Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1849-08-25
Convention in Salem.


men, never was the atmosphere purer or more
invigorating, than on this interesting occasion.
The rain Of Friday night was just sufficient
TO lay the dust and render travelling agreea'
BILE, and hence multitudes came to the meet
ing from a distance of from ten 10 twenty-five
miles. Isaac TREscoTT having been ap-
pointed Chairman, the discussions Of the
day were opened by BENJAMIN s. JONES in
a well-timed, earnest and effective speech, OF
which the parable Of the Good Samaritan
furnished the text. The character Of the
popular Religion of our day was drawn with
great discrimination and cleainess, and con.
trasted with the pure Religion of Christ as
illustrated in that parable. The criminal in
Inference of The v%arious religious sects to
the wrongs and woes of the slave was dwelt
upon with a severity which every enlightened
and unperverted conscience must have felt to
be no more than just.
At the close of Mr.. Jones's speech, stran-
ger arose, and, after avowing himself a
citizen of Massachusetts, undertook TO vindi.
cate the Churches of that State from The
charge Of being pro-slavery. And such a
Defence! Though uttered with a gravity
which would have done honor 10 a parson, it
was nevertheless SO p%uerile, nonsensical and
childish, that, in attempting 10 reply 10 it,
the friends of freedom must have felt as the
farmer in the Vermont Legislature did, who.
said, referring TO the speech of a frolhy law
yer, that il did "wrench fellow terribly 10
kick at nothing" However, we must give
the gentleman credit for affording several of
our speakers occasion for showing up the
popular Church in her true character as the
ally Of menstealers and the abettor of tyran-
ny and oppression. The work was most ef-
~fectually done, and the recreant Yankee wool
buyer made 10 feel that he could not " pull
The wool" over the eyes of Ohio Abolition
lists as e5 silly as he had anticipated. The
name Of this defender of a pro.slavery Church
is Zlba Parkhurst, and he told us that he hail
ed from Andover, from the shadow of the
great Theological Seminary Of New England!
Rip Van Wrinkle was not more unconscious
of what had taken place in The world during
his long sleep, than was this recreant son of
Massachusetts of the history and scope of the
Anti-Slavery Movement. After this descrip-
lion of him, no one can be surprised 10 hear
that he avowed himself a supporter Of Gen.
Taylor! The Church militant and the
Church political stand or fall together, and
hshcss & il T rs fmfieSstTThaf both should ind their
defender in the sam person.
AT the close of the morning session, the
following resolutions were presented
Resolred, That Slavery is opposed to The
eternal and immutable law of God written in
the soul Of every human being, and that it is
and must be an impudent falsehood 10 affirm,
that in any other revelation Of his will, the
Author Of that Law has sanctioned such an
institution.
Resulted, That, if the Bible is not against
Slavery-as Father Mathew and the pro-sla-
very clergy declare-it is the duty of the
friends Of the slave to go against the Bible.
Resofved, That Slavery in our country rests
upon a corrupt public sentiment, fostered by
a corrup: Church and corrupt Government;
that the true remedy for the evil is TO be
sought in the subversion of the public opinion
which has so long supported it; and that
this can be accomplished not by political but
by moral instrumentalities-by the proclama-
ZION of the Truth, which is mighty through
God TO the pulling down of strong holds.
Resolved, That The Free Soil party, not
wilhstanding all its professions Of regard for
Liberty. and in spite of The strong anti-slave-
ry feeling existing in the hearts of many of
lis members, by lis support of a Constitution
which according TO its own acknowledgement,
involves the obligation 10 sustain slavery in
the States Of this Union, is a pro-slavery
party, and therefore unworthy of the conf
dence of The friends of Freedom.
Resohred, That while the Stakeholder, by
the highest law of The nation, is allowed 10
pursue the fugitive in every nook and corner
of the so-called Free States, and while the
North is bound by a solemn oath TO put down
the slaves if they attempt to gain their liber-
ty by force, it is a falsehood TO affirm that one
single foot Of our counlry's soil is free.
In the afternoon The resolutions were advo
Gated by Henry c. Wright, J. w. Walker,
b.. S. Jones, James Davis, "a colored man
from Knox township, who displayed much
and talent,) Jane Trescott, Sam.
and Oliver Johnson. Some of the
Free Sellers took part in the discussion so
far as 10 interTogate the speakers on several
points, and the pious Taylorile from Massa-
chuseis mixed in after his own peculiar
The trucking policy and compTo-
spirit Of The Free Soil party were ex-
hibited by its defenders in an unmistakable
light. Samuel Ware, of Berlin, admitted |
that the Constitution gives the STAKEHOLDER |
the right to rOcaPture his fugitive in every
part OF The Free States, bat said he would
ewear to support i. because he could thereby
do more good than in taking the opposite |
course Being asked, if he acknowledged
Slavery 10 be a seB-erident wrong, he replied