Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1856-01-05

10 the Constitution (applaure.)
Lucrctia Mott rose to say few words in regart
to the denunciatous heapcd upon Mr.. Wadsworth
It seemed to her that he was too much singled ou
from the many in this city WHO we're prcachnq
similar doctrines. Some of us had heard l;t,le
else all our lives, even in cur Quaker churches, il
regard to slavery than that the Lord, in his owr
good time, was going 10 abolish it and good work
ana humanity towards tho slave were not Chris.
tanity or religion. Mr.. Wadsworth was not n vii
ner above all men; nearly all our preachers mus
come under Just such anathemas rs were heape,
upon poor Wadsworth by friend Foss
Mrs. NJ. regretted that during all the whoesal
excitement in reference TO tie imprisonment Q
Williamson. though there were efforts made il
tho churches to arouse them to sense Of tn
wrong md to take some action upon the subject
it was in vain. Seven meetings for "sulferngs,
as they are called, were held in the course o
two weeks, and, tholgh efforts were made Ly
some twenty or thirty TO do something, nothing
was done. She spoke of this because, though
Williamson was not himself identified with the
Orthodox Quaker Society (probably for having
married IIicksite,l his father was. She regretted
the apathy which existed and hoped this subject
would BE put more prominently before this Conven
ton (applause.)
Wm. Lloyd Garrison next rose and directed his
remarks to the odmonitons which lave been given
as to discriminate among pro.slayery people and
apoogists for slavery. Slavory,he said, had made
itself respectable, and those who own slaves or
who apologize for slavery are generally highly re
spestable men. We do not apologize for criminals
in general, although criminals in general need a
large share Of our symp2thes but Christ, whose
name is on the lips all who attend the churches,
uttered his Gercest denuncatons against the re-
spectacle sinners Of the tme-'the Scribes and
Pharsees, hypoIritos." We all agree that no man
in the northern States ought to own a slave here,
yet we alter our sentiments when We speak of the
Southern States.
Rev. Henry 3. Taylor came forward and took
exception to the remarks of Mr. Garrison that a
STAKEHOLDER could not be a Christian. lie thought
there might be few precious few. lie thought
the charges too sweeping in regard to pro.slavery
ministers and Christians, and he nstanced DR..
Lord, of Buffalo, New York, who had always Civ
en- very good evidence of having been regenera.
ted. lie (Mr. IT, was an Orthodox Congregation
aist he did not believe the Bible sanctioned slave.
ry at all. lie had always been an an,slavery man
and believed slavery to be the sum Of all villanies
TI8had done What lie could, for years past. ~
Evans, n Y, where he resided, to help fugitiycs
Ito Canada ESQ
Oliver johnson said that the ast speaker had
made bad selection of a specimen Of a Christian
pro,slayery man. when he referred to tho Rev, Mr..
Lord as such. He had been foremost among the
body to which lie belonged to endorse the Fugi-
dive Slave lawby baptzing it in tic name of Christ
If we accepted him, certainly we must make up
our minds to take in the whole body of the clergy
of the United States.
Rev. Ch0uncy Webster, of Philadelphia, said
thQtif we recognized the principle that C cd alono
searches the heart, would not presume to Judge
who arc Christians and who are not; it was the
prerogatve of the Almighty. But we have an in
faIilbc rule in regard to slavery; and if a man
walks not according to that rnle, we should have
no fellowship with him. We know that slavery
is the very essence of diaboism; and if q
m IN is found defending it, it is nothing to us
what may be his standing in the sight of God-wc
must have no fellowship with him, but must de
nounce him, in the words of Divine authority as
an enemy Of God and man.
Mr.. W. stated that there were something Ike
one hundred congregations OF Reformed Presbyte-
rians in the United States (called by some Cove
nantcrs) that never fcl!owshipped the stakeholder
Then there were some two hundred congregations
of Seccders, Nho, though they once had slavery
among them, in 1880 declared that no stakeholder
should be entitled to-rnembershp in their church
Besides these, there were some two or three hun
drcd congregations Of Associate Reformed Presbv-
terians that took high ground in regard to slave.
ry, making in all some five or six hundred congre.
gntions. There were some among them who had
long labOred 10 convince them of the duty to sep
arate entirely from all connection with the Govern
ment.
c. Burleigh said, we declare if the decision
Of Judge Kane is law, that there is an end of our
rights ard we are the subject of absolute despo
tism. What then remains? The last proposition
in the resolutions is, that Eerein We behold the
chararter Of the American Union and the impossi-
5ility of maintaining liberty for ourselves while We
continue in this connection. The anti-slavery and
pro-slavery machinery of this Government cannot
work together. If you permit the ant,slayery
to work. slavery will not submit;
if you balance the two, you check tho wheels Of
governments in order, therefore. that the Govern
ment shall go forward, il must be administered
either by one party or the other. Whichever pre-
ponderates will bring it over to itself. At present
the wheels are blocked and will DO until there is
such coalition of certain factions as to secure the
ascendancy to one or the other party. They say
extremes sometimes meet. Those who denounce
the nogovornment men are themselves trying the
experiment of carrying on the Government. / re-
peat that one or the other Of. these influences must
prevail. and whichever prevails drives the other to
the wall. Hence you cannot have union with
shareholders but upon condition Of tho surrender
of your liberties. If you would keep your infu
euce, you must destroy slavery. Our principles
have been arrayed before the people Of this coun.
Try for the laat twenty years. until he must be will
fully blind who does not SEQ them. Judge ye if
here be any othOr lherty-delendng course-any
'ther manly, well principled course than this; No
Iuion with slayeholders (app!ause.>.