Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1851-06-21


commencement Of the morning session
Henry C. Wright spoke of the trying hui
man being at all, oven before jury, on the |
question whether hc was man or brute
It was au insult, and he would not submit to
il. He spoke of the tial now going on ~
the city, of men charged with rescuing
Shatract. lie hoped they were guilty, and
ii the were, he houored them. They were
worthy of greater honor than Washington.
Edwin Thompson, Free Soer, was in IA
yor of voting for good Judges. Mr. Garri-
son asked him it the Free soil Party did not
hold that we were bound to deliver up run
away slaves.
George Thompson denounced the holding
Of property in man-said it was JtasPhemy
to try man to see il lac wHs slnvc-nnd
that we did not need to raise devil, so long
as mun.lhicves were walking among us
lie spoke of the attempt to elect ubolitoniSts
to oilicc-sud the curse which was pro.
nounced upon the serpent was also pro-
nounced upon politicians, upon thy belly
shalt thou 20. aud dust shalt thou eat, oil the
days Of thy liie'-it was only by pursuing
toriuous serpenlinc course, that they could
ever get into office nt all. They were only
the pointers of tic clock--ihc mercury in
the thurmomCtcr-thc mere tools of pOliti-
cal sentiment. Shnrles Summer could not
do n tenth part ns much good by making
speeches in the Senate, us by staying at homc
aud talking To the people. Aud the Free
Soicrs in Mr.. Pallrcy's District, il they
had spent half MS much time aud money in
trying to change the hearts of the people,
MS they had to sustain their party machinery,
would have long since elected their. caudi.
date, or somehody else who would have done
just as we'll Mr. Richards, another Free
Soiler, thought nothing could he done with
out voting, we should have nothing to do
with. Wilhcriorce made speeches in Par
liamont-ihe Constitution was Anli-Slayery
tile three fllI's clause proved it-ior if sia-
very were abolished, not three l.ihs, but all
Of the people would he represented. Mr.
Wright, held the Free Soiers 10 the sin Of
entering II conicdcracy with mnn.tliicvcs, hc
the character of tie Constitution What II
might. MIR. Whitaker, Of Birmingham,
England, said their reforms were all carried
ouiSide of Parliament.
Mr.. Garrison replied TO Mr.. Richards on
the Cunslilulion--saii he was thunderstruclS
to hear him say the three-fi.ih clause proved
it An,i-Slnvcry. Wilherorcc aud Clarkson
did not abolish slavery in Englnnd-lhey
were both in radically u wrong position for II
number of ycurs-it was n icomdn, Elizabeth
IIeyrick, vino first unloldcd the banner Of
immediate abolition. (llow the people chcer-
edD "What would you lave us do," en-
claimed voice. "Dissolyo the Union"
replied Mr.. Garrison. George Thompson,
said That in the case of every reform car
ried through Parliament during the last so
years, ninetcenIhs of the members Of both
Houses would have been glad 10 have voted
the other way. The Constitution OF this
country irGS pro-slavery-no fact could be
palmer. The Union was grand Conspira-
cy of 100000 Of pirates, holding 100000
of slaves. Instead of talking of the Genius
of liberty, painted in the form of an eagle,
protecting the poor and dofencelcss, select
rather the picture of Apolyon in the Streets
(llere were show plucards in the streets, con-
tanning some horrible likenesses oftle Dcvil,)
with claws instead of clauses (of which we
have heard SO much 10 day. and whole
nation in your midst transliXed with his dart.
| A man asked, don't we have thieves in the
government" ayes" said Mr.. Thompson,
"and you put them in the Pcnilcnliary, aud
,hen you go aud sit with man-thieycs in Con-
gress! !" Speaking Of tle conslrnctionlsis of
the Spooouer aud Goodell school as new
lights, " no mol new lights interposed Lib
| crty Party man in the crowd. "Yes they are
replied Mr.. Thompson, Sand very small
Onesm
The American Colonization Society and
its objects, were the topics of the altern oon
session. MIR. Garrison said tho Society was
formed by SlavehOders-not one of its
officers had ever emancipated slave--its
Annual Report, and those of its Auxiaries,
from which he read,) proved that it was
founded OH prejudice, that its object was TO
get rid of those we hated. Samuel J. May,
said that the Society, had as it was,
done one good thug-it had directed
mems attention 10 Slavery, aud out of it,
had grown William Lloyd Garrison and the
whole Anli-Slavery movement. George
Thompson characterized the Society as a
strosity-the incesiuous spawn of Slave
ry and prejudice. 1t was the most impudent
body in the world-the red men had the
best right to a home in this country, tho