Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1849-08-18
Great Meeting In Marlboro.

The Convention at Marlboro commenced
on Saturday, at 2 o'clock, p. NJ, in the Hall
at the Village. The audience was larger
than had been anticipated for the first meet
ing. LEWIS MoReAN was appointed Chair
man. Henry G. Wright, Edward Brooke,
Marius Robinson, and others. took part in the
discussion Of resolutions involving issues of
the highest importance.
On Sunday morning, not less than 1000
assembled in Edward Brooke's Grove, half a
mile North of the Village. The day was
beautiful, and il was interesting to see the
multitude gathering under a common impulse
from the East, West, North and South, TO do
battle in the cause Of Freedom and Humane
ny. Great disappointment was felt on ac-
count Of the absence Of Parker Pillsbury and
Samuel Brooke, butthe explanations we were
able to give were entirely satisfactory. Hen
gyC. Wright, Truman Case, ]. F. Smalley,
William Steadman, VIM. McLain, Gree
Soiler,) oliver johnson, and others, took part
in the discussions. A more interested audi
ence il has never been our privilege to ad-
dress, and we believe that we speak the uni
versal sentiment Of the friends Of the cause
who were present when W. say, that the
meeting made a highly salutary impression.
Principles of transcendant importance were
explained and enforced, and the people were
made TO see and feel their responsibility to
God and the Slave.
AZ aso- H. xa.o1x,tane x,biab
adopted with great u%nanimity, and which
will exhibit the points so earnestly discussed,
as well as illustrate the spirit of the meeting.
l. RESOLVED, That Slavery is opposed to
the Constitutional Law of Human Nature,
and that no positive enactments or arbitrary
commands, given in dreams, visions, prophe-
cies, miracles, immediate revelations or d.
rect inspiration, can authorize its existence
under any circumstances.
Q. Resobed, That if there be any passages
in the Bible that sanction slavery, or which
assert that slaves owe any service or obedi-
ence 10 their masters. euch passages sane
ton injustice and falsehood, and should be
rejected The same as if they were found in
any other book.
3. RESOLVED, That the being who can justi-
fly or approvingly tolerate the existence of
slavery, and who is worshiped as God by
slsveholde4s and their abettors, is a demon of
injustice and cruelty, and not the just and low
ing Father Of men, and he ought to be SO
spoken of and treated by all who reverence
the true God Of justice and love, and who
seek the purity, peace and elevation Of man.
kind.
4. Res. That there is but one way to abolish
slavery in the United States; i. e. by superse-
ding a pro-slavery church and government by
al Anti-SlayeIy public sentiment, TO be cre-
ated, not by political machinery, but by NOR
nj suasion ; therefore il is the duty Of aboli-
%tionists TO direct their entire energies TO array
the moral sentiment Of the nation against this
complicated, though legalized and baptized
i%niquity.
s. Res. That, SO long as Chattel Slavery
continues in this nation, it must necessarily
exist wherever the jurisdiction Of the U. 5.
Constitution and government exist.
6. Res. That Chat,el Slavery exists in
Ohio, and that, too, by the authority Of the
supreme law of the State; inasmuch as
Ohio recognizes the Federal Constitution as
its supeeme law; and inssmuch as when a
slave enters the State he does not BY that act
become free and iAasmaeh as The people of
Ohio are, at any moment, liable 10 be seized
as chaItel slaves, carried oat Of the State,
fetiered. whipped, held and used as slaves an
other States; and Ohio has voluntarily sur
rendered her power to preventher citizens from
such ouirsges.
WHEREAS, a project is now being matured
TO annex the Canadas TO the u. States ;
therefore
2. Res. That 20 annex The Csnadas to this
RepDblic, and bring them under the jurlsdic-
ton of the Federal constitution and govern
ment, would be detrimental to the cause Of
human freedom and a curse to mankind /; in
aen1ch as it would convert 400 600 square
miles Of territory, now free, into a hunting
ground fo< shareholders; and deprive the peo-
pie Of those regions of the power to protect
fugitive slaves from the grasp Of republican
kidnsppers. and expose them TO be seized,
transported, held. chained and scourged as
chattel slaves, and enlist their physical ener-
gies on the side Of oppression against the
oppressed.