Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1855-11-03
DUTCH REFORM CHURCH.

The General Synod of the Reformed Dutch
Church met in New York City last week. This
Church has never intermeddled with the slaves
cause. The Shareholders however are disposed to
have its aid not indirectly by its silence but posi-
lively by its association and lel!o wship. There is
it seems a branch of the church in North Carolina.
This body sent on its delegate to secure admission
into the General Synod. The question created
considerable excitement and a long discussion
which finally resulted in respectfully requesting
the commissioner to WITHDRAW lis application
Thus these timid men and mammon servers dodge
the difficulty, supposing they thus would escape
odium at the North of icllowshipping shareholders
and at the same time Ivy their politeness to the
South and their concessions of the right of slave
holding secure the good will of their Church bretl,-
rem, the man. thieves.
A long and warm discussion ensued between
these Dutch ministers, q portion Of which was rich,
we give a specimen.
The Rev. Caroliuian was independent. The
Synod he said could do as they pleased. He had
no concessions to make.
Several members of theChurch in HastinesWest-
chester strongly demonstrated against the measure.
Rev. S. ii. How of New Brunswic made n long
argument to prove slavery not sinful. 1t was n
divine institution of the old Testament and the
New had not a~brogated it. lie thought land as we
think very naturally that if Church fellowship.
was sinful, with Shareholders, our present civil
fellowship in the government was also, and we
must proceed to dissolve The Union.
DR.. Bethune would not dare refuse Christian
fellowship to a man because he was a STAKEHOLDER
lie would rather exclude from communion the
men who entertained such unchristian sentiments
as to say that Shareholders should be excluded.
Elder jeremiah would do all he could to get rid
of Slavery in a sothin9 manner. But he had no
doubt that if he lived in North Carolina he should
hold slaves out of beneyole nee to the slaves.
Rev. DIR. Whitfield thought that as the Dutch
introduced the first cargo of slaves into the coun.
try they ought to admit the North Carolina classes
in order that the church might do its part in reno
wing slavery from North Carolina.
The Rev. DR.. Messler said that his earliest re-
collections were of being seated in the lap of an.
old slave and reading The Bible to him. His father
was a stakeholder in New Jersey. lie stated
that he recollccted the time when large number.
of slaves were members of the Dutch Cburcb
Some twenty-three years since sixty.tbree
slaves belonged to a Dutch Church in Sum-
meryille. Now there were only eight colored
members of that church. lie attributed this dimin
ution of numbers to the slaves having been freed
Elder Bacon OF Utica could conceive of instan
cs where men who were shareholders were entitled
to Christian fellowship. But such instances were
rare. But he who would contend that it was right
to hold men as chattels--to be owned as four-footed
beasts-the speaker did not believe was entitled to.
Christian fellowship. He had been glad to hear
the learned doctor admit that Abraham was not n
STAKEHOLDER in heaven. He believed that God de
sired to have His will done on earth as il was in
Heaven. He had always felicitated himself with
the idea that he belonged to a churchiwhich had no
connection with Slavery. If the North Carolina
Chassis was admitted they would have to speak Of
slavery, and it would ever be a bone of contention.
until the church would become di vided. He thought
that its was easier to keep slavery OUT than 10 ad.
nit and then put it out.
The Rev. MIR. Phelps said that he could not con
scientiously vote against the reception of the
elassis,as it would establish a test which he though,
the Scriptures would not warrant.
The Rev. Mr.. Williamson was opposed 10 admit.
ting the Chassis, as it would be the means of diyd
ing the church, of creating feuds between mem
bers, and between members and pastors. lie would
recommend those brethren Of North Carolina To
seek for admission into the Presbyterian church
where their presence would not be an element of
discord any greater than they had now.
SALEM UNION ScHooL.-The Union School closed
its term last week, Nh. Holbrook the Superintend
ant, goes to Lebanon, Warren Co., to take charge
of a Normal School. His successor is Mr..
Mcmillan of Youngstown, assisted in the High
School by Mr.. Howard W. Gilbert, as teacher Of
Modern Languages,