Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1849-08-11
Great Meeting at North Benton.
NORTH BENroN, Aug. s, ls4g,

FRIEND JOHNSON ! am just come from a
meeting in a Grove, just outside the pretty
village of North Benton. More than 1000
people have been present all day. The meet.
ing began yesterday, Saturday, at 2 P. M
some 500 were present, and we continued
The meeting last evening in a school-house.
Two resolutions were offered at the open.
ing of the meeting, the substance Of both Of
which is comprised in the following:
Resolved, That Slavery and War are wrong,
and that no power is competent to make ell
'her oil them right under any circumstances.
The afternoon and evening of yesterday
were entirely occupied in discussing The Sla-
very question. Is any power competent to
make its existence right for one hour? Can
any circumstances make it RICH, to aid, or 10
swear, or vote to sustain il for one moment
The Constitution and the Bible were present.
ed, and the question asked, Are either Of
these competent to make it right TO ~enslave
men, or 10 vote or swear 10 ~enslave them -
The Free Sellers come forward with the Bal
LOT Box as the only God ordained means TO
abolish slavery f; and take the ground that it
is a right and duty to vote for the right TO en-
slave men in order to get power 10 abolish
slavery and that there is no way TO free the
millions of American slaves except by voting
and swearing to continue them in slavery!-
Such is and ever has been the moral philoso-
ply of Free Sellers.
They talked a deal about changing the
Constitution, yet confessed tina, this was no
part OF the policy Of the party, and never
could be done till three fourths ofihe States are
converted, By moral %suasion. to Anti. Slavery.
They held up the Ballot Box as the onlv
means 10 abolish Slavery ; yet declared that
the Ballot was only one way of expressing
an Anti-Slavery opinion, previously formed,
by moral Suasion! Then they admitted that
there is not and cannot be a foo, of FREE soil
under The jurisdiction of this government, ill
Slavery is abolished, the Constitution chang
ed, or the Union dissolved by Morai Suasion;
that there is not and cannot be a spot over
which the Constitution spreads its blighiing
power, where a slave can set his foot and saw,
l am free, and where the slave.hunter cannot
pursue and take him. Free Soil! The name
is, and ever must be, a lie when applied 10
any spot of earth under the jurisdiction of
this government.
Then the Sectarians rallied 10 the support
OF the doctrine that whatever the Bible saws
Is right, rs right; that if the Book sanctions
War or Slavery, or any other injustice and
outrage, it must be right. They insisted tina,
if God approves of lying, plumber, robbery,
murder, adultery, piracy, the abolition Of mar
rage, concubinage, heathenisism, and all the
crimes and degradation that make up Slave
~ and War, it mus, be right for man to do
them. The Mahommetan says, at is right
for me 10 do any thing that is sanctioned by
the Koran )" the Hindoo, that he may right.
fully do any deed that is authorized by The
Hasfer and the professed Christian, that he
may rightfully execute on man any outrage,
or deed Of oppression, violence and blood
that the Bible j%ustifes. The priests would
get Abolilionists into a discussion on the
question, Does The Bible sanction Slavery p
10 enter on the discussion of such a question
is understood 10 be an admission that if tie
Bible is in favor OF slavery, slavery must be
right. ! have but one answer 10 give TO all
texts; if the text says l may righ,fully
scourge my brother as a slave, | will scourge
the text and cast it from me as a lie. II the
Bible is opposed 10 sey-euideni truth, The Bible
is a seJtrident JaAehoOd.
The hearts of many were cheered and
strengthened at our meeting. The people
were urged to appear al Marlboro on the lIth,
18th and 18Th, and at Salem on the 18th and
18th, to meet Parker Pillsbury and Samuel
Brooke, to hear a word from them from The
Old Bay State. H. C. WRIGHT.