Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1851-10-11

extent ct men, who sympntllise with the
British and Foreign And-5lavery Society,
has recently held meeting, This assem-
bly, wns attended by large number Of
American delegates, who were exceedingly
/ busy in apologizing for slavery, aud in GER
| tiiying the character of the orthodox church.
cs OF the North. Among others Rev. Mr.
Pomeroy Of Boston, not being able to be
present. except in, spirit, aud having quite
. enlarged views of slavery, aud profoundly
impressed with the importance of its perpe-
tuity and exclusion, wrote letter in which
among other things, he takes occasion to
dsparage Mr.. Thompson and his abors.--
Apparently most acceptable labor to these
transatlantic bretheru. This passage of the
letter elected the following remarks from
Mr.. Thompson, at one of the meetings of
his constituents:
And here, Sir must draw the attention
of the meeting, which omitted to do in my
speech, to an extract of n letter which hold
in my hand, addressed to Sir CuIing Eard.
| ley Eardley, by the Rev. MIR Pomroy, late of
Bangor, in the State Of Maine, now one of
the Secretaries OF the American Board OF
Commissioners for Foreign Missions. Wri-
ting at the date of April the l2lh, while
was IN America, he makes use of the follow
lug language 81 hope our English brctl-
ren will he as patient as they can with us on
the subject Of slavery. loud cries of' Oh,
oh J aud laughtcr.) We have the worst Of
it, ] do not know how. | rather think the
| slaves hive the worst Of it, Il know they
cannot he so anxious for the removal of this
dreadful curse as are the ministers and
churches and people of the free States of
this UniOn.' Now | am here to challenge
any defender of Mr. Pomroy in Hackney
upon this subject ! am prepared TO de-
inonsiratc, 10y overwhelming, irresistible
evidence, that the great body of the Amcri-
can clergy urc allied To slavery, in union with
shareholders, aud that their constant and un-
ceasng notion, ms ecclesiastical hoGiCs is in
favor ofslavery, in opposition 10 the efforts
OF the aholitonists. (Crcs of Shame -
/ Why, Sir, was nt Utica when the General
/ Assembly of the Presbyterian Church was
being held. was in that city when an es.
lnable member of that body introduced
resolution, expressing sympathy with the
! fugitive slaves, who were then FIXING 10y
thousands beyond the Ningarn river into
British territory-expressing sy mpathy with
those hunted, palpitating wretches who were
flying from Southern slavery, and denoun-
cling as lnhunIan and anli-Clristian the afro
cious Fugitive Slave LAW. | have religious
papers containing the reports of that PreSby-
terian Assembly, which told the world the
day afterwards, that the mere presentation
Of that resolution was received with loud
laughter by these reverend diviucs (Greai
sensation, and loud cries of 'Shnfnc.1 But.
gentlemen, that is not n solitary case. am
here to declare that several OF the ministers
of the city of Boston, where this same Rev.
Mr.. Pomr0y lives and breaches, have deiv-
cred sermons which have in this country,
hut not here, in defence of the Fugitive Slave
Law; one of them taking for his text the
passage Of Scripture, BE yc ready for every
good work. making ihc good work which
the people were cxhorled TO perform, the
catching of fugitive slaves. (Gronns aud
lllSses.) MIR. Pomroy then goes on:-'M Mr..
1'hOmpson's visit to the United States will
be productive of no good. Our people nre
generally very jealous of foreign iniericr-
encc.' Cries of 'Oh, oh n Jealous of for
cign interirrcncep Why, Sir, you may tra-
verse the globe, and will undertake to say,
that you shall not visit any barharous coun-
try. or any country with any thing like
population, where you shall not find an
American missionary. llear.l On the
banks of the Gambia, he Is there. On the
banks of the Kat river, he is there. Gu the
bnnks OF the Ganges, he is there. On the
banks of the lrrwaddy, he is there. IN the
isles of Greece, up the Euphrates, and in
Syria, you find him. Ia Turkey, CONSTANT
nOple, Damascus, where institutions are to
be put down, and national customs and do
meSIic institutions TO be Ovcrtlrown hy the
Influence of the preaching of the gospel,
there you find an American missionary, seat
tering spiritual nnlsavery books in the shape
OF Bibles aud Testaments; preaching every
where doctrines that ARE to level to the earth
the supcrsiti0ns and tyrannies under which
men gr0an; and yet, to this hour, in the
United States in the very land from whence
these missionaries proceed 10 put down
slavery 10y foreign interference, il is death
for the second offence to teach u slave TO read
the Bible. Intense sensation, and vehement
cries of'Shnne. 1t is even now more than
the life of any minister in the whole Union
is worth, to stand up in the Southern States,
from Maryland to Louisiana or Texas, from
the Potomac to the Colorado, and preach de- |
liverance TO the captive, and the opening of
the prison doors TO them that are bound. Is |
n nation that has deliberately handed over
oue-siX.h part of its own population to the |
sympathy of others, whether barbarous, ci- !
vlized or sem-civilized,-is nation that
'hus cut them off from gospel privileges, and !
rolled stone over the well of living water,
aud forbidden three millions aud half to
drink thereoi-are men who are constantly, !
by their ecclesiastical action, supporting
slavery, and ifaterlizing with il, and dcnoun- /
cling those who are, in defiance of danger
aud death from the Slave Power, seeking to
abolish This great national crime of their
country-is a man belonging to such ma
ton, and sympathizing with its prevalent
spirit, man to talk of foreign interference' =
Cheers.) If upon that continent see, as |
have twice seen, the priest and the Levle
pass by, leaving by the wayside three mil
lions and a halfof their countrymen bleed
inm lrnn The Iynnnds inlictad hu GnLILnnr,