Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1855-12-29
THE ANTI-SLAVERY BUGLE.

TIL ANTI-SL1
lest by which thoy are to be tried. They have but
one bond Of agreement-the inherent sihfnluess oil
slavery, and, consequently, the duty of immediate
emancipation. As iadicidtdls, they are Of all the
clog ical end political opinions hatirg an undo
niablc right to advocate those opinions, and to
make as many converts to them ms possible. As
an organization, they NEE, for a common object in
which they are agreed, and endorse nothing but
the right Of the slave to himself as paramount 10
every other claim, and to apply no other principle
as a rule whereby to measure sects, parties, insti.
tutions and men. No scctarian, no party exacticn
can be made, without destioyirg unity Of spirit
and general CO. epcrati on. The Episcopalion, the
the Presbyterian, the Baptist, the Methodist, the
%'Infdef' surrender not one jot or title of their
right to be such, by uniting together for the abo-
lition of slavery. No sectarian or party Office, can
&e sought, without u breach Of good faith, and a
per,ersion Of the object ostcnsibly aimed at. No
member can Justly complain Of any other mem-
Der, or seek to weaken his testimony against sla.
very and its atettors, on account of my opinions
held or promulgated 10y him on his individual re-
sponsibility.
Whence, then, this cutlery Of 'infieliiy?' 1t has
never proceeded from n manly spirit; it has never
been raised by any one truly remembering the
slave as hound with him; unless, indeed, il lie true
that the Anti-Slavery organization has pcrfdious
ly turned aside from its original object, TO accom-
plish some Interior purpose, still assuming to be IN
changed and undertaking. But it is not true =
though the charge has been repeated ten thousand
times, ut home and abroad, It is ten thousand times
a calumny, uttered either through ignorance. sec.
tartan enmity, personal jealousy, or prO-slavcry
malice. Abolitionism has never a~rraigned or criti
ciscd any religious body on account Of its peculiar
creed; it has never taken any action on theological
matters; it has never discussed, never attempted
to settle the question, whether the Bible is plena
rily inspired, or whether the first day Of the week
is the Sabbath, or any other question foreign to lbs
avowed purpose. OF the Sabbath it has declared,
as Jesus did. that it is as lawful and obligatory to
heal the sick, release the bound, and plead for the
oppressed, on that day, as it is SO succor cattle in
distress. OF the Bible ms an anti slavery ~instrumen.
tality, it has made a constant and most powerful
use against the pro-slavery interpretations of Il
a time-serying clergy; though not deriving the
IlRnlo VI nltl lTOln any DOph, u lTOin HIS ONH
nature. OF the true Church it has ever spoken
with generation. and vindic:ted il rs animated and
controlled by the spirit of impartial liberty, to the
exclusion Of all tyrants. OF the Gospel it has pro
claimed, that in all it, doctrines, teachings and ex.
amples, it is utterly at war with slavery, and foi
universal freedom. OF Jesus it has affirmed, that
lie is ever with the down-trodden and oppressed
whose case he has literally MADE his own, a. and
that he has gloriously indicated the brotherhood
of the human race, to the confusion of all wlt
desccrate the image of God. Its appeals have
been INCREASINGLY to the conscience and the heart
it has called to repentance a guilty nation. ne the
only condition of salvation it has refused to com
premise with sin.
If, therefore, abolitioniam be an infdel move
mcnt. it is so only in the sense in which Jesus wa:
n blasphcmer, and the Apostles were 'pcstilent and
seditous fellows, seeking to turn the world upside
down.' 1t is infidel to Satan, the enslaver; j. i
loyal to Christ. the redeemer. 1t is intidel to t
Gospel which makes man the property of man i
is bound up with The Gospel which requires us tt
love our neighbors as ourselves, and to call no maj
master. 1t is infdel to u Church which receives t,
its communion the 'trafickers in slaves and thu
souls Of men ) it is loyal to the Church which i
not stained with blood nor polluted by oppression
1t is infdel to the Bible as a pro-slavery interpreted
volume it is faithful to it as construed on the sid
of justice and humanity. 1t is intdel to n Sab
bath, on Which it is hypocritically pronounced un
lawful to e~xtricate the millions who lie bound an,
bleeding in the yit of slavery; it is true to the Sab
bath, on which it is we'll pleasing to God to bind u
the hroken-hearted, and to let the oppressed G
free. 1t is infidel to all Llooi-staincd compromises
sinful concession, unholy compacts; respecting tn
system of slavery; it is d~evotedly attached to what
ever is honest. straight forward, invincible for tn,
right. No refUrmatory struggle has ever erected
higher moral standard, or more disinteresteGl
\ pursued it's object, or more unfalteringly waAke
by Glith, or more confidingly trusted in the Twin
God for succor in every extremity, and for n Slc
rious victory at last. at Il Jubilee, its yindicatiol
shall be triumphant and universal.
U) See Matthew, 25th chapter.