Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1854-09-16
ANTI-SLAVERY BUGLE.
MARLBORO CONVENTION.


Saturday, Sept. 2nd in grove two miles north of
Marlboro, Stark Co., Ohio. The President of the
Society took the Chair, and Charles II. Garrgucs
was appointed Secretary. The appointment of
Business Committee followed, consisting Of c. c.
f'urleigh, Leonard Criffng, Lewis Morgan, VIM.
Holiday and b. c. Gilbert. On motion Of Lewis
Morgan, c. S. S,Gri0ing, Mary L. Gilbert, Layuo
Thorp and Lewis Erwin, were appointed a Com
mittcc on Finance, and upon the affairs Of the A.
S. Buge; y recess was then taken for an hour and
half.
At / p. NJ, the meeting was called to order,
and the following resolutions WIRE offered by the
Bu1incss Committee:
Resolced, That the word sin is without meaning,
If it do not in q preeminent degree apply to Sa-
verv-inasmuch as there is no law Of nat@re which
IL does not outragc-no command in the decalGgue
which ii does not violate principle precelt oi
Jesus or Jehovah which it does not set at dciancc.
ReSolccd, That the sin and crime Of Slavery arc
not that it requires new territory ior its own
tension; that it sacrifices freedom of speech, Of
the press, of ocomotion :hc right Of trial by
iury or of habeas corpus; that it seeks to compel
the people of the North to return fugitive slaves to
bondage or to pay their price and suffer other pen
alties, though all this it does but that it sei2es
man. the image ndlikeness of the invisible God,
disrobes him of every human and divine attribute,
utter darkness, and binds the body. thus imbrued,
in chains, PROPERTY, to be driven east
under the scourge, Whenever, wherever and how
the will caprice, the law or the lust of ire
spOnsbe tyrants shall elect or desire; therefore,
Rcsolrcd That our warfare is with the slave
claimant, upon the doctrine that man never,
under any possible or conceivable circumstances,
hold property in lis fellow man.
Resolced, That American Slavery is not only
disgrace and curse to America but hndrance to
the triumph of liberal principles and to the esttb-
li;hment Of popular forms OF government among
the nations of the earth at large.
Peso7red That the advocates and upnoldcrs Of
American Slavery arc the friends Of oppression and
tyranny Of wrong and cruelty, in every part of
the world while the enemies Of American Sla-
very are the friends and benetactors OF the whole
human race.
The discussion of these resolutions then cusucd.
Mr.. LEON ARD B. GRIrFING said: 1t is saidin these
resolutions that slavery is a sin. Are there any
serious consequences to be apprehcnded from the
commission of sin and continuance in it, by intelli-
gent beings? If there be not if no retribution
my reasonably be anticipated, solfshness may
induce to remain silent and inactive. But il
there be accountability for wrong-doing, now is
the time for us to pause and consider the consc-
quences to ourselves and others. | have come to
the conclusion that it is time for me to feel all |
ought to feel, to do all ought to do the subject
of Slavery. There is n class who profess to be-
licve in God and to worship him, and that they
expect at some future day, to be accountable to
him, who, although convicted Of the right, pursue
the wrong and defer the day of repentance And,
there is another, and | thankful it is an increls-
ing class who believe they must begin to meet
consequences now. However / may have been
connected with those who crv nnocn Uhnu thnrn i
no peace, believe now that we never can escape
present responsibility, more than the future re
triJution which awaits us for our participation in
this crime The African slaye-trade has ever re-
qured the most selfish and deyish men to carry
it on, and yet it has had the sanction of men high
Iy POPULAR both enthusiastically and politically
know village in the East whore there are ind
viduals who have a:nassed millions by this traffic
but it is all wasted and gone. Some Of these are
in situations needing charity to exc out their exist
encc.
After all that has been said and done to awaken
the public mind, the community is still asleep
Men are as dead, apparently to the real nature o
this crime, as of any other that be imagined
But the Anti-Slavery cause is the of God
Heaven has set an approving seal upon it. All Of
the internal powers are inadequate to stop its on
ward progress. The electric shock is being felt
throughout community, and the work must still be
onward.
G. S. S. GRIrFING said | will read again the
resolutions. You will perceive we differ from those
who assert there may be circumstances where there
is no sin in the relation of slaveholding. And We
differ too from those who only aim at restricting
Slavery to its present limits, who aim to render i
sectional, and proclaim their willingness for gov
ernment in which they can meet and act with slave
holders as brothers. in legislative council. w
differ, likewise, from those who ask such modif
cation Of sleye-catching laws, that if man be
consigned to slavery by the decision of jury they
vii, say Amen, and help fulfill the law. Our war
fare is truly with the slave claimant, and we de
mand the surrender of his ungodly claim to human
ownership in all places and under all circumstances
What hope for the slave of Carolina, from party
which seeks only the repeal Of the Nebraska
swindle, the modification of the slave laws
What matters it to him where he is located, or b,
what tenure held, when body and soul is put at thu
mercy of an irresponsible tyrant?
G. C. BURLEIcH said These resolutions are fun
damental-they begin at the bottom. People VIII
assent verbally to propositions like these, do no
always perceive the full extent to which such assen
logically commits them. For instance, som
may admit their truth, who still continue in reli9
ions fellowship with Shareholders. Others, alsC
who refuse to withdraw from the political parties
which are bound by the common platform to whic
they have subscribed, to fulfill the behests of tn
slave power. And again, there those still fu
ther advanced in their opposition to slavery but wh
in swearing fealty to the,Consttution of the L. S
by themselves and their agents. compel themseyt
to choice between perjury or tho defence of S
very, These arc some of the reasons why We mu
continue to press the proposition that Slavery is