Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1855-06-09
Tbe Anti 9laperp Bnale
SALEM, OHIO, JUNE 0, 1855.
DEATH OF DIR. LINDSLEY.

DR.. PHILIP LINDSEY, formerly president of the
Nashville University and since president of the
Presbyterian Theological Seminary of New AL
bany, Ia, died at Nashville, Tennessee, on Friday
the LIST inst.
DR.. Lindsey vas q man Of talent, q thorough
scholar, an accomplished and successful instructor
and u man Of generous sympathies. But unfOr-
tunately he was one of those whom slavery and
presbyterianism seduced from tho cause Of liberty.
He cast in his lot with the oppressor and for many
years his example and associations have given the
slave holder support and encouragement in his
sin. To DR.. Lindsey VIC are deeply indebted. For
two years, he was our preceptor, seeking our in
terests with paternal care and fidelity. And now,
whilo we drop n tear in remembrance of his kind
ness and his many admirable traits of character,
our heart kindles with a new indignation against
that internal system which could deceive and be-
tray him and such as he from a steadfast adherence
to the principles of justice and liberty, and even
degrade him to the Infamous level of a STAKEHOLDER
and a slave holders accomplice and apologist.
If slavery had wrought no other work than this,
had made but this one moral wreck, it would
merit the execration of the, Universe, and should
be doomed to instant and utter humiliation. Il
it possible then that we or others can be charged
with fanaticism or extravaganza in seeking its de
s~truction, when it is remembered that it has equal
ly wrecked the moral characters of thousands Of
other clergymen-of tens of thousands Of church
members-and of millions of our fellow citizens
men and women and all this besides the unutter
able-the inconceivable suferings and wrongs o.
the millions of slaves. Yes, the victims of slavery
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masters palace of the South. They are numbered
only by the millions of the inhabitants of oul
land. They are in our churches, pulpit and pews
NOT the "negro pew" alone-they are the cult
vators of our farms-the laporers of our work
shops-they are in our stores and Offices, and ev
cry place of business or of pleasure; and worse
than all, they are in our school houses and in oui
nurseries. Almost the first word the infant learns
to utter, is one of reproach to the slaves race, and
when he first learns to express the tones of scorr
or paint upon his beautiful countenance the indi
cations of contempt, it is when the black man il
named or seen. Thus do our infants receive tn,
moral poison with their mothers milk, and a
every stage of after life it is more and more de
f veloped. So that the most conscientious of Ameri
can abolitionists, find it no easy task to free them
selves from this one influence of the sum of al
vilanies.
The successful method Of relief, not to the slav
alone-not to the church and the government, bu
also to tLe individual is found in the most direct an
! positive assaults upon the institution itself. Tn
earnest, faithful abolitionist, who seek the immed
= ate, utter overthrow of slavery-not it's modifca
ton or a mere destruction Of its par is and inc
dentists doing most and best for his own emanc
e patton from its influence, as we'll as for the deli,
n erance of the slave. Genuine emancipation, whic
begins at home will spread most rapidly and e
g f~ectively abroad. No other possesses any vitalit
no other can be trusted or can prove successful
i Abolitionism must be an individual before it ca
t become a public virtue. Not till then can it wor
IS its magic influence on the nation and the world.