Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-07-31

described Each has sacrificed himself on the al
tar Of material prosperity, and foregone oil the
temptations of wicked world-so we are instruct
to beiievein order to sound tho eternal truths OF
the gospel and their fate will be worse than Jo
nah's if they preach not to nll the Ninevtcs. a
practice established long since among healhens
and barbarians, of robbing and enslnving each
other whenever they possess the power, and the
practical carrying out Of which is condemned hy
the most civilized and Christianized parts of the
world and even regarded as of sufficient turp
tude to be punishable with death, comes leforC
these seven score of ''the aaointed," as they
would make the world believe and what is theiI
action on tho question to whether it should be
approved or dlscountenanced by their church reg
ulations They vote to dpprore pirdcy-and this
vote is action, which speaks louder than words
They vote to sustain that which is the foundation
Of the "sum of vllanies," and pray that right
eousness and peace may cover the earth They
vote for shackes to be put on the hands of millions
of slaves, and pray for free grace to bless all men
They vote to sustain robbery, crime and piracy il
their worst forms, and pray Father "iorgive al
we forgive those who tresspass against us."-
Righteousness is their theory-to uphold wicked
ness is their practice.
| Taking this view of the question--and il is bu
a reasonable one-what are we to think of Ameri
can religion as practiced in the south May We
not truly in the vigorous language of the apostle,
remark of such professors, "lf man say, | love
that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen
how can he love God whom he hath not seen p
The preceding analysis OF a southern preacher
and may it not suit many northern ones ?-pres
ents character that about fills Johns dcscrip
ton of those who bear the mark of antichrst.
After this very brief and imperfect outline of
American religion as carried out by one hundred
and forty preachers, well may we look for just
such Judicial response or Amen, to it as judge
Leaviit has furnished. "Christian charity was not
within the meaning or intent of the fugitive slave
law" No. verify. Christianity has nothing to do
with it. Putting the two quotations together, they
harmonize admirably. The first is a Southern
Methodist endorsement Of direct piracy--a crime
for which men are hung by the laws of the land
and the latter is northern Presbyterian re.
sponse to the sentiment. "Of such is the king
dom of'-the American tract society. Divine OPP
pressors-- men-stealers-ar too holy to knock the
chains off single slave and equally unprinci-
pied judges assert that "black men have no rights
which white men are bound to respect"-that
"Christian charity was not within the meaning OF
the fugitive slave law"
There are thousands among the best men and
women in the country, who possess too much hu
manity and philanthropy to be caught in such
churches preachers Like the above minister! toe
they revere and adore the fundamental prin ci piles
of Christianity-regard it as being based on love
bat will not be misled or deceived by this spu
rious article which is more obedient to the com
mands of the slave pirate and unjust Judge than
to the divine injunction, "All things whatsoever
ye would that men should do unto you, do ye
even so unto them" And because they will not
join such organizations patronize such institutions
as the American tract society, and assist in car
rying out a law of which christian charity was
not within the meaning" they are charac.
terized as nfdels and denounced traitors to the
laws of the land Such protesting Christians as
these can find their prototypes among those who
stoned the prophets, who crucltied Christ, who
burnt martyrs at the stake and such states'
men as Taney and Leavitt can find their likeness.
es at iull length in the Arnolds and Andres Of
the resolution. The first stoned, cruciGed, and
burnt at the stake those were unwilling to sub
nit to their unjust requirements (; and the latter
fought against Lafay Kosciusko, and the Amer
can forces of the revolution, Of whom Washington
was the commander.in.chet. Thus do they prove
themselves the Judases Of true Christianity, and
false to the sentiment that all men are created
equal.
! Are good men and women blameworthy for no
afhating with such corruptions in church anC
state ? There many worthy people In both
but time and experience prove that their efforts
are wholly inefficient to the renovation of theil
sects. 1t is better, therefore, to come out from
among them, and be not partakers of their sins
to walk not in the counsel of the ungodly, mol
stand in the way of sinners, sit in the seat o.
the scornful."-F.