Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1853-02-19
WHOLE NO 1856.

lnrnts to The philnltllropic friends of tho
slave in England. Scotland and Ireland,
whose beautiful ~ Il munfccni contributions
tp The late National Anl-Slavery Bazaar,
in Boston, added 20 much to its value, ele-
gnuce and productivoness MS well MS TO nli
those Ia this country who co ooperntch IN
the same benciiccnt work for the same glo-
rious end.
81. Resolved, That we hail the appear
IN e of u new periodical in England, entitled
TIE .iHii-SHrcry .4ico.1 designed, as it IL,
TO disseminate accurate intelligence of tho
Slave System in Amprica, aud to lay before
the people of that country accurate reports
OF The aims, purposes aud labo,s of tie
American Anli.Sivcry Socieiy, especially
in view of the shameful fact that, for the
last twelve years, the very existence Of that
Society has brcn ignored in The British and
Foreign .3nii S'drery Reporter, or, if ever al.
luded To. then only for the purpose of giving
II deadly scctatinn stab, rs unworthy of
Tie confidence Lhd support Of religious
rcnrlr!
~. Resolved, That our acknowledgements
and warncst thanks are due to TuE BRIsToL
AND ClIFrON LADIES ASrI. SLAVERY Socf-
ETY. for the thorough aud mtsicrly exposure,
uudc in tliCir recent Report, of the narrow
] y
AND FoREicS ANTI.SLAvERY SccIETY, US
exhibited III the almost total suppression, in
their publications, of all information relating
To 1nE AMERICAN ANTISLAvERY SOCIETY
and It's oprrntiOns-in constant hut secret
dispersion of the members aud friends of
That Society, ~ home aud nlIroad-and in
undrrandcd cilUris Ia disnrngc aud rjure,
IN The estimate of the British public, even
those fugitive slaves whom necessity nnh
danger lave driven to British soil, aud who
have there dared to express their gratitude
aud friendship To any of those men aud
women connected with THE AMERIcAN
Anti SLAVERY SOCIETY who have proiect-
ed them aud aided them in their perlous
flight.
23. Resolved, That in regard to the Colo.
nisutinn enterprise wc make 10 isstle on any
OF the following points whether Africa
ought not TO hc reclaimed from barbarism
aud idulatry; nor whether black missiona-
rics are not better adapted to It's climate than
white ones; nor whether it is wrong to as
sist voluntary emigration To the shores of
tint continent; nor whether the Slnve Trade
has not been crippled or driven from their
'ocalilirs hy thc colonies already established;
nor whciher the settlement nj Liberia hns
not attained, III the same period, rs high u
position as did tie Plymouth or jamestown
culoDy; nor.wheiher the condition of tho
free colotircd people in this land is not ono
of great hardship, and surrounded hy many
affecting circumstances; nor whether, 10
those who are held ia bondage, exile with
pPnhilcss freedom is not preferable to a iis
of cllatlelized serviiiide; bur il IL, whnt nro
the dorillucs designs mud measures of The
American CoUnisalon Society, aud is it
worthy ol the couiltennnce aud support Of n
c,ized and Christian people?
81. Resolved, That we nbIor and rcru-
dilute The Colonisation Society Tor the fol-
lowing among other reasons: (ll Because
it sanctions the internal doctrine, that man
can righiIully hold property in lis fellow
man. ~ Because il is mnnnged nnd con-
trollr'l hy shareholders, whose aim il is to
give quicludc, security mud value to the slave
system 10y Ihc removal of the free blacks.
t'3) Because it declares the lcprous spirit OF
complc%nnal prejudice is natural, aud not
10 he removed even 10y the operations of tho
tIoly Gunst upon the heart. (ll Because il
Is The bitter, malignant and ncivp enemy Of
the Anti Slavery enterprise. (5) Because II
stimulates and sanctions the enactment of
suul-cruslIing laws aud proscripliye edcIs
against Our free cOlOured population, under
the pressure of which they shall find il i'm
possible To stnliG erect on this their native
soil, md mny, Ilirroiurr, hc induced 10 emil
CRATE to Africa. (6) Because the motives il
nrows, The sentiments IL inculcnles, tho
means II uses, the measures il sanctions, nre
hnsc, cruel, dcmouincal-nnd IN Because,
from its institution to the present time, tho
objects of its proicssrd courniseraiion have
increasingly borne the strongest testimony
against i! us uncnIled for, hateful, pcrsccui-
ing aud unnatural.
25. Resolved That the recent act of a
large MINORITY of the u. $. Senate, proscrib.
ing AlessrS. Hale, Simmer aud Chase from
all the Committees in llht lindy, OF tho
ground at their not belonging Ia any heal
Thy political organization "--meaning that
they nre not connected with either the WhiR
ar Democratic party, aud are opposed 10 the
"COmpronIlse measures, including the Fu-
ellve Slave Law us unparalleled, for
nealluess and hascness, in the history of
political legislation, us gross an insult MS
was ever oilured 10 honorable men, nn nct
| of daring usurpalion, aud precedent of a
| most nlnrmng nature, which, IL tanely sub
| United to, iOrrslhduws, with other adnon-
tory events Of the times, The ultimate eslah-
liShmeni of II military dcspoIism over tho
| whole country.
%, Resolved, That willie the pro slavery
| scnilily of one Of The Senators from this
Commonwealth made him shrink from reg
istering uanly testimony against this das-
tardly and tlranuous act la Ilie name of tho
sovereign Stale of massachusetts,, which he
was sent To Congress faithfully TO represent,
We had u right To expect from the Anii-Sla-
very professions and positions Of The orier
Senator, tie Hon. Charles Sumner, who
whs one OF the prescribed, something moro
llian dumb and an ingurious silence on
that occasion, and yet no sound was heard
from his lips, aud Massachusetts wns allow.
ed to he spin upon with ilnpuniiy.
q. Resolved, That the people of this
Commonwealth, without distinction of par