Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1851-01-11

cannot adequately express - that class
is the pro-slavery clergy Of your city |
In particular. When | wus here, Is |
Seors ago, your clergy held that the topic Of
slavery was unsuitable for the pulpit. They
were oil opposed to slavery but to read an
snti-slayery notice, or make nnd nti-slavery
prayer, or give their churches for anii-slave-
~ meetlngs-still more, TO preach aDti-sla-
very sermons, would be to Introduce an ex-
sraheous sublect-One quite foreign from the
uses of the building aud the functions of the
minister Of religion. On returning here ]
find things, with few noble exceptions, in
the sume etate. But mark the consistency
of these men. The Sbarps aud Rogerses
who are so jealous Of the snnctity of their pull
pits that they will on no account allow them
TO be desecrated by the delivery of an anti
slavery discourse, no sooner hear that the
President has iigncd law requiring the
citizens of Massachusetts TO return fugitive
slaves, thnn, turning their backs on Mount
Sinai and bowing their hends in the direc-
ton Of MISUNDERSTANDING humanity and
hospitality behind their backs, they preach
sermons enjoiniDg upon their neighbors the
doing of that which Henry Clay would scorn
to do. 'Tis thus reverend gentlemen lean
over their cushioned desks and discourse to
g. slave-caichng. loud chcers.) have COM
PEELED myself to read DR.. Shnrps sermon !;
from the text Put them in mind to be ren-
dy to every good work." And whut is this
"good ,Oork 2 II is the good work of catch
ing Christ ia the person of painting, pnlpi-
tnting slave and sending him back to the
pundemonium of slavery. oh, the forbear-
ance of God, that suffers such men to pro-
fame His holy nnme and blaspheme Ills
pure, and infinitely benevolent religion -
The Jews had city Of Refuge for the gull
", blood-staincd homicide, but this Rever-
end ChrisianDr. Sharp would have the fil-
gltive negro who has swum rivers, scaled
mountains waded through swanps, encount-
cred wild beasts, bravcd and escaped the
bowie knife aud the rifle, and has gained at
last the city of Boston, dragged hence, aud
hurled buck to slavery, TO be tortured for his
manhood-to be scourged for his intrepdity
land sold TO the far South, as a punishment
for throwing himself upon the generosity of
she North. And this, with his hand upon
the Bible, he tells his congregation, is "put-
ting them in mind to he ready TO every good !
work" lie talks of slavery as an abstrac-
tion in terms of regret and dsapprohaiion,
but says lie, when he comes To- speak of
men-steacrs, In what | say would have it J
understood that discriminate between slavery
and multimdes of excellent persons who
are the holders of slaves" Ercelieni persons
What son of n pilgrim sire would not obey
such persons rather than God? Who could
think of disObiging them, when they only
ask you TO do that, which when Judas had
done il, he went out aud hanged himself?-
DIR. Sharp expresses rosc-water sort of sor-
row that such clause should be in the Con-
stituion as that which requires the return of
the fugitive Slave. lie says, al regret its
existence, but there il is" How very COM
posed! "There it is" Aud then TO cap the
climax he says, "This Country is the New
Canaan, the Land of Promises but it will
be Canaan no longer than the laws are
obeyed, RIGHr on WRoNG!' These are his
very words, The boldcst blasphemer that
ever deied the Omnipotent to do His worst
could utter nothing worse. And this man is
an Englishman-ThankG God hc does not pol
lutte English ears with such daring impety
loud Applause.)
DIR. Sharp has worthy co-adiutor in the
Rev. MIR. Rogers, who tells his congregat
that the morality which teaches that il would
abe wrong" TO return the fugitive, and tha
Il is sinful" 10 disobcy an unrighteous Law
is an "infidel Christianity " aud that wlcr
counsel is asked Of God lie gives 10 sucI
answer" Aud these men are foreigners I;
but nre they mobbcd in Boston? No. Doe
State street hire dissolute horde to breal
into their meeting houses and prevent then
from being heard? No! Do the newspa
pers of Boston denounce them2 On tn
contrary they allow them TO publish thei
sermons IN their columns, and strike Off " Ex
trns" to give them additional dissemination
lMr. Thompson extended his remarks, Il
somewhat greater length than we are abl
TO follow him, for want of room. In justic
to the gentleman, however, we would sa
TINT lie increased in power and elOquence a
he drew TO the close, which was one of tn
most finished and beautiful perorations W
ever listened to1