Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-08-21

we tell His conduct towards this slave Told by
himself his signature in the public pm
pers, without the slightest lear, cause ior fear.
that it will be discre iiabe to him in the eyes OF
his neghbors) gives us not the slightest clIe 70 a
true answer 10 these questions. Even 1t we had
rot been we'll assured before, both by tho essen
tial uatUre of slavery aud by documentary evil
dence showing it's customary usages. that church
member may, Just rs freely as another man, own
what slave property he pleases, mark it as he
pleases 10 show the ownership, use 1t as he pleas
es to make tho ownership profitable, and mar il
whenever it pleases him SO to exercise his author
ity-tho case of Deacon John Netherland of Ten
nessec might give us these assurances. This man
on some suspici0n, which afterwards proved IL
be unlounded, subjected an aged negro, Of respec
table character, to such intuerable and long con
t:nued torments using u hdRdsdlp as the instru.
ment Of correction, that the neighbors and the
owner Of the building inertered for tho relief OF
their own from his screams and the sheriff
and jailot afterwards inerfered, for the same
reason, when u similar discipline was c0mmenc.
ed in another place. The Rev. Samuel Sawyer,
minister of the church in which Col. Netherland
deacon, esteeming this treatment TO be cruelty
and feeling some Official responsibility in the
matter, undertook to ibhict church censure on the
deacon, and to have this cruelty formally dis.
countenanced ty the church. Tc his surprise the
church discountenanced him instead of deacon
Netherland, told him to mind his own business,
and by way of helping him to do so, discharged
him from the pastoral Office.
Even this was pot all. Shortly after these oc
currences. a Convention of New School Presby-
terians assembled at Richmond, Va, to which
both Rev.Mr Sawyer and DeaconNetherland were
regular delegates. TheCOnvehtiun admitted the lat
ter to his without protest question; but they
desired the former to withdraw his credentials and
himself on account of the very interference above
mentioned with the right of master his
slaves. And the CongregatOnalist, Of this city,
in its report of the proceedings of that Convention
records that it was remarkable for the elevated
character of its devotional element
Such Conventions, such churches and puch
deacUns as these are matters of course in slave.
holding country. As long slavery remains,
these will remain. AS long rs slavery remains,
we must expect such mea as Rev. IL. NJ. Denison
Episcopal minister in Charleston, S. c., to stand
up tor his slaveholding church member by threat
ening in a meeting of the American Society to
lyuch any person who should bring themnnti.Slave-
ry tracts. As long slavery r.mains must ex.
pect such men as Rev. Henry V. D. Johns, Epis-
copal minister in Baltimore, to deny hat slavery
is evil, and to make public disclaimer of the
imputation of having called it SO at the Tract
meeting above mentioned. These men gull
ty, iiexcusable Though they do live in heath
en- land the light Of nature might teach them bet.
ter than to get their living by pandering to the
vices of slaveholders. But the weight Of our con-
should fall on those at the North
who, without their temptation pander to the same
vices upon Rev. South side Adams and Rev
George W. Blagdeu, who vouch for slavery as
Cnrstian upon Rev. Baron Stow and Rev. AM
drew L.. Stone, who (practicaly) vouch for caste
IS Christian and upon the Reverend editors of
the COnDegatioRalia and the Eadependent who
though assuming to be opposed slavery, vouch
for all the persons above mentioned as Christian
ian, and thus help to prevent Christianity itself
rom overthrowing slavery.
We repeat it: cle,gymen at the North, who
With more light and no temptation, systematically |
end their aid to strengthen and per2etuate tina;
inc OF communication which, in the popular mind
,onneets slavery with Christianity mixing those
nen to be considered Christian in the North. who
make slavery to be considered Chri.tan ell over
he land (while yet they contrive TO attain the
redt of being opposed to slayery.) deserve the
cry seyerest condemnation,
c. K.