Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-05-15

iaries than heretofore. | find that the e~rcelien,
address recently deiipered in Souh Carolina on
this subject, and reprinted in part ia cHr Record
has been widely read, and so lar as | have learn
ed, meets the approval of the Christian com
munity.
Thus this second en- Endorsement by The Bible Soci
city of a pro.slavery address. representing the
Bible as a pro.slavery book, urging its circulation
! for the purpose Of f~ortifying slavery,) vouches for
it not merely as important, but as EXCELLENT,
Now let US glance at the position previously held
by the American Bible Society towards the Amer.
lean slave.
Twenty-seven years ago, on motion of Rev. Dr.
Minor, seconded by Rev. DR.. Lyman Beecher, II
it was "Resoived, That this Society, with humble
reliance on Divine aid, will endeavor to supply all
tho destitute families in the United States with
the Holy Scriptures, that may be willing to pur-
chase or receive them, within the space of two
years..
An official publication Of the Bible Society, re.
Gently issued, states the result of that resolution as
follows by the blessing of God ill tie course Of
that time, every accessible family in tho more set
tied portions Of our country tods uisited and sup.
piled ,cih The Bibie'. And the agents of the So,
ciety in this country and abroad, reported, entirely
without qualification, the gratifying intelligence,
that euery family in the United States had now
been supplied with the Bible. This intelligence
was received with peculiar satisfaction by British
Christians. But they Afterwards learned that the
slave population had been entirely neglected in
10 this distribution.
twenty-five years ago, at an Ann ual Meeting of
the American Anti-Slavery Society in New York
city, May 9th, 1884, it was voted 20 offer five thou,
sand dollars to the American Bible Society, on
condition that they would supply every colored
family in the United States with a Bible. A com.
mittee of eight persons, Rev. Cyrus p. Grosvenor
Chairman, was appointed to make this offer, and
made it the Same day, and the Bible Society de.
clined to accept it.
A. tha ,,,ol aaa.- II IL
May 18th, ll35, the following preamble and reso.
luton, renspingM tile offer, were passed
"Whereas, The American Bible Society regards
itself as unable directly to offer the Holy Scrip.
lures to our enslaved brethren, therefore,
Resolved, that we earnestly entreat that Society
to request dursliaries TO see to IL that every colored
family in tho United States be furnished with n
copy of the Bible, and renewed!y extend to that
institution tho offer of five thousand dollars to-
wards the effort"
A IN of seven persons, Lewis Tappan
chairman, was appointed to communicate this offer.
Th;y did SO, and the Bible Society again declined
10 accept ii.
Aletter in the Wilmington IN. C.) Press dated
Oct. It'll, 1885. and signed TIL. P. Hunt states
eruAingiy in relation to this offer. The Society
resolved to have nothing to do with it,. And in
reference to a report that they had accepted it,
Mr.. Hunt says-"Tho Bible Society published,
some time since, o denial of the report, in Duff
Green's paper.
This, then, appears to be the history of the Bible
Society's relation to the slaves:
L. They utterly neglected and ignored their
destitution of the Scriptures, both as families and
individuals.
2. When requested from without, by persons
DESTROYS of promoting the interests Of the. slaves,
to supply the slaves equally with others. being at
the same time offered five thousand dollars to-
wards the ex pense of the undertaking., they utter.
10 rpfusp and rnok mains m ranal tho rnu,oraI i'm.
putation of having consented.
3. When they founo u proposition for such dis.
tribution originated among Shareholders. publish.
ed for the very purpose of securing their domino.
ton as shareholders, and recommended as the most
thorough means of keeping the slaves in perma.
nent experimentation any special request or
offer OF funds, they echo the proposition, ~republish
1t with its array of pro.slavery arguments in their
official organ, and characterize it as an IMPORTANT
DOCUMENT and an EXCELLENT ADDRESS, and as meet
ing the approval of the Christian community.
Now, will any friend of the Bible Society tell
us us why, after having first neglected and then
refused to distribute bibles among the slaves FOR
THE BENEFIT OF THEsLAvEs, they favor and recon-.
mend such distribution when it is desired FOR THE
BENEFIT OF THE MASTERS, and assume to be favor
able to the PERPETUITY of their power as slave
holders? Does the Rev. Senior Secretary II. c.
Brigham, d. ID. and do the Hon. and Rev. Man
ayers of the Bible Society really prefer that slave.
ry should be fortified and perpetuated ? We
pause for q Ieply.-C. K. W.
SATURDAY NIGHT.-Saturday night stands out
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