Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1854-12-09

Of national aud constitutional liberty, for which
the good mud gfea; souIei p~atfig;s Of all agee ibid
down their liycs, and FOR which our fathers safer
cd. lled and died.
We pray you u set your faces against MI those
protested followers Of Christ. who letfay linn Ia
the house Of his friends and make Coo the founder
uf au inq,itution which causes the most refined,
emil khtened. respectable men" in the State 81
Kentucky, where slavery exists in lis most niodit-
ell md lcnient supremacy. to raise the black and
bloody Gag Of death to liberty Of Speech ami the
Press! :"
We pay you in the name Of liberty Our com
try--our common humanity land tho OoD Of NIL.
who is no respecter Of petssns-to come to our
hclpi
We know that in i17etLc prayers Of the Church
wont up from the closet. Tie altar. md from the
field Of battle to the Great orLitcr Of the dostinics
uf war; We believe that = time Of equal danger
and awful responsibility is Mt hand, and we now
ask that the prapers uf tic universal Church lie
uttered in the cause Of Liberty o%ncelmoro.
As We believe thati i, is not only our duty 10 pray
but to act. wc respectfully submit fr your serious
consideration, the following sugrostions:
lst. That all ministers Of religion NIL o7cr The
Union, either in their sermons or in their prayers.
once on every Sabbath soleinnly warm their hearers
against til s}Sritl sin If sldrery.
~. That in all religious journals, n column ba
devoted TO Slavcry-its economical statistics, and
10 moral remembrance.
81. That in all addresses Of religious bodies.
3ral or written, when moral conduct il touched
upon, that q solemn and special den1nciation Of
Slavery he made.
9TH. L. the exercise of the elective Of franchise,
that each Christian will honestly endoFyor 20 to
use thai, great and responsible privilege, as by all
honorable. just and constitutional means 10 destroy
slavery ia this nation.
We suggest. with great d%eforencc, for the coneil.
Grafton II Christians, & Beard q Home AiSsic"S,
| founded MS follows:
A nA,,,,,,, t,1,.,-- -r-,tn1,r1 - Ill rr-N. ~
Christians, to be located in the city Of New York.
From this shall be sustained, at fair wages, ~ many
missionaries, in tho slave States, rs tho funds OF
the SO 'iety " the interests thereof, when invested,
wall sustain. /. Lot an equal number Of each
sect represented be Gle ted. 2. Let tho ministers
living in slave States be preferred, if they can be
procured. 3 Let them he instructed never to
speak of slavery in the presence Of blacks or
slaves. 4. Let them, for the present, 10 confined
to The States 9f Maryland, Virginia ana Kentucky
Let them be instructed to preach in the counties
where there are the fewcst slaves. 5. Let them be
men Of ability, and though no. %ianadeal, aelfsac-
rii:inS and versed in the political and economical
bearings Of slavery, as in moral influences. SO that
they may be able to show the non-slavchplder how
slavery impoverished his family, excludes them
from schools, churches, The hOnors Of the State,
and the general advantages Of civilization.
We believe that n scheme Of this kind would do
infinite good. There could he no rrctcxt for vio-
lence ON the part of the shareholders, because the
blacks would never hear. 1t would arouse Il gem
crous shame in the bosoms of our own clergy, and
force many to make sacrifices in the cause Of Re-
ligion and Liberty.
Now; once more, ia great yearning Of spirit for
the liberty Of our country--thc happiness Of man
kind-the glory OF God, we pray YOU to question
each onein his own conscience. Never let it lie
said that our country called on us for help, in great
wee. and none needed her voice
Wo ask all the friends Of Constitutional Liberty
aud pure Christianity. TO give the above an inser-
tion in their Political and Religious Journal5-a
request never before made by Us.
G. NJ. CLAY.