long, | would
quote ii entire, aud perhaps may ut some flu
mre time, hut my prcsen, object is TO notice
n few of the most important points, and for
myself protest against them.
lie quotes scripture very fucntly TO prove
the duiy Of implicit obedience TO human
law-givcrs and rulers but does not quote our
Savior's Golden Rule, nor the answer of
Peter and John TO the rulers, (Acis iv. 9l
"WhetlIer il he right in the sight Of God TO
hcarEcn unto you more than uuto God, Judge
ye."
lie aud some of his correspondents seem
Ia be IN about as much anxiety 10 silence the
opposition TO the fugitive law, as Dcmetrius
tic silyersnitll and craftsmen, who made
silver sLrines for Diana, were to silence tho
preaching OF Paul, and cannot help think
ing whclher the Bethuny College, OF which
very large majority Of the students nre
from the Slave States, has not some iuilu-
ence IN the case.
lie also quotes, or rather refers to the case
of Paul and Onesimus 10 justify The return
49, L.. n n
seut him back, "Not now as a servant, bur
above servant brother beloved, especial
ly TO nc, but how much more uniO thee,
both in the flesh, and in the Lord! II thou
count me therefore partner, receire him as
rlyseE"-Ep. 10 Philemon, y. 10, IL. Now
IN my opinion this supports slavery and tho
Fusiivo Slave Law Just about as much, no
not as much either, as his eXhortaton 10
Timothy, 10 drink no longer water, but uso
a lille wine for thy stoinnCh's sake, and thine
onen infrmi,ies" LIST Tim. V. 23) supporia
modern disiiIleries, grog shops and drunken
ness.
In tie latter part of his article is the fol-
lowing paragraph.
"The conviction but decpens with my
years of experience and observation, that tho
spirit which aninIntes this crusade against
Southern Institutions by Northern men, bur
eXusperates the masers, eXacerbates tho
slaves, extends the territory, and prolOngs
the existence of this obnoxious system.--
Let them alone, and whatever interested
demngOgucs or generous phianthropists
may say or think TO the contrary, the evil
will sooner cure ITSELF than all tie nostrums
OF all the regular nnd irregular doctors, from
Batiin's Bay 10 the lslhmus Of Panama."
To me that seems very strange logic to
come from the President Of Bethany Col
lege, a man who is pre.eminetly distinguish
ed lor energetic efforts to carry ON another
reformation, not 10y "mdslerly inGciirity," but
by direct and perseycring action. 'H
ii one obnoxious instilntion--ono evil is to
he left to cure ITSELF why not othersa Why
not intemperance, gambling, ihieving, &c.?
In short, why not give the devil aud his hosts
iull swipg-nll the rope they want, and trust
to their hanging themselves 2 Why make 20
much effort 10 print and circulate the Bible Z
ir other nations, when in many Of the Slsss !
States, (his own believe may be ineludsd.l