Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1857-07-25

reacher'' Of the Methodist Church South" that t
!, the Methodist Southern Church, Which seeded
ON the old Church, because it would not allow d
IS bishops to hold slaves. This Brownlow is in-
lmous all over the UpioN for his pro,orbial and
bitterness and scurrility Ms n pOliti-
ian. But he also dabbles in Otherlugicu warfare.
n reply to some slang.whang attack un Methodist
,eculiarities, Ivy one Graves, called The Great
Wheel, This Brownlow has gotten up n reply,
'alled 1.-The Great Iron Wheel Examined This
precious production of Brownlow is crammed WIN
The most loathsome abuse of his opponents, with
the most indecent obscenity, with indictments to
revenge, fighting, ~lynching land riotink, and winds
up with a defence IF human stdCery,dS pcJecHy and
right.
No,e be IL oJserrcd that this book cf Brownlow
has been and is regularly exposed for sale. and sold
at tbs very Tract book-store|
We subjoin some gems from this book disscm-
mated by the agency of the Philadelphia Con
ference Society
81 was engaged in defense of enc Of the polit-
ical parties of the country, and in promoting the
internal improvement schemes of our State, and
did not choose to occupy my columns in n %contro.
versy Of this kind with a humiliating spectacle ot
vice and depravitv literally crawling in the dust
of contention This unwillingness of mine to
handy epithets with an inflated gGsoniete', whose
Drain L DciltNtu " Dt IL hlttco Va iNihb 'NNb''F
crawling, w~ri.hing, twisting, turning, loathsome
vermin, he politely construed into a want OF cour-
age on my part to encounter the cdulH ct the Ten
nessee Baptist. | confess to a want OF moral
courage to meet one who eats carrion like the buzz
zard. and then vonits the mass of corruption upon
decent human beings.
a clerical Uackguard, whose goveling passions
assume full sway on all occasions. and whose IN
nun cradle moral delinquences are enveloped IN
clouds of moral prostitution-lost to every truly
~ 49,. - z-..1a ~ Ia bic tnutr i'm moral
in some of his practices, villainous in his nature,
corrupt in his principles, sold to the enemy Of God
and man, and displaying, in all his hideOus defor-
nifty, how p%itiful, how sordid, how little, and how
wretched is this apology for a Christian !!
Speaking of the Rev. F. A. Ross, now notorious
in the Presbyterian Church;
"Mr. Ross, of himself, is n low-bred, false
hearted, adulterous and unprinciple6 free negro,
unworthy of the notice of the high standing and
literary rank of the President Of Emory and Henry
College"
Methodists of the Old Church, hear Browlow on
the separation of 1874:
"Graves ridicules the Methodist Church for the
separation which took place in 1874, and attributes
the cause to the government of the Church and
the ambition of a corrupt and designing ministry
That was a glorious act on the part of the Meth
odist Church, and q proud day in her history. Ii
was the Abolitionists of the North who rent in
twain the Methodist Church, in 1914. | will Lot
Mr.. Calhoun state the case, as he did in his dying
speech in the United States Senate, on the 4th OF
March, 1850. lie was posted on the slavery ques-
ton in all its bearings. Speaking of The effect of
the Abolition agitation upon the religious cords
which assisted in holding the Union together,
he said:
"'The first of these cords which snapped under
its explosive force (Abolitionism) was that of the
powerful Methodist E~piscopa. Church. The nu-
merous and strong ties which held it together are
all broke, and its unity gone.'"
Read the following attempt to incite slavehold-
ing prejudice and mOJting against Graves:
r "And now, people of the South, why is it that
7 Elder Graves can publish u book of $40 pages
north of Mason & Dixon's Line, WHERE He
, WAS BORN, and discuss so many different sub
t %jects, some of them growing directly out of the
0 slavery agitation. and never say ono word
: AGAINST ABOLITIONISM, or one word in
. favor of SOUTHERN SLAVERY? After leav
ing New England it ia said that he took up hi
: abode in the Western Reserve, in Ohio, and il
y. INDIANA. the great theatre Of Free-Soilism
4 has, morever, been said OF him that he was al
Q Abositionist before be came here to reside On,
, thing is certain-he keeps gerry dark upon thi
a grave question, and ought to be made to come on
explicitly, if he concludes to take up his perma
a nent abode in the South.
= 1--WE are on the eve of unconjecturable' events
: and every Southern man ought to show his hand
a Look at the conduct of Congress! A struggle Q
unequaled fury is swiftly approaching us and i
\ the ties of our cherished Union come out of it IN
rent, they are made of sterner stuff than the his
tory of the past would seem to warrant It'll
bonds of the Union have resisted political agita
ton, but can they withstand religious fury
Abolitionism has travelled from political dominic
to religious conviction, and has infected the whol
mind and heart of the North. Under its palsyin
r touch, some of the strongest cords that heid tn
g Union together have snapped Other RS are now Q
e sailed, and | fear will give way! Elder Graves
suspected of unsoundness on this question and
these suspicious be we'll grounded, as | ha,
q reason to fear they are, he is a dangerous man
} be operating in the SouthW
Again:
is 1.-THE Southern portion of the Methodist Chur(
had no other alternative left them but to separa
f. from their Free Soil brethren of the North an
s. as a Southern man, | endorse their act Of separ
ton most heartily"
Read the following appeal to Southern MODS:
y; "And the people of the South should requi
eu this adopted citizen, Elder Graves, to state, in unmi
=: takeable terms, whether or not he now entertain
is the same feelings and views touching the gre
slavery question, that he did while a citizen of Il
Western Reserve in Ohio, where abolitionism
a trade with nine-tentbs of the inhabitants. L
!, W.. Grare5 be interrOgated, and forced 10 def
q his position at once, or hage lie South IN h
a haste +"
Republican Methodists, read this
The slavery agitation. that had been buried b
> the Compromise acts of 1850, is anew lifting il
head, and, under the ~piratical flag of Black r,
s publicanism,' asserting the rights of human lii
y erty , her Internal affairs smoke with fresh incense
and, enlisted in her defense, are scores of design
ing men in the South--some filling pu
pits, some occupying high positions i
is the colleges and academies, and who, thong
among US, are mot of u.s. our Southern friend
OF may rest assuredW
he Again:
81 believe that the primitive Christian he
ca slaves in bondage, and that the apostles favor,
ire slavery by admitting shareholders in the Churc
Inc and by promoting them to official stations in Il
or Church. And why do | believe this? Becau
I'VE | am sustained in these positions by uninterrupt
an historical testimony! / have seen similar view
are nnlu not unite SO strong nrped hv nentlennan Nv