Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1854-09-02
No. /.
j. MCMILLAN,
Treas. Of ". 4. s. s.

R%cSolced, That as the government of Ohio has
proved itself unable and unwilling to protect those
who live under its jurisdiction against slavc-hGnters
and kidnappers, therefore the people Of this State
are absolved from their allegiance to it, inasmuch
as no government that refuses protection, can have
any claim to respect and obedience.
Reso1red, That we hereby pledge ourselves to do
all that in US lies to bring the people Of this State
, to the following positions:
l.. That no man shall be allowed to be seized or
tried before any tribunal, on the issue; Is he a
freeman or Il slayc-a man or a chQiel?
?. That no Jail, prison, or court house, or other
public or private building in the State, shall be al
lowed to be used to conino men to be tried on such
an issue.
3. That no court, whether stale or national,
shall be allowed to hold a session within the juriS-
diction of this State, to try a man on such an issue.
t. That any man, who, whether acting as an
agent Of educational or State Government, or as an
individual, shall attempt to execute the Fugitive
Law of 1850, or any other law, whether cOnstltu-
tional or positive, which is desigsed to protect
slaye-hunters and kidnnppers, or who shall aid to
prevent men from escaping from slavery, shall be
deprived Of the right to vote and to hold Office III
the State Government, of the right to be Il party,
rs "a complainant OF II witness in any civil suit,
and shall be proclaimed an outlaw, to be regarded
as other pirates, and common enemies OF the race
are regarded and treated.
Resoiccd, That all who help enact or execute
any law OF CONSTITUTION NUpSc utoiSi 10 10 lICNOiA'
mcn from escaping from slavery to ffecdom--fron
the condition Of Il brute to that of a man-do. by
such an act, prove themselves to be the enemies OF
human kind, and they ought so to be treated
whether in legislative halls or in general society.
Resolccd, That the. position taken by Gerri
Smith, that n man may do as a member of Congress
what it would 3e wrong to do as q private indlvid
ual. is ruinous to the morals and welfare Of an,
people, inasmuch as it affords a justification OF al
conceivable governmental crimes.
Res0iced, Thatno being or combination Of beings
in the universe, is competent to make the enslaye
ment Of a single human being right; and that n,
being or set Of beings, by whatever name called, i
worthy of respect or confidence, who shall attemp
to Justify a deed so atrocious.
No. II.
Reso}ro3, That that this Society, now, as ever
holds these truths to be selfevident-' That al
men are created equal-that they are endowed b.
3 their Creator with certain inalien0ble rights-tha
among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit Q
: happinoss'-that slavery, which violates thes
, patton and Il crime, comforting no Just claim on tn
; part Of the master, and imposing no ~obligatio
: whatever On the part of the slave.
r Resulred, That while three and q half million
Y of our couutrymen are deprived Of every RICH
: which makes life acknowledgements being sepa
+ rated from their children, husbands from thei
wives, brothers from their sisters, compelled t
D work without wages, forbidden 10 marry, to edu
cate their offspring, or to acquire property, we wi
4 protest against The unmitigated tyranny, as a ST
? against man and a crime against God, and wi
demand the immediate and unconditional emGnc
patton Of every slave.
Resolce3, That American slavery is a great moi
), al, social and political evil, an injury to all classe,
=. degrading both the master and the slave,--tho
il impcdcs education, p~aralyzes enterprise, cripple
} industry, encourages vice, stigmati2es labor, fettei
commerce, destroys manufactures, and condemn
re the mass even of the white population where
IS prevails, to hopeless poverty.
Hasoisej, That the Fugitive Slave bill is an on
" rage upon Justice and humanity~-tha it is harba
Is Gus and cruel in its oljeets-unfair and unconsi
tulioual in 'ta details-ihat we pledge ourselye