Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1854-09-23

manner The question, what shall | do to inherit
eternal life was asked. The orthodox priest
against whose religious creed perhaps objection
could be raised, passed by the wounded man on the
other side. SO did the Lcvite Next came the
poor, dcspiscd, infdc Samaritan, who wOrshipped
not at Jerusalem but at Mount Gcrazim, and whom
the jew could scarcely touch without pollution, he
had compassion on him, and relieved him, and Jesus
told the young lawyer who intcrrogatcd him, to 30
and do likewise, if he would iuherit eternal life
At the close of his address, he read Whitticrs
poem, "A Sabbath Scene" with great effect
The Convention then adjourned till . p. NJ
2oclock. The Convention met pursuant to ad-
journmcnt. The song, " | am an aboltionist," was
sung, after which James Barnaby spoke to the fifth
resolution. lie referred to the mean slave hunts
and slayery-propogating wars carried on by this
Government, and eulogized its boasted greatness
in strain Of most severe, sarcastic irony, which
made its claims to those qualities appear sufficiently
ridiculous.
a Financial Committee consisting of Mrs. J. S
Grifing, Mrs IIoge and Hugh Hamilton, was ap.
pointed.
c. c. Burlcgh then offered the sixth resolution
of the series, and sustained it by most lucid log
cal and convincing speech of considerable length,
after which he read in his peculiarly impressive
manner, the poem entitled Worship"
The following resolutions were again read and
unanimously adopted by the Convention:
l. Resolved, That the anti-savery enterprise is,
i'll the true sense of the word, n religious enter
prise; its fundamental principles identical with
those inculcated by Jesus and his apostles; its
measures accordant with the spirit of the Gospel
4 n,Il l,nn nr,l, ,t,,,, 1 .
before the triumph Of Christianity in our land can
be completely won.
| .. Resolved, That although ours is the same
work that Christ began eighteen hundred years
ago; yet so corrupt and wicked have his profcssed
followers i'll this land become by reason of theil
connection with slavery, that they apply the term
lgtidet now, to the thing that Christian meant
in former times.
3. Resolved, That as aboltionsts, we have nc
controversy with the American churches and clergy
because they churches and clergy, or because
of their creeds and discipline or rituals but soley
because of their proslayery position and character
and that such portion of them constitute an ex
eepton to the general pro-slavery position ant
character Of these bodies, is not, and never has
been included in our condemnation.
t. That on the anti-savery platform we entertain
no questions of creeds rituals, have nothing t,
do with a mans religious faith or want of faith
but affirm it to be the right and duty of all men
whether orthodox or heretical, Christian, Pagan
nldcl or Jew, to cooperate such basis of actor
us their several consciences dictate, in working fo
TIE dcycrance of the enslaved, whether fo
Christs sake or Gods sake, for humanity's sake o.
truths sake for the sake of sound morals or en-
lightened patriotism or for whatever considerato,
supplies to them respectively the highest and mobiles
motive to action in a cause which is in reality on
Of the best and noblcst Of causes.
D. That this Government from the earliest dawr
of its existence, has given the lie to its boast
cd declaration of human equality, and branded
Itself before the world nation of political hyp
ocris, more false to freedom than the basest despU
tisms Of the old world.
e. That the constitution of the United States, i
an iniquitous compromise between right and wrong
between Liberty and Slavery, that it gives to tn
Shareholders, certain powers and privileges b,
which their peculiar institution is strengthened
and the whole nation is pledged to its support
that the American Union is confederacy of op
pressors, banded together to uphold the vcst sys
TEN of despotism, which the ever saw, that the
leading policy of this Government is ard long has
been to cherish, extend and perpetuate slavery
that therefore, we cannot participate in that Gov
crnment, continue members of that union, or prom
ise support to that Constitution without sacrifice
of our sclfrespect a violation of our conscience
and the staining of our souls with the guilt ant
disgrace of voluntary partnership in the crime O.
slaveholding. WIN. WATSON, Pres.
i WM, W. WALKER Scc'y,