Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1849-09-08
Meeting at Berlin -DiScuSiOn with Free
Sellers.


grove Of Simon Meredith the day is bright,
and the scenery around lovely. We are
holding a meeting here, which began at 2
p. NJ, yesterday, and is 10 continue through
this day. A goodly number Of earnest spir-
its are present. You will learn from the fol-
lowing propositions and resolutions, which
have been discussed and adopted by this
gaiherine-a but two or three of them
without a dissenting voice what we have
been doing. They were offered TO the meet
ing, discussed and adopted as seD-evident rio
laiions Of fundamental morality:
To employ men 10 kill our fellow-beings at
our bidding and for our benefit; 10 hire our
selves out TO kill men at the bidding and for
the interest of our employers; 10 Engage to
obey others when they command US 10 do
what we think is wrong 10 surrender to 9TH
ers the right to decide for us what is true
and false in principle, or right and wrong in
practice to become, or 10 continue members
of any social organization in Church or State
in " hich we are pledged TO obey and help
execute the will of the majority 10 assume
ethe right TO say 10 our felluw-men what they
shall do, and TO punish them by fines, iu-
prisonment or death if they will not do as We
say to Sc, up our will asa law Of life TO 9TH
ers, and to punish them with death if they
resist the execution Of our will 10 do 10 9th.
ens what we are not willing they should do
TO us; to punish children because their pa
rents sinned TO get men, women and chill
dren into our power, and render them help
less, and then infict fortunes or death upon
them TO hold and use human beings as chat
tells to assume the right TO in1ict death on
man for any cause.
These propositions have been separately
discussed-some Of them earnestly and at
Justice and Equity; as opposed to that stand
ing, imtnutsble, infallible revelation Of the
Divine will which is The birlhright inheri-
lance of every human being, and which is
engraven upon our social nature by The finger
of God. Those who consent TO hold the Of
flee Of voters, under the L. S. Constitution,
and become members of this war-making'
slave.holding confederacy, cam to the rescue
in great earnest. Several Free Sellers were
earnest and persevering in their Efforts to dis
prove some of the above propositions, and TO
show that they could rightfully assume 10 ex-
ecute the office Of voter under the United
States Constitution. They admitted that
when they voted for Martin Van Buren,
they did vote for a government Of the ma
jority, and that il their candidate had been
successful, then they would have been
pledged TO help him execute the Constitu-
iion and Government as he and the party un-
lz.o.-,l ,Iopa L,t -, 49,, 90 l,f,,t,I
and the Wings succeeded, they we've not po-
HicaLy bound 10 help Old ZIch and his par
ty execute the government as they understand
il! Yet they said they voted for a govern
ment Of the majority and pledged themselves
10 obey, and help create it Can you faith
4om the depths Of Free Soil logic, or Free
Soil cunning and ,reachery! The w-ongs
above specified are so plain, so self-eVideht,
being could be found who would deny Them;
yet Free Sellers and all politicians, slave
holders and warriors and their advocates, TO
sustain themselves in their iniquItous posi-
tions, are obliged TO Rindicate them as right
and just, or to deny the existence Of %self.evi-
dent truths, and Of fixed principles Of justice
and right. 1t is said by one Free Soiler that
Giddings and Chase are babes in the mystic.
ries of Free Soilism. Who are the men ?'
it was asked. They could not, or would moi
tell.
The following resolutions were adopted, af.
ter discussion:
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evident wrongs, and whatever says that Ell
Their Of them is now, erer Was, (Jewish Wars,
or ever can be right, is a selt.evident false,
hood.
Resolved, That Wings, Democrats, Free
Soilers, and all who assume the Office Of vo
ter under the Constitution of the U. S., and
become members of this governmental con
federacy, pledge themselves to their slave
holding corfederates and to one another
a. that they will not give protection 10 Flu
gilive Slaves; (2) that they will not resis
Shareholders in their attempts 10 seize ant
convey back to whips and chains their runa
way slaves wherever they can find them
L3) that they will hold the slaves responsible,
TO their Government, while they give no pro
lection 10 their persons or property (4) tina
they never will eYer, their political power, a
members of The confederacy, TO abolish sla
very in the States; (5) that they will com
pei the slaves, on pain of death if they resis
by violence, to submit to whatever rapes
Iobberies and murders their masters, or an,
white man sees fit to perpetrate upon them
(6) that they will take the side Of The oppres
sor against the oppressed, and protect slave
holders against the i~nsulted, %scorned, oui
ragged victims of their Insts; % that the
will aid The confederacy to perpetrate all tn
cruelties and murders essential to war, when
ever their agents in Congress assemble
shall call upon them 10 do so.
Those who hold and execute the Office d
voters, think it outrageous that they shout
thus be held responsible for the above name