Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1852-08-28


property, without due process of law; and
therefore, the government having no more pow
or to make slave than to make king, and no
more power to establish Slavery than to cstab-
lish monarchy, should at once proceed to relieve
itself from all responsibility for the existence
Of slavery wherever it possesses constitutional
power to legislate for is extinction.
8. That to the porsovcring and importunate
demands Of the Slave Power for more Stare
States, ncto Stare Territories and the Haii0Ra'i=a-
ton Of Slarery, our distinct and final answer is
No MORE SLAVE STATES, no SLAVE TrRRToRY
No NArIoNALizED SLAVERY and no NATIONAL
LEGISLATION roR THE ExrnADuloN or SLAVES.
6. That the acts Of Congress known as the
Compromise measures Of 1850, by making tho
admission of sovereign State contingent upon
the adoption of other measures demanded by
the spccia; interest Of slavery; by their omis-
sion to guarantee freedom in free territories by
their attempt to impose unconstitutional limi-
tatons on the power Of Congress and the people
TO admit new States, by their provisions for the
assumption Of five millions Of the State debt Of
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moro and the ccs'ion Of large territory to the
same State, under menace, as an inducomcnt to
the relinquishment og a groundlcss claim; and
| by their invasion Of the sovereignty of tho
States, and the liberties Of the People through
the enactmcnts Of an unjust, oppressive and un-
| constitutional Fugitive Slave Law-are proved
TO be inconsistent with all the principles and
maxims of Democracy. and wholly inadequate
to the settlement of the questions of which
those are claimed to be an adjustment
Z. That no permanent settlement Of the sla-
very question can be looked for, except in the
practical recognition Of the truth, that Slavery
is sectional and Freedom rational; by the total
separation Of the General Government from
Slavery, and the exercise of its legitimate and
constitutional influence on the side of Freedom,
and by leaving to the States the whole subject
Of Slavery, and the cxtradition Of fugitiycs from
service.
s. That due regard for tic Federal Consii.
tuition and sound Administrative poliey3atmardi
that the funds of tho Genera! Government bC
kept separate from banking institutions; that
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the lowest possible point; that no more revcnuC
should be raised than is required to delray tho
strictly necessary expenses of the public service
and to pay of tho public debt, and that the
power and patronage of the Government should
be diminished by the abolition of all unncccs-
sary Offices salaries, and privileges and by tho
election by the people of all civil officers in the
service Of the United States, so far as may be
consistent with the prompt and efficient trans
action of the public business.
0. That River and Harbor improvements
when necessary to the safety and convenience
of commerce with foreign nations or among tho
Several States, are objects of National concern
and it is the duty of Congress, in the exercise
of its constitutional powers, to provide for the
same.
10. That emigrants and cxilos from the Ole
World should find a cordial welcome to homes
of comfort and and fields of enterprise in tho
New; and every attempt to abridge their priv
ilcgo of becoming citizens and owners Of sol
among us, ought to be resisted with inAexibl,
determination.
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belong to the people, and should not he sold t
individuals, nor granted to corporations, bu
should be held us a sacred trust for the benef
of tho people, and should be granted in limito
quantities, free Of cost, to landloss settlers.
~. That every nation has clear right to alto
or change its own government, and to admins
ter its own concerns, in such manner as ma
best secure the rights and promote the happi
ness of the people; and foreign interference
with that right is dangerous violation Of tn
law of nations, against which they should pro
test, and endcavor by all proper means to pre-
vent and cspeciallyis is it the duty of the Amer
lean Government, representing the chief Re
public of the world, to protest against, and b.
all proper means to prevent, the intervention c
Kings and EmperoIs against nations seeking t
establish for themselves republican or consttu
tional governments.
f l3. That slavery is a sin against God and
crime against man, which no law nor usage cal
make right, and that Christianity, Humanit
and Patriotism alike demand its abolition.
IL. That the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
repugnant to the Constitution, to the principle
of the common law, to the spirit Of Christianity
and to tho sentiments of the civilized world.-
We, therefore, deny its binding force upon tn
: American people, and demand its immediat
and total repeal.
Is. That the doctrine that any human law i
finality, and not subject to modification or re
peal is not in accordance with the creed of tn
founders of our government, and is dangerous L
the liberties of our people.
l0. That the independence of Hayt ought t
be recognized by our government and our com
mercial relations with it placed on the footing