Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1860-05-05
REV. DANIEL R

Our beloved brother and faithful missionary was
was tried in Randolph county, North Carolina,
March Both. Ono whole day and nearly one
whole night were consumed by the trial. He was
charged with the crime of circulating Helpers
Impending Crsis.' Two or three young lawyers, :
who wished to distinguish themselves, volunteered
to assist the prosecution, and made strenuous ef.
forts to obtain a conviction. Two Of the ablest at.
torniss in that part of the State were employed by
Mr.. Worth. at an expense Of five hundred dollars,
to defend him. They exerted themselves power.
fully. The Judge appears to have conducted with
much impartiality. The Jury, composed half Of
Shareholders and half of non sla veholders Though
not designedly, J were out from 4o'clock until mid
night, when they rendered a verdict of GUILTY.
The Judge did not sentence Mr.. Worth to the ex-
tent OF the law. The sentence was a years i'm
prisonment. An appeal was taken to the Su-
preme Court.
Mr.. Worth was remanded to Jail. The jailor
has placed him in a better room than the one he
at first occupied. The present one looks into the
street, so that friends may converse with him out
side the building. He is to be tried 10 two other
counties on a similar charge. We hope the
friends of this devoted missionary will continue
to remit funds for the support Of his family, and
for compensation to council and that they will
bear in mind the following passage from the Book
of Acts:
"Petsr therefore was kept in prison /; but prayer
Das made oithout ceasing ofhe church unto God
TOR him"
3 The marginal reading is 'instaut and earnest
: prayer was made So let it be in this CASE
e Brother Worth has done nothing worthy Of death
b or Of bonds, North Carolineans themselves being
judges. There lies before Us a pamphlet entitled
An Address to the People Of North Carolina on
the Evils of Slavery that was printed in that
State, and in the same county where Mr.. Worth
was imprisoned, in the year 1880, by the Board
e Of Managers of the 'Manumission Society of North
Carolina, which o new spaper now published in
that State has recently declared to be ten times
> worse on the subject of slavery than Helpers
Crisis.
y The following propositions are maintained with
g great ability and force in this publication.
I. Our slave system is radically evil.
"a II. Our system of slavery is founded in injustice
and cruelty.
III. Absolute slavery is a fruitful source Of
pride. idleness and tyranny
w. Absolute slavery increases d~epravity in the
d human heart and nourishes, a train Of dark and
brutal passions and lusts, disgraceful to human
nature and destructive of the general welfare.
d V. Slavery absolute and unconditional, 10 DO lest
contrary to the christian religion than to The
dictates of justice and humanity.
Helpers Crisis does not, like the Address, dis
P. ouss the moral aspect of slavery, but its eeono
at mical bearings, yet the former was printed ant
he o;ronl.kad IN tho CfaBa IN 1870 ~hila kha laf
y ter is prosecuted, it's author made an outlaw. an,
as citizens of N. @. (Mr. Worth is q native ei.izsl
es- Of N. C.,) who circulate it are tried and convicse,
or as felons in 1860. Will the people Of N. G. Ion
les continue to be 80 inconsistent, cruel, suicidal
we But inconsistency seems to be the order Of tb
on day, for while the head of the Catholic Church
on Pope Leo x, declared long since that mot onl
sci tho Christian religion, hut nature itself cried on
ia against the state OF Slavery the New Yor
lit Counsellor at Law, Charles 0'Conor, a ~professe
of Roman Catholic, avows in this year Of grace. tina
he it is a normal state, justified by natural law an
his the law of God! But truth is mighty and wi
F. prevail. God will break the rod Of the oppressC
ted and let the oppressed 60 free. Let us confde
ms, Him. The wrath Of man will be made to prai
Him and the remainder He will restrain. What v
md know not now we shall know hereafter.
ian "God moves in q mysterious way,
His wonders to perform
'eu He plants his footsteps in the sea,
To- And rides upon the storm.
''er His purposes will ri2en fast,
Was Unfolding every hour;
tea Tho bud may have a bitter taste,
was But sweet will be the flower"
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