Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1853-02-19
Resolutions OF The Massachusetts A. s.
Society.

Resolutions OF The Massachusetts A. s.
Society.
|. Resolved, That whoever maintains the
| riglinlnrss Of SlavcholIling is selEcon-
ceited hypocrie; for the law of Liberty
which Cod has stamped upon his soul, ren-
ders insupportnblc the thought of his own
cnslnvcmcni, aud thereby convicts him of
the fnulest injustice in conscnting to n SINH.
lar drlasement Of any Of the human race.
= Resolved, That the Anti. Slavery cutcr.
| prise is more lhnn n crusade moral or polt-
] lrnl, against Slavery extension, 10y purchase
OF territory or 10y sciziug il in wars of con.
| quest; II is more ihan n viudicaiion of the
right of speech, of The press, or of locono.
tim; It is more thnn controversy about
the constitutionnliiy of Fugitive Slave Laws,
or tho writ of llabens Corpus, or the right
OF Jury Trial for fugitive Slaves; il is an
open, direct, cXtcrnlinaling and everlasting
warfare against the doctrine that mnn ever,
under any possible or conceivable circun-
stances, can be- made the goods and clInttels
of his fellow man.
3 Resolved, That however much we may
! rejoice in the change in public sentiment,
ms it appears in the refusal on the part of
| Tie people TO execute the Fugitive Slave
Law, in so many places ut the North, or to
visit its penalties on those who resist il, even
though they take tie lives Of the kiLnnppcrs,
and ne also appears in tho refusal to nonii-
] mite for the Presidency those who had been
. most active in.securing lis passage, and, as
| further appears in the occasional frumphs
Of the Free Soil party, still we must never
forget that all tlIese are but the results ol
our faithful and inflrxible adherence to our
original and fundamental principles, and
that il is only 10y continuing thus faithful
| that we can hope TO witness sIill greater re-
suits, aud the final emancipation OF every
slave.
4. Resolved, That the declaration "Slave-
ry is Sectional aud Freedom National" il,
first, in direct opposition TO the historical
and actual facts of the case; aud, secondly,
q distinction equally absurd and impraciic-
able.
5. Resolved, That with three millions and
n hnlf of slaves crouching beneath the
American flag, TO whom no protection is
given either 10y tie laws of the land or by
local statutes; who eau make no appeal TO
the United States Constitution for any right
or privilege whatsoever, but are doomed 10y
lis guarantees to he reckoncd as three-fiiihs
| OF human beings 10 augment the political
| power Of their tyranicHl owners, To be hunt
ed like wild beasts through all the land il
they shnll seek 10 regain their freedom 10y
flight; aud to be mnssncred whenever they
shall attempt 10 break their chains 10y revolt;
whose numbers may he Increased Indefinite
| ly, subject to no limitations by Congress,
aud whose posteriy is ia;ed to run the same
Of Slavery us Sectional aud Freedom MS
National, is TO outrage common sense and TO
give an opiate 10 the consciences of peo-
Pile " laden with inquity."
6. Resolved, That with more than one
half of our national territory cultivated by
slave lalor with fifteen States of the Union
directly interested in the breeding, buying,
selling, and working of slaves; with tie
! right conceded to any and every one Of the
States, nt its own sovereign pleasure, TO in
troduce aud perpetuule Slavery within lis
own limits; with nine slaveholdng States
already added To the original number; with
| the slave power exercising absolute sway
over the manners and morals, the religion
aud politics of the country, TO affirm TINT
Slavery is Sectional aud Freedom National,
| is n terrible satire upon the very name OF
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q. Resolved, That the exact and sober
truth is, that Slavery is National aud Free
dom nowhere; that no man in this country
can exercise freedom Of speech aud of the
press, irrespective of geographical distinc-
lions, any more than in Austria or Russia
that we nre all living under bloody aud
exterminuiing despotism; that we have no
common country for ireemen, excepting for
those who forge the chain aud weld the
lash, aud that us grent revolution is needed
here, TO secure individual liberty, us in ty-
rant-ridden Europe.
8. Resolved, That as there are no ele-
ments IN tie universe more autagonislicn To
each other than Liberty and Slavery, il is as
plain proposition as can he submitted TO
the human understanding, TINT either Liber-
~ or Slavery must rule the land; that they
cannot co-exist on the same soil among the
same people, and under the same govern
ment : that ireemen aud shareholders cannot
legislnte together, nor enter into solemn
League aud covenant" with each other
therefore,
3. Resolved, That the American Union,
authorizing, as il does, the traffic in human
flesh TO an enormous extent, aud making the
slave system its peculiar, distinctive, and all