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

over, the method sanctioned by the example Of
all who, in any part Of the world, have strug-
glcd against oppression. 1t was the course pur-
sued by our fathers in their contest with the
mother country. Look at the Declaration Of
independence: "AH men are created equal,
and endowed by their Creator with certain in-
alcnable rights" &c. 1t was from this uni-
versal truth that the patriots of the Revolution
drew the inference that the people of this coun-
try wero entitled to their freedom. What
would have been said, If some wiseacrc had on
that account waxed indignant at the Continent
al Congress, and made general fuss charg-
ing the body with transccnding its powers in
prcsuming to speak of the rights of men living
beyond the limits Of the American Coloniesi--
What if he had charged it with "a breach Of
trust in not combining its action exclusively to
the inhabitants Of the Colonies, but laying
down principle so broad that the whole world,
including those greasy fellows the Hottentots,
could stand upon it, Would the complainant
have been deemed wise man or a fool The
case would not have been changed in the least,
if our fathers had added TO their declaration
that all men are created equal the spccifca-
cation of the Worcester resolution, without
distinction of sex or color since that was the
legitimate meaning Of their words.
"But Mr., Johnson goes on to urge the ne
ccssity Of his mixture TO whieh ice Object
Begging your pardon, madam, we went on to
do no such thing, as your readers might have
known, If you had permitted them to see our
argument in its proper connection. We denied
and still deny, that there any such mix
turc as that of which you accused the Conven-
ton. We affirm that the Continental Congress
did not adhere moro closely to the object for
which it convened than the Worcester Convcn-
ton did to the cause of woman and for the
proof of our statement we refer to the proceed
ings and speeches. The majority Of the speak
crs-pcrhaps all of thcm-wcrc Abolitionists
and yet they did not suffer their interest in tho
emancipation of the slave to divert them for
one moment from the great object for which
they came together. True, in seeking basis
for the rights of woman, they laid down a broad
and universal principle, but they applied that
principle only to the specific ,oork before hem
viz the emancipation and elevation OF Woman,
without regard to her complexion. Mrs. Swiss
helms quarrel, after all, is not with the Con-
vention, but with GoD, who has created all the
members of the human family equal, and
made it impossible for ore of them to prove his
rights without at the same time making out a
charter that shall be equally good for all the
rest. Really, it does seem hard that Wo-
mans Rights Convention should be abused by
a Woman, and protested friend of the cause,
too, for not changing and narrowing the eternal
law of Godl
If Mrs. S. thinks the cause Of Woman can be
vindcatcd on a narrower platform than that
of the Worcester Convention, let her and those
who agree with her try the experiment. Let
them cschew the great doctrine of the Declara-
ton of Independence, and stihe the common
sense and the humanity which prompt them to
adjust their movements to the great truths
which are the worlds common inheritance lei
them put themselves into a strait jacket oi
popularity, if they will, and be careful to make
the world understand that the reform they seek
has nothing whatever to do with such vulgar
creatures as the 'niggers,' and involves nothing
that should disturb the 'prejudiccs of thu
whippers and cradle -plundcrcrs in th'
wilds of Arkansas and the cotton fields of Loui
, siana.' If the experiment shall afford a de
monstraton Of tho superior wisdom Of tina
; plan, we will guarantee that the actors in tn,
9 Worcester Convention will chccrfully nc
, knowledge their mistake and take shame t
: themselves for the doggcd perseverance whicl
a they exhibited in striking for the rights of al
: women, without distinction of color.
J, "Well, if the Convention did not link tn
n two questions, Mr.. johnson has supplied tn
: deficiency, and claims an almost exclusive righ
c for Abolitionists to manage matters aftc
their own fashion" Begging your pardo
v again, madam, We have claimed for Abolition
r lists no exclusive right whatever. We hav
c asserted as historical fact, what you have no
i ventured to deny, that the Woman's Right
C movement is an "outgrowth from the gres
1t tree of Liberty planted by Abolitonists;' = bu
l. we have claimed nothing for them on that &C
10 count, though we might have claimed that the
l. ought not to be abused by a woman ihcrsel
is too, profcsscd Abolitionist y for being II
&c first to launch so magnificent ship upon Il
r troubled sea Of the worlds opinion, and b,
G. cause they arc more prompt and devoted ths
is Others in advocating an unpopular cause. o.
thing is very certain: neither the slaveholdc
If of Arkansas and louisiana nor their Northei
,o | abettors came to the Worcester's Conyentio
N The Abolitionists, however, ,oere there in lar
" numbers, and if they managed matters aft
r their own fashion, whose fault was it-thoir
lie or that of those who staid away and grumblet
IS, Mrs. S. concludes her reply as follows:
- As TO our preierring the company
ri slaveholders,' and desiring TO win 'the C
!, operation of those who sell women in Il