Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-03-20

house packed in every port, 20 that when our com.
pany had redged in there was no possibility Of
further ingress, or cgress for thote in the interior
OF the house except through the windows. And q
man who was called out went through the window
as ais only possible way of gaining the outside.
here found three char pious ready 10 defend
The church in general and tie methodist church in par.
hcuigr. The first was professor Williams of Allie.
gheny college. The second, Rev. MIR. Whitley Of
Conneautville, and last and least Rev. MIR. Otviok
minister "in CHARGE Of the place, the two frs.
were "Jig guns" the latter a very small pistol ths.
went of at half cock.
Ispoke about one hour first laying down THE
proposition "Cdnd religion under whoss Influence
Slarery has groom up from its infant being, to as
present colossal proportion, aud powey, be relied
upon as an instrumentaity far its remocalg p This
proposition l argued and illustrated as well as1
could, giving special attention to the position and
moral character of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Before / closed, / asked the people to notice one
fact in the debate, which l was sure would trans.
pirc which was this, that neither of the gentlemen
present would meet, or attempt to answer my
proposition. l said in the tone and words Of cbsl-
lenge, "TnEY DARE NOT TOUCH THAT PROPOSE
II oN".
When I sat down. professor Williams took the
stand and stated he had come there ,ciM no ~erpeeta-'
tion Of speaking that evening. l thought this quite y
compliment to me, that a professor shUulS come
ten miles for the sole purpose of hearing mi speak,.
But before the meeting closed I found this, like
many other pleasing illusions had faded into thin
air. The professor commenced his reply by saying
l had blundered at the start by saying that We
might test the character Of chalk by acid. If the,
substance were chalk it and the acid would fight.
and so the character Of the religion Of this land 10
tested by it's contact with the acid of Slavery.
lie said in the fret place chalk is not an alkali,
second. an alkali and an acid would never 6ghs
but always unite. lie said be was a chemist aud
stated these facts from knowledge. He then ,aid
l had "blundered in the same manner all the way
through. lie then turned to ne and asked the names
of the periodicals of the Methodist church, aud.
who were their editors l confessed to what I deem.
ed,a very oommendable degree of ignorance,i in rsla.
lion to these professional matters. lie then exultingly
said"You see this man knows nothing Of the Meth-
odist Episcopal Church. / thought his ears would
get shorter before l got done with him., there the.
rowdies shouted). And. by the way, 1 should
have mentioned in its place, that when I~aentered
The house, was greeted with q storm Of laughter
and mingled shouts of Bring on the rotten eggs -
Where is the tar and feathers 2" Don't be lock
akeered ?" &c. l had heard during the day that I
was to be egged. Well, although l did not know
that these opponents, Of whom l had heard. were
present, yet this demonstration left no doubt of the,
fact. 1t may be well to mention that the rowdics
didn't egg me, but aboitionist here have done ID .
number of times, even at the breakfast table.
The professor made no allusion, as | had said be,
Wnuld not 70 The prOposition ho1 ar,n1 r.
made no specific denial of any charge I had pre-.
fered, but took the safer course Of = general dsniA
of the truth of my averments. He ruug tho chang.
es upon infdel. come-ou,er,, and traitor, &c. He
appealed to the preiudices of the people. telling
them l had "charged them with being scoundrels".
He fna lily said IF tho church is proslavery she,
must be so in her ministry, or in Der periodicals.,
or in her mem bership.
He evidently supposed ] was destitute Of does.
ments es l made no show of any but the Bugls,
and he warned the people against believing any
"%garbled extracts from that iufdel sheet.
lie claimed that the Methodist ministers preach
ed more agninst slavery than all others put toge,h.
er. That in he- periodicals and her membership
the Church was anti-slavery. He spoke something
more than an hour and sat down.
In replying | referred to the fact that he had not
touched my proposition. / again tainted them
with their fear to approach it, and again asked tho
people to note that it would not 10 alluded TO ty
ono Of their Reverends.
then commenced my reply by producing their
own ~disipline AMI periodicals. from which / prov
ed.
LIST, That there rds slavery in the church.
End, that every attempt made to get anti.slavery
action by those who had desired it in the church
had boen defeated.
D Sd. That men who had favored apti.slayor, 40
ton in the church had been put out of office by the
General Conference. and proslavery men, or those
who we're under the influence Of proslavery men,
had been Put in their places.
4th, That their ministers by position. and BY con.
sent were deeply complicated with slavery not.
withstanding their anti.slavery sermons, and that
there were ministers in the northern church in.
equally good standing who preached that slavery
was of God, and no sin at all-tlat all their bishops
treated it as innocent.
9th, That some of their periodicals, and those
most numerously circulated, and most influential
were proalavery - that the Northern Christian Ad.
vHcate had stated that Gorsuch, who was killed, in
his attempt to capture fugitive slaves at Christians.
Pennsylvania, and who was a member of the
Northern Methodist Episcopal Church wa, an en-
inent Christian and "a model Methodist.
9th, That as it regards the membership Of the
church Zone portion of its members held q second
portion in slavery, and a third portion. who"preach
auti-slavery" stand in church fellowship with boiA
the the former.
7th' That by position, every member of the church
was a STAKEHOLDER and a slave propaganda.
spoke one hour and q half, and was continual
ly interrupted by the professor and the Reyerepds
in the most disorderly and r~owdyish manner
Wher they saw ! was making a strong point and
was carry ing the meeting, rOwdies and all against
them, then they poured in questions, without Civ
ing the least opportunity to answer them, soms-
times all three we're on their feet at o time, vociE.
Grating i'll the most ~rowdyish manner. The row.