Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1854-12-30

selhsh purp0ses-to accumulate the riches OF TINS
word Tor the luxurious notlng OF himself ana
iamly-and VIII SHOW you servants whose hearts
anu leeliiiSs arc uteriy eslrallgcd from thcir mas
ters ana III whose bcsoms rankle hatred ana an
ahtagonism towards their master ana towards tne
institution Ol slavery as deadly as the reptllc
poison And, moreover, Will show you man
VINO ever lives III lear Tor his own me at the hahds
Oh MS saves ana III cohS'iVt Greau OF "h lnSurrec
u0.' "no Is ever nurl.hg ms uoub,s as 70 tne SUI
Dlity OF the msutution' ana calling loudly Tor
stringent measures 70 secure Its pcrpetulty; auu
VINO Is ever rcauy 10 Stl5mati]c inc man VINO docs
h!t uIly SuDScfi1c 70 ms own cowardIy ana tyrah-
nIt"l WHimS Win an ouIous cpithct to whisper
in'o 'he ears oi the community the hint
'n"l MS SentiI'Sa'S would pettcf become the at,
n unDsp"GiI,e Oh IiSn northern climate n state oi
'"'lrS H"G 'h'' between master ana servants WGuid
o' pJ"r 'ne IlSnt uI ,he blDle, we confess. III Is
VI Such state oi aiaIrs that the fear to put 1t INTO
ihc hands OF the slave would not be out OF place.
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III consequence oi tlS course OF policy, thele Is
ITNo"''G iSHor"hce upon the subject OF slavery
Oh inc part ol both master ana servant by no
,ii'"s cV,Seh'Hl 10 'nc hclIin ot the institution.
We Woulu hot o' StaruGo at the anhouh5cmGht OF
'nG 'n I"c', thlV tWo-thlrdS OF our slave population
elu not know or Deicyc that the subject OF slavery
or their condition was ever alluded to III the BIZ
bic; that tWo-hlrds OF them are in utter ignorance
OF the authority Dy which we essay to hCld them
III bondage, or demand at their bands obedience
and service. TO such how Calling is the yoke
now bitter IS the bondage. Nor would we be
startled at the announcement OF the Tact, that
many masters were Ignorant Of Scriptural view
Oi the suRlect-oi the true grounds upon which t.
place the Institution, and of their duties as masters
which lgnorencc betrays them into many errors
ana abuses, the tendency OF which Is to under.
mlne the institution Now relieve the minds OF
both parties OF tins darkness and ignorance, and
thoroughly ndoctrnate them into clear, sound in-
teLSent Scnpturai views OF the whole subject
ana OF what an immense weight Will the lnsutu
ton be relieved; ana OF what II burden Will the
bosoms OF slaves ana the minds OF masters also DC
relieved.
But, in view of the gross ignorance and super
sttion of slaves in all things pertaining to re-
ligion in view of the utter Indifference OF thegrca
mass of them upon .he subject of rei igion in view
Of the degrading vices ilhmoralities and pollutont
prevailing amongst them; in view Of the vast di.
proportion in the numbers of those who ever pro
Iess hope in Jesus, and are found within the pale
of the Church, and those who know him not, ant
are found without; and of the disproportion in the
number of blacks and whites converted to reli gior
/ If these arc the results of denying them the
privilege Of reading the wUrd one of the appoint
ed means for the conversion of the world-shoult
we not rather fear and tremblc, lest God in His
anger would use them as instruments in His hands
to execute upon us terrible judgments for the as
sumption OF such responsibility? And can we say