Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1851-11-08
WEDNESDAY MORNING.

According to adjournment, the convention
assembled at 10 o'clock, A. NJ. The Rcsolu-
tions were read one at II time, and adopted with
great unanimity, as follows:
lst. Re,olccd, That it is a self-cvident truth
that all human beings are created equal, and
that whatever natural right belongs to one in
dvdual human being belongs to all
2l. Rcs3ired, That all usages, customs, laws or
institutions, which deprive any person, or class
of persons, of the exercise OF a natural right,
are wrong and ruinous to the order, harmony
and best interests OF individuals and OF the So
cial state.
Sd. Resoieed, That the only justifablc end of
social institutions, and customs, is the true and
perfect development OF each and every human
being oh whom they are made to bear, that
this end is defeated when any person or class Of
persons are deprived Of the free exercise Of any
natural right, and that it is our duty TO labor
for the reformation or destruction Of all laws,
customs or institutions which thus prevent the
c. crcise of natural rights.
4th Resolred, That the interest and dcstinies
/ Cf men and women arc the same, that whatcv-
/ or laws, customs or institutions bear, for good
/ or Tor evil on either scX must bear equally for
| good OF evil on the other, that God hath joined
/ together the two sexes in sympathy, interest
and destiny, and all attempts to separate them
in the relations and transactions OF lilc are un-
natural, and must prove alike ruinous TO both.
9th. ReS0ieed That men and women arc
equally dependant for happiness, each upon the
other, and that all prccepts, usages, laws or in
stitutions, that tend to the unequal subjcction
OF cithcr to the other, are outrages upon human
! nature, and destructive of the harmony of soc-
ETY., and ought to be changed or abolished
9th. Resoired, that all customs, laws and in
stitutions that deprive women OF an equal right
with men, to intellectual, social and moral i'm :
provements to the attainment OF wealth and
personal comfort and independence or to an
equal share in creating and administering the
social civil, and religious institutions under
which they live, and which they are to be held re-
sponsblc, are unjust cruel and oppressive, and
ruinous TO the peace, order and progress. of in
dividuals and of the whole human family, and
all men and women who respect themselves and
their fellow beings. will plead and labor fol
their change or their overthrow.
9TH. ReS0ired That in the opinion of this con.
vcntion, while women as mothers, daughters
wives and sisters, must bo first and foremost IL
seeking to remove the domestic, social, pccunia
ry, educational. religious and political disabili'
ties, that now opprcss them, men as husbands
fathers, sons and brothers arc equally concerned
in the work of social reform, and should lcnc
their cordial and efficient support in carrying i
forward
On motion of Eliza Taylor, of New Castle
! the following Preamble and Resolution wa
adopted
WHEREAS, We believe the present style
female dress is highly inconvcnient, unnatural
destructive of health, and a mark OF the degre
daton of woman, therefore,
Ilesolred, That the women of this conventio
=. pledge themselves before our common families
to throw off the bondage imposed upon us b
Partisan miliners and adopt style OF dress NOR
in accordance with reason.
!, On motion of ]. P. Davis of Economy,
was
RESOLVED, lst. That this convention hold a
annual meeting at such time and place as II
standing committee shall direct,