Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1853-02-19

controlling institute ~, is an experiment or
tnadmrn to make fire aud gnnpov der ronl.
esce-is simply deceptive term fnr TUE
SLAVE POWER, everywhere mrkiug JUS
ticc, Humanity, Religion, Suhservicut 10 it,
fiendish designs--hnd, consequently, is net
TO he preserved, but TO he rNarraird AID
nssoilcd, in the name of { G Great God. of
Christ the Redecmcr, aud oi Mn the suffer-
or, until not one stouc of II is lrft upon nu-
other, and until upon It's ruins is erected u
glorious Temple of Freedom for all, without
regard To complexion, cline or race.
10. Resolved, That while, on the ground
of principle, we nre compelled to take the
ground of Disunionisis, We, Ht the sane
time, claim to be the only true aud only
consistent friends of Lqw aud Order, ur
Government aud Union, in the absolute sig.
nlllcation of those terms aud maintain that
they are the disorgnuizers aud anarchists of
tic day who are for perpciuniing their
covenant with death aud their agreement
with hell" miscallcd the American llniun-
the heaven-wide aud everlasting distinction
between them and ourselves hcing this
that while they are for preserving govern
ncnt which outlaws aud Cusavcs every
sixth person under it,, aud nourislIes a system
which admits of no arraigunient or cXauii-
nation, except under the penalties of LJnrh
Law, we nie for government which slnll
render ;lIc monstrnus crime Of slavcIiuldiug
an impossible act, and enable every nlan Ia
sit under his own vine aud ig tree with
none to modest or make him afraid.
II. Resolved, That ever since Slavery
has been in Our guilty land, its licnrl.hrokrn
and lettered victims hive been n,1king their
mute appeals to the American Church for
succour aud deliyerancc bui, iistond OF
coming up TO their resctic IN tho name of
the Lord God aud his nnoinjcd Snu, it has
perseveringly aud impiously consented to
their ens!avclneni entered into the purchase
and ownership of their hOdics ana souls,
aud boldly justified this high.haudrd viiiany
from the Scriptures MS divncly nnlhorizrd.
IL. Resolved, That for more than score
of years tho American Church has scuruiully
aud nalicipusly resisted all the admnniiuus,
aud warnings, and appeals of tiu friends
and advocates of the enslavcd; closed its
doors against them, while opening them to
the apOlogists aud defenders of slavery MS n
Bible Institution; aud actively cxcried all
her powers to crush all sympathy for those
who nre drawn unto death, ready TO be slain:
therefore,
l3. Resolved, That thoroughly sircprd in
blood and pollution MS that Church il, it
becomes us To urn from il with loai,ing
and nbhorrence-to waste no lime in al
tempIs to bring II TO rcpentancc-but to call
upon all the friends OF God aud man, ire.
speclive OF religious professions, To rally for
the niter and eternal overthrow of Amrri.
can Slavery.
II. Resolved, That the object of this So.
cieiy is now, ms il has always been, To con-
vince our connlrymen, by arguments address
sed Ia their hearts aud consciences that
Slavelolding is heirOiis crime, aud that
llie duty sniety and interest of all concerned
demand its ilIInednte abolition without cx
pairiution.
Is. Resolved, That, since the evil men do,
lives after them, aud because dread of the
verdict that history will record against them
is one of the strongest holds we have on IN.
scrnpulous leaders, it Is the imperative duty
Of all good men TO put aside the fear of uun
and all false delicacy, and utter frankly their
deliberate uud grave disapprolntion, even
over the graves of those who have misllsed
high station aud prostiluted high talents To
the injury of mankind; that this is duty
which men in the position of the Abolition
lists most especially owe to historic truth, To
justice, TO humanity, aud the slave; and
their well-known fidelity to it is one source
of the power they WELD, us well as of tic
odnm which they incur
l6. Resolved, That in the death Of Web
ster, Clay, aud Calhoun, we hail the removal
Of three great obstacles 10 freedom OF
thought and the Anti-Sluvery Cause; aud
men being no longer chilled 10y the shadow
of their baleinl names, we may reasonably
hope for humaner counseis in the nation,
utt a h.a,r g..
ter men.
IL. Resolved, That in our opinion, their
constant aud systematic sacrifice, life long
aud on all occasions, OF justice and human
ily the plainest principles of law, the most
vital provisions of Our national Constitution,
and the welfare of three million of human
beings to their own selfish ambition aud the
demands of the Slave Power; their SCOTS
at the sncrodness of individual conscience
aud Gods law; their hitter sneers or hitter
opposition At every effort to rouse this nation
to mercy aud justice, made their influence
and lives curse TO the country, and inul lkrd
them the foes not only of the slave, but oi
this experiment of seIi.government aud of
republican liberty ard human progress the
world over.
Is. Resolved, That VIC do not look upon
Mr.. Wehster's speech of the 7Ih March, 1850,
as the fall Of u man before thut loved and
trusted; but, on the contrary, we know no
hour OF his life, when the Abolliouisls
placed the least confidence in him, and no
Anti Slavery word he ever uttered whicii
we did not feel, at the time, to be mere
empty rhetoric or clumsy attempt to make
gain out of the generous impulses Of better
men than himself
10. Resolved, That, in behalf of the mill
ions enslaved on our soil, this Society CRATE
fully acknowledges, the MD rendered TO their
cause hy their transatlantic friends in public
meetings assembled in Edinburgh, Glasgow,
Dundee, Belfast, and many other places,
and, 10y various addresses from large bodies
of pllilauthropic men aud women in the Old
World, appealing TO all Christians in the
United States in the nnme of common
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