The southern press., 1851-04-25

S. That liberty and slavery ara ~ antsg0nistic
to each other light and darkness, and thsrefors
both cannot co-exst In the same country and un-
der The same g0vesnment, af t
s.. That slavery 1t exists 10 the United Btstea,
u the ereatest politcsl and civil dsspotsm the
face of the earth.
Z. That slavery is antagosissic 10 the Christian
religion, and 10 its greatest eney IN this country
3. That slavehoiding il practical Atheism. and
pro-siavery ministers and church members are
merely iInpostsrs under the cloak of religion.
3. That the Fugitive slavs law passed and ap-
proved last September, is = most fragrant outrage
upon the rights Of freemsn most fragrant viola
ton Of the federal constitution; and therefore it is
an act against which the moral, social, and poti-
cal influence Of all the people ought to be arrayed.
10. That the recent delivery Of Sims to his
claimants IN Boston, lis demonstration Of the ut
ter aud hopeless subservency Of the national ad-
mlnistration TO the slave power, and the readiness
OF the ruling politicians Of our country to place
the whole North under the despotism Of military
rule, To further the heaven daring objects and pur-
poses Of the slave power.
ii. That our friends in Boston, who so nobly
stood by Crafts and his wife, and Shadrach and
Sims, deserve and receive the approval and the
sympathy OF this convention, and the friends of
humanity every where.
IL. That in the growing and increasing inAu-
ence OF the slave power, we see abundant evidence
OF Il 9 need and imperative demand Of the renew
ed zeal and energy of philanlhropists, for the
overthrow of this accursed system. For either
slavery and its kindred atrocities must be destroy
ed, or the day will soon come when the North and
the South, the blacks and the whites, will be sub
jects ofa common and hopeless loi-victims alik e
Of slavery which knows no parallel
H. That whatever are, or may be, our differ
ent views and opinions about voting, and political
parties, we are united in the declaration, that any
man who votes for any Of the friends, aiders or
abettors Of the Fillmore kidnapping law, ought to
be regarded as practical enemy to God aud hu-
manity.
IA. That we wish to have il distinctly under
stood, that, iniquitous we regard the Fugitive
slave law, we yet consider it as nothing in atroci-
ty compared with the slavery which it was passed
to uphold and defend this last is The great hing,
tie other is only off-shoot; therefore IL is no
mark Of true Abolitionist merely TO oppose and
seek to repeal, or even to disobey, that law, but
all men bound to 60 further, and strike at the
roof whence that sprang, and not TO rest contened
till they have destroyed the Ef Of the parent-iree
itssiC 1floa vi
Is. That the treatment recently received by
our brother Edward Mathews, at the hands of
Kentucky ruffans, under the conDiving eyes Of a
pro-slavery government and pro-savery church,
shows that there is and can be no safety in a
Southern State, 10 any one who has conscience
enough to speak word in favor Of human free
dom; and hence it becomes all who would not be
slaves themselves, to be ready to lay down their
lives, If need be, in pressing onward the doctrine
and the work Of emancipation.
l6. That this meet ng recommend the Eleuthe-
ran Institute, located in Jefferson county, Indi-
ana, and that at Albany Ohio, to the patronage
ing based upon principles Of justice and benevo-
lence, and with special view to elevate the col
ored race, that has long been abused and placed
by law under severe disabilities
IL. That, in carrying out ar principle or NOR
al reform, the conduct of those engaged in It
should comport with their theory, and hence, so
long as we treat our colored brethren as inferior
church fellowship with Shareholders, or their apol-
ogists, our influence in the cause of human rights
viii be but limited
49, That, however, the members Of this con-
vention may differ on some points connected with
the anti-slavery movement, they are perfectly
agreed in this that the North is to be held re-
sponsible for the existence OF American slavery;
the people ofthe North are the real shareholders;
they have the power to strike the system instant
ly dead; it exists only by their sufferance-only
because they on the whole wish to have IL exist
and therefore, there can be no hope Of its peacea
BILE extinction in this country till the public senti-
ment of the North has been radically, and funda-
mentally changed.
10. That we do now and hereby earnestly en-
treat the friends of humanity, in all parts Of our
country, to engage in producing this change, and
use vigorously and efficiently the means and tai
ents wherewith Providence has blessed them to
set home the truth OF anti-savery, TO and upon
the conscences Of our fellow citizens, knowing
that such measures alone will answer our respons-
Utilities 10 God, the STAKEHOLDER and the slave, our
neighbor and ourselves
90. That this convention cannot but utter its
voice of unqualified condemnation of the wicked
and ungenerous spirit exhibited by the great
State Of Ohio, in continuing, in its recently framed
constitution, to exclude 10000 of its weak and
defenceless citizens from the right of suffrage
that great, fundamental, universal right of human
beings-eimply on account Of complexion which
it has pleased the Creator to bestow on their skin.
81. That we heartily rejoice at the call for a
Christian anti-slavery convention TO be held at
Chicago, the Sd Of July next, and also the sug
geston in favor of meeting Of all who are
opposed to the Fugitive law to be held some time
during the summer, and we hope that similar
conventions may be multiplied all over the coun-
try, and largely attended by the friends OF the
slave.
90 That the unity Of purpose and harmony OF
feeling which have pervaded this convention,
made up as it has been Of Abolitiopis.s of all par
ties, in which freedom of opinion and utterance
has been fully INDUCED, are source of hope to
the slave, and give us the assurance that we shall
eventually triumph.
ID. lHut We nVW ouJ"ufH W iicce" tHio C'tJ w
the Sd week in April, 1852.
The convention was well attended at all its ses-
sons, and in the evenings was crowded to the full
capacity Of the hall, the last two evenings many
going away from inability TO find even standing
room. Not the least sign Of disturbance was man
ifested at any period Of the convention, and the
earnest spirit and good feeling that prevailed was
most encouraging TO the friends of fresdom.
TIE FLoRrpA lNDIANs.-Ihe following letter
from the Secretary OF War to the Governor Of
Florida sufficiently explains the nature of the ap-
plication that has been made in the premises, and
the circumstances which prevent the department
from giving it favorable consideration
Wan DEPARTMENT,
WAsHNcToS, March 81, 1851.
SIR: Your letter Of the 18th ult., enclosing the
oI ftc lott,