Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1853-10-29
From the Wesleyan.
MIAMI CONFERENCE RESOLUTIONS.

Whereas. 1t frequently happens that while
gagged in the great field of moral enterprise aud
effort we meet with Agents of the American Bible
Society, who solicit ~ to make common cause with
and contribute our money to be expended, under
the direction Of said Society. in giving the Word
OF God to the poor and thc destitute; and
Mhc.cas, Doubts have arisen in relation 10 the
propricty ot such ulilton, and it would there
lore seem necessary that sober and deliberate
opinion be expressed un the subject therefore
l,c.oiNed, That we deem n cu-upurutiun Oi
Christians with the Amcricun Bible Society, to
circulate the Word Of God, to hc inconsistent and
improper for the following consdcntons:-
lst, Tho; sa;d organization embraces numerous
shareholders. whose practice is To take the fruits
of robbery extortcd 10y the whip from Gods sui
lerng poor, and bring them 10 the Treasury Of the
g. Il. Society, which Society receives them without
rcbukc or discrimination, although the awful voice
of God is heard in thunder tones, saying, e hate
robbery for burnt oicrins.'
~ That this Suciciy proposes only Il partial
disirbuton Of the Word of God not oven pretend
ing 70 furnish a copy for the slWcs, or cporcd pop
uution ot the South, where tie wicked enact
mcr.s Of Shareholders undertake 10 restrict Its
circulation.
3d. As positive proof Of the foregoing assertion
TIE said Society not long since, artuuly refused
handsome donation offered by distinguished cit-
zen Of New York, on the condition that it should
be appropriated to the wants of the slaves aud
4th, That while said Society, through their
Agents, are boasting of getting the Bible into the
hands of the Roman Catholic laity, contrary to the
rules of suidIhurch and despite the active efforts
Of her clergy, urging in their justification the ar
gumcnt that God designs every human being TO
have n copy Of the Scriptures they have uttered
no note of condemnation against that God-deiying
and atheistic legislation by which it is attempted
TO deprive three and a-hal millions of human he
ings in our midst Of the Bible, and of all power
and capacity to read the same, for other reason
than that the pirate man-thief may more securely
drive the iron shalt Of slavery into the soul Of his
crushed and miserable victim.
I 9th, Resolved That in view Of the above facts,
we decline cooperating with said organization,
having no reason to expect tho blessing Of God ON
its Efforts while 1t continues in the aiurcsad unaI-
py position; and though greatly desirous 10 extend
The circulation of the Holy Scriptures, we feel
sterny compelled to seek channels less contamira-
ted through which to pour the pure streams of
salvation reyolted and apostatc world.
A NEGRo BURNED At THE SrAEE.--'rhc Booncs-
Vile Observer Missouri, relates that negro, about
twenty years Of age murdered n Mrs. Rains Of
] Pcttis county, in that State. The murderer was
Immediately taken possession of by the people OF
the neighborhood and without the form OF legal
| trial. tied to n stake and burned. The same paper
further states that it ii subsequently appeared from
circumstances that the owner of the negro, n man
by the name of Henry France, nstigated his slave
to the commission of the crime. Thereupon the
people Of Petts county called public meeting, and
passed resolution ordering the said Henry Franco
TO leave the county in ten days assigning among
other reasons the following
"lst. For aiding and aletting, as we believe, il
the murder of Mrs. Elizabeth Rains"
! Now so loEg as we allow the people Of slave
holding States TO tell their own story no one ough
to complain. In matters pertaining to the wrong
of slavery, we always prefer taking statements a
we find them in southern papers Here them is
under the control of the master ly the laws OF th
State, commits horrible crime at the instgatoi
Of the owner. The slave, for doiAg the will of hi
MASTER is burned at the stakes tho master, wit
contiyed and instigated the crime, is merely order
cd to quit the county,