Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1853-07-30

i0r IN thes0 IS oil ms strengU.
Now if the conclusion of the whole mat
teg should be, that so long rs Christian nen
make such demands, there can be no coop
Grafton between themselves and infdels, so
he il. Let il be charged not to illiberaliy,
but to incompntbility. As we love the anti
slavery cause, we will gladly 10 all we rea-
sonably cnn 10 unite with all trile-heurted
auti-slavery men to promote this reform; but
as we love revealed Christianity indefinitely
more. and especially as we rely on this Bible,
blessed of its Author, as the worlds only
| hope, do not nsk us to put it under n busheI
when our aim is to ill the world with light
os preparatory to n millennium of gospel
love.
! (1) No doubt. Most unfortunate Il is to
the Church, that inhdels should bear away the
| palm of practical christianity, on this question.
! Unfortunate it is, indeed, to a recreant christ
ianty, for this fact covers it with shame and
! confusion. But even the Editor Of the Evan
gelist conuot believe that it is unfortunate for
the slave or for the cause. There would have
been no anti slavery cause to have been asso-
ciated with, had it been left to evangelical
religion" to have originated and sustained it.
(2) What are these difficulties We sec
none. We do sec in this article of the Evan
gelist, that intolerant orthodoxy places difficult
ties in the way when il refuses anti-slavery CO.
operation on terms of equality. We can see
that it may be q severe "morai trial" of our
orthodox friends, to como and cooperate with
Mr.. Garrison for freedom, on terms of equality,
after having so unreasonably opposei tho prin-
ciples he has advocated, as many of them have
done, but we pray they may come ou. of the
trial like gold purified ard refined.
(3) What does the Editor of the Evangelist
think his or any other religion worth, before
anti.slavory is incorporated with IT,
(4) Unfortunately you arc not alone in this
estimate of tho slaves cause. Almost tho
whole church think so. and hence she has not
hesitated to sacrifice the slave to her ideas of
the Bible. Alas what hecatombs of human
beings have been offered on the idolatrous altar
of this theological idea. Jesus mover taught
this method of human sacrifice, more than he
did that of Juggcnaut. Tho Bible Society
thinks so, and hence it refuses to send the Bible
to the millions of slaves or tho thousands of
free blacks in tho slave states. But we believe
this is the first distinct and authoritative an
nounccmcnt that Aah-S'arery oberlin was
most decidedly" in favor of this idolatry, Of
this sacrifice Of human bodies and human souls
by the million.
(5) A position VIC shall not here controvcrt.
But how lamentab!e that in the hands of the
Church, it has been 80 unsuccessful in its
aims" Admit its truth, and what shall we
think of the friends of the Bible, who have
taught tho whole world, and last of all, this
christian nation of democrats, to cherish slave
ry as dirine. What shall VIC think of them,
whor by this very instrumcntality, they have
instead of uprooting slavery, caused it to strike
its roots, and spread its branches till the whole
nation is overshadowed, and the very "salt of
the earth," has become as corruption, through
its pestilent exhplations.
(b) These arc the only terms on which any
anti. slavery men have ever asked for your CO.
operation.
(0 What does this moan' That tie right
of speech is to be denied 10 W6eliepers on all Oc-
easionsp or is the limitation to be confined to
the anti slavery platform. II the latter, abo-
ltionists have voluntarily relinquished it there,
for the sake of union against slavery. When
ever those abolitionists, called infdols, have
referred to this subject it has been in self de-
fence, or in necessary defence of the slave, from
the covert assaults of pro-slavcry and cvangel-
ical orthodoxy.
(S) This "anticipation," shows q conscious
ness of the writer, that he was playing the pope
and the pharsco. lie ,oiH utter his vie'cs OF the
Bible and Christianity, but will not permit
others to speak of theirs. Infdel obolitionists
well know this. From the very beginning
they have so far surpassed believers in their
Christlike forbearance-in their benevolent con-
secration to the interests of the slave, that they
have ever submitted TO this intolerance Of or
thodoxy. We recolect we'll being impressed
with this fact in the outset of anti tislayery or
, ganization in Ohio, when our views were az
orthodox MS those of the Rev. Professor who
: now edits the Evangelist.
G (9) Nobody asks any such thing. Let cv-
I cry man, be he believer or unbelioyer, use the
Bible and every other legitimate instrumental
ity, for the overthrow Of slavery. Every inf
= del abolitonist will admit that there is much in
4 the Bible that can be so used, especially, while
9 addressing those tn whom the Bible is profes.
sedly, the ultimate appeal.
But every abolitionst, whatever his opinions
G has right to ask that on the anti-slavcry plat
Q form, his opinions on other topics, be not as
a sailed. That If he may not there advance them
U his opponent may not there attack them, an'
= especially may he not after such attack, pro
n hibit defence And he has no right to assault
/ his fellow abotionists for opinions offered OF
o the platform, and on that account TO refus