Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1857-06-06

vance IL becomes necessary for the master to tight
en- the chains by which he holds his slaves.
And further, said Mr.. s., ! have such a concep.
ton OF the elevating power of the Gospel that I
see not how any true christian car be a slave
One who read, and compromised that PRAYER of
Christ, THAT they may all be one:" and that
beautiful parable of the vine and the branches,
could neVor consent to call any fellow man his
master. -
Again, the declaration that "God made NJ one
blood oil nations, is sufficient to condemn slavery.
Where does the stakeholder get his charter I
cannot find 1t in the Bible. The brethren Of tho
South condemn the slave trade. 1t is piracy
Yet l cannot see If the original title was bad, u
can ever become a good title; and / cannot avoid
the impression that tho guilt of the original man
stealer rests upon the stakeholder Of the presont
day.
Mr.. Seelye then proceeded TO consider Mr.. Dick
erson's argument in regard to tho evil effects Of
the agitation. He said that those effects were
only Incidental. But admit that they were ell
that the South assert and claim, yet this agitation
has been most blessed for the slave-hundreds Of
thousands OF Christian hearts at the North have I,
learned to beat III sympathy for him, and a etream
OF prayer IN behalf of that crushed race is going
up, which will surely bring down upbp II the bIes.-
sings of a"prayer.hearing God" and hasten the
gay OF Emancipation. j have no confidence, he
saiu, Ia TINS matter, except in the power of the Al
mighty, and that prayer must be called forth by
.ne prayers OF the Christian Church. In this con-
" biuu III ON one El00. ANN
the piety of the Church on the oths; and tho lat
ter must prevail.
Rev. 7. H. Cleland. of Ky, said Instead .f9
praying for the slave at q distance, we 90 down
ana pray with him and preach to him. We want
decided action of some kind. Neither the North
nor the South has been satisfied with the action Of
former Assemblies. 1t has been Janus-faoed. or
rather like Hudibra's snake
THAT wriggled in and wrisgisd out,
And leaves the people stll in doubt
Mhether the snake that msde tho track
Was going South or coming back"
Lot us DO frank with each other, and then IL VS.
cannot agree, let us separate rs Abraham and Iot
did. On one point we agree-that slavery should
NOT De perpetnated. We differ as to the WAYS and
means for abo!ishing it. We of the South know
the difhculties as you do not, and our theory OF
emanci patton Is embraced in three workshops.
pecf'rety, gradually, and connected with some sys.
tenn OF colonization. There seems to he a stronger
disposition here to rid this body of slavo-holdina
churches, than to deliver the Church from slavery.
But such a separation would destroy all the inaa.
ence OF this body upon the South.
GOD says go and preach my Gospel" but man
says 'agitate, agitate." We act on Gods plan in
laboring as we do for the souls of both masters and
slaves.
Mr.. Cleland contended against agitation. ultra.
ism. and schism, and for q patien. application OF
the gospel to the evil of Slavery. He behaved
that in this way only we could do any good.
Rev. Mr.. Clark, of Michigan, said tha. no had
',oi'eo tne oouth tnis spriDg;had seen in Louisiana
the working OF the system; and had come home a
hundred per cent. more anti-slavery than when he
went. lie stated that the views of the presby,erv
OF Lexington South-that Slavery is divine. scrip.
tural and benefcent-are the universal views
where he was; and that the ministers were mors
pro-slavery than the people. lie commended that
the Bible does not sanction slavery, because where
God in Genesis gives to mau dominion over the
earth, the beasts, &C., he does not give him any
over his fellow man. He commended for agitation
as a benefit, clearing like the North wind The mi
asna OF errors that prevailed on this subject.
here Mr.. McLain of Mississippi, tried to get tho
Assembly to come to a direct vote on the question
OF that postponement, in order that the report of The
on Bills and Overtures might be on,
OF the way, and the discussion be on Judge Cut
ler's proposed substitute. After u rambling talk
on this point, the general feeling seeming to be in
favor OF proceeding with the debate on ,bs
question as now before the Assembly.
Rev. Mr.. Shaw, of Newburg, Ohio. obtained thu
noor' ana commenced an argument replying to
that o. Mr.. Dickerson, on last evening. The
nour OF adjournment having arrived, he gave way
for Prof.. Allen, of Lane Seminary, who by tho
OF the Assembly, read u paper which he
proposed 10 offer as a substitute for that of judge
Cutler. 1t being understood that this paper WAS
the joint production of some of the ablost Northern
men in the Assembly, it was heard with great in.
terest. So
Ate. the reading Of this paper the Assemble
until 0 o'clock Monday morning.
ITO de Continued