Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1855-04-07
ANTI-CHRIST.
A NEW VIEW or eSow-NoTniNcIsN.

We find in the Christian TaoRrc1' an extract
from a sermon preached by Rev ). j. May in
Rochester, which presents some new and rk
ing views on the subject OF tie sermon which was
Anti-C Christ: and Anti.Chrsl was defined to be the
SD6if Of idbaficjem. Christ suffered everything
from tins spirit; ltc did not, however, Yeaatu
but on .he other Hand, steadily taught that when
smittcn on one check should turn the other
also. Still persecution and cruelty continue, and
it is it has been az tinst the teachings
Of christianity. Mt. May having brought these
facts to view, goes on as follows :--SWdcuse
Chronicle.
We have a remarkable illustration of the truth
OF what say, in our own country, at this very
time For the last twenty-five years, the friends
of humanity--thc ielow-laborcrs of Christ have
been earnestly conendiEg against the two dead
liest enemies of the religOu and civil welfare of
this Republic-Mtemperanc and S{arery. The
conflict which each has been severe. All the pow
crs of hell have been summoned to their aid vet
the army of the Lord had been gaining continual
accessions of numbers and strength. The strong
holds Of intemperancc seemed about to be carricL
and the late daring sorto Of slavery to be driven
back into its old cntrenchmen!s if not routed from
them.
Just at this crisis, the host of Anti.Chrst, Sc
cretly enrolled under false pretenccs, with ban
ner on which NoTuING was inscribed, came steal
thily into the fields and caused diversion, that
has well-nigh given the victory to the foe.
The right OF suffrage in our Republic may he too
free. Many of our wisest and best men have
thought it was The old Fedcraii,ts fosewarned
us that universal suffrage would he our ruin. But
where should it be restricted? That was the preg
nant question. II any men ought to be deharred
the elective franchise in democracy, one would
think it sould be those mon who have 50 little re-
spect for humanity that they have robbed thou
sands of their poor ncighbors of all the rights Of
man. and have reduced them to the condition, Of
domestic.ted brutcs.
NeXt to shareholders, one would think that the
men who, of all Others should be denied the great
prerogatiye of treemon, are {HteatyeTate pc,sDaS,
those who are wont to- deprive themselves Of their
reason, that they know not what they do. Ihi,.
vice, more than all others disables man for the
government Of himself; and 50 units him to take
any part in the government OF the natiOn. But
intcmperance, and the customs that lead to H.
have been so prevalent liz our country since the
Revolution, that cy have hardly been accounted
vicious, until within the last thirty years, No pro-
visions were made against them in the formation
of our government Now, therefore, no change
can be made touching the c ectye franchise but
by the suffrages OF the people, the majority Of
whom (excluding the female half,) have hitherto
been on the side of lntemperancc; and will cou-
tinue to be until power higher than the Ballot
Box has converted the people from the dreadful
error of their ways.
Seeing then that shareholders and iatcmpcTaLe
men, (thc most dangerous Of all men in dcmOcrn-
jcy,) have been from the first admitted to exercise
the right OF suffrage IN our country, Win NiHt
show of fairness can Withhold Il from any 9TH
ers ? Granted that intelligence and virtue are
'huisPchStpo 70 tle s'"piity 9l or !nSt''uIlp''
il'' uleFeiore 'nou" w roq'reu III
",," I ,ti iIl 10 lie iI
y.tl " ''''. .I lt .i, -
~ r ,j' ,,i c ,ts, ,.,
,ot va tGa" i c',
tain. So that we must he left are to strug-
gle along in political we'll social relations
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iu,i'9 ';Iu r t,1 a 1t',S;t
Sl S'1 ','1 e,, ~ 10 ,ho nrIo. nr' pr,,.ilo,o H.
9"I' " Mo ,,I,.Io hoi,Iit
i th,s ,,,o3n dcunuInut far its welfare unon the
,o,Iti, and yi~dr or cocb Of i,s mrmherE-,nnn
''I,' t ',i,'d ui'' fno+ a ,rall m ,,,,S ,be loJ =
,a,,io yb;h ,o ,r,, want tn tbi, loss
roIIo tl,on ,re tns c,,nnojIcd - bostC
tE ,,,ro tfantian. aud even those which seem to
io ,Ln mast CacIle. are found 10 be necessary. and
,,,,4In ,'I oaecd f,r
'i"%' No. ~ '''. wa
me ln'eiI'Gehce' m''ar''y' Pur-ty VI every one
III ucmocr"cy' Is 1t ii'''0l VI S'G'' ''l' '''oo ~
fohV me 10 poS VI 81 a. i Wv i''
ne tne!r Phren!aSc' '-'"s ;T
be their coholtloh' OF WHOM you c"i say M''l
certainty that they VIII never pc No pit1gu ti''
their rSnt y wrong action may "iiec' 'itnty' tne
public Wcll-De'ng' E0r ny part am "'lll"1 'ItC .
state and church should suffer- as iney must until
the constituents VI .no w "Ho 'nV '''1t 81.
taught to Know love- ana OBEY 'He lru'h ana the
right.
Great progress has been made towards the re-
dcmpton Of our country from the greatest iniqui-
ties her mortal enemies, Intemperance and Su-
very. In several States, the sale Of Intoxicating
drinks has been utterly prohibited; and law to
this effect had passed both branches of our Lcgis-
lature, and would now be in operation in this State,
but for the veto Of our late Governor. Slavery,
too, has been unmasked, brought out from her ell
trenchments into the open field, where she may
be confronted by Liberty face to face forced into
n conflict hand to hand. There can be no doubt
of the issue of the battle when it comes; through
the frame work of our present coniederacy may
not be strong enough to endure the struggle, Free
dom must triumph.
But just at the moment when lntempernnce and