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


sentiay consists, the Withholding of liberty
4 from him. Also, they hold the slave IN a
condition in which lac is liable any day TO lie
sold for his masters debts; or Mt his death,
sold by his executors or administrators. Il
this the proper way to hold Gods image
IL is unlmlIowed, it is ilupious, it Is not love,
il is selfshncss.
9. The STAKEHOLDER is a cruel man. "Give
me liberty or give me deulh, - was the motto
OF our Revolutionary fathers. All nations
have regarded slavery rs u punishment for
crime. TO rob, then, u fellow man of lis
liberty, or To voluntarily withhold il from
him, to lower his scale of being to that of Il
clmtte. to withhold from him tie proceeds
ofor an equivalent Tor his labor, to coilsign
his soul To cleerlesS, hopeless bondage in
life, aud often to Hell for Eternity, To inflirt
this one OF the greatest of injuries, upon an
innoceut being, no one eau do it without
cruelty of heart. lie deliberately Injuries au-
other. This is cruelty.
Also, legtinHiely from the slaves condi-
tiou, uneducnted us he is, and unrequited rs
he is for his toll, nud degraded in society, he
il often awkward, slothiul, negligent, wreck
less. The inusier, with uurestrained power,
scOlds, raves, beats the slave, aud thus |os-
fes cruelty in bis heart.
'Tis said that Nero wept when he signed
the first death warrant; but daily familiarity
with the act, hurdeUed his hearf, until bulI-
fires Oi innocent victims were his highest de.
light. Familiarity with crime necessarily
hurdens the heart Of the stakeholder, until
wUfnnlI, ''the fountain of the charities OF utlr
race," with iindsh delight often tortures the
bare flesh of her own sex.
SluvehOlding, then, necessarily preslppo-
ses, aud incldenty fosters crnelty in the
heart j. this slowing Mercy" Ms tire relig
of the Bible requlres2 Is the cruel man u
reli- ious man? "Go learn what that mean
eth, will have MERCY and not sacrilicc."-
ale shall have Judgment without mercy, that
hath shown no mercy"
3. The stakeholder is an unjust man.
Justice, is protecting men IN their natural
rights. This is plain. Now, all cunredr
that liberty is the natural right oi nau-hls
right in n state of nature. Then hu has a
rglh 10 worship God iohea, aud rs he plensrs I;
has Il right To his own person, the proceeds
OF his labor, the wife OF his bosom, aud the
child OF his body. He who wiihhOlds these
rights from gn innocent man, withlol,ls JUS.
tlce, is an unjust man.
Again: us we have said, all nations admit
TINT slavery is II punishment for crime. Now
TO inillct punishment for crime, upon an i'll
nocent man, is manifest, pnlpable iujuJ,ice.
This the stakeholder does daily. He is, there
fore, daily, an unjust man.
A. The slaveholder is Il proud man, an
other form OF seliishncss. lie who vUlun-
tarily places an innocent fellow being ir n
social condition inferior to his own, nrcesS,.
rlly fosters prlde, feeling OF superiority in
his own bOsOm.
TINS develops ilselfin the sIlveholder by
his refusing to eat with his slave, however
clennly and moral, in his mandatory tone. his
indifferent reply, hIs nickname to his slaves,
&c. Is this Christian humility that, "pre-
fers one another" that esteeuIs others better
than themselves"
"Whut does the Lord require of thee, bur
do justly, aud TO love mercy, aud to walk
hdmbly with thy God:" SinveIIoldng Hs we
have shown is directly the opposile OF all
these essential viriues--tIe principles OF
Gods religion. Hence To talk about slave
holding pieiy under ordinary circumstances,
~ this nge ol light, is TO talk alisurtiiIies, con-
tra,llcIOlIs. We might as well talk about
cold heat, drunken sObrieiy, or cruel uner-
cy." Aud Tor ministers, or churches, or mis-.
SION boards 10 talk about sending young men
to the south 10 "preach tie gospel" when
they know that these men do not intend to
open Their mouths, practically, against II sin
that prevents the existence ia the heart, Ol
the very essential principles oi the Gospel,
when they do not intend To apply the very
fundamental doctrines OF the Gospel, Is llIst
as consistent aud candid us to talk about
sending young men there to practice medl-
cine, when they know such men do not III
tend To administer n particle OF medicine,
aud do not intend 10 do more than say Il
hocus pocus ceremony over their PATIENTS
The latter might serve 10 quirt the patient
with false hope, until he would wake up IN
the awful realities OF death. So with the
former. The one policy would result in the
cit may bo said "such is the power of custom
and education, to blind tho intellect, that somC
may be honestly mistakon-living in the prac'
tice with good Intentions"
We reply,
|. We have not spoken in reference TO thu
exceptions; but in reference to the genera
rule.
O. Those who are exceptions, having good in
tcntons, "rcceivc the truth in tho love OF it,
desire TO hear and real--to get light :-anI
when they see il, like DIR. Hopkins and Ezt
Stiles, they will repent OF the deed, and pu
1 away the iniquity. Then they should be re
n ceivcd, not before. There may be, even in thu
0 age OF light some Of those exceptions who ar
desirous 10 know the TRUTH and arc willing I
c hear, but do not know any such, and l kno,
= quite n number of shareholders.
, 8. 1t is equally possible for those living
o concubinagc, adultery, drunkenness, and sab
# bath breaking to be blinded by custom and cd
4 ucation. Men now in the Churches, sell viii,
KEY, get drunk, visit, travel, and move properl
: on the Sabbath. Yet if they persisted in II
wicked practice after odmoniiion; and refused
y come to the light who among the mass
h Christians, would say that such ought to
C suffered to remain in the Church, or that the
n give credible eeidenee ofPiety.
o even in their Sabbath SchOJis. l know tn
o such Churches lent their influence to put q
s colored children ont Of tho Sabbath School y
there may be few somewhere instructed
Y, any, the number is few indeed. The Churc
= as Church, docs not attend to the mstructiC
10 OF their slaves.
Is know that members of this Church, ov,
W Office. hearers, elders as well as other member