The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1850-05-16

Right Of Petition; and who have contended so
ably for California, Union, and Freedom without
compromise, and illustrated with so much force
Southern aggression, and the comparative effects
Of Slavery aud Freedom.
RssOlued, That DANIEL WEBSTER, by his dsre-
gard of early professions, his treachery to HUI
manity and Freedom, and his servility tothe Slave
Power, has forfeited the respect and confidence OF
his constituents and country:
"of ali we loved and honOred, nought
Save power remains
fallen angels pride Of thought
Still strong in chains.
"An else is gone from those great eyes
The soul has fed;
When faith is lost, when honor dies,
The man is dead 20
RssOlped, That we view with establishment the
abetting Of the Massachusetts, Senator in his
apostacy and inhumsnity by men eminent in the
learned professions in literature and in the
church; and that that CHAM is fit emblem Of
the spirit Of those who bestowed and him who
received it,
Resolved That the slave traffic carried on be-
tween the slave States and at the capital of the
United States, the cruelties it iphcts the heart
strings severed in the separation of families, the
fearful blotting out of human intellect, and the
ruin to the immortal soul, which are its necessary
results should excite the indignation and enlist
the warmest sympathies of the freemen Of this
country.
Resolved That the great anti-slayery struggle
is not between the Northern and Southern States
but between the 1l3, 900 shareholders Of the
South and the friends Of Liberty throughout the
country; and that we consider it highly encour-
aging sign Of the times, that antslavery senti-
.ments are so rapidly gaining ground in the slave
States and in the District of Columbia
Rbsolued, That we extend the hand Of friend
ship to our ellow-cOuntrymen, the free people OF
color, sympathizing with them in their peculiar
trials, rejoicing in every well-advised effort for
their elevation, and pledging them our continued
friendship and aid.
Rssolued, That the illegal Imprisonment of col
ored sailors from the North in Southern ports,
the outrages upon Northern citizens travelling at
the South on lawful business, the violations of
the post Office and the many other breaches of
the Constitution by the slave power. should be
sternly withstood by the competent authorities.
ResOlDed That in common with our colored
brethren. we reocho the declarations of WILDER
force. Macaulay, Buxton, and their associates,
that the professions made by the Colonization
Society of promoting the abolition of slavery are
altogether delusive"
Resolued That we deem it a duty and privi-
lege, by giving preference to the productions of
freemen, to encourage their labor over that OF
slaves; and that the establishment Of stores for
the sale Of free labor pro1utes, tao growing 81
cotton by free labor, and the efforts made to en-
tighten the friends of the slave as to the prin-
ciple, Whose gives the motive, makes his
brothers sin his owl" meet with our cordial ap-
probation
Resolped, That the testimony of intelligent res
idents and distinguished travellers affords us sat-
isfactory evidence that the workings of enamel
patton in the West India Islands have been bene-
fetal Notwithstanding injudicious legislation, the
ignorance and folly Of prejudiced landholders,
the want Of agricultural and moral training, and
the inuumerable effects Of the slave system and
that we are more than ever assured that freedom
is always q blessing and slavery always a curse
ResolUed, That we rejoice to know that the
friends of emancipation in other countries are
unwearied in their efforts for the abolition Of the
slave trade, slave produce monOpolies, and slavery
wherever it exists and that we invite their con-
tinued cooperation, while we proffer our own, in
labors to remove from the face Of the earth one
of the direst curses that atflict humanity.
Resolped That the thanks of the friends Of
freedom are due to those conductors Of the Press
who manfully and consistently discuss the GREAT
QUESTION of the day, advocate the cause of the
oppressed, oppose the extension Of slavery, and
resolve to be MEN rather than partisans and
slaves
Rssolued, That we owe it to the memories of
our fathers to ourselves and to positerty, well
rs to the hosts ofemigrants fleeing to this country
from Europe, to carry out the great doctrines of
liberty, lest our Declaration and Constitution
prove an igms fatms TO multitudes who flock to
these shores in quest of an asylum Of civil and
and religious liberty.
ReS0tvo1, That conndiug III the e~errnl;nQ
Providence Of God, that has summoned us to
II. LII. IL
we feel new incentives to continue therein, until
liberty shall be proclaimed throughout the land
to all the inhabitants thereof
Resolued, That it is our solemn conviction that
it would be q heinous sin in US, to lend our aid
in subjecting any OF our fellow to the atroci-
tieso of American slavery and we do therefore, be-
fore God pledge ourselves to each other, that we
will incur any penalties which unprincipled politi.
clans in Congress may think it expedient to i'm
pose upon US, rather than betray fugitive slave
or assist in his capture.