Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1849-10-06

believers. Let them be the true soldiers, who
shall take up The cross of Christ. What cross
do the nominal Christians of the day take up?
Let them bless the land, and honor them
selves before God, by receiving the whole
faith of Anti-Slavery, and e~nlisting with that
band whom God shall make mighty to pull
down the strongest holds of sin. Coveting
earnestly for you all the best gifts, | remain,
Your fellow-servant and ~co-worker,
SAMUEL MAY, Jr.
From John Smith, Of TrumbM County.
To The Convention Of .4nti- Sldrery Young Men
and Women Of Ohio:
GENTLEMEN AND LADIES: In reading the
call for your Convention, | came to the fol-
lowing sentence: We do not 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 are included
in this class, only expressing the hope that
they will be extremely liberal toward them
selves in settling so delicate a question:
Now in settling this question in the highest
possible extreme of liberality towards my
self, ! readily, though cheerfully, come to the
conclusion that my grey hairs exclude me
from a Convention of young gentlemen and
ladies'. But, being DESTROYS of the success of
immediate emancip ation-wishing to cheer
you on in this glorious cause of love and phi
lanthropy-being encouraged by a remark in
your Conventional call which saws, "Devo-
ton to Truth, an earnest and ever-increasing
love for the Right will preserve the soul in
perennial youth, though the body may wear
the marks of age,"|I determined to be with
you, if not in body, yet i'll heart and in mind.
In the exercise of the privilege of perennial
youth, conferred OH an old man for his devo-
ton to Truth, | ask leave to present to your
consideration, for discussion and adoption by
the Convention, if they Judge proper, the fol-
lowing resolution, viz:
RESOLVED, That the object of this Conven-
tion-to wit, the immediate abolition of A.
merican Slavery-can never be accomplish
ed but by moral and b,oodLeSS means.
If this resolution comes before the Con-
v%ention, / wish to make the following brief
remarks:
Mr.. President: The abolition of slavery
the object specified by the resolution now be-
fore the Convcntion-can never be accom-
plished but by means moral-bloodLeSs.
L remark, LIST, Slavery is an evil that has
its seat in, and is sustained entirely by, the
depravity and corruption of the moral senti-
ment of the people, whose consent is the ac-
knowledged governing power of the nation.
Their understandings must be enlightened
and their con%sciences recuscitated. The in
dividuals who compose the nation must be
brought to act, in their associated capacity,
under the influence of their individual respon-
sibilities. The moral sentiment of the peo-
pie must be changed. If slavery could be
abolished without the consent of the people,
or against their will, how long would it con-
tinue so?
I'd. The resolution under consideration is
substantiated by historical facts. The Refor-
nation under Martin Luther was a moral
and religious enterprise for the recovery of
the rights of the people; and so long as it
was kept on its own basis-so long as truth
and error were allowed fair play, and free
combat and free public discussion were kept
tup, the reformation progressed but as soon
as an appeal was made to arms, Truth fled.
The subject of the controversy was compro-
missed, and so the work of reformation in this
form ceased.
Take another series of historical facts-The
american Revolution. The nation had be-
come so far enlightened in moral science as
to discover and put forth to the world the
great self-evident proposition, that all men,
as their natural born inheritance, were enti-
tied to life, liberty and the pursuit of happi-
ness. This declaration was put forth as u
kind of national pledge, marking the course
1t designed to pursue in its future progress.
In the struggle for Freedom the nation ap-
pealed to arms. After a long and bloody
war, the American people obtained their In
dependence. But in the formation ofa gov
eminent, their moral power had fallen far be-
low zero, as the effect of war, and II change
of position. They compromised their dec
l%aration of inalienable rights, and sacrificed
the acknowledged liberties of millions of
their brethren TO the Union and Constitution
of the United States. What they had gained
in physical strength and martial prowess,
they had lost in integrity and moral courage.
In farther confirmation of the position of
our resolution, / might call O u attention to
those revolutions which at the present time
convulse almost the entire population of Eu-
rope. What if O'Connell had lived, and his
party been true to their principles of blood
less reform? What if the Pope of Rome had
continued true TO genuine peace measures?
What if the Olive Leaf of France had flour
ished as the green-bay tree ?
But l forbear to trespass OF your time, and
will make but one remark more; and leave
to ADLER and more interesting speakers. In
the formation of the Federal Government,
Slavery became an ingredient in the organic
laws of the land. The Declaration of indie
pendence-the national pledge TO support the
freedom and inalienable rights of all men
was compromised for the Union and Constitu-
ton. Here, then, | can put my finger def
nitely on the very evil, and its origin, for the
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