Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1854-04-15
THE EGeoCRACY-THE CHURCH.


DEAR MARrUs The anti-slavery cause is still
gaining ground in this northwestern Ohio. Ste
phen and Abby have been here, and held con
vent:on in the city Of fountains. They have laid
n solid foundation during their stay, and worked
exceedingly hard for the slave All the noted ar.
guments in defense Of slavery, in fact all tho ar
guments that Stephen and Abby could not reply
to, were advanced under cover Of darkness, in
the shape Of eggs: while they journeyed from the
convention to their resting place for the night
blush to write that such arguments have been used
within ten miles Of my residence and still more cha
grned nm j, when I reflect that they have been
used within FIVE miles Of any home. A prominent
member Of the United Brethren church, IA church
of which once was a member) exhibited the
spirit of a mobocrat and blackguard But to the
honor of Center be it said, that they guarded Ste
phen and Abby against the Bryan eggors. Had
the Bryan imps thrown an egg that night, they no
doubt would have been complimented with clubs,
brickbats and such other harder materials as are
used in common fight. l do not approve of such
a measure to suppress mobs, for q non-rcsistant
cannot. But our liberty men are not all non-rc.
sistants and hence they armed themselves as above
stated and went before and cleared the way, while
there was another crowd staid back and waited on
Stephen home to his place Of rest.
Surely we are gaining ground, when such n
church as the NJ. E. church Is trembling and quak-
ing with fear. Since the Fosters left, the Rep.
Albright has come out of his hiding place, into
his coward castle, and there exhibited modern
methodist hcroism, that led to pous lying with
sanctimonious vengeance, that would not even
choke at comparing the leading abolition come
cutters to Buzzards feeding the rotten carcasses
Of the church Of God. Thus he declared the
church Of God corrupt, for the purpose Of saving
the NJ +. church, Of which he was a leading cir
cult preacher. This therefore is methodist saliva
tion Mt the expense Of her own character. Further
this methodist Albright, though rather shady at
heart, and rotten at head, undertook to prove that
from the church on account Of corrup-
tion, only making matters worse. Thushe grave
ly said Suppose there are thieves, robbers and
murderers in the church. are there not many more
in the worldp Then he endeavored 20 show his
audience that a man must either be Of the church,
or the world. Therefore he felt sure, if he could
only make out the church little better than the
world, his members could all stay icih him in The
church. SO he tried hard. Bu all in vaia' for his
jesuiticdi s6on only conrinced many that Tie church
stood eren beiOo Tie rorid IN morals But before II
dismiss my brother, who really believe is blind
leader of the blind and therefore not so censurable
as il he could see, suffer me to inform him, that
abolitionists separate themselves from
all pro-savery churches, states or worlds tif he
prefer) Thus we occupy antslavery position
outside Of all prosldpery churehes, corids heauens
aelis, Gods or Deriis, and we do not consider il
coming out at all, to leave proslavery world, and
enter prc-slavery church or heaven as our friend
wonld have it. For our motto is, "No union with
Shareholders" and now we hope our friend will
hearken to the voice Of God before he again comes
to our village to teach, and come out Of her."
" lest he be partaker of her sins and meet with
her plaques" Last and worst Of all, our friend
consoles himself that God is with u.s." 1.-THE
church,) i've still have rovivals," &,. OF yes,
thought I. Then Micahs words, Both, 9-lO-ll-l2I
fell on my ears, and really felt like saying pub
cly, Hear this pray you Brother Albright; yel
heads of the American churches, and princes of
The United States, that abhor judgment and per-
Tert oil equity, that build up American churches
With blood and the United States with iniquity
your heads thereof, judge for reward, and your
priests thereof teach for hire, and your prophets
thereof divine for money; yet will ye lean upon
The Lord and say, is not the Lord among us1 no
evil can come upon us. Therefore shall the
American churches for your sakcs bo plowed as
\ field by abolitonists with the abolition pillow of
ruth, until all the foul weeds of slavery are utter
y destroyed
Yours truly,
A. P. BOWMAN.