Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1854-10-14

counsels of the church and the nation, demands OF
us to see to it, that those claims are distinctly set
forth, and uncOmpromisingly maintained.
s. ReSotred, That the exclusion of slavery from
any and all territories will not satisfy the demands
of mercy, of justice, of an impartial Heavenly
Father the sume principles which require that
Slavery should not be admitted into Kansas and
Nebraska, require that - should be abolished
wherever it now exists esrd we should never, for
n moment, seem to acquklsce i'll tho agreement oil
time servers and c~Uinpromisers, in the state or
church, that. If the extension Of human oppression
can only be prevented, we will consentto its peace
full continuance in those states, where it has long
been established. We owe it to ourselves, and &c
our countrymen, especially to the Shareholders, dis
tinctly to avuw that such a compromise with them,
shall not be made. The same spirits that have
brought up the Anti. Slavery agitation that now
prevudes our whole country, will not allow that
agitation to subsidc until every yoke is broken
throughout the land, and the oppressed everywhere
are set free.
4. H~csolrcd, That the fundamental principles
of this society admit of no rctraction or modifca-
ton namely that slavery is, under all circum-
stances, the crime of crimes, the most intolcrable
form Of dpspotism, the usurpation of all power,
the annihilation of all rights, the hight of impiety
toward man and therefore, it ought to be iinnedi-
ately, Internationally and oternully abolished.
5. ReSOired, That u faithful and impartial APP
plicatiOn of these principles is to be made, on this
distinct issue, to all men as individuals; to all
laws, compacts, and Governmental arrangements;
to all religious sects and political parties to all
institutions, customs and usages; in short, to
whatever is included in the church or the State, or
the society Mt large and as these are found in
different to the success, or hostile to the establish
ment of these principles, they are to be denounced
and resisted accordingly.
6. Rtsolred, That this society has proved itself
true to its ideas of duty, in every emergency, in
winking at no apostacy, in conniving at no COM
promise of principle, in allowing no sect or party,
occupying u pro-slayery position to go unrebuked,
in yielding to no temptations, in shrinking from
no cross, in making the delivcrance of the slave
paramount to all other questions, and in maintain
ing a free press and free platform.
7. Resolred, That the existence of slavery in
this land, whereby three millions and Il half Of
our ellow-creature are held as pcr;shable property
and occupying as it does the entire action of the
national government, is n demonstration of univer-
sal corruption, and general participancc in the
guilt thereof, making it certain that the popular
religion IN the incarnation of whatever is hypocrlt-
ical and blasphcmous. and the prevailing politics Of
tho land p~rohigatc and dcmoralizirg beyond par
rallel.
s. Resolred, That while we are not slow to per-
ceive, and are glad to acknowledge, a considerable
modification in the religious sentiment of the North
respecting ONE of the aggrcssions of the Slave
power, we are still called upon to brand the Amer
lean Chmch as the bulwark of Slavery including
in this term all the great religious organizations
throughout the land, and nearly all the minor as
sociations.
9. Resolred, That the religious bodies exercising
any discipline upon its members, which admits
Shareholders to its communion, or which ~iustifes
the act of slaveholding in any case, fOrieits the
respect and countcnance of every friend of God
and man.
WHEREAS, this Society, in common with the
American Nation, believing the historical and adj
Judged meaning of the various clauses of the con-
stitution of the United States, to BIO their true con-
struction, and that the people Of the whole country
have agreed with one another to suppress insurrec-
tons by the National army, (th0se of slaves
against their masters among othcrs) to make no
State Laws securing the freedom of slaves escap-
ing from n slave State into a free State, but to per-
permit a master to pursue and reclaim his slave,
and protect him from forcible interference; and
whereas we look upon such n compact as one set
ting at defiance the first principles of Christianity
and of Republicanism, and trampling under food
every law of God and Nature; therefore
10. ResOlred, That it is because of these, its es
sential elements, that we pronounce the C~onstitu-
ton of the United States n covenant with Death.
and an agreement with He'll, in which no true
Christian, no genuine Republican can consistently
have any part or lot.
ii. ResOired, That we do not refuse to take the
oath to support the Constitution of the United
States or to appoint others by our ballots to take
it for us, as an Anti-Slavery measure, primarily
but rs one essential to the preservation of our self
respect, our own purity OF character, our private
integrity and our personal honor, which We have
no right to sacrifice even for the deliverance
of all desolate and oppressed.
II. Resoired, Nevertheless, that it is our frmcst
conviction and belief that the strength of the Anti
Slavery movement lies in the integrity of charac-
Ter, and the unquestionable disinterestednes of
purpose of its members, and that for practical
efficiency in guiding and influencing the general
mind Of the country, and producing political re-
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the most excellent and ~effectual way is, to main
tain and proclaim the highest Anti-Slavery idea, to
demand of the Nation thorough Repen lnce and
Reformation, to call for the dissolution of the
wicked Partnership, the abrogation of the Pro-
Slavery Constitution and the conscientious and I'M
compromising maintenance in all things political
and ecclesiastical, of the doctrine of No Union
rtM Starery!
The resolutions having been accepted and all in
vited to participate in their consideration, an ami
mated discussion arose in regard to the %constitn-
tionality of slavery, and the morality of voting, in
which Messrs. Pryne, Garrison, Gerrit Smith and
Samuel j. May took part.
Adjourned till 2 o'clock.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The Convention was called to order at . o'clock
A hymn was sung.
u resoiutIonS were again reau, ana the cnalr
man again stated that the platform was free, and
hoped to hear from the pro-slavery side of thu
question.
A. I. Foss, of New Hampshire made a long
speech on the constitutional question, in opposition
to acting politically under it.
Bcriah Greene made some remarks on the pro
vince of Civil Government, and desired to know
the chairman's views of the divinity of that inSti
tuition.
The chair said it was not within the province o
the meeting TO discuss that question.
The remainder of the afternoon was occupied il
a very spirited, able and interesting discussion OF
the constitutionality of slavery, principally carried
on by Gerrit Smith and VIM. L. Garrison.
Adjourned till I o'clock.
SATURDAY EVENING. The meeting assembled
this evening in Wieting Hall, and was called t,