Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1853-05-14

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be found something less than even Of secondary
importance.
We mingled freely with the members Of the
Convention, orthodox and heritic, and this is
the frat intimotion We have ever had, of any
such fight.of "many," or even one "staunch
friend Of the slave" If there were any who
fed, We feel well assured they must have been
of the same stamp as tho Rev. Boynton, who
predicted the inhdol character Of the Conven-
tion-proposed catcchsm to Mr. Garrison to
draw him out on theological qucstions-and
would have been glad to have had him avowod
the most inlidel opinions that he might have
had the pleasure Of saying, 81 told you so."-
I'VE think this conclusion justified by his course
in the prcmiscs).
Wo ask only for fair play in this matter If
it be true that :" those who feel bound to carry
on a crusade against Bibles and churches, should
| do so in some other than nnti-slavery connec-
tion,' it is equally true that those who would
carry on a crusade in favor of Bibles and chur-
ches should also seek some other than anti. sla-
very connection for so doing. If, as the vistcr
aiirms, it is not right for the nGdcl to defer the
| day of the slaves redemption till his peculiar
views arc triumphant, Cand in this We agree
with our ncighbor), it is equally unjust to the
slave for the church member 20 defer it, till the
church is triumphantin in its plans and purposes
We arc willing tho world and the slave should
decide who most hold thoir opinions inIaboyancc
to justice and tho interest of the slave. Those
who willslc nm acknowledgements for
such reasons as tho Visitcr justifos, or those
who can tolerate the utterancc Of opinions con-
| licting with their own, aud labor on, hand to
hand, and shoulder to shoulder with them, for
tho slaves redemption. Thoro were those in
the Cincinnati Convention-both orthodox and
hereto, who were able to do it. All honor to
them. And shame to the cowordly scctarians
who fled. They went to their own place. and
there they will doubtless romain. From them
tho slave has nothing to hope.
! One other error VIC must correct. II is one
into which tho Visitor seems to have fallen in
company with our correspondent, Mr. Johnson,
and multitude of others of tho same class.-
They seem to suppose that the nonvoting a5ol-
tionists are Of necessity infdcls, whilst the
voting ont-slavery men are good orthodox, pi-
Gus Christians. The fact is, this stigma of inf
deity if stigma it be, pertains to all classes of
antslavcry men. There arc all grades of inii-
deity to be found among pll classes. And if
tho Visiter and the pious fugihyes to whom it |
refers, cannot hold conventions with such, they |
will even have to quit the Free Soil and Liberty
party as we'll as the Garrisonans, and should
they conclude for this cause to abandon all an
G.siaro,,y they will not rond it among pro-sla-
very men for these, too, number iniidels in
their ranks as we'll ps Doctors of Divinity, and
most dcvout believers.
The late Bible Convention, which has created
so much disturbance Of late and which is made
the occasion of serious complaint against non
voting abolitionists. as though Mcy had thereby
identified anti-slavcry with inGdeli,y, affords a
good illustration of the fno:s on this subject as
tho whole community stands connected there
with We refor to it only FOR illustration of
this one point. There were ten persons who
prominently participated in the discussions of
that convention, five of them advocated the di-
vine authority and origin of the Bible, and five
opposed that view Of;he five Alternatives, one
of them has perhaps cxerted some anti-slavery
influence in the church, but has, we believe,
never given countennnco or aid to the distinct
| tive auti.slavory movement. At least we
have never heard of his doing so. OF two
others, we know nothing except that they arc
ministers. They live in Columbihna county,
but wo have mover heard of their doing any anti
slavery work, either in the church or out Of II.
Though We did hear them justify Mosaic serv- |
tude. One of the remaining two once held
discussion in this region in which his object
was to justify American slavery from tho Bible,
while the remaining advocate is known through
this whole region, for his INSCRIPTIONS and ex-
terminating hostility to anti.slavery, of every
grade and phase. Neither the Editor of the
Vister,nor Mr.. Johnson would find more favor
with him than Mr.. Garrison, unless it was that
he should think them less anti slavery.
OF the five individuals who presented tho
other side Of the question, one We believe, has
never particularly Unidentified himself with any
slavery organization, though he has written
and spoken feurlessly against slavery. One, ard
only one was non-voting aboltionist. The
three remaining ones are earnest anti-slavcry
mon, who arc in favor of voting under tho con-
stitution, and one of them was the Free Soil
candidate for Congress in his district at the last
election.
Theodore Parker is known the world over as
the prince of herctcs. Tho Visitcr would think
it "unwise," therefore, to attempt to hold con-
vention with him, though he is a Free Soer.
! I.ysander Spooner, to whom moro than anybody
else our anti-slavery men are indebted for
justification in voting under this government, is
, a thorough disbeliever, and his work entitled
the "Deists Reply to tho alleged Supernatural
. [ Euihnnnna of Chrishnritr % cnntainn 49, a.