Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-10-02
From the same.
ANTI.CULOR0FORM.

Writing to the Western Christian Advocate, Br.
b. F. Crary of Red Wing Minnesota, Says
ave are meeky preparing for the weekiy lucu.
bratons Of all sorts of fearful men over the wild
disasters of the next General Conference if it should
touch the ark Of slavery. We look for logic by the
yard to prove that any eectuai action will be huge
iy constitutional We are piousy awaiting these
periodical inundntions Of mordse stupidity, and
shall endure all with what resignation may be Civ
en- In the mean time our hearts swell as we hear
the battle shout and see the din. Glory rises
from she warcloud, and serenely succeeds the
storm.
There never can be peace to our distracted Zion,
till God gives victory to justice and mercy, We
do not dream Of hours rost for this guilty ma
ton till the Lords controversy is over. Why need
we logic and defamation? There is the tact, pal
pable as Mount Blanc terrible as sin. that from
four to fifteen thousand wretched slaves groan IN
in Methodist hands, aud are tettered by Methodist
willis. 1t il enough. Heaven helpl treemen help
ministers Of Jesus help! Here, from these beau
tiful valleys, we would cry, even now warm tears
for Zion plead with heart and pen. VIII any
one recede from noble pusit!on2 VIII any
one who bears Gods imnge OF mans name step
down from any platform ~ principle and power TO
give aid and comfort to the guilty men who look
compacen,ly on slave shambes and manacles =
What need we look to precedents, constitutions,
canons OF huary customs to tell us that slavery Is
wrong-that the poor negro does deserve our sym
pathes? Let those accuse who desire let us who
love humanity for its own sake and for Gods sake,
march to victory. Reason and religion, philos'
ouhy. morals and patriotism, all plead with us
and aust obey or be recreant to oil the ophga'
tions oi freeuien and ministers"
This is to the point and we are glad to see 1t in
the columns of the Western. We should be stlll
better pleased however if it was eduoridt. be
sides Br. Crary might, with equal truth, have re
ferred to the fact that these slaves not only yhec
by Meth0distS tut many of them by MethndistCtdS'
Leaders. Se,cordS ErhOrters, and Locdt PREACHERS
and even by TRAVELLING PREACHERS. There ART
not less than $50 600 worth of sdres held to day by
travelling preachers in the NJ E. Church, mostly IL
the Phiiadelph and Baltimore Conferences. Aht
most of these cases are we'll known to some OF ou
| B shuns and 10 the Conferences III which they ez
list Aud vet nothug is doue about tbem, except Il
wink at them rhver them up, and nhuse those "h'
seek to ezpn-s he God dishonoring ahomination
lone f'ofical deals ont the sOrporitcs, secOnt
rocks the cradle aud Others in concert sings th'
everlasting lullaby Of
| .- Peace, peace, pence
We are III tsiaycry men.
But We must nJt 20 too tasl
Ii we 40 tie South win leave,
And ,oe shall divide the Church,
And loose the Book Room too
W are are us mucn as ever COW lnced,-
Yes slavery Is wrong;
But let the tare~ alone,
Lest ye pull up the wheat
Only e' it alone,
And it will correct itself
The discussion Is premature,
The agitation is wrong,
Peace, peace, peace,
Hush, hush, hush !