Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-12-25

renuer thls sortoi 'llluRe Pfe"y anyways ieu'o'h'
in the future and the huts look "substantal ant
cottage,like" only when "half shcwn through I
dark foreground of pines"
How to insnuate that the slaves are contehted
and that their attendance on the Sunday servi
ces arranged by their "owner" is aCHRlSTIAN
privilege
"The old quarter is to the left Of the mansion
house, and on Sabbath morning you may see th,
colorei inmates of these different habitatons gath
erng with contented, cheerful department, t.
their place of worship, for,
"Their's too, the Christian Privilege to share
The weekly festival Of praise and prayer
For them the Sabbath shines with holier light,
The air is balmier and the sky more bright"
True there is one good reason for the cheetfhl
ness of the slaves, In this tranfer from the secuai
"overseer" to the spiritual one the latter bear,
no whip, and the work is easier.
How to represent the success of the spiritual over
seer in persuading slaves that God requires Of
them submission and obedience, sand the eatis
faction Of the stakeholder in the accomplishment
of this work. as evidence that the said oversoei
exerts "salutary" influence and is an "ez6el
lent" man:
"Tho owner Of this plantation employs n regu
larly licensed colored Minister of the Methodist
denomination to labor among his servants. who
since the commencement Of his ministry, has or
ganised society breaches to the frequently
and seems TO exert salutary influence. lie is re-
garded by his patrons as an excellent man and is
much beloved by his flock"
If this regularly cenced colored minister were
to preach from the text eff thou mayst be free
use it rather" would his "patrons" then regard
him as an excellent man? Would he not have the
experience of handouts and the whipping post
And does not the knowledge of this stimulate
him to exercise the particular sort of influence
which the shareholders will deem "salutary ?"
How to intimate that "eminent gravity" is as
effective with black sheep as with white ones
and that shepherd can fatten and shear the
former class satisfactorily even if he has only
''the rudiments" of an English education
"In fact there is an air about Uncle Bentley
that commands confidence his physiognomy is
eminently characteristic of kindly genial feeling
his bearing, as he walks and talks, is of itself
sermon. Possessing only the rudiments of ar
English education, he really delivers remarkably
correct and pointed sermons that are often listen
ed to with satisfaction even by his employers"
How to beautfy and sanctify that Jaw Of the slave
holders which forb ids slaves to hold any meet:
ing even for religious purposes, without the
supervisory presence Of white man:
"The presence of these last 1.-THE employers,
the pious name for slaveholders) seems to encour
age their servants no little, causing them to fee
that they indeed care for their souls, and are anx
ious to have them saved"
"Seems" to encourage them Appearances ore
deceitful, indeed, in this case
How to give pious coloring to the unquestonablt
fact that assent to the sort of preaching served
out to the slaves is quite incompatible with any
exercise Of intellect:
CATER singing, ore of the patriarchs of the
plantation arose, and, the preacher being absent
delivered short ezhortaton, plain, earnest, and
containing much of the pure Gospel. He could
have explained the way of salvation better than
some Of the worlds wisest philosophers for the
faith of the uniettered African is essentially q
heart. faith, and as such is worth more than any
mere assent of the intellect, which exerts no prac
tcal influence"
Another way of expressing the fact that the sort
OF religion cultivated by Shareholders among
slaves operates better without intelligence or
activity Of mind than with them:
sit will not do to apply to their religion the
strict rule and plummet line that measures the
depths of matured and educated intellect and col
der temperaments."
We should think not If weighed, it would
certainly be found wanting
How to Intimate that what Uncle Bentley" is al.
lowed to present to his fellow slaves, under the
supervision Of their "cwner," is really means
of salvation; and that, if this benefit is secured
to them in the next world, they may just as we'll
remain slaves in this:
Enough that they embrace the saving doctrines
Of the Gospel, and its precious truths linger on
their lips, consolation in life, support in
DEATH"
How to be struck with the significance and the
heartiness of complimentary funkeyism uttered
by the slaves in presence of the stakeholder OF
his spies:
at struck me that in not one of the many pray.
ers offered did the suppliants fail to make mention
of their kind masters and invoke blessings on
their heads, and the hearty "Amsn" that united
voices sent up at those petitions was pleasant to
hear"
If we suppose for moment just for the sake
of argument, that one of those slaves might pos.
sibly have thought his master cruel instead of
kind, and wished to invoke curses on him instead
of blessings, is 1t probable he would have chosen
that time and place to do itS II we suppose for a
moment that another having accidently discover.
ed that his wife was to be sold away from him,
had made arrangements to fly with her that very
night, would he not be likely to shout "Amen" to
the petitions in question with unusual esrnestnsss
and vigor, by way of averting suspioionf