Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1855-07-21

of his sermon being careful to appropriate the
block-hcad part of the story to himself and church
and giving the sheep part to us. This effort gave
some life to his otherwise stupid gospel, and evil
IDENTIFY gratifed his hearers more than any of his
usual lessons
"On points Of Faith,
Or tidings Of damnation."
Another ludicrous manifestation OF the animus
of their religion, all in keeping with previous and
subsequent action is found in some "Solemns' rs
N. P. Rogers would have called them, throwing
their chewed guilds of tobacco into our carriage as
it stood beside the stable where we keep our horses.
This think is an improvement from what emf
mates from the missionary's mouth, and although
it may be difficult to determine whose mouth they
were in last as some priests even seem to think
like Otaheitan cooks, nothing is fit to eat IT'LL they
have chewed it," their shape when we saw them
would seem to indicate that they came from some
solemn phiz Immediately after they had exclaimed
Infdelity, or Damnation? But all this failing to
establish the good character of their Religion or
disprove the statements we had made OF its pro-
slavery character, has been for some weeks aSan-
doned, and other means of annoyance resortcd too.
The supervisor of a road district himself a
solemn under a threat Of punishment as he de-
clares if he did not do it. attempted to collect a tax
from us for road purposes. I explained to him
its illegality, and neglected to pay it. Then l was
solemnly sued at the Law, tried and acquitted.
In the course of the trial it seemed necessary for
me to determine legally if possible whether or
not these "Solemns' did believe in the christian
~religion. So the Methodist Priest and others as
near like him as could be found were s~ubpGnaed
as witnesses and instructed US in some most anus
ing specimens of pious swearing. An old fashion,
ed orthodox change of heart was affirmed, and de-
MED. The Bible in no part was to be rejected, and
vet some parts need not be believed. A Camp
bellite Priest swore that the faith and practice of
the Methodists and Prcsbyterians was not true
christianity, and the Methodist Priest sworc that
those that had such faith Of the Methodists and
Presbyterians did believe in Christianity. He'll
which Burns describes as the
"Place where devils dwell
A vast unbottorned boundless pit,
Filpd flu O. lowing brunstane
Wha's raging flame, an s~corching heat
Would melt the hardest whunstane,
was sworn clean out of existence, blown out by the
united oath of a Campbellite and Methodist Priest,
aided by the simple statement of the prosecuting
council who had himself once filled the sacred desk
Enough however vas sworn too, to secure chris
tan belief to each other. So ~brotherly love may
continue. And although this investigation was
legally conducted by honest enquirers after truth
who gave every opportunity for these witnesses to
give a reason for the hope that was within them,
yet it failed to please the religion of the place
and became an occasion for the manifestation of
its power not as the Church in the olden time
terrible as an army with banners" only mean and
mischevious, as a loafer with scissors. What could
be done to maintain the dignity and manifest the
holy indignation of the church became the i'm
portant question. A suit of tar and feathers for
him whom the law would not punish, was recon-
mended by the churches most Jealous defenders.
But they feared the people" so / was saved from
that questionable clothing. But it was necessary
that something should be done that would com.
port with the re6nements and dignity of their
religion, and manifest to the world the strength
of their faith and the honor of their works, and
the mind of some one was directed to a means for
t this accomplishment. Sometime before this the
the friends of the Anti-Slavery cause in this neigh.
borhood had collected the means and purchased
for Anti-Slayery purpose n pair of good horses.
They were in my care and pasturing in a lot near
the village. This fact being known, it was deter
mined that one of these horses should hereafter
C bear witness to the fidelity of this offended religion
to the doctrine of a vicarious atonement. So that
same night some faithful one in the interest of this
religion, went and closely sbeared the name and
tail of n horse who in disposition, general deport-
ment, and quiet behavior, presents an example
e his enemies would do better than they are now
3 doing should they initiate him. Truly lam war
ranted in saying such a religion is a curse to mar
> and beast, which if it had the power, would sooner
punish q man than it would the horse, for its own
er's opinions. The horse had troubled no one, and
had only troubled an ignorant, vulgar, degraded
worthless pro-slavery religion, and it has presen
ted in opposition its own spirit, and made fol
f itself its most able defence. But these manifesto
tons are not without their use. They show tn,
true character and value of a false religion and OIL
what means it relies for success. The best portion
OF community denounce all such action and are lee
to an Investigation and rejection Of the shirt from
which such outrages emanate. 1t is unpleasan
} for us thus TO come in immediate contact with 81
low a phase of religion as we have here, but thos,
who may sue; eed US will find less annoyance than w,
f have done for this spirit is dying out rapidly, am
is not countenanccd by the citizens Of this plac,