Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1859-02-12

OF reason, then will slavery, war, woman's rights
and intemperaDce, with all their nominations be
driven to their place and the world will no longer
be cursed by their blighting influence upon socie.
ty. This inward teacher will lead us into oil
truth, and prepare us to do unto others as we
would have them do unto us. Among those who
think the anti slavery society does not take broad
ground enough, you will find omc Of the most
jealous Anti. slavery men and women Of the com
munity round about US. In reading over the notes
from the lecturing field, l find friend b. S. Jones
has something to say against the revival of a spu.
rious religion that he meets with in his lecturing
tour. Why not attack the religion itself and get
that out OF the way, then there will be no REVEALS
to hinder the spread of the anti,slavery gospel.
IL seems to me that the Churches of to-day are
exactly In the situation of the Pharisees of Jesus
time. They shut up the kingdom OF heaven,
against men. for they neither go in themselves
neither suffer they them that are entering to 20 in.
Anti slaverywise this is exactly true, they will not
90 to Anti'slavery meetings themselves, neither
will they let those under their influence go to hear
the true gospel of deliverance to the captive and
the opening of the prison to them that are bound.
Therefore, let us pronounce the same wo upon
them that Jesus did, and see that it is executed.
Yours to accomplish these great and glorious OBJ
jects with whatever fundamentally can be brought
to bear upon them successfully"
We can but express our apprehensione that the
time will not very soon come when men will set.
tie all questions by the light and voice Of reason"
The result of our observations is that The hetro-
dox as well as the orthodox are the victims Of err
ror, prejudice and unreasonableness and that the
dtsbelievers in Holy Books and holy days" are
often tho Ignorant, prejudiced and interested sup
porters OF slavery in common with believers. Aud
our friend Miller as it seems to US, has got pre-
cisely into the position Of the church members
whom he so earnestly opposes. The churches and
ministers tell us the gospel is q gospel of freedom,
and the true way to abolish slavery is to suspend
our isolated, separate efurte against the wrong and
establish the divine authority of the Bible, and
then bring it with all its sanctions to bear upon
slavery and it will cease and freedom triumph.
On the other band our friend Miller says the ven.
Grafton for holy books, and holy days, and sacred
organizations has degenerated into superstition,
and become the handmade of slavery, and that the
only way to reach slavery is by the overthrow of
these supports. Both request US to leave the di
rect assault upon the evil for an indirect one, thus
Of necessity throwing it into secondary considera-
ton. We do not mean by this comparison to rep
resent our friend Miller as heartless and proslave
~, as are most of those in the churches to whom
we have alluded, but only that they both propose
to occupy similar positions in regard to direct la.
Dor for the slave; and that the effect of this policy
will be similar upon both, namely to suspend the
effective energy of the anti movement, and
substitute for it, the old controversy, as old DIS The
world, between orthodoxy and hetrodoxy.
The true policy, it still seems to us, is to cul.
tivate and combine, the anti slavery sentiment and
purpose of orthodox and hereto, faithfully and
impartially ~rebuking and ez pressing the proslave.
ry position and action Of each and of both as oc-
casion requires. The result will be wat ii is now
and has been, that those who think more Of orthc.
doxy than of Anti.slavery will stigmatize us as
infidols, and those with whom the prevalence of
hetrodoxy is OF the first importance, will reproach
US as orthodox. Oar test in the anti,slavery
cause is neither belief or disbelief of books or
opinions regarding religion--is neither the obser.
vance or nonobservance Of days or times or sea-
sons. II is fidelity to the slave. II is supreme re,
gard to the cause Of humanity and Justice.
10 this view We have sought to conform the Blu
gle during our connection with it, and when that
connection shall cease, the reproaches of %sectari'
ans, whether they call themselves christians or in
fdels, will give US consolatory evidence that to
some extent WI have labored with a single eye sc
the bondman's deliverance. We cannot think thu
the time has come when the cause of the slave car
be successfully or wisely committed to any class
of persons other than those who make it tic caus
for which they live and labor.
THE HIcu MINDED CHIvALRY-BoB BUTT.-OuI
readers will find in another column an %eloquen
eulogy of Bob BUTT, the noble native born Virgin
ian. But Bob, though a noble hearted philaDthro
p%ist--a hero, whom the awful terrors of the pesti
lence, more appalling than the sword, canno
daunt, and a practical Christian who ministered t.
the best and tenderest interests of his worst enc
mics, his oppressors and the enslavers and robber
of his wife and children--Bob is a slave. Jamei
Britain, of Portsmouth, claims him as his chattel
Bob's heroism, philanthropy and christianity hav
increased his market value but Mr.. James Brit
ain is q benevolent STAKEHOLDER, and in considers
ton of Bob's having buried 1857 victims of tn
plague in seven weeks besides nursing his master
family. he kindly condescends to throw off onehal
of the price of Bob and his wife and two childreI
provided Bob can now raise him the NAL sum O
, four thousand doHarS--only $1,000 each after tn
discount is made. Bob has one fifth of this i
hand. his earnings, flched from hours of sleep an
rest, and now he is sent out to beg from the peopl
of the North the amount still wanting to buy hi
freedom, and thus reward him for his faithful al
%tention to his oppressors and robbers, living,dyin
and dead. There is ~chivalry and large.hearte
magnanimity for you. They are altogether will
; ing that Bob shall be rewarded for his service
which they themselves say are beyond all price
if tine abolitionists will only give them the money