Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1854-04-01

sumo many other gbostly apprehcnsions haunted
their excited brains. We held up 10 view their
subseryiency to the slave power, told them that
already it had its iron heel upon ;hcir necks, that
the d,irer's whip was already raised over them,
commanding them TO bow to its behests' pluuihS
them not 10 publish their declared sentiments.
They were told that, having voted against their
publication, placed them in far greater difhcuity'
Rumor had already gone out Of the meeting oeine
held, and the character of the resolutions woulo
also 20 abroad, and when 1t was known that they
had passed resolutions which they were ashamed
to have published, would be more likely to do in-
jury than an open, ndependentand fearless course.
Having refused to publish, a motion was made and
carried, appointing the Judge, Prosecuting Atty'
and T. Z. Collins, County Clerk,) to prepare
series of resolutions and report them to an adjourn
ed meeting to be held the 8th inst, which hope
thee will insert in the Buglc.
My sheet is full. / did intend to have said some
thing about our adopted State, but my limits will
not permit Suffice it to say, we have, think, q
beautiful and fertile country our winter has been
delightful with the exception Of three weeks, most
of which was cold but not a days rain after
winter closed in until to-day it has been raining at
intervals, moderately. Thus far, March has been
more like April.
! The following are the resolutions referred to.
No wonder those Office holders were scared after
having adopted such resolutions. They are, how
ever, much better and more to the point, than the
revised and emasculated ones published above. II
such resolutions were adopted published and stuck
to, over the country, there would be no Nebraska
bills passed-no more slavery extension. But in
its place, we should liberty extended over
what is now slave territory.
i WHEREAS slavery is q sin under all possible cir
cumstances aud therefore ought to be Immediately
+ abolished and whereas, the protecting shield Of
the General Government was thrown around II by
and through the compromises thereof, thereby Civ
ing il n national character and existence, conso-
quently it became more fierce and importunnte IN
its demands In order to secure its continuance in
Missouri it stipulated that slavery involuntary
servitude should exist north Of 36' 30| north
latitude; next TO slavery in the ncwlyacquir
ed territories of Mexico and Utah, the Compromise
of 1850 was entered into, known as the Fugitive
Slave Lawand it is now claimed on the part of the
slave power, that the Compromise of 1850 repealed
, the Missouri Compromise, and bill is now pend
ing before Congress for the organization of the ter
ritory of Nebraska, with the admission Of that
blighting mildcw, slavery, into that vast, fertile
region, comprising territory seven times larger
! than Iowa therefore
Resolred, That slavery is practical denial Of
the selEevdent truth that ali men born free and
u equal and are endowed by their Creator with GER
tain inalicnable rights amongst which life, Ill
erty and the pursuit Of happiness.
y Resolred, That VIC reject the authority Of all
books, compromises, constitutions, laws and COM
I mands, by whomsoeyer written or adopted, which
, assert the rightiulness of slavery
!, Resolred That all the signs of the times portend
a strong effort on the part Of the slave power to
monopolize the functions and control the policy Of
r. the Government, still more than in times past, in