Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1852-06-19

have only TO oNpol or disown the crmi-
nails.
5. But do you turn away your wife, be-
cause she happens TO do wrong? i answer,
II j had wife that was daily and nvowedly
practising the sum of all vilanics, not except
ing even adultery, theft aud murder, would
turn her away, unless she saved me the trou-
BILE by going away of her own accord Aud
the man who could live with such woman,
and hold her up as pattern TO her neigh
bours, would be loathed and eXecrated by the
whole community.
But they cannot expol the shareholders, snys
MIR. Trafton. We know better. They can
expel them, if they will. They do expcl
people, when they choose. They say il is
their duty to expel people that walk disorder
ly. They eXpcl people for some things less
than the sum of all villnnies. They eXpcl
people for things which are no villancs at
all. They expel them for differences OF opin-
len. They eXpel them for freedom Of thought
and freedom of speech. They oxpcl them
for good aud godliko deeds. The Methodist
Church in England have lately expelled n
number of ministers for noble deed
Some anonymous pamphlets had been pub
lished against the absolute power of the
Methodist priesthood, and recommending
that the people, who subscribed all the funds,
md built all the churches, should he allowed
some share in the management Of the affairs
of The body. The ruling party in the Confer
ence suspected some of the preachers OF
publishing these obnoxious pamphlets
They constitute themselves into an inGllisi-
ton, aud demand that every preacher should
he questioned, MS TO whether he was the
author of those pamphlets, and required to
answer YES or No. Three preachers re-
fused TO answer, and the Conference expelled
them. AS it happened, the author Of the
pamphlets was not amongst the three; no
matter, they refused to sanction the inquisi-
tios, and the sentence of expulsion has new
er been revoked. These preachers are
treated as htathen men and publcans, both
by the Methodist Church of England and
the Methodist Church of America; for the
two nre one. The Methodist shut me ont of
its ministry, because could not subscribe
the doctrine that Jesus is the eternal Son of
God-tliat the Son is MS old as his Father
IL is usual for the Methodist Conference 10
iurn men ont for such causes. IL n preacher
says be cannot believe that there are three
persons in one God, or that little children
come,info the world utterly dcpraycd, and
under the wrath and curse of God on account
of Adams sin,they expel him. Yet this is not
the sum-of all viinnies. II man refuse To
pay his weekly and quarterly subscriptions,
they oxpel him. Yet This is not the sum Of
all vilanies. II he call aloud for reform,
they expel him. III he lecture in favor of the
abolition of Slavery, they censurc him, and
il he.persist in his course, they eXpel him.
Yet TO plead for the oppressed is godlke.
IL they were disposed to expcl Shareholders,
the could eXpel them; and it they had as
much regard for the rights OF their brethren
us they have for absurb aud hasphemous doc
trines; or if they loved God or man ms much
MS they loyo their money, they icoWd cXpel
them.
lie says Wesley preached against Slavery
and spirit-drinking, hut was not able 10 pre-
vent them. answer, Wesley did prevent
them till lis power was usurpcd 10y his filth
less successors. lie did not content himself
with making rules and prencling--hc enforced
his rules. lie refused to fellowship either
the STAKEHOLDER, or the spirt-drinker. lie
kept them out of the Church when hc could /;
and when he found such criminals in the
Church he expelled them. lie called the
distiller and the spirit-seller, murders, muir
derers general, aud treated them as such.-
lie called the shareholders, nhumun villains,
and he treated them ss such. When he went
refused TO cOnnive nj the guilt of Slavery
even for an hour lie chose rather to he eX'
PEELED from the Colony than TO sanction the
sam of all vilnnies.
kr. Trailon says, that 'wllen the preachers
found that the shareholders took offence n
faithful preaching, the preachers relaxed
the severity of their doctrine agninst slave
holding Exactly so. And in thus relaxing
thor doctrine, they made themselvc answer
able for the natural result, the growth and
spread of Slavery, and the influx of slave.
holders into the Church. They did, in effect
say, we must have you amongst us. w,
want your moneys and if we cannot have
you iCiihom your sins. we will tuke you VIII
your sins. We will sanction the sum of al
virlanies, rather than miss our share of thu
plundcr.'
well, hut says our reverend opponent
sthe Church has still rule against ayehod
ing, aud always slayeliolding, aud always ha
had. grant that we have slnveholder'
among us, thousands of shareholders; aud
also grant that slaveholding is the sum of al
yillanies; but we do still retnin the rule, nnC
we still keep up our testimony Exactly so
But is this rciuing the charge preferred
against you by the resolutions? 1t is only
proving that the resolutions are not strong
enough. It is proving that we ore fighting
against God and humanity with your eye
open. You arc like Yorkshire man that
knew, who kept drunkery, but put up 1
Temperance sign; with this exception, thr
man acknowledged that he kept drunker!
when charged with doing SO. The Mctho
dist Churches keep an establishment for tn,
encouragement of all villnnies, but the.
think il hard that you should blame them 70
doing so, when they keepupn yirtuous sign
hoard over the door. And this is defending
the church! repeat, that | could not hav
believed il possible for a man TO make sue
defence Of church, IL had not heard
with my own ears. just imagine parable
Here is gang of thieves aud murderers.- -
They arc charged with acting criminnlly
Whey AenY the charge, and enter on their de