Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1849-10-13
THE BUGLE.
Convention at New Lyme,

CHAaRIN FALLS, Sept. 18, 1949.
DEAR FRIEND JOHNSON: Since we left
you, we have held two deeply interesting
Conventions, one at Youngstown, the other
at New tyme-the latter closing OIL Sunday
afternoon, with a flood-tide of Anti-Slavery
enthusiasm. The following were a part of
the Resolutions discussed-H. G. Wright
and myself on one side, and sundry Free
Soil men OH the other;
1. Resolved, That the Union of these
States is, at best, a Confederacy of honest
men with the worst of thieves and robbers,
to promote honesty and domestic %tranquill-
ty-an association with the bloodiest oppres-
sors and tyrants, TO secure Equality and
Freedom-recogniZing men as fit to make
laws and to hold office, who are deserving
only of the eXecration and dread of all hui
man society.
2. Resolved, That the Constitution ofthese
States was, and is, a deliberate conspiracy
against human liberty; binding every voter,
law-makcr and law eXecutioner TO the sup
port and approval of man-stcaling, murder,
and oil the crimes and concomitants of Sla-
very, and to a iull participation in whatever
conquest, war, or other injustice the system
may utiiidIu " lS SuFECAt ohu Wis ~
the hand OF the government.
8. Resolved, That allegiance to, or volun-
tary support OF, such a government, either
by voting or holding Office III it, even lor the
hope OF pretension OF changing it, is an out
rage upon justice and humanity, a rebellion
against the moral government of the Uni
verse, of which no honest, enlightened man
will be guilty for one single hour.
4. Resolved, That a Church or Ministry
that reviles and contemns the Anti-Slavery
Movement, while it welcomes TO its elnbra'
ces and fellowship those conciaves OF bapti
zcd mon-stealers at the South, who proies:
u similar faith, is a scandal and libel TO tho
very name of Goodness and Truth, ant
should be held and treated as the most dan
gerous foe TO the oppressed, as well as th'
whole family OF man.
{. Resolved, That the abolition Of Shaver,
IS 20 be accomplished not by the prayers q
sectalisn Churches, nor by the ballots o
political parties, but by that change and rem
ovation III the public sentiment which Cal
only be produced by the faithful proclama
ton Of Anti-SluveIy truth.
l nave time to notice but one fact. Yor
know the Free Soil party has never nomina
ted a single candidate for office who doe
uOt plONiGlln IiibStL ituNN " vail Jul Va
Martin Van Buren, said,) "what are called Ii
Compromises Of the Constitution" The
wouldn't dare nominate any other. To d
so, would be the suicide of the party.
And yet, at all our meetings, the fossil r
mains of the old Liberty party, who are fon
peryfed among Free Soil Wings and DEM
Gratis, insist Oh boring the audience with the
notions about the ANTI-SLAvERY charact,
of the Constitution; as if they were of Il
least consequence in the world, or as if Il
Free Soil party, as such, wouldn't laugh
the stupidity, or despise the dishonesty wi
which such views are at this day set fort
These men read to us long and learned arg
ments TO show the meaning of the DISPUTE
clauses, and then go invariably and We
for men who scarcely make a speech,
write a letter, without proclaiming most u
equivocally their readiness to comply wi
all the demands of Slavery, as defined a
determined by the Supreme Court of the
tied States. Are such men honest, think yo
The Free Soil party will find their IN;
rage with such a bride a most unfortuni
speculation, for the course they pursue
creases our discussion upon the merits of
party tenfold, and aids us greatly in info
ing its character. The Free Soil Wings a
Democrats are, at least, honest in their vie
of the Constitution, and consistent in til
willingness TO comply with its demands.
But the old Liberty party men insist on
opposite construction as tenaciously as
they cared enough about it to vote for m
who do not spurn it altogether.
After the New Lyme Convention on 81
day, | rode to Jefferson, and lectured to