Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1854-11-18
RESOLUTIONS
OF THE PENNSYLVANIA ANTl-sLAyERY SOCIETY, ADoP-
TED At ITS LATE ANN1yLRsARY.

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the inaenable right of every man to liberty, the
inherent snfulness ofsavchodng, and
the duty of the immediate and unconditional eman-
c patton of every slave.
=. Resolved That the repeal Of the Missouri
which opens the vast Territories Of
Nebraska and Kansas to the admission Of slavery
is an act of trcachcry to Freedom, violation ul
national faith, disgraceful alike to the American
Congress and t the nation which it represents
that it mpers liberty in every tate Of our Union,
and calls for the indignant remonstrance OF every
citizen of the North.
3. Resolved, that those Members of Congress
(sclEstylcd Democratc) from Pennsylvania who
prosttutcd their influence and votes to aid the con-
sumatiun Of this grand iniquity, while they be-
trayed the ancient honor of this Commonwealth,
grossly misrcprescncd her before the world; in
proof of which we adduce the emphatic rebuke so
recently passed upon their trcachery by the collec-
tive voice of an indignant people.
j. Resolved, that we again Indignantly rcNudi-
ate the statute commonly called the Fugitive Slave
Law" as an outrage upon Humanity, ard an IN
suit to God that we owe it neither respect nor
obcdience and that, disrcgarding all human laws
to the contrary we will SuT "bewray him that
wandcreth, " nor "rcturn unto his master the
slave who has escaped from his master unto us.
5. Resolved, That the passage of the Fugitive
Slave Law and the repeal of the Missouri Compro-
mise are only the natural fruits ol the poison tree
of Slavery that to complain Of these fruits, while
assiduously nourishng the tree itself is the
hcighth of infatuaticn; that the work to he done
is to lay the axe at the root Of the tree, and cease
not until it be cut down and given to the consum-
ing fire.
G. Resolved, That any incidental or side issnc
with the Slave Power III regard 10 itS enCIo'.r- i
mcntS upon the rights anu i9eruts ol :'o ., Nuiu
or the violation OF It's phSitcu i",,' Vi i'1
territorial extension, must inevitably result It utter
defeat that while the North continues in religious
and political alliance with the South slavery will
con"H"G 10 i's 0piH' ''''l tlt +Lo
I:'NI .'"H''r''I " ; iiio,, !; tLo ,,or,
" '"I i, ID ,.so,,;ni r. tLa
c. H,' ,,,J ,rs,,orit,. or tho North and
thc snccdv and universal triumph of the cause of
IiLortv
p.,1.o1 rrIot ,ro oorrosf1v recommend 70
a. C I '.I, ~ ,iti +ho cnnsistnnrv
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q heSulNeu, In"V tho"S" !" ma" ~ " - ~
ty Is not dependent upon tle aulloIllL VI any
book yet we regard the sPirit ol the DIo'c us
breathing burning renuEc AGAINST GplreS:loi,i;'
ana we look upon thoSe ectIesi"suo o'c'os vi '"'l
vduais who appropriate !, III suPpoI. VI "'i'ci ioi
slavery as Inn"ei 70 ,"e Ala
o. heSoNed' ihat tnG PreJuuicc IEau"1e - tmo
Ioioreu man eAd'tinS III 'niS - uT'''o
INN tue night OF suffrage eNc,uues mn IRON, i'ges T
oi puIc amusement, rom We a,'I 'm
S'e!'ipu"' ", HUI ~ J'n' ~ i
beside his white fellow wHrshiPpers IN our Ghu,-
chrS' SHUTS "SIihst n'ii '"o uoo'o W e "" .I,t
ana cVicScS' "T"S III" "' ','0 -
a. ,t", ori,rty 70 tlc white nan
accuses MN OF mental IN =? ,,'e M
Us I,Gl"' ',asinGc" ~ - '' n.c o il Is tha
'l"h III" Vi lC'G ls ".3" " - c,,J
oppression oi 'no Mu'N " ''io o'""s ~,G -, ,,,
inaSmuch as IL lhli'c's ihcAi'o's'oi' 'P0''
'hc '"'occ"''
lo' NcsoiEcd' h"t Ie's9'"l o',:'Ea:'o"
upon each OF us to labor iof tIe eraulc.uh y! 'h'S
prejudice, and iur the restoration oil inns injured
portion of our people to the enjoyment ol theil
social and political rights
/ H. Resolved, That we earnestly renew our ties
timonv against the American Colonization Societ,
as an organization viazcd and controlled ~ th
malignant and unchristian spirit Of coorphoba
inruicating the monstrous doctrines, through it
natural barrier to the elevation of the colorcd
in this country-that prejudice against coloreC
complexion is inherent and inextinguishabe IN the
heart of every white rerson--that it will be de
lnqnst atve proof Of Christian concern for tho
salvation of moor bcnishtcd Africa, to eXpNriatC
tn IA or shores those whom we are ncvcsitutcd ia
crush and degrade while they remain in our mids
that slnvchodng is compatible with the ,'nspc
of Jesus Christ, and Abolitonism an abominatior
in the sight Of God-0nd that It Is lar beuer ''
cvnalled from our land, than to have them enamel
patcd on the American soil.
II. That the testimony of that Society, in re
card to the success of the colony at Liberia is nc
= to he relied on, because it is from ntereste
o,.,o and Leconec - continuation that is auima
q ted Inv such spirit will assuredy deceive and ia
sify i in reg regard to the actual condition of tho.
Q WIZ n5yom il has shinned to Africa.
, i$ ResolyeI That, actuatcd by no spirit Of lib
Y roitv toward the colonists in LLera, but hopr
s that nil which is ALLEGED in regard to their comic
3 table and improving condition is true we aihr
If that whatever NAV be the success of the eXpei
V ment abroad. the American Colonization Socic
4 is none the less to be abhorrcd for its proscriP
'e spirit its expulsve design its unnatural positl,
and its wicked duplicity: as whatever good to Il
; world may have resulted from the crucifxion
- Jesus those who nailed him to the cross q
= not to find their justification therein, or to be c
Is Iempted from condemnation for their murderer