Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1855-06-09
THE ANTI-SLAVERY BUGLE.

servant, and may now be wearing ihnufVrm in
the person Of some heart broken disciple, who is
weekly scourged to the toll by which these "feasts
Of fat things" are purchased but why should
mem bors Of the General Assembly trouble their
brains with such thoughts? Don't they make up
for it all by abusing the Pope, and making a great
ado over the conversion Of tho hcathen in China
and llindoostau? Servants and hne carriages
are comfortable; "ripe strawberries, green peas,
and ice cream" are good, and no mistake. And
none but o few carping fanatics " i'll hint that they
have been purchased Ly the toll and tho blood Of
the poor bondman.-tice Presbyterian.
Tue New School ASSEMBLY, as will be seen from
the following account of their closing proceedings,
got along with the difficult question to the entire
satisfaction Of the slave holding community where
they were assembled
The General Association of New York (Congre.
gaiional,) sent the Assembly tho following reso-
lutions:
Whereas, The silence of the General Assembly
Of tho Presbyterian Church, N. s., at last ses.
sion, on the subject Of slavery, has seemed to this
body to be a retro grade movement, calculated tc
excite alarm in the minds of the friends of human.
ity and religion, therefore.
Resolved, That our delegate to that body be in
structed to express our apprehensions on this sub
iect, End to assure then that we hold in adherence
all such inaction and that in continuing our cor
respondence with ecclesiastical bodies having
churches in slaveholding States, we do It rather tC
bear our continued and earnest testimony aguins'
the sin of slayeholding, than to express the least
acqniescence in so great wickedness.
The first impulse of the body on receiving so un
usual n communication was to be indignant, and
to send back a rep,y in the same spirit. But or
the suggestion Of the venerable DR.. Skinner thu
following minute was adopted:
Whereas, The General Association of New York
at their meeting at Madrid, held August %, 1854
by resolution forwarded to this body, have ad
dressed us in a discourteous and Objectionable
manner. Therefore,
Resolved, That the Assembly would request thai
the future communication of that body to US be
eouchcd in courteous language.
ing been tremendously transacted, they adopted
the following vote of gratitude;
Rev. DR.. Rowland moved that the thanks of tn
Assembly be rendered to the citizens of st. Loui
for their very courteous hospitality to those attend
ing upon the Assembly also, to the Trustees 0
the Union Church, and the Committee of Arrange
ments.
DR.. Billiard responded in behalf of the citizens
in a few appropriate words, congratulating the AS
sembly on the remarkably peaceful and harmoni
Gus manner in which its proceedings have beeI
conducted, especially on the subject of slavery
lie e~ulogizel as q Southern man, the forbcaranc
and courage of the North.
After approving the minutes, the Asscmbl,
was dissolved, to meet in tho Madison Squar
Church, in New York, in the year 1856, after sing
) ing the hymn, BLESSED he the tie that binds,
and prayer and the Apostolic benediction by tn
Moderator.