Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1854-07-01
ANTI-SLAVERY BUGLE.
AN OFFICE RELINaUIJHED FOR CON
SCIENCE SAKE


The last 1iberator contains the resignation, by
n IT Wbit;pc, of Mass. of ihe commission of
I..,:o. .s St. g.
ous.i'o VI 'Ne 0"0''
Ihe tollowlnS are extracts IRON MT. W WhltlnS
letter of resignation:
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10 Hs EGceHeRcy, EMORY w WAsHBURN, G0Ue'nor o.
the Commonwealth 9t MASSACHUSETTS,:
Sir,-I have lust returned from witnessing the
latest successful slavehunt in tho city Of Boston
1t was with mingled feelings of shame, indignation
and sorrow that saw the progress and end of that
most base and dastardly act bv which the AGENTS
of twenty millions of neoplp in this land of the
free and home of the brave run down a man, MS
much entitled to liberty as YOU and I and send him
into the hell of American slavery
send YOU herewith a commission of a Justice of
the Peace which | received from one of YOUR pre-
dccessors in Office (Gov Boutwell, | cannot lon
ger retain it. anu thus swear to support Govern
nent which has shown itself ut once SO mean,
cowardly and devilsh as this has. BY holding it,
| might be called upon to do that which every
pulsation of my heart, every reflection of nv un-
derstanding, and every dictate of nv Judgment
forbid. do not wish, nor will consent to have
any voluntary union with nation of kidnappers
and slave-drivers which, with the cant Of universal
liberty its lips is engaged in ccaseless efforts to
extend and perpetuate the yilest system Of opprcs
son that ever saw the sun.
In returning my commission, and renouncing all
allegiance, hencetOrth, to this slavchodng Union,
feel called upon to Sav to YOU that there is fearful
guilt somewhere in this State for the deed of Fri
DAY last. How far you arc accountable for the
deadly blow which has been aimed at the liberties
of Massachusetts,, cannot tell Your own con-
science, and that public opinion to which you owe
your position as its Chief Magistrate can perhaps
determine better than /. But it does seem that if
the Executive of the Commonwealth had done its
duty there might at least hare been O j,t,y trial.
to ascertain whether God made Anthony Burns u
n,dn aud endowed him with rights whose posses
sion and exercise essential to the developemcnt
and perfe ;tion of his immortal nature, or whether
he made him chdttet, with no other in life
than to minister to the capIice and avarce of Col
Suttle, OF Virginia. Even tins poor privilege was
year after year Tor more than three quarters OF a
truth, that all men are created equal ana endowed
ny their creator with the inalienaple fGht to NE
liberty, and the pursuit OF happiness; and that to
secure these rights governments are instituted
among men. w. what mockefy Is All TINS pre-
tension OF ours
1t seems now there IS no law IN MassSachusetts
but that OF slavery. NO man Is secure IN the pos,
session OF freedom any longer than ne can DEFEND
IT. by ms own r%ht arm OF prove 10 tne Satsiactloh
OF some ten dollar SlaVe-catchlhS Commissioners
that he was never neiu as Il slaVc ny some fotter
IN Georgia. or Suttie IN Virginia IN such a state
OF things we are thrown oaca upon those fe;erTe Yea
rights which man ever mas OF DEFENDING ms NE
enu Ivy o,a, I tI;s ,Ittor ros
.ol :nn GU IN uooi u; is Loso
etia Dr. ~, Stoto 60 tLo Jnsrot; ,oror of l
OF e % "Lo oro ort III t dUJ pomir to VI