Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1854-07-08
PROCEEDINGS OF TIE
YOUNG PEOPLES CONVENTION,

hetd on the lst and 2Hd Of July, 1854, IL I0tdw'S
Grote, three miles north IF the riHdgc
IF Nei0 Gdrdsa.
Convention organised by appointing Joshua
Morgan, President, George Rice. and Kate Ham
bleton, Vice Presidents, VIM. II. Bcttes and Julia
Rice, Secretaries.
The President then road the call for the Clnven-|
ton, aftet which the following persons were chosen
rs q Business Committee VIM. Myers, Thomas
Hambleton, Deborah Griffith, James Morgan, Mary
Belding, In tho absence of the Business Commit
tee, Win. u. Bettes read an address on the subject
Of slavery.
The Business mmit reported a resolution
calling most earnestly upon all persons to come
forward and act in the present crisis Of liberty in
our country the resolution was supported by W.
Myers, and VIM. II. Bettes. Contention adjourned
until . o'clock.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Vice President in 'he chair.
The Business COmt1itthe reported a resolution
in favor of spiritualisnt. 1t was supported by W.
Myers, Thomas Ilambleton, VIM. II. Bettes,
George Rice, and Jane WINERY; opposed by Rev.
Mr.. Reeves. The resolution was adopted: The
committee reported a resolution on slavery, after
which the convention adjourned 10 meet next NOR
ming at 9 o'clock.
MORNING sEssIoN-JULY 2SD.
President in the chair.
\ song was sung by the young people Of MARI
boro. William Paxon then offered some resolu-
lions on Education, which were supported by w.
Paxon, Thomas Hambleton, and j. lIOlbrook.-
The resolutions were adopted.
The committee reported resolutions on the sub
ject Of temperance; they we're supported by Will
lam Myers. They were adopted:
The committee then reported a resolution on
Woman's rights, which was Supported by Jane
Winery, VIM. II. Bettes, Ann Hambleton, Benja-
mine Bown, Thomas lIambleton, and Morris PEN
mock. 1t was adopted.
On motion the resolutions on the subject Of sla-
rery were taken up for discussion.
Convention adjourned until half past l o'clock.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
President In the chair.
Another song Nas sung by the young people Of
Marlboro. The resolutions on slavery were sup
ported by VIM, II. Belts; VIM. Myers, and Norris
Pcnnock. The resolutions were adopted.
An Essay on Reform was read by Sarah Bon
sail.
y resolution on Phonctics was adopted: Also
one on tobacco. The resolution on tobacco elected
a warm discussion.
Convention adjourned, sine die.
The following are among the resolutions adop-
ted.
Resolved, That slavery is the biggest, boldest,
blacklist and most bare faced lie that the world
ever saw at war with christianity, in open rebel
lion to the requirements of revealed religion, an
insult to man, blasphemy to God, at war with the
best relations of man to man, undermining all
ideas of honesty and morality, destroying all or
der, and all harmony in society it being the very
essence of all tyranny, anarchy and oppression,
embracing all that is vile, wretched and mischiev-
Gus, and is in reality the arch fend Of hell.
Resolved, That looking at slavery in tho light o:
law, we find it guilty of the crimes of piracy, kid
mapping, murder, manslaughter, homicide, infanti-
eide, abduction, rape, assault and battery, arson,
burglary, larceny, theft, robbery, forgery, and
everything known by the name of crimes and mis-
demeanors therefore it can never be legalized or
made lawful.
Resolved, That the only hope for the slave, and
security for freedom any where, is to be found in
a strong and earnest effort to utterly annihilatc
slavery, and our motto should be changed from
free men, free soil, free speech and no union with
shareholders, to death to s3are'y noe and torecer.
Resolved, That human duty is always to be
obeyed before human laws therefore this conven-
ton abhors and detests the fugitive slave law, and
como life Or come death, will to its utmost, disobey
its mandates and urge its repeal.
VIM. Paxon's Resolutions, on education:
Resolved; That we hold ignorance to be the
cause of all the misery, wrong, outrage and OPP
preston that afiicts humanity; and hence knowl-
edge the only remedy for their removal.
Resolved, That we look upon the cause of TIM
versal education as tie cause before all others, de-
handing the support of every advocate of reform,
every lover OF humanity and every votary of hu-
man freedom.
Resolved, That while we would not disparage
other iaborers in the moral vineyard, we would
hail the true hearted and self sacrificing teacher
as the true champion of liberty, and the van lead
or il the great march of mind.
Resolved, That we would say to the young pco-
pie of our nation, who earnestly desire to make
impress Of good upon the world, that shall endure
long after they shall have passed away: prepare
yourselves by thorough information, by perfect
self control, and a determined Split Of pcrsever-
ance, to govern and direct Alright the pliable mind
Of youth, and labor faithfully and earnestly in
that calling, and you will do q work which will
endure long after the name Of the m~ightiest war
rior that ever stained the earth with human gore,
shall have faded from the pages of history.
George Rice presented the following:
Resolved, That We recognize the principle of
equal rights, morally; rtligiously and politically,
to every member Of the human family, without
regard to sex, color, or condition of life, and we
rejoice to see the efforts which are being made by
our mothers and sisters throughout the world to
prepare themselves to occupy higher and trucr Io-
%sitions in society.
Whereas, There hare been prisons engaged in
selling beer upon the ground previously engaged
for the purpose of holding 4 young peoples con-
%yentiOn, and whereas, certain ladies visited those
persons and endeavored to persuade them to desist
from such sale therefore
Resolved, That the thanks Of this convention