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

more robbery.
Last year the Board was induced to take some
steps which, for n time, excited alarm amongst the
shareholders and their friends in the States 1t
was feared that slavery to be made q discpli-
nary or unchristian crime. The Secretary of the
Board made haste to calm these fears, by the fol-
lowin.y most significant and expressive letter -
MISSIONARY House. BosroN,
October Z, 1854.
"DEAR STR--In your paper of this date, you
publish an extract from the WdtchmdR and Oh
Se,rer, and then inquire, rs this fair and truth
full statement? Did Mr. Treat endeayor to per-
suade missionaries to ercde Shareholders from the
communonY Did he treat them with threats that,
if they persisted in their course, the Board would
cut them off? Did he thus undertake to speak for
the BoardT To each and all these interrogatorics
answer No And must be allowed to express
my great surprise that any one should have sup
posed me capable of such conduct.
Very sincerely yours,
S. b. TREAT,
See. Of tie Alb C.FM"
The Secretary seemed almost angry that he or
the Board should be considered "cQpaLle Of such
Conduct" as denying to slavetradcrs and slave
holders christian character.
The last anniversary of the American Board has
Just been held in Utica, New York. A report was
presented there by deputation that had been sent
to confer with these Indian missionaries on the
troublesome question. These missionaries have
just adopted system of rules thirteen in number,
which are to govern them in their future move.
ments. None Of these rules, however, will mate
rally change their former course. Slavery is in the
mission church unrebuked, and Shareholders are
invited still to enter.
Nor by the new regulations does it appear that
Il single slave shall be taught to ''yead, prjtc, or
sing" The tenth reads thus Missionaries are
to nioin upon all masters and servants obedience
to the directions especially addressed to them in the
Holy Scriptures and to explain and illustrate the
precepts containing them"
The eleventh rule makes allusion to some prac
tices which are to be held 'unchristan and sinful"
One of these is, 'keeping slaves from the know
ledge of Gods holy will" No nearer tnan this, is
it anywhere enioined that slaves shall be taught
to read. All who know the practice of slavehuld-
ers in America, will understand at once that this
probably relates only to orai instruction. That is
common everywhere.
The whole of the ninth rule is as folows:--.
so. While, as in war, there can be no shedding
of blood without s.n somewhere attached, and yet
the individual soldier may not be guilty Of it so
while slavery is always sinful we cannot esteem
every one who is legally Shareholder n wrong
Goer for sustaining the legal relation. When it is
made unavoidable by The lars Of tie State, the
obligations of guardianship, or the demands of hu-
manity, it is not to be deemed an offence against
the rule of christian right Yet missionaries are
careful to guard, and IN the proper way to warn
plea of necessity the goad of the slave against
making it cover for the love and practice of
slavery, n pretence for not using efforts that
are lawful and practical, to extinguish this evil
Most of this rule is mere subterfuge and sophis-
try unworthy any body of upright men, A sol
dier may Se obliged to take life lose his own
What stakeholder is ever reduced to such extrem
tiles? mo laws of auy State ever make man
stakeholder or keep him one If he is one, he is
so from choice: neither he nor his slaves com
PEELED to remain if he chooses to remove elsewhere
And then to talk about the obligations OF guardian
ship in such connection. is an insult to all COM
mon sense. When the roor Africans have no bet
ter guardians" than the American savages, made
more savage by contact with slaveholding civliza-
ton and slaveholding religion, may the Allmerciful
Father have compassion upon them
The terrible enactmcnts against educa ton and
emancipation which have been cited, are not men
toned in the thirteen rules. The eighth, however,
declare, that "as missionaries, they have nothing
to do with political questions and agitations !"
The report of the deputatiOn further assures us
that some of the missionaries are denounced as
abolitonists" But the next sentence unfolds the
character of all these professions and pretenses.
Let it be well considered. ".Some Of these STARE
hoiding church members hare ljt Meir churches for
another connection, on His account"
And this is the quality Of the missionary church.
es. If MISSIONARY teach slave to "read write,
sing" he is banished from the nation. II he be
an uDUllllOulSt MS mGnDcrS leave the CuurCu lOr
another connection. on this account"
1t does not appear that any were disinclined or
dealt with a, ALL Only part of the missionaries
are even up to such standard as this, So that few
of the slaveholding members are disturbed
or compelled to leave 'for other connexions" more
congenial to their tastes and occupations.
The Board, at its anniversary, expressed great
delight at the repot t. 1t was unanimously adopt
ed and, we are told, the audience and joined
in hymn with feelings of deepest gratitude"
DR.. Adams of Boston, author of "A South-side
View of Savery"~-a most atrocous defence Of the
system-was the preacher for the occasion and
DR.. Cox, the eulogiser of that Defence was promi-
nent in all the proceedings and the sum total OF
the position of the Board is, that Shareholders and
slaret,aders are not to be excluded from the
mental table; and there is no reputation Of the
declaration that the separation Of parents and
children by sale is not forbidden by express inj unc
ton of Scripture" and that they cannot "mako il
a test Of piety or a condition Of admission 10 tie
p,irileqeS of church membership" And this is the
association which seeks alliance with the British
churches in the work of Turkish and Armenian
missions, attempting TO claim before the world
equality as Christians. Will not British Chris
tians prove that they maintain n higher standard,
by rejecting such alliance, and going forth un-
trammeled to propagate pure Christianity in the
East?
Newcastle, November, 1855.
NEW PROJECT FOR STRENGTHENING
SLAVERY.