Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1851-11-08
NO. g..
Letter from Indiana.
DUBLIN, Wayne Co., Indiana !
October 10th, 1851. s

October 10th, 1851.
DEAR MARfUs The "Woman's Convcn-
ton for Indiana, has just closed. 1t was cheer
ing to see the people turning out by hundreds
TO hear the great question of Womans (human)
Rights discussed. 1t was far moro cheering to
see the high position taken by tho convention,
and the energy and zeal with which the women
and men of Indiana, took hold of the work be-
fore them.
An exceedingly profitable discussion arose,
on two OF the resolutions, especially the ono
touching the matter of voting. The objection
to hcr having this right, was that it would de-
grade her to 60 to the polls-render her inhu-
man to be judge, juror, lawyer or hangman,-
and, that, consequently she would lose her in
huence over man.
Not observing that if it would degrade wo-
man it would degrade man, also, that if those
practices should cause woman to lose her inhu-
ence over, man, they must, il practiscd by man
cause him to lose his influence over woman
and that it is as necessary to have man exert
pure and holy influence over woman, as it is for
woman to have such an Influence over man.
defender of Womans Slavery. lie appealed to
the Bible for mans right to govern woman, as
sertng that in all cases whore difficulties arise
in families the man should decide the point at is
sue, and the woman yield. That, though the
man should be "degradcd drunken brute"
and the woman "intclligcnt and yir;uous," she
is to yield to him. lie was asked what he
would do should she not Yield. lie said hc
would hold her with brute force, till she did
yield. He appealed to the mobocratc feeling
Of the audience, but be it said to tho honor of
the town of Dublin, he found but little syfnpa-
thy in that resort. As is reasonable to expect,
Curtis, is Methodid class-lcader, and in acting
thus,he rendered himself true to the religion of
America,
The afternoon Of the second day was devoted
to anti-slavery. The following resolutions oi-
ter considerable discussion were passcd-thc
second one unanimously first, with ono
dissenting voice:
Resolved, That although the Bible and all
other books in the universe should sanction
slavery, and although it should have the sane
tion and support OF all of the Constitutions,
Laws and Churches in the world, Slavery "a
now, ever was, and ever will &c wrong-an
outrage ON all that is sacred to human beings;
and that there is not now, never was, nor never
can be the least possible excuse for any human
being to support slavery.
Resolved, That the 18th Art. OF the Consu.
tuition Of Indiana, is inhuman, and outrascs all
that is good and pure in man-and that all true
hearted men and women in this State will labor
and plead for its overthrow.
Some opposition was made to the last clause
in the lst resolution. Ignorance and degrada-
ton was plead as an excuse and apology for
running this world over with pollution. And
here we stand while nature and natures God is
visiting man daily and hourly with the penalty
of q violated law, and warns man in every pen
atty that there can be 40 excuse for the viola
tions, man is ever urging excuses for ali Of tho
wrongs he pcrpetratcs And the American
people particularly, can find no excuse apol-
ogy for the man or woman who steals their
meat or -four to keep them from starvation,
while they arc forever bringing mp their God,
their Bible, their religion, tho birth education
of individuals, as an excuse for stealing men,
women and children, and crushing and mbru-
ting them in every form.
Government protects with her army, the
Pulpit, defends it with the Bbc-and thus Is
law made to crush man, and religion to sanctiiy
the law and the deed. j. p. DAVIS.