Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1852-10-30


some-wlich patriotism aud good citizen
ship require us to obey; bat more sure
they require ts to disohey and resist mis-
Z. called law, which commands the commission
of n neiarious crime. If n single william is Il
be- resisted in his vlliany, much inore-im
measurabiy uoro--is it iuportaut to resist
Il gang of villains who have succeeded il
,lrur,ing the mighty power Of lcgishiion
and nsrrilling their ahoriimable rascaiy oi
the pages OF the statute. book II is no
parchment. or brond seal ard signature of ;
lucky roliiiriaf, which makes a stntuie sn
cred, venerable or respectable. Iiappily
malklnd don't depend on kings, Bishops. ol
hraihy-soakcd, iohacco splitting republican
Legislators iol their knowledge of what is
Just or unjust. They ARE SO made. that thny
all sec alike and inslinctiveIy the wirkedness
oi some t''I'iES,a the righteousness ofotliers.
Lei those WHO deny this, il the, be not ailie-
isls--aS hold them 10 be--rxplain lIou God
Is gong To get his laws kiuWn or observed.
WAY. II II were nui so, society would 90 to
work in II day, and hell wnud not wait
Tor The ilii|ineut OF theology. No, no /:
( ihcfc i not sounded on either side of
! MaSon and DiSons lire, " l,o does moi con-
less. ly lis very nuie of JUSTLY ing lie Fu-
nilive Slave Law, that he kmuw; il To be
essentially wirkeh, It is reycr Justified iy
| lis inherent righteousness. hut on the obliril.
| lloa OF n S!iy!ork hond. which the slave
| hunters are supposed to hold. 1t is taciiiiy
admitted that hospitality to The homeless
and protection to the innocent were rnht
and obligatory from eternity ill AID. I1S7 ,hut
Il solemn agrecmentof Tom, Dick aud Harry.
! at That d"tc has made them wrong in this
country ever since! Such--it is taken for
graliie'i-is the hord, aud mark yon, the
wrong to hr enforced, no, sinlpiy because it
Is ~ The bond, ii is vital 10 the peace aud
existence Of the country! But %, What
begc'ng of even this poor Question! Was
there ever such charlliGnisn, tucli hu,nlug
III He universe And since that
glorious old English hnlwari; nguinst wicked
laws, to wit, the TRIAL By JURY, has
been henten down by taking from the Jury
their Original Magma Cliarta right to Judge of
OF HE justice of tie law as well us The veri-
~ OF the facts in the cHsr, there is no hope
left for our freedom hat in sturdy resistance,
,eaclliug unprincpied LEGISLATORS that wick
ed laws cdHnot be enforced.
FRoM REV. GEO. w. PERKrvs.
but shall be with YOU in spirit. honor
The men who rescued the wrongcd and op-
pressed Man from his kidnappers: for such
coirsiderA,tii and each who had any share
ID. his arrest aud dect!t!on. ] honor the
CITY in which there was li,aBlness and7roui-.
aye enough not 10 allow the execution ol'tllai
outrage on human right aud on our consti-
tniioual rights. called law. | hope the cele-
bri'i"n will hc perpetnaed from year 10
year; and that around it will he gathered
.rcner numbers and inienser enthusiasm,
each year. Lrt il be made known thus aud
IL, all WAYS ,ltnI illpr, ,v. t,p,nppsp ,,,nLnr-
Of Christian men mn, women, who consid-
er it n sacred duty and high privilege to aid
every person held in slavery, 10 escape from
bondage.
FRom REv. SAMUEL MAY, JR. I
should rejoice 10 hr n witness and Il member
oi that great couvncation, aud to nru,ilest
my sincere sympathy aud regard for the men,
who, deiying noSi iiiqmiots mud ungodly
law of mars dcyising, traG,I,led it under
I!!cir feet rather thnn stand by aud see every
law OF Cos! aud every principle of humanity
outraged. i'll order that slavery might pre-:
vail and Daniel Webster tc President But
cannot nc present. aud must, therefore. be
content with knowing that the good cause
will be nightly advanced by your connen,-
Grafton Of the deed which soos our brother
jerry eut OF the hands of Government kid
nappers, aud hadc him arise and dwak ont OF
this country, and into n lund OF liberty.
FRoM IloH. SAMUEL T.. SEwAIL.
DeGr .Sr:-I regret exceedingly lhal cnn-
not attend in person the celebration to com
meuorato the rcscwo Of Jerry. Lam happy,
however, to express in writing my aainirn-
ton of that glorious act. 1t is hardly ucces-
sary for me to add that concur entirely in
the views expressed by tie committee in
their circular. | wi~! every man in the na-
ton could he brought TO tlIrir force.
Ii is not necessary, in examining the ques-
iion, whether wc are bound IL obey ihe Flu
gliive Slave Act 10 tbeolize very deeply OH
the origin or extent of the powers OF Gov
ernmcrn. 1t cannot be disputed that lhe law
OF God is rs binding ON governments as on
individuals. Murder, piracy, robbery, and
kidnapping, are crimes hy the eternal and
immutable decree of the Onnipotent. No
legislation can make them otherwise. Any
statute which enacts that such crimes shall
he lawful, being Il violation o. the higher
law, is null and void. IT is manifest duty
to refuse TO aid IN enforcing it. Aud inrclh!e
resistance TO il, being always justitiah!e, be-
comes sometimes an urgent duty.
Judges on the bench. being, equally with
private persons, subject 10 the moral law, are
bound even more inpcrntively, ii it be poss-
lille, than those not in office, to pronounce
statutes which require the commission of
crimes null and void. Indeed, it seems
strange to me, that Judges who 10 not hesi-
tate 10 declare acts OF Congress void because
they violate the Constitution, should yet
shrink from declaring the nulily of II statute,
which tramples OH the eternal principles of
justice.
DEMOCRATIC QUALIFICATIONS. - In ~.
Louis lives II German Consul, who has am
extraordinary passion for the Democratic"
party. But his position forbids him openly
joining the cause, he has found the means
of indirectly becoming member of it, hy
huAinn several slaves Still In order Gs far