Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1852-05-01

this humliating truth. | turn in utter des-
pair, from the task of defending my class
of slaveholders aud us | love truth, even
though 1t covers some men with iniafny, |
have here presented WV. REESE, rs he pro-
icssed to he IN 1913, and ns lie is in 1852
Let the public "look oil his picture; then
on that"
But, Sir, you profess TO be a Christian
nan--a worshiper of Him "wllo hath made
Of one blood all the nations of men"-a
follower of Him who condensed one-hnlf of
the Great Moral Lnw into this brief prccept,
"Thou shalt love thy neighbour rs tliyself"
Moreover, you belong to the NJ. l.. Church,
and profess to be follower of that John
Wesley who has recorded swords MS hard as
cannon balls" against all Slducholding, plac-
ing it "exactly OH q level with man-stcaliug."
still more, you nre or Were class-ieadcr in
that church which says, mo stakeholder
shall be eligible 10 any official Stallion, when
the civil law will allow of emancipation,
aud permit the liberated slave to enjoy free
dom" Being n minister in that same
church, aud possessing tile facts recorded
above, ] claim the right 10 speak; and
should | be SILENT should deserve to havc
"Diy tongue cleave TO the roof of my mouth"
But, what will you do with that man P
VIII you keep him in your brick-yord, where
you can be daily witness of his longing
for freedom, aud of his agony while separu-
ted from his wife and child? Or will you
sell him TO the accurscd trader in humanity,
aud cOnsgn him to more wasting toll, and
an oarly death ia some more southern local
ily? Once, if your word can he taken, you
humnnely interposed to save man from
this latter doom. Yea, and secured his
freedom on easy terms for him, though at
some risk for yourself
But whiteycr you do with Preston, ]
charge you to remember your conversation
with me for have written it in my "Notes
by the Way" which my children may read,
and show 10 others hereafter! Nay, it is
within the shook of remembrance" before
God; and you will meet it "bef0ro the great
white throne when "ihe dead shall bc
Judged out of the things which are within
the books" You and will meet then, and
! both here aud there | am ready TO testify
| that you denied all right to the man whom
You have since so cruelty wronged. AT
| that tribunal you will meet that deceased
wife, who, according to your own showing
| died in the belief that the slaves which she
unwillngly brought to you, would be freed
/ by your act! There, too, will the man Pres
/ ton appear, not in the relation which he now
| holds to you, but on level with yourself in
station mud righ.. And there will be seen
! the ,oijc WIDOWED; and that child, ORPHANED,
by you!
Possibly tho Fugitive Slave Law will not
/ then be in force, nor extend its power into
! that kingdom where the Judge of all the
earth prcsidcs! That unjust and inhuman
enactment may not then be advocated by
! l}uslecd, and uniustly executed by Morton.
| And it is quite possible that "hoy men who
gave scripture for the deed" will have learn
ed better morality Than they taught here,
which served as an opiato TO consciences
ike your own.
But ! leave you, and all your agents, aud
all your synpathizers, whether North or
South, TO Him who judgeth righteously. |
write under n weight of mental anguish,
which would lead Inc 10 use harshuess. But
remember that "thc wrath of man workcth
not the righteousness OF God" | will not
even adopt the language of the Archangel,
aud say, "Ihe Lord re5uke thee" But may
and will say, the Lord have mercy on you,
before the time shall come when "he shall
have judgment without mercy, who hath
showed no mercy"
For the substantial facts which have stu
ted refer you and Tic public to Rev. Elisha
Adams, Presiding Elder of Dover District,
New Hampshire Conference. lie was my
fellow guest at your house; and though
have had no communication with him since
the close of that General Conference, yet hc
| shall he my witness. X. NJ. HALL,
Pastor NJ. T.. Church, Schenectady, N. Y.
April IL, 1852.