Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1854-11-04
ANTI-SLAVERY BUGLE.
RESOLUTIONS OF THE MICHIGAN CON.
VENTION.

tne character and observe the operations of Amer
lean Slavery, the more deeply are we impressed
with the conviction of its inherent and invarable
slnfuness, its utter impolicy and the duty of abo
ring earnestly for its overthrow
z. Resolved, That the sin and crime of slavery
are not that it buys or conuuers territory for its
extensions sacrifices the right OF speech of the
press, or of locomotion, of trial by Jury or of
hsbeas corpus that it seeks to subvert liberty in
the north by compelling the people to return fugi
-" slaves TO bondage suffer fine and imprison-
Nv ""h all this it does, but in seizing one
ment; thous- ut every human attribute,
man, robbing him =. GO and holding him as
quenching lis soul in darkness -'nnaid toll,
property, to be driven beast TO - We.
whenever, wherever and however the will OF
sponsbe tyrants shall elect.
g. Resolved, Therefore, That our warfare is with
the assumption, in theory or in practice that man
can rightfully hold his fellow man as property; and
no concession ON the purtof Slavery its apologsts
no mitigation of its incidental evlsno amelioration
OF the condition of its Victims limitation of its ter
rtorial extent,no restriction abatement of its po-
Htical power, no prevention of its encroachments
on northern rights mo sectOnalizng of its urisdic
ton, in word no adoption in regard to it of any
policy which stops short of annihiatng the chattc
principle in the relation of man to man, will satisfy
our demands, or purchase from us moments time
with the unholy system.
A. Resolved, That ought to treat accord
ing to its intrinsic character everything with which
we have to do, we should treat slavery as essen
TALLY sinful, wherever find it, whether in the
church, in the political party. in the government,
or elsewhere; thinking of it no thought speaking
of it no word, doing toward it act which can
give it the least support or countenance; but al
ways and everywhere making the whole weight
of our influence and action tell constantly against
it, and against every institution, every organization
political or eccleastical every association order
of men which favors or sustans it.
s.. Resolved, That the policy of the American
Government from its organization and through
each successive step of its progress so far as sla
very is concerned, has been marked by injustice
tyranny and oppression to an extent deserving
now and always the execration of all good men,
who love liberty and desire to promote the gbest
interests of man and that now, while it is en-
poying its immense power to extend Slavery over
the whole land and thus not only making heavier
and stronger the slaves yoke here but embaras-
sing and disheartening the friends OF freedom in
other lands it proves itself partaker of the spirit
of the Old World despotisms, their associate in
wickedness and justly and surely doomed to perish
with them unless speedy and sincere repentance
and earnest amendment shall avert this doom.
6. Resolved, That as American Slavery, the sum
of all wrongs, is in direct antaSonism to Christi
anity, the religion of Absolute right and universe!
good will, it is evidently the Office Of the latter to
root cut and destroy the forHer ;; and
that slavery has:grownand still growc"~a t,'ryes
under the influence of that which calls itself chris
tianity in this country, il is plain that either
Christianity is not able to overcome its enemies, oil
that those who profess to be its eXpOundcrs
have not been preaching it among us in its purity
and power.
7. Resolved, That inasmuch the admission
of one slnvehodinp member TO the Governs ent
of either church or State, is ample evidence that
,be American Union or any branch Of the Amcri
can church freely receives all slnycholders VIII,
ask admission members, and agrees that they
may legislate for and govern the whole body when
ever they have certain majority, it proves its
elf so unuuestonably pro-slavery and so morally
defective that all honest and intelligent ant-sla
very men are bound TO withdraw from 1t, and wagt
arnirst it a moral Wal Of cxtermin tion
8. Resolved, That the act of Congress repeating
the restriction slavery extension in the Missouri
compromise, is at perfdious, unjust, on'
anti-republican, hostile to freedom, insulting an'
injurious to the North and grievous wrong to tn
slave, whose hope of dcliverance is postponed b.
every enlargement OF the dominion OF slavery
and consequently both the act and Its authors &c
the stern reprobation OF every lover oil trut
and right.
9. Resolved, That we do not mean, IN conuemi
Missouri compromise, as wise right or favOrabl
to freedom; for we believe it was the opposite q
all these; wrong to humanity triumph of til
slave power, recognition Of the right of SLAYER
to occupy and hold possession OF missouri, ana
reclaim and re-cnslave its fugitive victims even o
the SO called free side of the compromise line,
grant of a new lease of life to the unrghteous II
stitution, deed of iniquity and folly no more I
best than partially redeemed by containing
clause which exempted from slavery portion
territory the Wto,e oi "hc" ought " i"'o O'o
10. Resolved, That the Nebraska and kans'
bills do not repeal the Missouri compromise, b.
only that part of it which was its sole redeemn
feature; that they undo position of the pr
slavery work of that compromise but go on to fl
ish 10 behalf of Slavery what compromise 6ega
and .c. .c @ndnne and even forbade to be ever oon
and are therefore still more worthy Of reprobatlt
-. 80. AVIAN tbat ohteous measure,
ii. Resolved, That we cannot regard with f
ror the demand made by some friends of freedo
sY' tie n',storoton of the Missouri compromise
!or ;',inoi uno condition, because that would imp
..s nt 10 the doctrine that below certain line