Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1855-07-07
Tho following resolutions were adopted by the

cells of Slavery but by getting rid of the existence
of Slavery no successful method of resisting the
,ncyoachmeufs of Slavery but by the oUerhrot Of
Slavery and no appropriate plan or measure for
SECURING the abolition of Slavery but by ABOLISH.
mo it..
Q. Resolved, That we therefore reject as useless,
all schemes for limiting. locali1ing combining or
nmelioratinq Slivery-all plans for protecting the
Non laveholding States from the aggrcssions of
Slavery, and from the liability of becoming over
spread and overborne by it, which do not look
directly to the immediate and unconditional prohi.
bition and suppression Of Slavery in all parts Of
country.
3. Resolved, That we regard as impracticable
md visionary all attempts to get rid of Slavey,
either by forbidding the importation Of slaves, or
by favoring the erportation of colored persons,
either by starving out Slavery or leaving it to die
out, by merely Withdrawing from it our support,
or by dissolution of the Union-all which attempts
however intended, we deem to be virtually evasive
of our great national duty to undo the heavy bur-
'dens" and to break every yoke"
4. Resolved, That there are at the present time
tho highest obligations resting on the people of the
Free States to remove Slavery, by moral and politi-
cal action. as prescribed in the Constitution Of the
United States.
S. Resolved, That the question whether the
Constitution tolerates Slavery in the United
States, is, in other words the question whether the
liberties of the country can, under the Constitu-
ton and without a violent revolution, be pre-
served.
6. Resolved, That the Constitutional question
therefore demands the speedy ana earnest atten.
ton of the friends Of the slave, of the friends of
general iDerty, OF the lr'enus OF hepuDiican In
stitutions, Of the friends of Peace.
7. Resolved, that inasmuch as "Non-Extcntion
lists" or Free Sellers" would we doubt not
exchange their present position for that of
direct and general Abolition, if they understood
tnat the constitution warrants that measure; ana
that inasmuch as those Abolitionists who now adj
vocate "disunion" would also change their posi-
tion In ike manaer, II they understood the Con
8 tuition as we do; we do therefore earnestly and
respectfully invite both these classes to examine
vigorously ana impartially, the whole subject,
ana not to think their time unprofitably spent In
so doing.
D. Resolved, That it becomes us oil to be Jeal-
GUS OF those expositions of the Constitution, in its
bearings on Slavery, which have been given to US
by inveterate Shareholders, and which have grown
up and been developed with the rise growth and
increasing aggresslons OF the Slave Power.
y. Resolved, That II, when expounding the Con-
stltution, we pear IN mind that Mt the time 1t was
formed (as well as before ana since there was no
legalizeu slavery IN the country to be recognized
OF proViaeu lor' ana that all the states excep'
Massachusetts at that time Slaveholding States,
tnousn IN all Oh tnen the speedy extinction OF
slavery was expected SO that we shall feel how
utterly grounulsss Is the prevalent idea that the
corning Oh tne american Union was attended by
struggle ana by compromise between the North
"N''N
H. l'csoiVeu. mat we nave a right to demand
tha6 tue CONSTITUTION ne eApouhued by inc same
rules ' leea, ,h'erprea!ioh mat ny common
conscn' oon'Lo ,ne eAposl''ons Vi al similar IN
srahlen's anu ~ huuan laws-the same rules
INA eo Goh'r1i tue EXPOSITION Oh inc constitution
,tsc. "neh 'he ih'eiests VI "i"'ery 10 hot LOT
III r,.
/. ieSoi'eu, LII" We ueeFiy ieei anu "ouiu
nearby re'terate inc Appeals so often addressed TO
tue .rle"as o. nperay' aunonisn'nS tnem 70 &c. IN
concert; 10 present IN uno!TkGh 'front.' ana not 10
suuer themselves 10 oe di'ldeu when all the forces
OF slavery are combining to crush them; yet we
1eol sun more aeeply ana must urge still more
strongly !'hc apso.ute necessity Oh uhitins IN a
fRAcIlcAl h,erprise-ohe that mas not already
Deen trie1 ana louhi imposSlole one that we DO
not leci wen assured oeiorehana can never DC car
REQ, or 'hae cei"y Carried would leave
'he oia,oiy iu9S:oh supst:nt'niy wnere IL now Is
-'ne slave sun IN ms Ghnhs' MS friends dlsseV-
erea from h'"' o'saoleu' discouraged ana power
Tess; -,
IL Resolved, mat whether there be few or
many OF the iriehds OF liberty VINO unto on the
hNe 9'oMnd' the power OF the Ant'SlaVery move
ment VIII oo mainly ana enlpnatcaily with them,
ana they WIN pioneer the way Tor Others who Will
come AFTER tncm. linus IL was IN the temperance
cause, ~ mnaca en1Se VINO stooi almost alone IN
ho'oc"'ihS Tauicmi measures thougn oeriueu as
lmpracoca1'es' were afterwards found to have
Poin'eI out 1he oniy prac.,caoie course.
10. nesoiseu, Il WINE we Seiieve much IN
mo1" s"as'oM 40 pe,suauinH u cmcieht oGe'O"' we
aIU n'''' 'n"' """0"' Su0n ao''on IL loses It's
'" IW pos1roa Tbo.;,
So - Ia =: ouPPioe'Tn vi iino
asa'nsa 1oo.e,y, horui suaSivn ahu Poi!lcai acllon
n muS 81 fr anu t !, " Tau, u WI. 'h.S uut1, loncs
sPurheu from the !en,perance ranks Dut aiterward
weiGonea' IS destined l hnu similar lavGr with
lne nossS oi rreeuom anu 10 achieVe sui more
s|u Poau umP Tho, s,,o ~
10. hesolVeu' mat since the Pfera'ttny retg'on
OF n country or is ~uhe OF reiiglon' decides OF
necessity us pohtlca. ethics' ana mus determines
It's Destiny we earnestly lmpiore the cooperation
OF an ohristians ana christian ministers IN our
noiy WORK OF hperatihs inc ehsiaVea; ana we
would Ielnlnu tne lrionds OF Liberty OF the lmpor-
lance o' MAINTAINING u cohsis!ene positlon IN their
ecGiesiMstcai aS W W d . poi'lcai reia'ions. =
~; whereas ing noh-slayehoiulng planters OF
Inc oSu, HVt uaserse u sympa'l.es oi Aooltiohlsts