Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1846-05-29

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convened pursuant to adjournment.
The minutes of the last session were read
and approved.
Thomas Van Rensselaer, offered the follow
ing preamble and resolutions /:
Whereas, a crisis has arrived in the histo-
ry of this country, whether the spirit OF Lii
berty or the dark spirit of Slavery shall here
after rule this nation-and whereas, the Con-
%stitution Of the country, all the political par
tics, and the religion of the country are found
on the side Of Slavery, therefore
Resolved, That the only hope for the Stare,
and security to the Free, in this land, is found
in the American Anti-Slavery Society's De-
c~laration of mo UNION WITH SLAVE
HOLDERS"
"Resolved, That every man and woman
in the free States who refuses to cooperate
with this Society for the overthrow of this
Government, prove themselves to be on the
side of slavery.
They were supported by the mover, and
Parker Pillsbury. Henry Grew moved the
following Observation-Disclosures the word Go
vornment,'' in the second resolution, insert
the words 'by moral and pacific means only"
The amendment was supported by the Ino-
yer, and opposed by w. l.. Garrison, and 5.
S. Foster.
The amendment and resolutions were laid
upon the table, to give opportunity for Will
liam Lloyd Garrison, on behalf of the Bu-
siness Committee to report the following
Appeal {:
in appeal TO the Friends IF Jsstice, HumaHi-
ty, Peac: and Liberty, in The United Stafes'
A message from the President to Congress
announces to the country, that the United
States and Mexico are now at war, in conse-
ouaDca Of bostilitioc commnnce1 nc III is al
legged, on the part of the Mexican forces.
Reference is made in the message to /" the
long continued and unredrcssed wrongs and
injuries committed by the Mexican Govern
ment on citizens Of the United States, in
their persons and property = and 1t is decldr-
cd by the President, that d" we are called up
on, by every consideration Of duty and pa
triotism, to vindicate with decision the honor
tho rights and the interests of our country"
He "invokes the prompt action Of Congress
to recognize the existence Of the war, and to
place at the disposition of the Executive the
means of prosecuting the war with vigor."
Congress has promptly responded to the
call of the President, by the passage of a
bill, authorizing him to organize an army Of
volunteers not exceeding fifty thousand, and
appropriating the sum of ten millions of dol
lars to meet the expenses of the war.
What, under these circumstances, is the
duty of the friends of humanity, justice, peace
and liberty in the United Statesl
1t is not to adopt the profigate motto
"0UR COUNTRY, RIGHT OR WRONG" No
| party that is in the wrong, ought to be sus-
tanned or countenanced in ary manner, but
should be rebuked and left unaided.
This country is VIGOROUSLY, UNANIMOUSLY in
the wrong. Mexico is probably, indisputa-
bly, in the right. Here is a war strictly in
seif-dofence, and for self-preservation as a
free and independent republic. On the part
Of the American Government, it is a war of
aggression, of invasion, of conquest and I'd
pine-marked by ruffianism, pcrldy, and eve
ry other feature Of national depravation-and
waged solely for the detestable and horrid
purpose Of extending and perpetuating Anne
rican slavery throughout the vast territory of
Mexico.
The representation Of the President that
Mexico is the aggressor, finds an exact par
allel, as TO its v%eracity, in the fable Of the
wolf, who denounced and tore in pieces the
lamb that was drinking at the same stream
below him for muldying the water. 1t is
false and foul as the spirit Of evil can make
it. The world knows 1t 20 be so the coun-
try is conscious of its untruthfulncss the
President cannot be sincere in making ii.
Wrongs innumerable-wrongs of the most
aggravated character-wrongs which have
been submitted to with a forbearance uneX-
ampled in the history of nations-hlve been
inflicted upon Mexico by the United States,
for a long series of years, having for their OBJ
ject the ultimate extinction of that republic
because SHE TOLERATES NO SLAVE
ON HER SOIL
Texas, an immense and rightful portion of
her territory, was treacherously settled and
violently discovered by citizens of the United
States, and annexed to this country in fla
grant violation of the Constitution, against
the solemn circumstances of many of the
States, and to the eternal infamy of The Amc-
rican people.
Yet Mexico forbore to wage war with the
United States, on that account, though claim
ing for herself the right to do so at her option
to preserve her independence and defend her
sovereignty.
Finding that she remained passive, and de-
termined TO provoke her into hostilities, so
that a Pret5Xt might be found for making a
more extended seizure of her territory, the
United States troops We're ordered by the
Executive TO march to the very border Of the
Rio del Norte, far beyond the limits ever
known or recognized as a part Of Texas pro
per. Hostile batteries were erected directly
within range of Matamoras, and all the de-
monstrations of war made in the most wanton
r and aggravated manner. For refusing ang
I longer to be invaded and plundered with i'm
pnnity, the President of the United States
unblushingly declares that Mexico had de-
ciared war against us, and calls for her chas-
tlsement In The most summary manner =
This is the climax of fiction and brutality. il
has not been given to human reason to invent
or the human tongue TO utter lanrul1a adp-