Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1854-03-25
b. s. J.
CONVENTION IN MICH.
IGAN.
ALBION, Feb. 9th, 1854.

ANTI-sLAvERY CONVENTION IN MICH
IGAN.
ALBroy Feb. 9th, 1854.
DEAR FRIEND ROBINSON Our little village has
been the theatre for few weeks past Of a most
interesting conflict in this warfare Of justice with
d" principalities and powers and spiritual wicked.
ness in high places" in church and state. We arc
here blessed with the presence Of some eight or
ten n the professed ambassadors Of the Prince Of
Peace who are quartered upon us, to look after
our morals, not money! spiritual welfare, not
scctarian prosoyteism Besides we have q literary
institution under the control Of that immaculate
daughter Of John Wesley, the NJ. E. Church, en-
bracing some 300 young men and women; and
doubtless are the focus from which radiatcs vast
amount of intellectual and moral light. We have
eschewed all unpopular heresies, and followed in
the good old ways Of our ancestors. Our ministers
have preached the gospel, and have not meddled
with the sms of this heretical age. Our christians
pous souls have attended church Sunday, paid
the minister said their prayers, given their money
to convert the heather, provided they lived in for
eign lands, built seminaries to tehch young men
the art and mystery of morals, money-making,
and mobing the champions Of freedom. Surely
Mr.. Editor we did not need the ministrations Of
those pestilent fellows, those basphemous infdsls
who turn the world upside down, to teach our
people the right way. We were pursuing the even
tenor of our way, subject to The higher powers
and discountenancing all agitation that could poss-
IDLY impair the devotion of our people to cotton
politics, and negro.hating religion. Our christians
prayed, supported the gospel, gave leave to with
draw those guilty of the heinous sin of dancing,
Al. A..
ings, and that they would not give a cent to pre-
vent, or raise voice against the reinstatement Of
Of those that in defiance of death, had cxpatrated
themselves, to enjoy freedom; shut their churches
against those who came to preach deliyerance. to
the captive, and the opening of the prison doors
to those who are bound--were on hand on election
day, in company with infdels, drunkards, and
blasphemers, to 60 the "regular ticket" blind,
kept religion out Of politics, and generally out Of
their business transactions, in short after tho
most straightest manner of their sect, Pharisees.
How repeat, could re stand in need Of instruc-
ton in our duties to God man? But an evil
wind blew to our shores little portion Of the ad-
, vance guard Of freedom--a host in themselves
, Stephen and Abby X. Foster and though they
were received with perfect avalanche of scandal,
Ministers, Elders, official members and laymen,
joined in a crusade against their moral character,
retailing if not inventng the foulest and backest
falsehoods that corrupt Imagination could invent
> thinking perhaps that it was easier to impeach
the character of the witnesses, and so shut the
public against them than to rebut their testi-
mony. They nevertheless were heard and bore a
faithful testimony against the enormities of our
civil and ecclesiastical institutions they laid siogo
to the citadel of cotton Christianity and sham
Democracy, and hurled, with terrible effect, tho
polished shafts of truth into the arighted ranks
of despotic Democracy, and worse than heathenish
Christianity.
4 The enemy occasionally showed fight, and whole
battalions of priests elders, and laymen covered
with the sword Of the spirit fighting to provo that
the buying selling robbing and brutalizng of our
fellow-countrymen was a heaven ordained institu-
ton, or at least, that the only friends of Liberty
and Justice worthy of the name, were Infdcls, bit
s the dust. They remained with us about n week,
s speaking evenings to crowded houses, and many
n "a large proportion of the town, We hope-were
converted, if not to Christianity, to the sentiment
It that decency justice and humanity are essential
elements in true christianity, and that it is plant
little cultivated in these days, not paying well.
n probably.
l. Mr.. F., you know feels called upon not only to
present the whole TRUTH but to use great planness
of speech in exposing the gigantic frauds that
d pamed off upon us for true christianity, and re-
G. publicanism. And so he had the hardihood to
show the allies of Inadety and despotism nearest
his theatre of operations their true position he
Dt found himsef-lest he should de6le them-exclud-
it ed from those holy temples, that thrown wide
-bo AIok Ca
ID spirit consents to occupy though she be the chesi
ut and purest of Christs disciples to whOmsOever
a. command her price, for whatever purpose he may
Ie wish to possess her.
,i- On the 10th and 18th ult. mass convention wa,
u held here attended by j. w. Walker, b. S. Jones
We and Mr.. and Mrs. Foster speakers, and not
mt withstanding the holy indignation that had beer
ID excited against them, the outside pressure
to great that Of our churches VINO are intending
IN to build a new house soon, fit to open theii
ad house. and again the champions Of truth confront
II ed the defenders Of barbarism. Nothing worthy
or of note, happened ON the first day. The resolu
TO tons, copy of which send you were sustained
as in able and convincing speeches, by Messrs Walk
n er and Jones, and the opposition did not vcptar
as within the range of their batteries. On the q
IT, day. the Baptist Minister, "as much an Aboli
ng tionist anybody" thinking that the institution
he was beginning to toter under the well directed
ly blows of its assailants attempted to prop it VI
nd with the bible, and at least to his own apparen
H. satisfaction, proved that slavery was tolerated II
tie the primitive church, and intimation given tina
~ it was wrong. lie assured us however, that III
gs was opposed to it. lie did not attempt to prov
ch our republican if that is not msnomer, institu