Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1845-11-21
During the tendency ofwhich the meeting

During the tendency ofwhich the meeting
adjourned.
10th month, 18th.
Met according to adjournment, the Presi
dent in the chair.
After reading the journal of the preceding
slttlngs, the business committee produced the
following resolutions:
whereas, 1t is a self evident proposition,
that those who traffic in the products of any
system that is carried on for the sake of gain,
and those who purchase for their own use, tho
products of such a system, are the supporters
thereof, and the partakcrs with those who car
ry 1t on, in its wickedness, if it be a wicked
system,
therefore, Resolved, That those who thus
traffic In and consume the products of slave
ry, willingly and understandingly, are partak-
ers with the shareholders in their wickedness
and will be held responsible at the bar of
strict and impartial justice.
Resolved, That in practice, it would be
better for the slaves, for abolitionis,s to pur-
chase them, and under a more mild treatment,
to use their labor to produce those articles
which are the products of their toll, than to
pay the heartless and cruel tyrant for extort-
ing that labor under a system of suffering
and privation unparalleled and indescribable.
Resolved, That under these considerations,
We are confirmed in the belief, that this por-
ton OF the antl-slavery enterprise, to wit: alb
stinence from the products of the slaves toll,
is OF momentous Importance, and calls impe-
rlously for the careful and prayerful consid.
Grafton of every one who processes to be an
abolltlonist, lest while he is condemning the
Shareholder, his own hands and arments be
found dripping with the blood of the slave.
Which on motion Of S. s.. Foster were laid
on the table to give him an opportunity of in
Producing the following, which were also laid
on the table.
Resolved, That the only appropriate work
of abolitionists, is the overthrow of slavery,
by exposing the wickedness and impolicy Of
the system, aud bearing a faithful testimony
against all who uphold it, either in social,
political or ecclesiastical relations; and hence
this Society cannot allow its influence and
funds to be used by its official representatives
to build up any religious sect or political par.
ty, under any preteYt whatever, without a
manifest departure from its appropriate sphere
OF labor, and a gross violation of the faith viz
tually pledged to all its members.
Resolved, That the Constitution of tho
United States, on the most liberal principles
OF interpretation, obviously contains a series
OF guarantees for the protection of slavery in
all those States where it exists by the author
ity of the State Legislatures, and that who
ever takes an oath to support the Constitutes
swears to fulfil these guarantees sin the full
ness of their spirit, and to the exactness of
their letter." therefore,
Resolved, That no abolitionist can CON-
sistently hold any office which requires an
oath or Affirmation to supportth United Sta ties
Constitution, or vote for another to hold such
office; but it is the imperious duty of tho
friends of Freedom to unite in demanding tho
Immediate abrogation of the Union, as the
most consistent, feasible and efficient means
oil freeing our country from the curse of sla.
very. The report Of the b lsiness committee
was taken from the table and discussed; it
was then adopted without a dissenting voice.
The resolutions introduced by S. S. Fos-
ter were taken from the table, and the first
one discussed, and on motion, laid On the ia
BILE.
The meeting then adjourned till 3 O'Clock
this afternoon.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The Presidents and Vice Presidents being
absent, Jonathan Unthank was called to the
chair.
The second and third resolutions of S. S.
Foster were'taken up and discussed, by E.
nos Adamson, Hiram Mendenhall, Samuel
Brooke, and Stephen S. Foster in the affirm.
alive, and by ID Stanton, ]. Huddlestone.
and j. Il. Williams in the negative; when on
motion of Dr.. Stanton, the meeting adjourn
ed, sine die.
D. WORTH, President.
n 4 STANTON Secretaries.