Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-11-27
WHOLE NO. 6S5.
from the New York Tribune. rnrf
THAT IMPRISONED CoL0RED EXH0RTER.

To tho Ebior Of The Nsso York Tribnne: - q
SIR: In your issue of the 9th inst A
Methodist " refers To the case of the Rev. Sam.
| i" Green, a colnrel exhortsr Of the Methodist
Episcopal Church In good standing. and now lying
w the Mary yland State prison under y ten years
zen CO, for having in his po,tt ssiun n cory OF
Uncle Toms Cabin. The facts alleged are beyond
| question. Mr. Green is in prison a. represented,
With nine long years Of crn6nement before him.
md for M other crime than the one above named.
Bat "A Methoi-t." who evidently ssympa-
thizes with his hrnther in bonds. and designed to
write cnrrectly is mistaken in one or two points.
The only attention paid to the matter by the
Philadelphia Conference almost to hiss the
Rev. j MrCarter for even naming it, No conf
mite appointed to consider it; No petition to
Gov. Hicks circulated 10 resolution Of sympathy
with the martyr even offered This Confer'
ence Of 200 Methodist ministers scorned to give
trifing n matter moments consideration, and blew
it aSiie as they would have done somo vagary Of Q
medium -.
2 1t hardly correct however, that nothing
has heen dane bv ths Methodist public. A rs.
spectful petition g1t up at tho last session Of
the Black River Confence.. embracing about 200
Methodist ministers, entreating Gov. Hicks to in-
terpose his Executive clemency and release Mr..
Green from his confinement. II was signed by
some | l3 ministers. think, and forwarded by my
self to Governor Hicks, with respectful private
letter. neither Of which the Governor has conde.
scended tn notice.
3. As to "onr Bishons and Chief Mininistersb
whom IA Methodist" seems to h,ame il is true
that tho Black River Conference voted to have tha
petition for Mr. Green's liberation present for their
signatures and that when so presented they re.
fused to sign Is. But thew had wkat seemed to
them valid excuse. They ,oere not satisfied asto
The .ficts aHeged They b 'th declared that ,ohen
satisfied that Mr.. Green so imprisoned. and
for such cause. thev would sgn the petition. Ii
is true. also, that the Rev j d Long and the Rev.
j. S. Lane, bpth members of the Philadelphia Con-
ference, and recently from Mrvand. we're both az
the Black River Conference and ready TO make
affidavit il necessary to the alleged fact but it 10
nowhere laid down in the Discipline, among the
duties Of Bishop that he should be prying into
such political" matters. They had their
doubts; and hence, declined to sign the petition,
one took the cars for the East, and tho other for
'he West Of course the Conference could not
wai, ak months for them to become satisfied of
what might have been settled in their minds, had
they desired i. in two minutes and the petit
ton was sent on without their signatures.
For myself regarded it u ptiful dodge,
and was mortified and ashamed Of such an utter
want Of concern for brother IN prison, by Meth.
odist Bishops. merely. as it seemed to me because
he had a black skin. But l leave them with God,
tho righteous Judge. who, in the last day. may
say Sick and IN PRISON and ye visited me not"
md ''inasmuch ye did it not q of the least
of these my brethren"-eveu to n poor colored
brother in his dungeon-''ye did it not unto me-"
II. MATTISON,