Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1860-02-25

been murder !! When the Judge was written to
in remohsrDace by sUme gentlemen 10 the North,
he REPLIED by return mail, that he had
awarded the sentence on the authority Of the Holy
Bible--addiug, | AN surprised that you should
have overlooked the text: lie that stealeth a
man and selleth him. or if he be found in his
hands, he shall surely be put to death!' Now.
ii may be very safe for Mr. Oorniag to call this
gentleman t. hisSide, to stand with him ia mutual
cooperation on tho Teih perahce platform, but
what would Mr. Corning's friends in this Church
say if they were to see him calling out to this
same chivalric South Carolina Judge to come and
sit by his side at the comuunion-tabe spread out
in front Of this pdlpit aud under this roof
But,si are not called Upon to deal with roman
tic, ideals cases of slaseholding, where the bond
age is not bondage, but only the shadow OF it,
We are called upon to deal with slavery as black
men experience it ut the hands Of red men slav.
cry in which slaves are held not because it is i'm
possible to free them; not because they could not
take care Of themselves if they were free not be-
cause they are old or ih6rni but because the mas
ters who own them would lose their market-value
oy emanci pating thom because they are house
servants who are still every day needed to do the
service Of the house because, belonging to own
ers, thoir owners require that they should be put
TO a profitable use. need not say tha. they are
iuhnnanly treated. do not mean that ahy mau
shall trip me up tonight On the easy charge tha,
am fanatic. These slaves, on whose slavery
falls the solemn andsilent shadow of the Ameri-
can Board, held in the same common bondage
with the great mass of their brethren " no suffer
I., u,T ,,;,;
the great American Church. In a word, they are
deprived OF their liberty without their consent.
This is enough, even it nothing else be added. Ii
is against such savehoding as tbis-actual no.
maginarS--roal, and not idoal-that l ask this
Church to bear its testimony.
Now, sir | had always supposed that. holding
these views, | held them id common with the pas
tor OF this church. A rem ark was reported to
me the other day, since this discussion began.
that when the Congregational Church in the other
district of this city, of which a brother of MIR.
Beecher chose minister, met in council to de-
eide upon form of government, the inquiry arose
as to whether they should put into the covenant a
provision in reference to the exclusion Of slave
holders. Our pastor said, in the covenant OF
Plymoth Church, there is no such provision hut
we have an examining committee who are sharp
enough to detect any rumseler or STAKEHOLDER !;
and you may lie sure that neither tile one nor the
other would ever get in /" Moreover have the
printed testimony of the pastor of this Church 10
which he denies the very position he took the 9TH
er night l eau quote Henry Ward Beechet
against Henry Ward Beecher (laugh,er). Listen
while l read from report of speech delivered
from this desk, and on this very subject in the
year 1855. After speaking Of the American
Home Missionary Society, he says
Bat there is another Society that solici;s our
benelactions-;he Ameticah Missionary Associa-
ton. This is an Anti,Savery Missionary Saciesy,
and large number Of So6, know, are interest
ed in it, 1t has Missionaries in the Slave States,
who establish Churches shat refuse fellowship with
Shareholders. This Is right they ought TO be BAR
RED OUT EVERYWHERE
Now, this is quoting the gentleman roin, blauk
against himself. Well what does it mean 1t
means this. In 1855 STAKEHOLDER knocked at the
door Of Plymouth Church, and Mr.. Beecher. hear.
ing tho rap, says, Bar him out = In the year
1860 the stakeholder knocked a; the same door.
Let him ia !
NOlCE-NO
Mr.. TILroN-No? Lst me report tho rumors Of
the streets and the market-pace Wherever
go. whether in the stage, in the railroad car in
The ferry-boat, or foot up and down the streets,
l am perpetually accosted with the question. Is
the Pastor of Plymouth Church changing his
views? Is Mr.. Beecher growing more conserva-
tiveY have always answered there Solicitations
NJ
always believed No. But what am now to say
il my friend puts M the bars in 1855. only to let
them down in 1860? Martin Luther nailed to
the church door at Wittemberg bis ninety-fve
propositions and cb alenged all the world to dis.
pute them. | have many time heard the pas-
tor Of this Church called the new Martin Luther
of the nineteenth century. Five years ago. he
nailed upon his church door the declaration that
no rumseller or STAKEHOLDER should be admitted TO
fellowship inside. Does he now tear down the
parchment that has been hanging on these doors
ever since knew this Church? Nay, sir, will he
pluck away the greenest leaves Of the laurel that
has been growing greener and greener about his
head for thirty years? Everybody asks is he
changing!' l reply only, Every ybody says he isl
| beg of him, If this be an unjust itnpfessioh
which everybody hollis. to rid the public mind Of
it at once; beg of him to clear away sTch an
imputation In justice to himself in justice 10
this Church, in justice to the Lord Jesus whose
minister he Is /!
Now, sir, charge the American Boafd With
completely with slavery because it sustains the
Cherokee mission. During the last ten or fifteen
years there has been among the Churches that pat:
ronize the Board. discussion the subject Of the
Choctaw and Chefokee missions. The anti-slave
ry sentiment has always been directed against
these two missions, as putting the Board in COM
plicity with slavery. Last year, the Choctaw mis-
sion was cut of--for what reasons will hot here
state. The general impression among the Church
es is that The Cherokee mission was cHt eff with
the Choctaw, and that, therefore. no slavery now
remains, to subject the Board any longer to the
charge of oppression. Only yesterday. met the