Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1850-01-05
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A Word In Season.

We copy below so much of the Rciorma-
tory Address issued by the Green Plain Year-
" Meeting us relates to the subject Of Slave
nv. Ifthe various organizations claiming the
name of Friends would all speak this Ian
guage, and prove their fifth by their works,
what an influence they might exert in regcn-
Grating corrupt public opinion.
To the subject of American Slavery we
are concerned to solicit your most serious at
,ention. Three millions OF our fellow beings
endowed with the same natural capacities,
the same ,mulienable rights, and the same
domestic affections as ourselves, are brutally
dcspoiled OF the exercise OF these rights, the
cultivation of these capacities, aud the ell
ioyment OF these affections, and are subjected
TO the most cruel despOiisin the world has
ever witnessed. Their condition is IlIe most
suffering Gnd pitabe, their wretchedness the
most gricvolis aud iDtOlorable To be borne OF
thut OF any OF Gods creatures. Innocent OF
wrong, and without crime, helplessy IL hope
lessly they pine and agonize under the most
deplorable weight of misery which 1t is possi-
bic for human beings 10 endure. a concentra-
ton of all human intellects and abilities
would be utterly powerlcss TO describe the
full immensely of their woe! Surely such
condition of so large a number OF our equal
fellow beings, as many as composed tins
whole nation when it revol,ed against Brit
isb rude. and ever most rapidly increasing,
should challenge the serious and unremittiiis
consideration OF every rejecting person, 10
ascertain if in any, ia what degree the re-
sponslbiily rests upon linisel!. IL,
By some it is urged, this is a foreign sub
i.r, with which we here have nothing TO do,
Ia, rho intelligent mind al once pcrcelves
that "a, large It Number Is not, ana co'ld iio'
,,n mold IL, bondage by the few VINO claim
o,vnersbiu in their flesh and blood, III their
Soi;ss and souls. Tax lists aud census la.
Mics show less plobihly khan thrce manfred
,hous,ud siave-owncis III Tue country, "Lu
,i,ess could no, possibly subJecI tnrcc 'hi1-
i;nns of slaves 10 IheIr rule, "hl1oIt assis.-
nncc from others.
Ne. therefore, ind the people OF tins coul-
,rv nre divided INTO three ciasses' ls'' Ue
voters, who govern the country "a 'hc VOL
,mtary 4 ubiects OF that Government, respou'
sible with the governors ioF tief coii9'''u
tional acts; and 3d, me iH|oiuh'"'! eu'9'o'; w;
,rh;s cl,ss includes tic slaves, women, mt
80 aud those who refuse voluntary snppoH
or sustenance 10 use eeo"e'i'"''o'''' "N'@ '
government as such.
rrho first Two classes sustain 10 slavery eI
thor The relation OF shareholders or slave
owners; both are responsible ior me exist
ence ot slavery, and are alike involved III ti'
guilt OF its continuance. o.,
Rv means OF tho Constitution OF the Uniie'
States. the slavc-owners nave crdi'iy 6"'hoi
al I'm the religious aud moral influence, ''h'
the physical iOrce OF the noii-5liVe-o"lieI
hn,,, sn,,th and north, and have convcite'
,Le,n into shareholders. IL Is mus that 'h
miserable sufferers are held III bondage, an
st..f.aa ali
tbus only. And vainly aud lncoiis's'eh'iy u
we upbraid the slaye-owiler iof us "'0Neo
ness. and demand OF him 10 let Inc oppTess
ed 20 tree, whilst VIC continue 'ie "iiNhe
mud ussisiance by which alone le is Wii"t ~ :,
Ia. Does this position requhe piooi' W
teIieve it is sclt-evideht iiia' 10 man .o'i'
Sssld even one slave la perpetual bondage u
~ oxyn uuassisted power, whilst Tie aVerue
~ slave.oYuiug would be found 10 be ten,
I,.osr to The individual. But look back 10 III
history OF slavery, aud we shall see tho la
1enonstrated by uIfferent KIND oi epidehc
A tha time OF the adoption Oi the Coisil''
ron IN 1889, the slaves Ill the United oi"''
pnn,bered less than seven bundL cd tlious''h
They now probably exceed three inlillohs'-
A,a,n observe the eXteut OF territory no
cnrsed by slavery, yet which wouiu nu'
been free but tor the operation ol uiat 20
.,;n,tion. compared with the limits 10 WINE
slaves were restricted when iiie SoNel'pie
was formed. But Tor that instrument, u
slave escaping beyond the limits ol tIo Sla
In which iic was held, would have been IRE,
by the act. Now, by the operation OF
Constitution, he remaius a slave upon eVe
nnint Of soil over which its baleihl intiuen
X extended. There Is no State which isa II
State, in the Union, and no soil which is II
soil. And without caviling and sopfistry
relation to the intcntions OF its trainers, III
deluding ourselves ahduyipg TO deceive OF
eys. but looking only 20 its practical ope
ton, we see al once hrendeis az slayeho
ers who acknowledge iealy TO ii, aud part
TO all of the guilt involved,
What the government docs, the wnoIe
he people composing gu ,ns ees S tSs ;adsid
Who votes, and thus ossents 10 what may