Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1853-12-17
RESOLUTIONS.

Whereas, The commcmoration of the Second
Decade Of the American Anti-Sayery Society pre-
seuts favourable opportunity to renew its tcsti-
monies, aud to define its measures in regard to the
overthrow OF Slavery; therefore, be it
Resolved That this Society, rejecting the use Of
all carnal weapons to effect its beneicent object,
relies alone for success on the constant promuga-
ton Of the truth and its faithful application to the
conscicnces and hearts of the people; on "the
opposition Of moral purity to moral corruption,
the overthrow OF prejudice by the power of love-
and the abolition Of Slavery by the spirit of re-
pcntance."
That it still maintains as at the beginning, that
every man who retains hHman being in bondage
as q marketable commodity, is n mdn-Stedler.
That any religion which recognises and sustains
such q relation is spurious, having no connection
with Heaven, unfit to be tolerated on earth, and
presenting the most fragrant impiety toward God,
and the utmost barbariIy toward man. 4, .
That, until the nature of man is changed and
the laws for the moral government Of the Universe
are repealed, and God of justice is blotted out
OF the Universe, II is not possible for Slavery to be
right under any circumstances; and, therefore, all
those who are held in chattel scryitudc should be
Immediately and Internationally set free.
That whatever government statute, party, sect,
church, creed, or parchment, assumes the righiul-
ness ct the relation of master and slave, deserves
to be execrated and rejected with horror, il being
"a selieyidcnt truth that all men are created
''lhNls Nllh thNoNNu DN lelf NleNlbf WIN ull In
aienable right 10 liberty"
That the rejection Of this statement is n shame
less reputation of the Declaration Of lndepend-
ence and the Golden Rule.
That nothing is 80 important as 10 admit Of the
postpOnemcnt Of the slaves liberation, even for an
hour-neither the preservation Of the Union, nor
the safety OF the Church, nor the peace Of society
nor the eniranchisement Of any people Injected
to civil despotism; but it is TO lie demanded at all
/ times uulC' all rirruu .tnncc nj ,vhotavnr ccst
| That the highest expeliency and the only sound
policy Is obedience to tie Right hence the aboli-
tion Of Slavery being demanded by justice, cannot
be injurious to anything that Of right ought to
exist.
Resolved, That tie renew cd and heartfelt thanks
Of this Society be proifcre to the many faithful
friends Of the Anti-Slavery cause, across the At
lantic, for the generous and important aid which
they have rendered it by their contributions to the
National Bazaar, and through other channels and
by their emphatic religious testimonies transmitted
10 this country, from time to time against the
prostitution OF the Christian faith and the Christ
ian church 10 the support Of tho impious system
Of Slavery by admitting shareholders to Christian
communion and we earnestly beseech them not
TO give any heed to the assertion, wherever or by
whomsceyer made, that they are doing moro harm
than good by their interference for the cmancipa-
tion OF those in bondage on our soil but rather 10
multiply their expostulations, warnings and re-
I
hdelity and to continue their pecuniary co-opora-
ton to the extent Of their ability-assured that in
this manner, they are powerfully accelerating the
approach OF that day when the trump Cf Jubilee
shall proclaim liberty throughout all the world,
unto all the inhabitants thereof"
| Resolved, That our most grateful acknowledg-
mcnts are tendered to our long tried and inestim-
able iellow-labourcr, JAMES MILLER McKIM for his
gratuitous and effective vindcation Of this Society
ana ITS prominent supporers,agains the number
less false and malicious charges brought against
them by the enemies of individual and universal
freedom, during his late visit to England, and also
to our equally devoted friend SARAH PUGu, for a
similar service performed abroad, during more
proracted absence and that we hail their return
70 these shores, in health and safety, and to the
held OF conflict, ready as hitherto to spend and be
spent IN the noblest cause Of the age.
Resolved, That, in regard 10 the Colonization
enterprise, we make no issue on any of the follow.
| ing points--whether Africa ought not to be re-
claimed from harbarism and idolatry; nor whether
/ black missionaries are not better adapted 10 ts
climate than white ones; nor whether it is wrong
to assist voluntary emigration TO the shores of that
continent; nor whether the Slave trade has not
been crippled, or driven from their localities by
the colonies already established; nor whether the
settlement Mt Liberia has not attained in the same
period, rs high position as did the Plymouth or
jamestown colony; nor whether the condition OF
the free coloured people in this land is not Of
great hardsblps ana surrounded by many aihctng
circumstances nor whether, to those who are held
in bondage, exile with penniless freedom is not
trserable to life Of ehattezed seryitude; but il
Is, what are the doctlines, designs and measures
of the American Colonization Society and is il
worthy OF the eonntenanee aAd support of a civil
zed aud Christian peopleI
kes2lyed That we abhor and repudiate the
Colonization Society for the following amohg other
reasons; 4, because il sanctions the Internal doc
irine that man can rightfully hold property in bis
'ehoW-mani 2 because i is managed and eontroll-