Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1849-09-15
CALL FOR A CONVENTION
OF THE
Anti-SlavCry Young Men and Women Of Ohio.

In compliance with the earnest wish Of a
very large number Of Abolhionisis, and, as
they believe, in perfect accordance with the
feelings Of the whole body Of their consiitu-
ents, the Executive Committee Of the Vest
eTn Anti-Slavery Society have determined to
call a Convention of the Anti Slavery Young
Men and Women of Ohio and the under
signed have been appointed a Committee Of
Arrangements, TO designate the place where
and the time when the Convention shall be
held, and TO issue the necessary Call. In
the discharge Of the duty thus assigned US,
we now give notice that the Convention will
be holden at BERLIN, Nahoning County,
on the 2lst, 22d, and 23J days Of September
next; commencing at . o'clock, p. NJ, on
Friday, and closing on Sunday, The time
and place thus named have been designated
after a careful consideration by the Commit
tee Of tue various interests and circumstances
which ought TO control their judgment, and
Of the State for their hearty concurrence in
their decision. berlin is central in its posi-
ton, easy Of access at all points, and The
friends Of the cause there are not only able,
but will esteem it a privilege, to extend their
hospitality to those who may attend the Con-
v%ention. The time fixed upon, it is thought
is not so early as to interfere essentially with
the labors Of the farmers, nor so late as 10
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grove or tent.
The Young Men and Women of Ohio,
who believe Slavery TO be a Sin against God
and an outrage upon Humanity that Imme-
date Emancipation is the Right Of the Slave
and the Duty of the Master who recognize
the Bondman as a Man and a Brother, and
acknowledge their obligation to employ all
rightful means to procure his freedom are
earnestly invited, without regard to their
views upon other subjects, and without dis
~tinction Of sect or color, TO attend this Con-
vention. But while Young Men and w.
men are specially invited, and while it is an
t~icipated that they will take the lead in the
proceedings, let it not be for a moment sup
posed that the Convention is 10 be exclusive
n its spirit, nor that the Fathers and the
Youth will not be alike welcome. The age
Of the Phiianthropist is not measured so
much by years, as by the degree of hopeful
ness, elasticity Of spirit, and vigor of soul
which he may exhibit in the conflict with
Wrong. Devotion to Truth, an earnest and
ever-increasing love for the Right, will pre-
serve the soul in perennial youth. though the
body may wear the marks of age; while
on the other hand, the spirit defled by selfish
ness and inhumanity, however young, is
doomed to premature decrepitude and imbe-
cility. We do not, therefore, refer TO any
precise or exclusive numerical standard when
we speak of Young Men and Women,
but would leave individuals TO determine for
themselves whether or not they ale included
in this class, only expressing the hope that
they will be extremely liberal toward them
selves in settling so delicate a question.
1t is the desire of the Committee that this
should be the largest and most spirited Con-
%vention ever held in Ohio. Let the Young
Men and Women, and all others whose hearts
are enlisted in the cause of the Slave, come
together in a spirit of harmony and fraternity,
with a fixed determination to adhere TO Truth
and Right at all hazards, TO resist alike the
wiies Of a corrupt State and the s~orceries of a
false Church, and in the strength of God TO
stand firmly and fearlessly upon the rock of
PRINcIPLE, and wage an unrelenting war
against the monster Sin of our land, and upon
all the unholy bulwarks that surround it. mo
Compromise with Slavery or its abeltors-no
temporizing or halfway measures-no doing
of Evil that Good may come,'-should be the
motto Of the Abolitionists now, when so ma
ny are led astray by a false and delusive Ex~
pediency. Perseverance, Fidelity, and a
Courage which no obstacles can appal, are
virtues which they should sedulously cnlti-
vate, if they would stand approved of God as
co-workers with him in the great cause of
Human Freedom. True to Principle as the
needle 10 the pole, every Abolilionist should
be able to say, not hoastfully, but in all good
conscience,
"Tm constant as the Northern Star,
fwhose t~rue-ixed and resting quality
There is no fellow in the ornament"
In this spirit alone, friends of the Slave
can we hope 10 conquer. Come, then, from
your fields and your workshops, from your
hills and wales, and forest-homes come with
one heart, swayed by a common and glorious
impulse, and let us lift up before the world a
Testimony for Truth and Justice, which
shall carry dismay to the hearts of tyrants aud
their a%belters, and fill the souls of the ensls-
we'd with joy and exultalion.
OhUsr johnson, Sarah Coates,
Joel Mcmillan, J. Elisabeth Jones,
James BdrnaLy, Sally b. Gore,
nnrih L EnHrrenh MurnnreI HiSe.