Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1854-05-06
BUGLE
ANTI.KIDNAPpINe IN WISCONSIN.

z ANTEKIDNAPPING IN WISCONSIN,
The freemen Of Wisconsin are stirred as they
should bo with the late audacious but unsuccessful
attempt at kidnapping in Wisconsin. A State
Convention has been held in reference to the mat.
ter From the accounts we have seen, it seems to
have been, as II should, a time Of enthusiasm and
Of strong and manly purpose. TnE WESTERN
FnrrNAs, Of Fondulac, notices tho meeting as
follows:
TnE STATE CoNvENrIoS.
Tho proceedings of the Convention as prepared
by the Secretaries, publish elsewhere. Tho
speeches made, or some of them, we will publish
next week. The spirit Of the Convention was the
most enthusiastic Of any we ever attended. The
eulprits (2l q. X. Watkins Cha's Clement and S
NJ. Booth, were scverilly called out and addressed
tho Convention with great spirit and power As
each took the stand, the enthusiasm Of the audi
once could not be restrained and as each poured
out burning clOquence upon throng that looked
upon them, not as criminals, but brave, determined
Conscientious and heroic men, who had dared to
do the Christ-liko act of opening the prison doors
TO him who was unrghteOusly held in durance vile,
shouts Of applause greeted him at the utterunce Of
bold words Of defiance, that were hurled at the
'powers that he"
w IL was one Of the grandest, most novel sights we
bchcld, for those accused of crime, held under
bonds for alleged violation of law, to stand up be-
fore their fellow-men with the proud consciousness
that if thoy had done ALL and more than they are
ehagred with doing that they had only discharged
q Christian duty, and instead of being looked upun
a. lawess wrctches, a largo congregation Of moral
intelligent and patriotic men, was applauding them
for doing what they did, and cherisling in their
hearts righteous determination to 20 and do
likewise whenever the cause of liberty dem lnded Il.
Tho utter useessness of attempting to enforce the
Fugitive Slave Act on the soil Of Wisconsin. could
- in ayC Nh mar ln,l,
that throng and wonder that tho prison doors were
opened, and the man Glover cmancipacd from the
clutches Of the Slavcites. As the walls Of Jericho
fell down before the great shout of the armies of
Joshua, 80 prison walls that hold innocent men
unaccuscd of crime. will crumblc before The spirit
Of Liberty, when embodied in such men as thrnrg-
cd around the battered fugitive in Milwaukee -
None but the most despicabc of mon. the vcricsi
tools OF despotism say aught against the manner in
which Glover was restored to freedom When all
the machinery of legislation and government is
prosttuted to cnsayc mankind, and the tools for
executing statutory ennctmcnts are base enough to
use their official stations for dospntic purposes.
there is way left for those who regard humanity
above lawlessboss, but to spurn such unconstiti-
tional elcts, and appeal to Justice and the higher
law So thought our friends in Milwaukee,, and
their course is approved by the best men in the
State. The Convention was harmonious the at
tendance good, and more than answered tho ex-
pectatOns of those who called it, and those who
attended it.
AT this meeting STATE LEAGUE was formed,
with the following constitution;
CONSTITUTION CT STATE LEAGUE.
!. All persons in the Sta of Wisconsin, ire
rpectiye Of BIRTH condition or color, are presumed
TO be free.
2. No person can be deprived of liberty but by
duo process Of law, in open court by the Judgment
Of his peers.
r -, Il.
ly maintained in all cases involving personal lib
erty.
4. All persons are entitled to the privilege Of
tho writ Of Habcas Corpus, on proper application
to any State Or United States Judge.
5. The powers Of Congress are limited to the
express grants in the constitution of the United
States, aud to such legislation as is necessary and
proper to carry those express grants into execu
iion.
6. The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 is unconst
tutional and void, because,-
First-Congress has no power to logislate upon
the subject
Secondly-This act annus the writ of IIabea'
Corpus:
Thirdly-It also nbrogatcs the right of trial b,
jury.
7. The refusal of Judge Miller to allow thu
writ of lIabeas Corpus in favor of Glover to b.
obeyed by the officers under his control, and hi
abuse of that writ in discharging Garland from
arrest under process from State Court fer assault
and battery, on the ground that Garland by virtu
OF an affidavit that any person was his slave hai
q right with without process to seize such per
son, and use any amount of violence necessary t
subdue him and make him his slave, furnish jus
cause of alarm to the people of this State, am
deserve their seyerest condemnation.
i1 8. The enorOachments upon the sovereignty G
athe state, and tho rights and liberties Of the pee
pie, by this Fugitive Act, and tho execution OF
by the Federal officers in this State, should b
opposed by all peaceful, legal and constitutions
means. .
9. The cause Of those who are prosecuted 70
alleged violations Of the Fugitive Act, is the caus
of liberty against despotism, and of the peopl
against the agents and tools Of the slave power
and we pledge ourselves to stand by them i
this controversy and sustain them by our syn
rpsthy, our prayers, and by all necessary materio
aid
10. There should be no more Slave States, N
Slaye Territory. and no Slavery under exclusiv
Federal jurisdiction
II. The officers Of this League shall be Pref
oident, a Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer
who shall constitute an Executive Committee VIII
shall have power to call meetings and transas
such business as may bo necessary TO promote ti
objects of the League, and the spread Of its prii
ciplcs.
A fugitive slave who had footed it" all the wa
from Charleston, s. c., 10 New Bedford, was i" e.
pressed" thence to Boston by Col. Hatch, on Mo-
and than Aha undcr Eaunu