Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1859-07-16
OUR CORRESPONDENCE.

Among our communications this week will be
found one from Welsbfeld, in relation to the lee
lures of NJ. R. Robinson in that vicinity. In re-
gard TO the criticisms of the writer upon Mr.. Re-
view of the Church and State, we would say,
that while we are willing to give them a pla;e in
our columns, they might more appropriately have
been presented in the lecture room, when Mr..
Robinson gave opportunity for criticism or objec-
ton from those who differed with him and the
speaker might then have made clear, some matters
which the writer evidently misapprehends.
Our correspondent says, There are bad men
crept into all the churches," and in this, abolition
lists in the main agree with him though mas
much as nearly all the sects in the land welcome
to their embrace all tho Shareholders that will
come,a little different phraseOlogy from ''creptin,"
would be more truthfully descriptive. But we
agree with him that they are there, and it does not
so much matter as to how they got there. as to hop
they are treated now they are there. The charge
which we bring against the American Church is,
that it calls bad men good-recognizes az Chris
tians, men who are Shareholders ; thus practically
becoming an in6dsl organization. can organization
|Ebieht4ekkaapAtD cast out the vile, but opposes
those Who protessaksinst the vileness-not aiming
TO bseoms pure,i bus striving to cruelty those who
preach Christian purity as the only foundation up
on which true peace can build her house.
We have great respect. for honest, consistent, con-
scientious men, however much we may regard their
belief as erroneous. Mr.. Whi,more's theory of
the constitution We hold to be radically wrong
contrary to historical records, contrary to the prac-
tice of the nation, contrary to the belief of the
people, and is, Furthermore, a theory not half as
old as the Constitution itself. A beliefin the anti
slavery character Of the United States Constitu-
ton, il practically lived out, will bring those who
hold it-though by another route-to Reuolution,
the point which Disunionists are striving to reach.
We trust thatMr. Whitmote is too honest to preach
one thing and practice another too conscientious
to have one set of doctrines to talk by. ard anoth-
er set to live by. We take it for granted that al
the last gubanatoral election no was one of the
consistent 345 who voted for Mccormack with his
anti-slavery constitution. and not one of the incon,
sistent 10000, who claiming that the constitution
was ansi-slavery, voted for Chase, and authorized
him to swear to support it with his pro-slavery in
depreciation. We trust be is one Of those feu
Gerri. Smith men who at the last Presidential cleo
ton voted for Gerrit Smith with an anti.slaver,
constitution, and not for John G. Fremont will
a pro-slavery constitution.
We think Mr.. Robinson will hardly comply with
our correspondents suggestion to omit in his lee
lures all discussion of the Constitution-to abstain
from presenting bis views in regard to the char
acter of that instrument. 1t would be too mucf
like playing Hamlet, with the character o
Hamlet omitted. As all the political power of tn,
! IL rahn11ar IN tha .ana,I = =.
from the Constitution, we submit whether a dis
cussion of its character is not proper and legiti
mate. to say nothing of it being often desirable
and sometimes necessary. Mr.. Whitmore says
I'VE must see eye to eye. before the day of eman
~cipation co mes )" if this be so, then the NOR,
thoroughly and the more speedily this question il
examined, the better will it be for the slave
cause.