Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1853-11-05

ZIONIST of the North and the shareholders of the
South, there is no middle ground any more than
between the worshppcrs of one living aud true God
and those Of IDOLS therefore, all such as pretend to
be opposed to Slavery, and at the same time dis
countcnance the anti-slayery movement, are either
chcrishing fatal delusion, or else are guilty of
gross hypocrisy.
I'd. Resolred, That abolitonism however ma
ligued by timoserying pulpit or caricatured by a
proHgatc press, is nothing more than an earnest
demand for the practical enforcement Of the Col
den Rule and the Declaration of independence
without regard to complexonal differences among
the people-claiming for those who are held in an
iron bondage, only what the white inhabitants of
this country assume to he theirs by natural and
Heaven driyed right.
3D.. Rcsolred, That as il is a sclfcvident truth,
that all men are created equal, aud endowed by
their Creator with an inllienable right to liberty it
follows US truth equally sclfcvdent, that whatev
or book parchment, code, statute or, creed, sane
tions or uphOlds Slavery, under any circumstances
ought to be given to the consuming fire; and that
whatever sect, party, orgovernmcnt, recognizes the
right of man to hold property in man, is thoroughly
corrupt aud fit only to be trodden in the dust.
4th. Resolred, That he who opoogizcs for slave
holding, is in heart slave holder and needs only a
southern location to become the purchaser and
plunderer of his doomed fellow creatures to the
extent Of his means and opportunities.
9th. Resotred, That the people of Michigan,
without distinction of sect or party, by making it
u fundamental law of their State, that no resident
therein shall hold another person in slavery on its
soil, have unanimously declared it to be morally
impossible for slaves to be nnocenty held rs such
in any other Staten the Union; hence, wheneverany
of them attempt to defend the practice of manensla
wing ut the South, or refuse to rally under the ban
ner ofimmedate emancipation, so that liberty may
be proclaimed throughout all the land unto all the
inhabitants thereof" they are guilty of perhdy to
/ the Constitution of Michigan, and stand condemned
of thpr unnuthg "a 1pstitute of moral urin-
ciplc.
9th Resoired, That il Is the insanity of Bed
lam to talk Of n GLORIOUS union" subssting be-
tween those who abhor slavery the worst of
crimes, and those who yindcatc it worthy Of un-
limited extension and perpetuity; between those
who believe that man made to glorify God in
his body and spirit, and those who MAINTAIN that he
was made for the auction block, and to be owned
by another as his chattle; between those who re-
gard Christianity diametically opposed to every
kind of OPPRESSION and those who insist that 1t is
compatible with thc traffic in slaves and the souls
of men," between those who say that government
should make slaveholding a penitentiary offence
and those who say that government is bound to
pr tect slave property; "for what fellowship hath
righteousness with unrighteousness? and what
communion hath light with darkness? and what
concord hath Christ with Belal?"
9TH. Resolred, That tho strength Of the Slave
Powers is not to be found in its nature (for as
It's the wickedest, so, in itself, it is the weakest
Power beneath the sun, or in the number of actu-
al Shareholders at the South, or in Southern com
bnatons; but il exists in Northern cowardice, ser
vityA conservatism Northern religions fellow
ship and co-operation-in Northern party alliance
and subservicncy-in the Northern pulpit blacken.
ing the characters of the uncompromsing friends
of the slaves and the Northern press holding
them up to public rdculc and scOrn-in hatred ant
contempt Of the free people of color and in gcner
al lack of manhood, moral principle, and regard fol
liberty.
9Th. Resolred That we meet here upon tn,
Anti-Slayery platform of broad and universal free
dom and as such we know sect party. Blu
: cordially greet every friend of the slave. llowey
er widely, We may differ in our religious views.
Whereas, in the course of the discussion
5 which sprung up in the General Assembly of tn
Presbyterian Church, New School, lately convcne
at Buffalo, n. " the Rev. Mr. McLane, Of Missis
sipp said :-"I you ask how many of our churc
: members are Shareholders, | answer, all who ar
able to be- and if you ask how many slaves the
own, answer, just as many as their means vii
permit and
: Whereas, on the same occasion, DR.. Ross, O
Tennessee, in derision of n proposition to inquir
into the number of slaves held in connection wit
Presbyterian churches at the South, moved to amen
! it by inquiring into "the number Of Norther
t church members who attend meetings of Spirituc
Rappers, BlOomers, or Womens Rights Conver
tions, and who are cruel or hen-pecked husbands
--and at the same time pronouncing 'iUncle Tom
y Cabin" bad book-bad in its theology, and bad i
its morality" and that the impression made
the book isa falsehood"-and telling the Norther
philanthropist to learn, from the Bible that Go
nowhere says slavery is sin, and that the Code
Rule may exist in the relations of slayery"-an
II defantly proclaiming to the Assembly, at isju'
= simply fixed fact-the South will not submit I
= your inquiries; no, not for an instant! We wi
s. not permit you 10 approach us at all'-and
,f Whereas, the Rev. Dr. Eddy said" lie wa
tired of the discussion of slavery, and louged fc
repose he believed that the great Head of III
n ChurchC J asked for repose on this subject AN
+ the Rev. DR.. Cox, on tho presentation of pape
4 from the 0swego Presbytery refusing TO send Con
missioners until the General Assembly absolvC
itself from the sin of slavery, by declining fellow
l. ship with slayehoding churches, said" lie WI
o. grieyed at the bad action Of the Presbytery,
ct strongly reprobated it; so that, if he let the O
!, Adam work within him, he would not only be
IL favor of laying the paper on the table, but wOu
Of kick it under the tabIe6-and the Rev. DR.. Alike
le said the memorial twas insulting to the Gen
raj Assembly" and Mr.. lngersoll " considered
beneath the selfrespoct of this body to notice it.
ID aud Mr.. Niles declared that "the Presbytery
t. OswogO should be dealt with selfconvicted Gu
80 prits" and the Rev. Mr.. TORY, of Virginia. said
; awe came into this Assembly slaveholdir
churches and long as slavery exists in the Sont
Il such are the circumstances of the case, must
4 continue; and we cannot remain in connection wi
Il you, under any action that seeks to sanction ine
u ference with this question from without-and
nj Whereas, these monstrous declarations elicits
at no rcbuko from any quarter in the Assembly :
therefore,
9th. Resolved, That this Convention feels wa
ID lraDted in branding the General Assembly aforesa
n as brotherhood of men-stealers, "a cage of u
n Iclean birds, and the synagogue Of Satan"
- 10th. Resoloed, That the Old School Gener
u Assembly, convened at the same period in Phil
delphia in disdaining 10 entertain the question
slavery for diseussion though embracing thousand