Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1852-06-19
SALEM, COLUMBIANA CO., OHIO, JUNE 10, 1852

doing so much TO uphold slavery MS the
church in Oberlin. In q great meeting Of
dlys, held few miles from us, in great
tent purchased for the purpose, much OF the
time of these men was spent in holding mp
this church 10 public repro6aion; and one
OF the prominent reasons avowed was that
we believe in the inspiration of the Old
Testament, and worshipcd the God revealed
therein, the God, as they called him, of incest,
murder aud blood. In short the offence of
Obrrlin was ths-we were n church, aud
not 'Come-outcrs' uniting with VI. &. Wright,
Parker Pillsbury, and ;. ;. Foster against
Christianity itself These men, ihe approved
agents of this society, sent out for one pro-
iessed purpose exclusively, ure yet using
! their anti.slavery platform as battery with
which to assault the Bible and the character
of n church, for no other reason than that
it was church and its members Christians.
Everywhere also they arc accustomed to
speak of the church in such manner as to
bring the church us such, the ministry, and
all the ordinances into contempt, mud | see
not how any person can listen To them with
out being impressed with the conviction that
It is with them a fixed purpose and aim TO
produce that result. Take nm example or
two in illustrations One of them boasted TO
me that they had brought about such pub
lie sentiment in Massachusetts ns to render
it impossible for the churches there to have
revlvals. Another, in n public lecture, by
pothesiSed company of dogs as coming
forward to join the church, catcchised them
imagined ns present, in respect to the doctri-
nal knowledge aud experience, and Then
went over the ordinance of baptism, eX-
claiming, / baptsc the, Bose, in the name of
the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy
Ghost, Amen,' and so with the others. 1t
got into the papers that dogs were actually
brought upon the stage. This the Liberdior
pronounced n Satanic lie,' but did not deny
the fact as above stated. What shall we think
of society which employs men knowing
them to he guilty of such blasphcmous out
RACES upon all that is sacred in religion aud
the religious sentiment in man?
This the American Ant-Slaycry Society
docs. In meeting of this Society in the
city of Rochester, New York, where the
chairman, at the commencement of one of
the sessions, simply remarked that if any
present desired TO offer prayer, an opportu-
nifty would he given. Mr.. Garrison Instant
ly rose and rdiculed the idea of having
prayer at all, and spoke with appreciation OF
lady, who asked his father why he did not
ask II blessing upon n whole barrel of pork
at time, aud have the matter finished at
once, instead of going through the ceremony
every time n portion of it was brought upon
the table. IL is thus that the church, as such,
with the ministry and all the ordinance are
treated by this Society. Now when | see
men upholding Tor years system of opera
tons which mnniicsily tends to but one
result that do not hesitate to imputc 10 them
the design to produce the result. For this rea-
son am compelled TO regard this society,
not as what it processes to be, an antl-slavcry
society, and nothing else, but ms being, in its
fundamental tendencies and aims, an anti
church and anti Christian Society. This is
the light, repeat, in which Chstan nnti-sla-
very men throughout the longth and breadth
of the land do regard it, and are they not
justified in so doing?
have one other remark to make of this
Society, aud then have done. The main
element in the spirit of the movement, it
honestly appears to me, is rcyiism, the
principle of hatred to slavery, TO slave
holders, aud their abeltors, to the Church,
aud TO the State, and love to nobody see
almost nothing in their writings or lectures
which tends TO excite in the mind the spirit
of universal philanthropy. have 10 sym
pathy with the spirit of the society, and do
not wish to have any. / lay down their
writings and leave their meeting with feel
ings of horor, such ns | conceive myself to
to possess, were fleeing from some cold
dark cavern, haunted by spirits of darkness.
sec no tendency in this society tending
towards the real spirit of universal love, or
any of its fruits. | have spoken free to you,
my brother, of my views of this society,"
You will appreciate my motive, and, no
doubt, give to my statements candid hear
ing. Yours, with much esteem,
A. MAIIAN.
Cleveland, Ohio, Dec, 1851.