Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1851-11-01


piracy, and forbidden by our laws, on the
penalty of death. The seizure of their des-
cendnnis on the borders Of Pcunsy lvania, is
required by our government ns n high civil
duty, aud n refusal To perform IT is punished
by our laws with fines and Imprisonment
Tie act, in either case, is the same; gCoCra-
phical lines can make no difference IN hs
character. lit he crime on the coast Oi
Africa to cnsluve human beings, il is n crime
In the State of PcnnsJ lvunn. We would
not commit j; in the one case, we will moi
commit it in the other. IN 10 other place,
under no circumstances neither IN obedience
10 law, nor IN violation of law, can we he in
,lIcch, or will we he compelled to pcrpcirnic
the iniquiy of cOnsigning n human being to
slavery.
"Thc Fugitive Slave Law we regard rs an
infinciion of the COnsiiution--on offence
against the code Of nations, aud violation
of the law Of God. We cannot we will
not obey it, Neither will we encourage
others TO obey il. GA the contrary, we will
on oil proper occasions aud in all proper
ways, discourage obedience TO it, aud do
what in us lies 10 cancel it on the statute book,
or make it dead letter in practice.
"These arc our views, frankly nyowed.-
This is Our purpose, and we publish il to the
world, We will not Disguise tle one. aud
--comc fines, come imprisonment, come
deaili--with the help of God, we viii not
sweryc from the other"
On motion, the report was accepted, and
ordered to he printed in pamphlet form with
the proceedings of the Meeting.
The Business Committee reported the fol-
lowing resolutions which were read by Mary
Grew and accepted for discussion.
Resolved, Tha, we rei,er0te, with faith con-
frmcd by loBg experience the fundamental
principles Of our enterprise that the history
of tie hsl few years has been n succession
of proofs that Slavery is unnatural, unjust
and ihuman, and that tie law Of Right, and
the true interests of the human race, require
its immediate abolition.
Resolved, That, although in the moral blind
ness and strange inatuaiion Of the American
people, as illustrated 10y their political lead
crs, we see indications Of that madness
which is the precursor of national destrug-
uon and although the great body of the
American church, by its hcari!cssncss and
disregard of the claims of the slave, its
irenchery TO Christian principles, has ragged
itself on the side of the oppressor; we still
trust in the power of Truth to destroy Error,
of Right to vanquish Wrong; aud therefore
confidently hope for the success of our en-
terprize, and for the practical realization Of
the t&corics of Freedom, which arc the boast
of the American nation.
Resolved, That the Fugitive Slave Bill
passed by the American Congress, in Sept.
1850, being in violation of the law Of God,
inasnuch as it requires that which tie .ur-
bids, and iorbids that which lac requires, Is
n,l! and roid; that obedience - il, is treason
10 Him; and that whenever in the course Of
events, il shall become necessary for MS
TO chose between disobcdience TO his laws
and to human statues, we will not hesitate
TO obey God rather than nam.
Resolved, Taat in the recent Chri,innn
Tragedy aud its consequences, we witness
the natural results of this most unrighicous
und cruel enactment; and that as such we
heartily deplorc them, as most disgraccial to
our country in the eyes Of the world, and
especially Of those nations of Europe who,
while struggling for freedom, against dcs-
potic power, have looked toward this nation
as q model government, and as a home o.
Liberty.
Resolved, That those clergynen, who have
preached in behalf Of this Fugitive Slave
Bill, intoxicating obedience to its rccpiisiti0ns
thereby cOntradictng the Divine law, "fhou
shalt not deliver unto his master. the servant
who has escaped from his master unto thee"
and disregarding the christian injunction,
"Thou shalt love thy peighbor as thyseli,"
and setting at naught every consideration ot
humanity and religion, which is outraged by
the surrender OF an iunOcent man to the ten
der mercies of an enragcd dcspot, or of n
virtuous and trembling woman to the clutches
of brutal and Irresponsible mns;er, have
tleseemir,l their office, dseraeeh their names,
aud ought to be regarded as teachers of prac-
iical atheism.
Resolved, That, with scarcely m CXcrp-
ton, the newspaper press of the city ni PHI
ladelphia has proved itself wholly dcrclicl
20 its high duties aud responsibilities tllnt
il has betrayed the callse OF Liberty INTO the
hands of her cnemies; that it puts light for
darkness, and darkness for light, calling
good, evil, and evil, good; and TINT il is ut
tcry unworthy to hc guide, as il has ceased
10 be n representative, of free people.
Resolved, That the American nation, in
demanding, for its Federal Constitution, sn-
preme reverence and obedience, and 10y its
impous and conlemptuous denial of the
Obligations of higher law, proves itself as
truly guilty of the sin OF itloIalry as are the
worshipers Of Boodh or Jugcrnaut; mud
continually viOlates tie command. "Ihon
shalt have no other gods before me !"
Resolved, That the American Colonization
Society is unworthy Of the support of pllilan-
throphis;s because it dcceiyes and niislcads
tie nation, 10y protesting to offer remedy
for American slavery because it apologies
for Slavery, aud recognizes slaves MS pro-
perry aud because it fosters crnel preiI-
dice against our colored population, hinders
their moral aud intellectual elevation, and
seeks their expulsion from their native
country.
Resolved, That VIC earnestly recommend
10 nboliiOIIisis, to ma,ntiin n consistent tes-
iimony against slavery, by carefully en-
dcavoring TO abstain from the purchass aud
USE Of the products OF slavo-luhor.
Resolved, That in carrying on to its con
supa,ion, the great enterprise 10 which we
are pledged, Uiz., the abolition Of American
Slavery, we trust, as we have ever trusted,
not TO Tie power ofnumbers, not 80 the eiii-
cacy OF physical force, but to the weapons of
n moral aud peaceful warfare, with which
one rnay yan9uish thousand, and two put
- a.