Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1860-10-13
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John Jay thinking that tho Convention Of the
Episcopal Church in New York might possibly feel
disposed to condemn what even this nation has
declared 70 be piracy, offered the following resolu-
tions, and though be was able to give his views in
a speech supporting them, they we're laid upon
the table by a large majority, and the character of
that body for respectable conservatism remains
unsulliod hy any faint of ultraism.
Whereas, The Protestant Episcopal Church in
the United States have, through their Board Of
Foreign Missions, established missions on the coast
Of Africa, and this Convention feels a strong in
terest in the success of tho said Missions as the
means for the conversion of Africa to the yriuci-
pies and practices Of Christianity. And tehersas,
it has been made to appear to this Convention that
a class of persons residing in the diocese of New
York are engaged in sending vessels to the Yves
tern Coast of Africa, with the view Of kidnapping
and reducing to Slavery large numbers of the said
people; and it is publicly pretended and asserted
that the doctrine Of Christianity justifes and ap-
proves Of the enslaying Of men, women and chii
dren, and reducing them to the condition Of chat
ties; and there is good reason to believe that the
said trade will interfere materially with the said
Mission, and that a belief on the part of the Afri-
cans that those who engage in the African slave
trade are Christians. may i~ndispose the Africans
80 believing to embrace Christianity, and lead them
to reject with soorn and indignation The teaching
of our missionaries. Therefore
Resolved, That this Convention in order to pre-
vent all misapprehension in regard to the position
of the Church in this Diocese on the subject of the
slave trade, do hereby declare and announce that
the Convention do utterly reject the doctrine shat
men may be lawfully kidnapped and held in Sla-
very by any other person, and do utterly condemn
the said practice as a great sin against God and
man; and do adopt, in regard thereto the words
of ST.. Cyprian, in writing to the Bishop of Numi-
dia, Both religion and humanity make it a duty
for US to work for the deliverance of the captive.
= n 1t is Jesus Christ, himself, of whom we
ought to consider in our captive brother. 1t is Him
whom we should deliver from captivity-Him who
hath delivered us from DEATH
Mr. Jay was f:equeAtly interrupted in the de-
livery Of bis remarks, by the discussion of points
of order, which the Bishop decided in Mr.. jays
favor, at the same time appealing to the ConVen-
ton 10 maintain silence, as we'll az by tho disor-
derby behavior of a number of members who lett
the house with such noise and confusion, as for
some minutes to interrupt the quiet of the conven-
ton.
These Interruptions continued until a late hour,
compelled SOM abridgements of the speech in the
delivery, % concluding, some discussion was
had by several gentlemen, including the Rev. DR..
Vinton, who appealed to Mr.. Jay to withdraw his
resolutions. This Mr.. Jay distinctly declined to
do.
The Rev. Mr.. Leonard then moved that they
be laid ON the table, and the vote, by orders, being
called for, the vote stood
'Clergy-Yeas 81 Lsity-Yeas %
Nays 6 Nays e