Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-06-12

are set off against 50 much silver The labor o
these millions is taken without reward, They are
watched and disciplined like convicts. They arc
IN the hands Of Il responsible mower Light i.
smut out from them, Whatever good they may re
cei'e Is by grace Of their masters for they have
not single right The system which enslnve,
J theh reacts upon their cnsavers-- demOralize,
ana debauches them 1t curses the very soil they
trend upon. 1t poisons the fountains Of political
power, SO that its black influences flow through
oil the streams of national legislation. 1t threat
ems virgin Territories with its foul blight. Il
comes up annually and thunders madly against the
chalhs that bind the union Of these States. II
makes our free Republic byword and a kissing
among the nations. 1t perverts the national con
ecience. Ii is 80 much broader in its sweep of sin
than any othev form of evil, that it embraces in
ltselt unbrded icentOusness, pOlygamy, theft,
swiniIlng oppression, and 80 on, through the cat
alosge. In short. it 10 ''ihe sum of all villain,
les"
II Is this great system of iniquity, this terrible
blotch of sin, this conglomoraon of all possible
EVIL and wrong, which the American Tract SOcier
", ~ THIS latter half of the nineteenth century,
refuses 10 dcn0unce. On the subject OF Slavery,
1T consents TO he silent it proposes to sit like u
cowafdIy dog at the gate of the temple of truth,
and bark lustily at all tho little sins that 90 by
wrth Their tails between theif legs, but when a
great SIN comes along, owned by n dangerous
master, with cane in his hand they shut their
L
10 not good policy to touch such q sin as this, 1t
is too important The man who owns it will
abide no interference, end if tie society would d.
him any good it must let his pet sin alone,
Now, we are outsiders in this thing, and only
speak as those who are in the habit Of looking at
such matters III coITmon.sense, business way.
" declare, therefore, that in view like this, the
tract Society has taken long step towards the
absointe emascnlation of American Christianity.
Slavery is lie. alone by this society. simply and
only Lccdusc 1t is great sin. 1T is let alCne be.
cause 1t will not tolerate the truth. It's let alone
because 1T will not receive the whole Gospel. We
declare shat no Christian society can take posi-
ton IKE tins without shame and dshonor the Bis-
op Mellyains and Rev. John lords to the contrary
notwithstanding. 1t is cowardly and unchristan
thing. The Society absolutely refuses to repeat
the words by which Christ denounced n woe upon
those who lay grevious burdens upon mems
shoulders. The precedent is terrible one. Po-
lygamy Is only to become prevalent, powerful,
and respectable sin to We let alone in the same
way The slave trade mast be let alone when the
South shall accomplish its wishes to re.esablish it,
Ana II there were no religious agencies and in.
lluences in tie world except the Tract Society,
That r.ganization might, in time, find its field SO
lImiA ir withdrawing from big sins TO little-that
its if ttons would be cOnfiDed to pinsteaiing, !
pup b. patching, and its own tergiversations.
"A understand the mission of Christani
ty, ~ )among other things, to undo the heavy
burt and let the oppressed 20 free" If we
haN R9e comprehension Of the mission Of those
WAN ,ch and disseminate the truth of the Cos
pcife. ether men will hear or whether they will
torleti If according to the pitfnl judgment
Of Dh BUS politicians, moro good can be accom-
psas 6ndirectly than directly; if they believe
theNe u benefit Christianity by compounding |
sin, if they imagine that the
'prend and power of truth can be secured better
oy s'tace regarding wrong than by demonstration
lgainH it, they may have sophistry enough at
command to secure the confidence and co operation
If the majority of the Christians in this country;
MT they 'oW do II for tie Jeae@ Of Slacery, at tie
rpenSe Of Christianuy If the South want tracts
ct them buy and pay for them; but for the North
o furnish men and money for this work, and for
he South to dictate how these men shall work
md what this money shall aid us in publishing, is
ntirely uncalled for, and is equally demoralizng
o all parties.