Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1857-05-23

aspects of the cause. only wished to illustrate
my idea. that there is much false speaking that
is not tpprehended on the part of the people
and there probably is great obtuscness of con-
science or blindness of perception on the part
Of the great multitude Of the American people,
| do not doubt, the honesty and the purity of pur'
pose on the part Of q large majority OF the
members and supporters OF the Republican pat
ty. | do not doubt, | never have doubted the
purity and piety, IN the best sense OF the word, oil
largo numbers of the members ut tho Americana
Church. And vot | stand here to Affirm that the
| position oe those parties and this Church, as helu
and defended by the lealers and opponents OF those
= organizations, is an entirely false and wicked pro-
i slavery position, and in the rame of anti slavery,
r and in the name of religion, they make themselves
{ the head and bulwark Of the slave system in this
country.
b. | uropose to glance for a moment at the position
f of the American Church. In the Presidential
r.. campaign, we have almost, of necessity, lost sight
a of the Church, and in our zeal in bchalfot Kansas
we have lost sight of the four millions of slaves.
. ard | have often thought what cold comfort II
=. must be to the four millions OF slaves to see our
J.. zeal i'm behalf Of 'ifee Kansas" while we turn a
y deaf ear entirely to their claims and to their cries:
q And when the great majority OF the Churches OF
+. the Northern States profess and call themselves
antislayery, they have deceived the people,
h mean, IF course, those who have spoken in behalf
Of the Northern Churches. There is but one real
- " anti slavery denomination IN this land, and that
~ is a denomination so inconsiderable that it is scarce
ly known. | refer to the little band known as the
a Old School Scotch Convenanters (applause). l do
4 not forget the action of the Methodist General Con
ference, but | stand here to affirm that If there IS
, one denomination more than another IN this lana
: whose course and whose character are to he depre-
. Gated above all others, it is the Methodist denom'
ination Ia hiss. That denomination stands oW "
: fore the North protesting to be anti-slavery. al
a over New England, all over the West where L
, have travelled / have teen told that they have sep
: arated from the South, and separated on account
of slavery. Neither OF these positions is true ,
both those declarations are false, no matter by
= whom made. They have not separated from the
South, the are not free from actual contamination
in its guilt. Last year the General Conference OF
the Northern Methodist Episcopal Church was
held in indianapolis. They began their sess-
ions on the first day Of May, and they rose
from their deliberations on the FIRST day OF
June. A good deal Of their time was spenton the
subject Of slavery. Propositions were introduced
for discussion and were discussed. Men sdppose
that it was really an attempt at antislavery but u
, was no such thing it was an attemrt to silence
+. agitation, an attempt to preserve the position, not
a to increase the purity, Of the church. But what l
o was going to say is this, in one month from the
r time when that session had closed in Indianapolis
it was proclaimed in Now Hampshire, in certain
i towns where | went, there was a final triumph Mt
a the General Conference and slavery had now no
longer an existence in the Methodist Church North.
And not three months ago, in your own State OF
~ II New York not q hundred miles from where we now
49, IAre, q MetnOOlSt minister ueClaTeu tiUt IL "a
- showns in that General Conference, at which he
was n delegate, that there was hut one single stare.
e holder in The lchole baltimore Conference. Now l
:, stand here to affirm that n man Tho will make a
~ declaration like that before an intelligent audience
" is either an insane man and therefore n fit subject
" for the asylum for lunatics, or else lie has schooIed
', himself in the science of lying until he has ialrly
U outrun the great father of f~alsehood, and | think
:" would drive him to despair by outdoing himllaugh
~ ter). Only one STAKEHOLDER in the whole Baltimore
-, Conference! And yet since that time that same
'S Conference has had the subject Of slavery up fol
". discussion and they have passed this resolution.
ne Resolved. by the Baltimore Conference If
cf. Conference assembled That we2highly %deprccat'
of the agitation CT the slavery question which ha'
already resulted to the detriment Of the fs4+tica
in and religious interests of this country.
IN Resolved, That, as heretofore, we will oppos
'0e with zeal any expressions which shall be attempted
:, ty the abolition agitation Of the coum'y."
he And how DO you suppose that resolution passed
Do you think there was a tie and that 1t was onl,
1t passed by he'casting vote of the President, an,
he that one STAKEHOLDER to whom reference wa
as made? Those resolutions were passed by yea
en- and nays-220 in the aft aud on Ii i
'es, the negative. And now we are called upon I
- regard the Northern General Conference as n
NY anti slavery association, an anti. slavery body, wit
rec facts like that before our eyes.
ave And ut the last General Conference, one yea
tho ago, in Indianapolis, the Bishops issued their ac
the dress in form, and in that address they at
mp clare that they nave among their congregations, i
cal siaveholding territory, more than 10000 cOlore
emo people, and more than 5000 Of those colured pc,
OF pie members of their churches, They do not ga
I'VE, what portion OF the 5000 are slaves, but they d
And saw that n poyfiou Of them are shines
yls And yet, with facts like these before us, wo al
Ana continually told that the Methodist General Coz
'oh' ference North is an anti.slayery body. Why,
irn- that same General Conference Il proposition wa
II II in tpnH mood Inv IN nup mara nptiylouaru thn
5 III the rest, that they should change the Discipline j
INC the answer which is made to the question "Wh;
EN- shall be done for the extirpatiun of the evil
mot 10 warn ?p sn az Tn make II reod "Wa boI;soo rho
Will all men, by nature, have an equal right to free
dom, and that no man has Il moral right to hold
fellow-being as property therefore, no slavehude
ger shall be eligible to membership hereafter wher
or emancipation can be effected without injury t
$ OF the slave" Now, that is not very extreme ant
the slavery it is not anti slavery ut all it provide
adj for slaveholding to any extent whatever; and ye
the vote was a large one against SO amending th
+. Book o. Discipline. That body Is not ready I
ties adopt the sentiment contained in the Declaratio
lis of Independence, and the Methodist Conference
i'd, to-day is behind, in that matter, the trainers
will that memorable instrument, in their not adoptin
t to into their Constitution the language of a slay
holder, Thomas jefferson, that all men have @
rty equal right to be free.
IN Now, l say that it is time that these pretensiol
and professions should be unmarked. l find
line "e n;ao;nI;na hot tLoro o,o 6na caaConOano 10y 10y
iont 4. H. ,hola of whoso ,orr;toru - T., .IaHoI y:
States. The Bishops have told US that they ha
~ 5000 colored church members, a portion Of who
are slaves. Now, l believe there are multitud
just I'D 10 an,;sIa,ory 10Th No. ~
VT, practice, as well as by profession. Why are tn,
W not2 Because they have these deceivers at the
u " head, who blind their eyes to the real facts of Il
'o'b, case, and lead them blinfold into the support of
cry institution which, from the deeps of their soul
,bo; !, ~ CO.. TtLinI NO oprs 49, I W pa
: the truth, we have not unmasked this hypocris
; es' as we should have done we have not unmask
'G W it in the political parties rs we should have don
n nu' we have not unmasked it in the Church rs
'hile ~ .
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