Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1846-07-24

tall OF our coadJntors. we feel a deep and last
Ing interest; and whereas. Rev. CHARLES
L. TURKEY, in obeying the dictates which
he believed reason and reasons Sod had riy-
en- him, has by the ruthlessness Of Southern
tree-booters been seized as a captive. ON a
charge of having assisted some slaves TO cs-
cape to a land of liberty; and. having by a
Maryland process called ig1c, been condemn
ed to remain for six years within the dingy
walls Of a prison; and whereas, within those
walls and away from home, he has died a
martyr 10 our cause-the.Ff
Reso'red. That by his active and untirinr
efforts. and subsequent self-sacr;fce upon the
altar, Rev. Charles i. Torrey has shown his
true devotion to the cause Of down-troddpn
humanity, proving himself worthy Of the Pill
grim's 'home,' and of a resting place amoDg
the graves of pilgrim sires.
Resolged, That while we feel the made
quacy of language to express the sentiments
that burn In our souls in their behalf. we Of
fer to the afflicted wife ami children of the
lamented Torrey, our tenderest sympathy, our
deepest feeling, and our most respectful re-
gard, and commend them 10 the protection of
the God of the oppressed. and to his care who
ia a father to the latherless, and the widows
Cod
Res0fved, That while we have sympathized
IN the sullerings Of a Work. a Burr, and a
Thompson, incarcerated within the walls Of
a MISSOURI prison, and others in a similar sit
uation; and in the noble stand and noble fall
OF a Lovejoy upon the plains of Alton; with
the branded hand of a Walker in the ever
glades of Florida; and in the glorious MARTYR
death Of a Torrey by MARYLAND law and in a
Maryland prison; and while in it we see the
Legitimate workings out Of ancient aristocracv
and disregard OF the rights Of humanity. we
rejoice to see the crisis of our cause approach
ing, and the dawning of that brighter dav
which will surely follow.
ReSolred, That Governor Pratt, of Mary
land, in spurning the petition Of Mrs. Torrey,
that her husband might breathe his last among
his native hills, when it was evident to all
that his life would be enlrd in "A few DAYS.
and perhaps hours !; while the same Govern
or, under less urgent circumstances, could set
at liberty a counterfeiter at the request of his
wife whom he had before desertc d, has shown
himself guilty of a base i~servility to the de-
mon of slavery, and WORTHY of the Just repro
baton of every AmericaS, whether bond or
free.
ResolreF, That however discouraeinr the
circumstances Of our case may become, how
many socver Of us or others may fall, we will
not despond, but trusting in God. press for.
ward in the full assurance that if = hereditary
bondmen would be free, themselves must
strike the blow"
Resolred. That the spirit which has actu.
ated Mr.. Torfey and his conductors for the
good of our cause, in disregarding illegal en-,
actments and positive lawlessness, in defence
of the rightand opposition to the wrong, shall
not be nnimitatcd, but we, each to each. pledge
ourselves anew to stand firmly in the confic
until death.
After discussion of the above. it was voted
that a copy Of the above resolutions be for
warded to Mrs. Torrcy, and also to Governo
Pratt, of Maryland.
Voted, That the following papers he re
q%uestcd to publish the above: The Obcrli.
Evangelist, Cleveland American, Plttsburs
Mystery, Cincinnati Herald. Colored Citizen
Anti-Slavery Rugle, Western Citizen, Sigma
Of Liberty, The Liberator, n. Y. Evangelist
and all other papers friendly to the cause
After which, the meeting adjourned.
SABRAM b. COX, Chairman.
LAWRENCE w. Minor, Secretary.
Oberlin, June 3, 1916.