Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-11-13
Che Anti-5laperp BunIe.
SALEM, ono, NOrENBER 10. 1853.

clnnati Conference Of the Methodist Enisco,,,
Church at its late session, resolved 10 rcoucs, ,ho
other Annual Conferences of the Church TO conc,r
III nltering the general rule on the sui irct If sl,.
very 50 as to prohibit "tLe buying or selling IF
men, women and children, or holding them Win
an intention to use them us Slaves
lh's 10 be sure is action on the shliect /, ;~
chahge' brt as the Northern independent ips,,v
contends, 1T is a change for the worse instead If
t'e better, and so evidently tie more earnes, anti,
slavery men of the ~conferei &C thought. for tLcv on
ted against the request. while the more vebemen,.
iY pro'slavery and the comDaratively indiFerou, ,o..
ted Tor the measure. 1t has since been ooneurrcd in.
by the Delaware Conference, by the Northern Obi,
and the South Eastern and South, Western Indian,
Conferences. Now these Conferences. espcc;ol,,
the Cincinnati and Indiana Conferences are bv mn
means remarkable for their anti.slaycry c5oracter
lhcy are on the borders of slayeboldinc tor,;,orr
anu 'heir'connexion with slavery is direct and pos.
tive Taking this fact in connection with ,h,,
character OF the change proposed, and we oro in,
ci'heu 10 tho opinion that it is a piece of pro.sIa.
very management, designed to blind and alliance,
"h'psiavery Methodists, with the falacy that by
us acton they are doing something against ala
very while they are in fact strengthening its hold
in The Church.
The old rule prohibited the "6uying and seuiad
y men, ~ome. ana children, Nth AN INTENTION or
hNShA'lNd THEM" The new rule only prohibits
the buying selling, and holding men, women and
cnii'ren "wiM The intention of USING them as
slaves" Thus in fact, c%ondemning not the crime
oi cnateiizing human beings, but the crime of mir.
using them when held in tho chattel relation
Methodists may hold slaves and trade in slaves r.
they but do it with the intention of using them we'll
VINO ever heard of a stakeholder who did NOT an r,,n
men, The Rev. Mr.. Travers, of Marylahd. mn
doubt so uses his forty slaves, so does Parse,
Brownlow. and Parson Ross in common with all n.
hegrecs and slave traders of the South. The pro,
POSED change is in fact, giving full licence to slave,
holaing ana slave trading in the Methodist Ep;sco,
pal ohurch North, and is equivalent to the recent
e&punglng OF all condemnation of slayeboldino bv
the Church South, and will if adoptedIperhaps pave
the way for more fraternal intercourse betxeen
these two slaveholding bodies, than now exists.
The lndependentjustly comments upon this nro,
posed change as follows
The old rule is clear, and strong, and without
qualihcatlon. Its history and its language show
'hat It's original design was to prohibit the "ensla,
e'"g OF men, women, and children. 1t does not
oy ln9iioation allow Of buying and selling. and
nolding slaves, provided they do not intend to u,e
them as slaves. Look at this proposed alteration
The language is identical with that of the old rule'
except that where the rule now reads. "witb an
to ENsLAvE them" it is proposed TO sub.
situte with an intention to USE them AZ slaves
Now who does not see that this is absolutely soft.
e"'"g the prohibition, yea, unscrewing the "cen.
instead of screwing it up? The old rule
upon Its face forbids buying and selling with an
to %"ensiace." that is to hold them in hon.
dase but this new rule tactitly allows the holdino
the slave holder does not intend tn "rsr
THEN as sldres! And yet s1me of our Northern
eoitors are rejoicing over this proposition as if it
was more anti-slavery than the rule as il now
stands !"
a CoLLIsIoN.-The Federal and State Jourt.
have hitherto fought very shy, or rather have not
fought at all, whenever there has been anv noss;-
bility OF collision of jurisdiction in any case con.
nected with slavery. Indeed to avoid a disacree-
ment, our State Counts have submitted TO the most
aoJect conditions; sacrificing all regard for State,
sovereignty and leaving the liberties of our citi.
zens to the mercy of marauders and pirates when
ever they can enlist the federal courts a. their
agents. But there is nothing of this sort of deli
cacy IN regard to the Union this Difference to fed,
eral courts when only dollars are concerned. II is
only when human liberty is at stake that the veno-
ration OF our State courts is 80 meekly exhibited.
For example just now the courts in Cincinnati; o,a
by the ears, in regard to the assets of tho
Trust Company. The Federal and State
Courts have each appointed receivers, and each af.
Trims the superiority of its authority, and on each
are issued any number of attachments for on.
posing officials, and any number of trials for con-
tempt are and have been in progress during the
last TWO weeks The Union would PROFESSIONALLY
have gone up, (where the Trust COMPANY has
soneh a week ago If any such determination had
been manifested by the State Court in the Maroo-
let Garner case to maintain its own self.respect
md authority, and administer justice according to,
is constitutional obligations. What is to be tho
'esult of this conflict we don't know, but of course
t will not be of any serious political consequence.
although the Ohio ship of State has placed itself
quare across the track of the federal brigantine.
md challenges her to 'pitch in" if she chooses.
AN EXTENSION SoHEME.-Right on the heels of
'uchanan's antirfllibustering proclamation comes
be evidence that he himself with his friends are
onsumating ~piratical projects of slavery extern.
ion. Caleb Gushing recently went all the way to-
Virginia, to exhibit in his eloquent
lyle the philosophy and morality of national con.
uest and plumber; and the President will doubt.
'ss give us still further enlightenment on tho
ame subject Whenever the time comes for tina
tactical exercise of the virtues of national piracy.
he New York Tribune learns from Wash.
'gton, that "Hints are thrown out that the Pres
lent has in contemT lation a grand scheme Of ter
and commercial aggrandizement which,.
hen proposed, is likely to occupy the public mind
D as to overshadow tho slavery question. Cen,
,al America and the Isthmus are indicated as the.
elG Of labor.