Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1847-07-09

his no part Of the present object to 60 in
to detail, but simply to suggest that an i'm
menso growth Of manhood might be an,iei-
patcd from holding similar meetings in every
school house throughout Ohio, and iadecd IN
all the free States. There may always be those
present who can show the ascendancy Of tie
slave power in the general government, and
the position Of those who have no direct par
Iicipancy in perpetuating chattelIsm, but
whose feelings revolt at it. The crisis i'm
pef4tlyeiy calls upon us to look at the rela-
lion in its nakedness, which we sustain to
the vilest institution named in Earth's annals.
If free honest spirits will investigate the mat
ter in primary assemblies, they will enlight-
en- each other, increase self-fespect, generate
stimulus to the performance Of active duty,
and furnish an example that even the lethar-
gic will be ambitious to initiate. Light is
greatly needed at the present iuncture, and II
will shine more steadily, though it blaze less
brilliantly, by being elected from many minds.
Try it, fellow-citizens, and see when the far
mer, the manufacturer, the mechanic and the
laborer nave thrown their thoughts into com
mon stock, whether there will not be intel
lectual capital sufficient for all practical pur-
poses; and do not fail to observe that there
will be more harmony in the disposition TO
he made Of il than you could have believed.
If honest men, of common sense, understood
each other, d large fraction Of their present
opposition would fall of like autumn leaves.
Leave your isms Of every name at home, be
impressed with the conviction that you axe
each a man, and feel that your interests are
identical with all Of human kind.
A brief synopsis Of Ihe preamble and rcso-
~lutions offered, discussed and passed at the
meetings spoken OF, would be, that the leg
islation of the General Government, up TO
this time, has been a series Of violations OF
the plain letter of the preamble TO that insiru-
ment by which Congress processes TO be gui-
ded that their acts have neither established
Justice, promoted the general welfare, nor
secured the blessings of liberty but on the
contrary that they have enacted the death Of
thousands Of our fellow men, and the eXpen-
diture Of millions Of treasure in defiance Of
justice, in disregard Of the general welfare
for the sole and only purpose Of maintaining
and extending slavery, aud most Of this at
the cost of those who have a direct interest
in lis abolition. For these causes, and more
especially that even now a war is waging at
the slave demons behest, which if it were
not the most licked, has no parallel Tor mean
ness, the time has come to withdraw all aid
from those neldrious, murIerous doings, wash
our hands Of the ~iniquity, and show 10 the
world that we are not merely the prolessed,
but practical advocates Of liberty. Two res
o|lutions follow entire.
Resolved, That the reasons which actuatC
those who formed the Union, namely, "pro.
teclion from aggression abroad and civil wal
of our independence and freedom,'' should
operate with ten-iold force 10 induce the free
and prosperous North to sever the ligaturl
that binds to its back the loatdsome, purril
carcase Of slavery; that every sentiment o
honor, every dictate Of justice, every feeling
Of self-respect, imperious'y demand that We
should rid ourselves Of the expense, wasl
our hands Of the guilta and e~Xonerate ourselye,
from the odium of slavery.
Resolved, That veneration for the Unior
for its own sake, irrespective Of the benefits
derivable from it, is not only anti-republicaI
and irrational, but highly pernicious, as i
tends 10 engender and perpetuate abuses tina
otherwise might not have existed, or wou!,
soon terminate.
The prevailing idea amongst the ASSEMBLE
or the occasions referred TO, was, that the pub
lished proceedings Of primary meetings woul,
be preliminary to the calling of a general con
v%ention, that as early as possible there ma,
be efficient action. 1t is hoped that ii vii
claim attention commensurate with its vas
importance.