Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1847-06-18

The resolutions under consideration at the
time Of Adjournment were further discussed
10y Seth Sprague, J. Elizabeth Jones, Of Ohio,
Henry Watson, of Mississippi, II. Grew, ADD
din %lallou. J. -. Sanderson, Thomas Will
liams, VIM. l.. Garrison, and Edmund Quin-
cy.
Resolution No. : adopted.
Adjourned 10 meet at =! o'clock.
AFrERSooN SESSION.
Met pursuant 20 adjournment, Francis Jack
son in the chair.
The resolutions before the Convention were
further discussed by Vim. w. Brown. G..
w. +. Mellen, Theodore Parker, Caleb Stet-
son, ana Lucretia Mott.
Adjourned to meet at u o'clock.
Evening SESSION.
Convention met agrceably to adjournment,
Edmund Quincy in the chair.
The series of resolutions, Nos. l, 3, 4, were
unanimously adopted.
Mr.. Phillips presented the following roso-
luton at the request of William West:
Resolved, That ciattel slavery, like wages
slavery, is part of the organic law of the land
that il never can be peaceably abolished un-
I'll that law has been changed by the legisla-
tive action of the legally qualified voters of
the States in which slavery exists. and that
TO secure this action, it is the duty of aboli-
llonisis, first of all, TO unite the cause OF the
chattel slave wlti that of the wages slave;
aud to seek the liberation of both by the same
means-nalrely, the redemption Of the soil
Jrom The grasp q. The mOnopOHsis.
Negatived by a nearly unanimous vote.
The annexed resolution from the business
committe WAS unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That this Convention marks
with Joy the progress of the cause as indica-
ted by the increasing success Of the EdzGdF
for thirteen successive years, and earnestly
urges the necessity of auxiliary efforts, that
every section of the country may be repre-
scented at the fourteenth Bazaar, 10 open on
Christmas week next.
Mr.. Garrison, chairman Of the business
committee, presented the subjoined resoft!
ton, which was unanimously adopted:
Whereas, Since the last Anniversary of
this Convention, that great and iIIustrious pi-
oneer in the cause Of emancipation, Thomas
GARRISON, has been removed TO a higher and
nohler sphere of existence, from the labors
and sacrifices of more than three score years (;
therefore,
Resolved. That while we cannot mourn
that the venerable Clarkson has fallen like a
ShVSh ~ WI 'hiS itNs We Ntollt " Ca
press the deep sense we entertain, in COM
mon with the friends of freedom throughout
the world, of his eminent services, and to
feel how large a vacancy rcmanins 10 be fill
ed in the anti-slavery ranks, by the depar-
ture Of so untiring and intrepid a leader in
the moral war against the powers of dark
ness.
The following resolution was introduced
by l.. Moody.
Whereas, George n. Briggs. Governor of
this Commonwealth, was the first man in the
State to volunteer his services to carry on the
war against Mexico;
And whereas, He, the said Geo. n. Briggs,
has recently signed the resolves of the Legis-
%Iature, declaring That the present war with
Mexico has its primary origin in the uncon-
siiiUii0nai annexation to the United States of
the foreign State of Texas; that it was uncon-
stitutionally commemorative ii is now wa
2 ged for the dismcmberment of Mexico, with
, the object of extending slavery-that it is
; : hateful in its objects, wanton, unjust, and
unconstitutional in its origin and character
and must be regarded as a war against
freedom. against humanity, against justice,
against the Union, against the Constitution
and against the free States : therefore,
Resolved, That he has not only admitted,
but fully and officially endorsed the truth of
the charges made against him at the last New
England Convention, declaring that in send
ing forth his proclamation for the people of
Massachusetts to volunteer to carry on the
war against Mexico, he was perjured on his
own principles and "a traitor by his own
showing
The following resolutions from the busi-
ness committee, were offered by VIM. L.. Gar.
rlson
Resolved, That the exclusion Of Frederick
Douglass from the cabin Of the British Steam.
: ship Cambria on account of his complexion,
r demonstrates the widespread influence of the
spirit Of American Slavery-a spirit which,
4 e%Xaldng itself above all that is called God,
aspires to bring under its impious control, all
laws, institutions and customs.
Resolved, That the universal expression
of establishment, disgust, and Indignation
!, which this proscriptive act has called on
from the press Of England, and from all class
J, es of society in that country, not only exone
!, rates the British people from all participation
in it, but reflects The highest credit on thei
promptness to disavow a procedure which
while in this land Of boosted liberty and equal
ny it would he justified and applauded by a
d overwhelming majority of even the ~professe
followers of Christ, they justly regard wit
adherence.
t. Resolved, That in the assurance given t
the public, by Mr.. Cunard, that mo one ca
regret more than he does, the unpleasant eli
cumstances respecting Mr.. Douglass pas
~ sage and that nothing of the kind will agaiI
O. take place in the steamships with which HI
e is connected we have a whitening rebuk,
given TO that vulgar prejudice against color
w. ed complexion, which prevails so extensivel,
~ in the United States to the disgrace of gu
" Christian profession.
Resolved, That the thanks OF the friend
n of social, civil, political and religious liberty