Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1854-02-04
Communications.
LETTER FROM HENRY G. WRIGHT

I
days anti-slavery gathering on the occasion of the
annual meeting of the Massachusetts, Anti.slavoiy
Society. The weather the first day was very cold,
and the attendance small. | am on the platform
Garrison, Phillips, Quincy, NAV, jackson, Stack
man, Foss, and host of other true and tried
friends Of the slave are orouud. A stern, martyr
spirit pervades the meeting. Several resolutions
have been introduced and discussed freely. One
is now speaking to show that the condition Of the
abocrs of Europe is as bad and worse than that Of
the American slave. This is a foolish and ridicu-
lous attempt to make the earnest anti-slavery adyo.
Gates odious, and to vent any amount of bottled up
wrath against them.
The following resolutions were introduced, and
have been under discussion during tho meeting,
Resolrcd, That slavery is denial Of sclfcvidcnt
facts OF human existence, and therefore is wrong
which no being, books, creed nor constitutions can
make right.
Resoired That We reject the authority of all
books, creeds, constitutions laws and commands by
whomsoeycr written or adopted, which assert the
rightfulness or expediency Of slavery
Resoircd, That wo deny the existence, and repu-
diate worship of any being God, that justihes
the existence and pcrpctuity Of slavery.
/ lie MIR. Wright followed tkese by remarks, in
which he spoke Of the Bible as being used to up
hold slavery and Of persons upholding that nsti-
tuition under the pretcncc that has the sanction Of
/ Divine authority.
Resolred, That all the signs of the times portend
q strong effort on the part Of the slave power to
monopOlize the functions aud control the policy Of
Government still more entirely than in times past
IN trampling under foot the Missouri Compromise.
as to the Nebraska Territory, the acquisition of
fresh slave territory in the Mesila Valley obtain
] ing the sanction Of the Supreme Court for the
presence of Shareholders with their slaves in the
free States, and rcopcnng the slave trade by grant
ing compensation to the pirates in the Amistad
case.
Reso'rcd, That the Government Of the United
States so Tar as It was designed by its founders to
protect, propagate and pcrpptunte liberty, has, by
concentrating its energies TO the protection propa-
CATION and perpetuation Of sideeyy, utterly failed
to accomplish the object for which it was designed ;
it is the right and duty Of the people to change or
abolish that Government and establish one that
shall protect all under its jurisdiction, in their in
alienable right to life, liberty, and the pursuit Of
happiness.
Resolced, That should the Government succeed
in its present plan to abolish the Missouri Compro-
mise, TO throw open oil the vast public domain to
slavery and the slave trade, we consider the time
fully come for the people to practically secure to all
under its Jurisdiction, their sacred right to freedom
and make this country in deed and in truth an as
YUM Tor the oppressed Of all lands.
Thcque ition swlether any being or circumstance
in the universe can rghtrully sustain slavery. II
is the almost universally received belief Of this
nation that if the Bible says slavery is right 1t is
right that If what the Church and State call God
says men may hold buy, sell, hunt aud fog slaves.
It is right Various persons have various answers
to this argument, drawn from the Bible and God in
favor of slavery. This is my answer, and il is
direct and Wnons1rey0Jle one at any rate i. c.: Ii
the Bible says slavery is right this proves the BIZ
bic to be wrong, and not slavery to be right. Ii
what priests and politicians call God saws slavery is
right, it only proves that their God is only phan-
tom having no existence savo in the hearls and
, brains Of his worshppcrs. deny the existence,
and scorn the worship Of all pro-slavery Gods.
How true it is that mems conceptions Of God are
the outgrowth of their own mental nature; that as
this is gross their ideas of God will be gross that
as this is pure and elevated their conceptions Of
God will be pure and elevated. The heart is tic
{ glass through which God is seen by ALL If the
: glass be pure we shall see pure God, If the
heart be pro-slaycry or pro-war, tho God will be
: pro-slavery and pro-war. true anti-savcry heart
can never see slaveholding God. A pcacc-lo,ing
h non-rcsistiug heart never see God Of war and
vengcancoo of wrath and battlcs-but will ever sec
= God Of love, justice and bcncyolonee. Work on
dear Marus, and let us all work to create for ti,
nation anti-savery heart; and then thc
5 nations God will at once become anti-sayery.-
Every anti-sayery heart will love an anti-saycry
# God All we want is to cIeate for the Church anC
State true devoted anti-saycry heart, and to ere
: ate nec heart and n righ spirit in all on the sla
i very question, and then they will all at once ayov
J. a new God or rather conceptions of God, evel
= before they are aware Of it.
;, 1t is impossible for that heart to love God tina
s hates man, one man II is impossible for any maj
q to honor and worship the God of love and justice
c who enslayes and kills men, or who dishonors anc
E, degrades any human being, however poor, anC
u helpless, and ignorant and despised he may be.
: The resolutions touching Nebraska have beer
If eoquently discussed by Phillips Garrison Quincy
a Burlcgh and others. We're our fathers Of old jus
a tilted in aboshing their old Government and setting
/ up new one? Much more is it our right an,
IS duty to abolish the present Government of th
!, United States, which has proved utter failure il
securing liberty and justice, and has been the mean
of legalizing the handmade of slavery, and to 81
up one that shall have " No UNION Win SLAVE
HOLDERS" for its cornerstone.
JoHN Mitchell the Benedict Arnold of Ireland
e has received n mertcd rebuke from this meeting
And that man, who broke up the Repeal Associr
N ton of ireland, because o'Connell and jaime
y Ilaughton two of its leading men, would rebuk
80 American shareholders, and refuse to accept the
bloodmoney to aid Ireland in her struggle for free
Il dom. lie in various ways before he left Irelant
m showed himself to be the deadly foe Of liberty an
u u the plant tool of tyrants lie is here to lead tn
ir Irish population to become shareholders and tn
IN abettors of slavery. lie will succeed to some C,
tent for that class Of people are led by their priest
K and editors 10 do homage to slavery
g God bless Ohio! She has taken the lead MS
m State, If reports be true, in resistance to the NJ
s. braska bill. Our meeting goes on. wish all ou
So Boston abotionsts could attend one of your gor