Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1855-05-05
TO THE RADICAL POLITICAL ABOLIIIONIsT&

We are few-but We are not, therefore, to cease
from our work. Work for q good cause. be that
cause popular or unpopulari must be ~nrk to The
end.
Cur undertaking, as radical political abolisioH
lists, is to remove slavery from the national terrific
ries by means of our national political power. and
to remove it from the States also, by means q
the same power, whenever the States shall them.
selves refuse to remove it. For the success Of shis
undertaking, wo must depend, under God, upoh
ourselves. Of all the political parties, thcre Ia
but one to give Us CONFERENCE.-THE that one Ia
in point of numbers, quite insignificant.
The Wing and Democratic and Know-Nothing
parties are each made UP Of slavc holders, as we'll
as non shareholders; and hence, the condition 81
their continued existence is, that they shall not
attack slavery. Members there are, of each q
these PARTIES: who are opposed to SLAVERY: But
for any one of these parties to assail slavery
would BE to dissolve itself. Ths Free Sell or In
dependent Democratic party is; We cheerfrlly ed
nit, an anti-slavery party. Nevertheless, it denies
the rights OF the Federal Government ~ touch
slavery in the States; and, sad to say, it aauiits
the Constitutional authority Of every Shareholder
to claim every State Government for his slave cath'
err. The American Anti-Slavery Society, or Gar
rison party like ourselves, labors, within the liu'
its Of moral suasiJni to sbol,sh slavery but, un-
like ourselves; Il employs no political power to this
end. What is still worse, i. seeks to separate Tho
Free States from the slave States, end to leave the
slave States, so far as concerns the political power
of the free States, at perfect liberty to ccntinte
their oppression and torture Of the black man.
Tie Liberty party is the only political party in.
Il. IL .l..: - -, Il ,:.hto nl Inkv IN xN;nll
the political power of the nation for the Overthrow
of every part and parcel Of American Slavery,
That little party not only claims that tbore Is no
law for slavery. and can be no law for that most
sweeping of all piracics, but that the Federal Con
~stitution demands the abolition of all American
Slavery, State or national.
Circumstanced as we are, brethren, is it not our
duty to como together, for the purpose of enlight.
ening each others mindsi md CHEERING each others
hearts, and strengthened cacE others hands We
believe, that it lie, and hence ne take the liberty
to proposes that d Convention Of the radical politi,
cal Abolltionis Of dli parts of the country be held
in SYRACUSE, N. ", on Tuesday, Wednesday,
and Thursday, the Goth, 9th and 2Sth days Of ncxs
June.
We think it especially important, that the Cen
v~ention be attended by all, who. are,accustomed to
lecture in behalf Of our principles. and BY alf
who are disposed to embark in such lscturing.-
The occasion will be u very favorable ono for ron
dering themselves more able and more ssefuf in
this department of labor. Nearly twenty years
ago, a Convention Of Anti-Slavery Lectafsrs vac
held in tho City of New York, with very good
effect.
1t is to be hoped, that measured xilfht adOpssd
at the proposed meeting for obtaining mems to-
sustain lecturers, and to extend the circuiation 81
periodicals devoted our cause.
I1w,s TAppss. p q WfLItAl GooDE:t.
GIRRIT SMITH. :. ;. JooELyS. ~
WI. WuIrIsG. JAMES McCuSI SNffrf
GEORGE WAFFLE, fRIpEaies pouaLAsf
Apri 4. 1855.