Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1857-06-13

assure me, than they would have been with a sud.
den change to uncontrolled freedom. hope ]
have not erred IN my duty. Some times we are de.
ceived, when we think we have the light Of the
spirit of God and the appreciation of conscience.
Ii | am wrong, Il is under such persuasion and
approval of mind.
In Kentucky you are in advance Of us in prep
aration for measures Of emancipation. But IL we
were not Joined politically to West Tennessee, we
of East Tennessee would DO moving even before
you of Kentucky on this subject. Our soundest
politicians would at once have their deliberations
drawn to i~ncipient measures, were they not re-
strained by our connection with the other part Of
the State.
To the south Of us, there seems to be no desire
and no hope for q different state of things. You
have read Gov. McDufie's inaugural address be.
fore the Legislature of South Carolina. Slavery,
in his opinion, is essential to the perpetuity Of
republican institutions. lie exhorts South Carroll
ma, then, to prepare to become like Srarta-a
nation of warriors and Helots. And if Southern
planters could be made ~Laced@monian soldiers, il
those masters could be made to cast aside theii
silken luxuries, and live in a camp-why, forsooth
they might maintain for an indefinite period, q re.
publican form of government among themselves
provided certain influences within and without
should not exist. But these in6unces will exist,
and be too powerful to allow such a government
to endure. Christianity did not speak in what
Gov. McDufhe would consider the palmy state Of
Sparta and surrounding nations did not hold uI
every day, in view of Spartan masters, p%olitica
and moral motives, at war with the spirit which
made the Helot and the "ambuscade."
In a recent journey through Georgia and South
Carolina was struck with two facts which at first
seemed strongly at variance The one was the
great inferiority of slaves in that region to .he
same class in East Tennessee, in elevation of spirit
and intelligence; the other was that the Carolina
and Georgia slave seemed, nevertheless, more
readily affected by the gospel than his brother in
bondage here. But on reflection | thought / saw
the agreement of these flcts. In that land where
the mind of the African has purposely been kept
in the greatest ignorance. the slave is truly a
slave. His master il to him a superior being.
Every indulgence is like a boon from heaven.
Even the privilege to hear the Gospel is received
as a stretch of benevolence. Here, however, where
the Bible, aided by many circumstances, has
the whole lump, and raised the mind Of
the servant to n just knowledge of his situation,
the tone Of feeling toward the Gospel is very diff.
ferent. When invited to attend the means of re.
ligious instruction, the sentiment Of the slave, ex-
pressed in conduct. and sometimes in word runs
thus: Give me freedom first, and then tell me o
faith in Jesus Christ, and obedience to his will
The inference is plain. The Bible teaches tn,
slave his rights. You must give them to him, or h,
will be prone to treat the word of life, an the hand
Of ms masters, with neglect and contempt.
Let our prayers. dear brother, be unceasing tina
the truth, on this subject, may be clearly seen an,
faithfully obeyed.
Respectfully and afectionately
Your brother in the Lord,
FRD. A. ROSS.
Rev. JOHN G. YOUNG, Danrile, Ky.