Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1846-09-25
Mr.. Garrison in England.

pondenI in England.-[ED.
Mr.. Garrison in England.
To the friends and subscribers 10 w. l.,
Garrison'S mission to Great Britain.
Generous and devoted Abolitiunists of A.
mtri.a!
The cherished champion of the cause o
the oppressed, whom your libsrality has as.
sisted 10 tread once again the shores of this
country, is amongst us. We thank you fol
the privilege you have enlbled us to enjoy
BE assured that your generosity and selfde.
NAL will be richly rewarded by the results o.
his presence. and labors on thrse shores. AL
ready Mr.. Garrison has accomplished a great
and good work, and a wide and promising
field is yet before him.. Mr.. Garrison landed
at Liverpool during the evening of Friday,
the 3lst uItimo. On the evening of Monday,
the Sd instant, he reached London, and was
met at the railway station by George Thomp-
son, whose guest he became during his So
iourn in the metropolis. He was well en-
ployed during the week in conversinr with
persons from various parts of the United
Kingdom, and III attending social parties ev-
cry evening.
At ten o'clock on Monday morning, the
18th instant, about fifty friends, Of both SEX
cs, met Mr.. Garrison in one of the rooms OF
the Crown and Anchor Tavern, Strand, 10
consider the propriety Of promoting the form
alton Of an association, auxiliary TO the Amer
lean Anti-Slavery Society. The Chair was
ably filled by James llaughion. Esq. of
Dublin. The Rev. Joshua V. Hines, Hem
~ Clapp, II. C. Wright, and Frederick
Douglass were among those present. Mr..
Garrison entered into a most lucid and in-
structive detail of the progress of the Anti
S1,yory, ,,,oo l., H.. IT.;,oI O,.,o, -. A..
period when the banner of Immediate Enan-
clpation was unfurled, in 1881, to the adop-
ton Of the present ~rallying cry Of the aboli-
ton host, No union With slaveholders."-
His address, though long, was listened to
with profound attention. Mr.. Hines follow
cd, In an eloquent speech, In the course Of
which he iearlessIy unveiled the State of the
American churches, and paid a glowing,
heartfelt, and just tribute TO the stPadfastneSs
81 the American Anii-SIavery Society, and
the unwavering c0nstAnry and rare sagacity
OF lis beloved Pfesidrnt-Mr. Garrison. MI.
Cl.pp rose, and in a cautious style, and con-
cllIhtory tone, said a good word for the LIB
ERTY PARTY, stating at the same time his
own inability to JOIN their movement. Mr..
Garrison then took tue floor~again, md, in a
few sentences, which will never be forgotten
by those No listened III them, disposed alike
OF The patty vindichted, ana their vindIc itor.
The latter, he described as one Of the most
%virulent opponents of the Massachusetts Anti
Slavery Society, aud warned all present
agains; receiving his testimony on the subject
Of the comparative character and efficiency of
protesting American AbOlitionisis.
George Thompson rose, and in an ANNA
ted speech, denounced the conduct Of the
British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society, in
reference 10 the AMERICAN Anti-Slavery So
ciety, and the persons prominently connected
with 1t. lie reviewed the proceedings of the
Convention oil l3l0-the subsequent %prnnul-
CATION Of anonymous AMI attrncinus libels
against the character of w. l.. Gtuison-
the refusal of that society to publish a reply
70 the statement Of the new orglnizltion Par
~, and concluded by an ernest eyhortation
TO all assembled t. lend their aid to that body
that, s%purning compromise, and welcomin! to
their platforms all who loved the slave in sin
certify, had held on their way without faltef-
ing and without fear to tho present time.
Mr.. Clap1 retired, and the meeting adjourn
ed at h~aIf-plSt thres, to meet again at six,
leaving a committee to prepare The draft of ID
preamble aud constitution for a new associa-
ton, 10 be submitted for adoption in the even.
ing.
On the re-assemhling Of the meeting, Mr..
Thompson reported the following, as the
name, Constitution, object, anil principles Of
IL new association, which WIS unanimously
adopted:
AN rI-SLAVERY LE\AUE. -CONSTI-
TUITION AND OBJECT.
Whereas there are in the United States of
America three millions of the human race
held in chains and Slavery, By a power
which sacriIegiousIy nsurps the proprietary
-. Z H., r.a,t,.. al ,.kN~o,a tLasa .br,o
millions OF slaves, in their utter helplessnsss
and degradation, mako their appeal TO the
friends Of humanity throughout the world /;
and wherels the cause of humanity is not
bounded by eouniry or cline, nor moral obi
cations and duties eircumscr,bed by geogra-
phicai limitations or governmental ~restric-
lions; and whereas the God Of the oppress-
ed, who hath never left lin sell without wit
ness, hath raised up for the slave population
of thu United States, friends who are nobly
ard faithfuily struggling to obtain liberty for
the U~as.ive, BY the prosecution Of moral and
peaceful ueasures;-
Therefore, we, the undersigned, DESTROYS
Of showing SSr remembrance OF those in
bonds, as bound with them" anu believing
that we can essentially serve the Cause OF
those in bondage by acting with the uncom-
promising Abolilionists who compose the
:'American Anti-Slavery Society,"" do agree
TO form ourselves into an Association, to be
called the "Anti.S Slavery League" based ur-
on the following principles:-
Art. /. That slaveholdlng is, under all cir
cnmstances, a sin of the deepest dye, and
ought to be Immediately abandoned.
Art. 2. That the members of this League
shall consist of all persons subscribing to the
foregoing principle without respect to coun-
try, complexion, or religious or political
creeds.
Art. 8. That the sole object Of this League
shall be the overthrow. by means exclusively
moral and peaceful, of Slavery in every land
but with special reference 10 tho system nov
existing in the United Statos.