Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1852-02-21
Twentieth Annual Meeting of III, laSachu.
ehGsellS 4. s. Society.

thNs JNIllNlN eDttif eJili iliiU 'tH'Nf
|. Resolved, That, M citizens oi Bos'on
aud the Commonwealth, we record ourdeep
disapprobation aud indignant protest agnIiist
the surrender of Thomas Sims by this rliy'
It's sanctiuu of the cownrdy aud lying policy
of tho police, it, srryilc and volunteer zenl ~
behalf of tile man.lnnjcrs, uutl It's deliberate,
wauton and nyOwed violation OF the laws OF
the Commonwealth, for the haSest OF all plir-
poses rs,-slave.lrndng, selliuga free man iil1
bondage, TINT State street and Milk street
might make money.
| 2. Resolved, That the circumstances Of
| the ease will not allow MS to believe tint tbs
infamous decd was the act of the City Gov
crumrm merely; aud then, as BO-to i-hnrn
men, some of ilS, comforting ourselves ~ the
rcAr ciipu, that the iawnimg sycuillant who
| dis raced the Mayors clair was not born on
the peninsula wLusc fair fame lie hlolicd,
Tat ill the facts 20 to show, that ia this, Us
IN all lis liir, lie was only the easy aud shut
ling tool of the nonicd classes, und there
iurr too insignificant iu he remembered with
any higher feeling than contempt.
=. Resolved, That we cherish n deep md
stern Indignation toward the judges of the
Commonwealth, whose personal cow0rdcc,
ltiill suhsrrvirncy, utter lack ui official dig
hity ard cntirr disregard of their uaths, wit
messed IN silence, tie violation Of laws iley
were bound to cuiurcc, and disgraccd tho
Bench once honD.ol 10y the presence OF u
Srdcwick and u SeWuil.
4. Resolved, That we do not forget, IN es.
tiinaling the character OF the prOiessed
churches of Boston, that through the whole
of this dismal aud melancholy night of iulit-
my, they upheld mcrcllcss people in the TX
cculion of nn inhuuan law.
5. Resolved, That, in the rescue of Shall
roch, the manly aud successful rcsiStnnce To
Gnrsuch aud his hloodhounis, and the noble
attitude al the city of Syracuse, we see cllcer-
ing evidence thar the love of Liberty and The
reverence for Law have not died out in the
land.
6. Resolved, That when we consider the
, critical state of parties aud the public MUD
in relation To slavery, the fearful struggle go
ing on between the principles OF liberty and
those OF n mei cirss lcspoiism, tho friends of
| the one heng Spartan haud, and those of
| tie other Persian host wlen we conSih-
er, alsn, the anxious expectation with which
! the coming OF Louis Kossnlh was watched,
the momentolIs weight attached to his light
est word, his eloquent professions OF deyo-
ton to the principles ofimparIal liberty, and
to being governed by the higher law of htil
manity aud universal freedom, and his posi-
! lion ns The recognised leader of onc-hnlf oi
! the rciOrlncrs OF Europe, we are forced To re-
| gard his cOllrsr IN relation To American sla.
! very, hs unqualified eulogies of Our COns'i-
! tuition aud ijs present administration, his in
! discriminate praise of onr leading statesmen,
| his endorsement, in such glowing terms, OF
| the Mexican war, ls purposrd and pledged
! silence on the Infamous system OF human
! bondage, his uncalled for and ungenerous, II
! not cOwnrdy, rchukc Of fellow. country
man. the editor OF an American press, for lis
! opposition 10 the mnnsirous provisions Oi the
Fugitive Slave Bill, and his hardly disguised
ccmsllrc of tie uholitiouiots,- las ialsehnod Ia
his high Professions, treason 10 tic cause O
humanity aud hunan rights, injurious Ia the
nation hr seeks To aid, fatal to his own fame
in worldly phrase, worse Than crime, fol
w. If he supposes such course will give
lin either sincere sympathy or effective AID
aud an added bot Oh the dark brow o
American slavery that she hns succeeded II
melting ia the lap OF her temptations anoth
cr of the great historic names Of The age, ant
left him 'io grind IN the milP of her inia
nous service.
Z. Resolved, That among the many re
vOliiug spectaClCs presented To the wolld Is
lhc attempt To culoniZe the free colorcd pop
ulninn OF this country in Africa on acco''I'
of their compleXoil; while, nj the snIh'
/ lime, the oppressed of all other nations, how
ever puor aud degraded, arc permitted 4
come To these shores und TO share in a!l llr
blessings of civil and religious liberty.
I g. Resolved, That nothing eau snrpass III
; hypocrisy, injustice, rtlionlery and impiei
, al lhc American Colonization Society; con
> Ilulrd, ts il j., by Southern shareholders an
II. 4 4. Lat. hu N,,rtIarn .Iae
piscrs aud pcrsecuturs of Our cuiored POp
t laIion; pretending, as it does, the utmo'
; concern for the elevation aud improvement q
the native African while conspirng for III
degradation aud cilslavement OF three mi
t lious aud half of colored Americans, 30 Ion
Q Ms they remain here; aud organized, MS it
under the garb Of philanthropy, to gve'grea
A or security TO the slave system, TO ephnnc
, the value of slave property, aud TO get rid {
an injured nnd afflicted class.
o. Resolved That true cXcmplfcatio
of the colonization spirit IL seen in the II
I cent adoption OF the State Constitution @
I Indiana, hy which ppins and penalties nr
imposed On the CUlOrCl residents of tia
State, aud the cOlorod citizens of othC
States are prohibited from coming into In
dinnn.
10. Resolved, That this exclusion of Co
ored citizens is not only cruel, but uncous,
n tuional-not only inhuman, but treNchery I
o the national compact; and proves tho rel
| gion aud politics of Indiana Ia be comb
nation Of cant and corruption, of hypocris
aud ylnny, of periIy aud uiiianisin.
II. Resolved That the friends of impair
] iial liberty should earnestly demonstrate, {
the present Congress, against the nppropri0
ton ofany moneys in the national treasur
for the establishment OF a line of niail steam
q ships to the western coast of Africa, hayn
= among its objects the expatriOtion of the FIRE
a colored population of the United States
sush all appropriation, for sueh On obec