Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-09-18

Everything overruled by packed majority. secured
principally in New York city, which has always
been the stronghold of slavery.
DR.. Monod, it appears, in his journey in this
country, oonsorted mainly with the party who
nave always been for the suppression OF all agita
ion against slavery and On his return to Paris we
ind him sounding through the French Churches
that cry Of peace, peace" for which our French
brethren, and he among the number, have expos
tulated with us. DR.. Monod is editor of a paIer
called Archires du, ,ChrisiidniSme and in it he gives
the following statement Of these events to the
French Churches:
at will be recollected that she Society, at its
meeting in 1851 had recommended to the Execu.
tive Committee to publish tracts 'on the moral du'
ties which result from slavery, and also on the
moral evils and vices which grow out of slavery.
Shortly afterwards the Com mttee set themselves
to comply with this recommendation, and procured
a tract on the duties of masters to their slaves
This tract which is before us, does not contain a
word that could reasonably offend an nybody, and
does not touch the principle of slavery nor its 20.
litcal applications. But such is the ieversh sus.
ICeptbity OF Christians at the South that they
would bo reused as one man, il the Society should
publish the tract in question, and the whole South
would withdraw their countenance, and thus the
/ field Of labor would be lessened one.haf that is
to say, this magnificent Society, whose gigantic la
bors God has 50 abundanty blessed, would be al
most annihllated Before such evil, the Com.
mttee very properly paused, and referred the mat
ter to the meeting OF the Society. This was the
only way to show their respect for the Socictys de-
cisions, and to screen themselves from heavy
personal responsibility The event proved that the
Committee not deceived in the course at
once Christian, honorable and prudent which they
took for at "a meeting of the Society in May last
-one OF the largest meetings ever assembled, com,
posed exclusively of members having n right to
vote--a very large majority sanctioned their doings
by adopting and approving the report, aud contn'
uing the entire Committee in Office. A small mi
noIty had, both beforehand and during the meet
ing done their utmost to oppose them, and to
appoint Il new Committee, who should at all haz
ards publish tracts on slavery,
"In the gratifying result which has been reach
ed, and for which We give thanks to God no
had beeu would have more ardently de-
plurcd it than oursell. The question was not, l.
slavery compatible, or not, with the Gospel nor
is it the duty Of Christians to oppose it great
moral evil But, is it the duty of the Tract Soci.
ETY., such to treat the subject of slavery in its
publications, at the risk of Remembering a Soci
ETY. which is, in the hand of God, one of the most
powerful and blessed instruments for the propaga,|
tion Of the Gospel in the wide extent of the
United States, and consequently, one of the sur,
est means also, though indirect, of prOmotiug
the abolition of slavery? This question we do
not hesitate to answer as the Committe havs done
just as we would oppose the publication by the
PaIie Religious Tract Society of ontrovei sial
tracts against the RUmish Church, though no one
,hnt Chprcb ind;sidoi III, "Du a .emudnc5 w.
own responsibility, we preserve full and entire
liberty but as a member OF the Committee of the
Paris Tract Society, our duty is to abstain. So
IN the Case OF the American Tract Society
Among the numerous and distinguished Christians
Sho voted with the majority are many who yield
TO Lone in their opposition to slavery. who show
it, and still will show it only they are persuaded,
with us, that in view of the circumstances, the !
pu'y oi the :hct society as suc"' Is 10 ABSTAIN
'o'i '"'' oAr'tl"s 'i"o' "c n"J TX" o'c, i'
We uo S'a' !.ci " ou, eoncI0''o' VI 'le eN'! Is
~ ieSo po1.,''e, "Ii 'eSo nm nv euoSIi 'po5
;"'oS se'n ''''ifS nitn n's cyuS' nn! hoaru
"i i; US -, "e'i '" Wv 0ou'p "' !" ''o
:, III n's o'"nIoe'oi DESERVES, petnaps' some
i"eIo 's 'nen' III 'n'S uFc'siou oi
VIC VIC "o' 2oo'o'fi ho''l'S wncn can justly pe
tHAia M"n PENNY PnSnIahlih!.y' nor %hlch
~ I'm @ - u'"" uPon 'ng Gonilh'Iiee 'he lets'
n'"'t'o' w ofPoS'e oP"'lons, c!oq"ehNy us
'In?' eq'a"y c"nsr'enNous' existed , very large
to the course pursued by the Com
mittee; no one believes that all the faith all the
fear of God. all the opposition to slavery were
confined to the ranks Of the small minority who op.
posed the resolution taken. and whose opinion we
respect without adopting IT, We pray God to
continue to bless a, be has done hitherto. the ex.
tensive and evangelical nbors of the American
Tract Society and we render thanks to him for
having delivered it from the serious danger with
which it was threatned
Fred MoNoD, Pastor"
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0" "r"' no mas
z. DR.. Monod is mistaken IN calling the dissent
ng party a email minority we know that ne
50 good as TO invesNgate Its columns on TINS poin
'e VIII hnu record OF the protests OF ohurches all
over the Tree states-,ohurches whoas their french
'rethren e4h0f'ed them 10, MT up Their voices
igenst .4e eyil whlch endangersChrisuanlty i'seii
AL a. the new EhGlahu ChufcneS IN Ne" hoFK ana
III the northwestern states comprising nndouGt
'oiy a vast majority OF the evangeiieal church
members throughout the country are III full sym
'athy WIN ms protest against the ubiquitous trans
lctOn5 oil tnat meetlnE,"