Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1855-06-02

,,srg alierwnrd4 the rrc.t National NUmnus
Il ghts Convention was held in the same city
. nd there the vnry same question came up, wheth
r they ehoull hold lheir ncz; meeting at Washing
,un or pittshurc. How was il dccjdc1' As the
qucstion was about Icing put Lucy Stone cnn'e
forward and said, II am opposed 90 going TO the
city Of Washington. Thcy buv and sell women
there, and they might outrage U.S. 80 tie Con
Scnuon voted to hold the next meeting Mt Pitts
Iburgh. Ners they in the possession Of their full
y share Of liberty? Think Of il: our mothers, our
! wives and our sisters, Of the NORTH dare nat go
TO the capital Of tho country tD hold a meeting
70 discuss the question Of The rights OF their own
sex. And yet The Constitution declares that the
&c tizens Of each State shaii he entitled to all the
rights and immuutiei cs citizens in the several
St".cs."
now wish 10 syoak Of another class and more
ut lcngth--of that class which hlve th" honor
to re1rescnt--the free people Of color WHAT Is
uW condition n respect tn evil, r2ilEouJ ana
political libery2 In the State in which l live
l,Ohio) they do not enjoy the elective franchise,
ana why? Iis owing 10 the indirect influence
Uf American Slavery Slavery in IL 'ntGcky,
the adjoining State, says to the people OF ONO,
yUu inl!ot not G'lew colJred people 70 vote and
be elected to Office, because c.r slaves will hear
Iof it and become restless aud directly VIC shall
have an iusurrCction and cur thvJats Will he cut.
And so the recrle of Ohio say to- tha colnrcd
people, that they cannot alto" them the privilege
of voting, notwithstanding the coloret people
pay take, like others, and in the lace oi the
acknowledged principle that taxation and repre-
sentNton should always 90 together. And /
understand that in the State Of New ork the
cUlured man is only allowed the elective franchise
through property qualification, which amounts
TO ngthiur short of an insult: for it is not the
colored man that votes, but the $500 that he
NAV rossess. Il is rot his mlnhool but his
MONEY, that is represented. But that is the Yam
Y kec idea--the dollar and the cent (ldughterl. IN
9 the State Of Ohio, the cIla.ed man has not the
rriyilcgeof sending his child to the whi.e schools
II Nor is he placed even in tho rGHitcatiIry on
4 fair footing iluugh.cr.) If n col1ged man knocks
Il IL White man down-perlGps in deinuse Of his
Is rights--se is sent to the paljtenjiar7 and when
u lie getS there, there 3 dis elimination made be-
u tween him and the worst white Crmiual but
when be marches out to take his meal, he is lnadc
to march behind the white criminal, and YOU may
SEQ the prisoners unrchng--horse thieves IN front
-I--culurcl ueoul5 behind t.augh.cr}
! All the prejudice aguius: color that YOU see IL
the United States is tie fruit of Slavery, and is
most tIectua barrier to the rights q the col0red
Is man. In the Slate of I,inois hey have law
y Something like this; thut if any col9rld man
!" there with the intent to make it hs -es1eHco, he
is .,'d ;S ~ o e''D ~ he M oi lJ
c and the proceeds Of tho sale are to 60, first,
-, towards paying the cost tn@t may accrue N m m'ng
, case anu inc fcsuGe to"eIS5 eI tg M I ~
p the oor ,clites Of that State aughtor) That /,
,e .'H G t taO"n ro,,rcs.t Ironc,'i
he Iau,rbtnpI Tbo ruiIi. sentiment that is orowiur
H. nm in th;s counffv Lu,ycyer viii soon. hone be
u the death of Douilas and Of that sort Of LEGISLATION
it innnlousel
st In the light, therefore, Of all facts there
IS ho,nv Question thar thora ia so rnll endowment of
al freedom, to anv one in tbis country Gould John
~ Quincy Adams come forth from his mausoeum
rt sIr,ujcd in hi, .raye clytLcs and in the name Of
81 the sovereignty Of Massachusetts; stand up IN
y Charleston and protost AGAINST the imprisonmcnt
nr OF the citizens Of Massachusetts, as Il violation Of
I'd Tia ir constitutional rights do you think the peo-
rs pie Of South Carolinia would submit to it? Do
I'd you think tAe reverence due to his and char
~ acter, the hauilimCns OF the grave about
10 him would protect him from insult and outrage :.
s. And 50 far the people Of this country lost To