Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1855-02-10

III. Resolved, That it is to DO deeply regretted
that those reverend Doctors cannot be transferred
to southern plantations, to I'LL the places of hose mo-
ble etirits Ill bondage, " hose aspirations me cuntin.
ually Tor freedom, and who are only waiting for tie
first favorable opportunity TO assert their manhood,
10y flight to Canada.
ii. Resolved, That an exhibition of these inn
piuus indicators Of the 'sum of all ,illainv," on
the auction.hlock, at ublic ,endue. To he knocked
down to the highest bidder, or their subsection to
the lash Of the slavo-driyer, or the seizure Of heir
wives and children for the purpose Of lust and
robbery, never again to meet en- Garth, would. i'll
one moment, purge their moral ,isior, tnlit htri
their understanding, and satisfy them, beyond ca.
vi, that slavery is from he lcath, aud that 10 apul.
ogiSt or defender thereof could, by nhy possibility,
he II follower of Jesus Christ. or raliuIIally hope
for s%aIrtiion, without thorough repCntrncc.
Whereas, Southern slavery. Ivy Its own code. and
not by any abuses, is the abolition vt the marriage
institution, and, therefore, II volcano of l~cwdncss,
in full ana constant opcrntion-is the denial ot the
ri hit of its victims, under terrible penalties. to
learn to read the Lame of their Heavenly Father,
or to search the Scriptures" in accordance with
the injunction of his Beloved SDn--is u c~lassiici.
ton OF those who are made "a little lower than the
angels with cattle, swine. aud other articles Of
rerchnndiSe-is the annihilatiun Of all personal
and indi'iiuai rights the desecratinn of all
the sacred relations Of life recognising neither faith.
cr or mother, neither hu bn,d nor wife. neither
parent nor c!iilis-and is, finally, in the fullest
and most awful sense. tie e~xalthtion of the t,ran.
nicitl master 'aho,c all that is called God" To
the utter extinction, in the minds Of H. victims of
all sense OF moral accountability to the Final jude
OF quick and dead: therefore,
L. heSH.,cd That, making las they dol no is.
SUE with the slave code, and enlcayoring to coun-|
teract the humane efforts of those who are striving
; to overthrow the slave system 10y "tlc sword Of
the spirit which is the word of God" the Rev.
Drs. Lord, Adams and Blagden give the clcarcst
evidence to the world that their spirits are impure.
J that tlatp avatnr.n Tn .I, ItIl. =, IL
that they are yet unable to discriminate between
II man and a sheep, thtt they are the unbluShing
enemies Of freedom and equality, and that they
ought to he 'hissel out Of their pliccs" a1 the
protested ministers of Him who came To preach
deliycrHnce to the captive, and the opening of the
prison doors to them that are bound" Anl let all
the people say, Amen!
James N. Bufium thought, in reference to Mr..
Fosters plan, that it is Il dangerous thing to go
intoa political party: ami he hoped, therefore,
that the Massachusetts Society would still main
tain its original position, AMI continue to labor
chiefly to rcmould public sentiment.
Henry Kemp, a Roman Catholic, came forward
to defend the Romish Church, in reply to Mr..
Foster. lie claimed that the Catholic Church is
thoroughly anti-slavcry-as thoroughly as even
his friend Foster. Various Popcs, he said, had
condemned slavery, and called upon the faithful
everywhere, in the name Of Almighty Cod, to,
put it entirely away from them. Hence he con-
sidcred Archbishop Hughes and all the protested
Catholics Of America who sympathize with and
aid the Slave Power as erc0mmuHicQGed Ac,efiea.
lie thought himselfabout the only representative
of the true Catholic Church in this country. lie
took the highest anti-slavery ground, and was
listened to with much interest.
Rev. Mr.. Hodges, Of Watertown (late Of Barrel.
came forward, by the urgent requests of friends,
without generalization, TO define his position,
though a minister, as that of an uncompromisins
Aholitioni>t. lie gave IN his adhesion TO the
, principles of the disuhion party and thought these
principles The only ones that could save the coun-
try. This Lrief Offering lie laid upon the altar of
the anti-slayery cause. and it might be taken for
what it was worth. 1t was! accepted appreciating-
y and gratefully.
Wendell Phillips then came forward, amid much
cheering, and delivered an eloquent speech of
which the following is IA brief sketch:
Our cause, said Mr.. Phillips, has received many
a baptism. l do not know one more sacred than
the memory Of those who have served it faithfully
and gone before US. The baptism of the dead, To
whose memory fidelity to their principles is the
only eu!ogy that We can pay them. Most of you
who sit before me never knew the man to whose
worth we have Just p.id this feeble tribute; + but
those of us who did, must feel life to have a
stronger lie to Truth, to Justice, to Humanity and
to God, in the memory that we were once per.
united to serve with him. a shining li.I,-a
boll banda brave heart-a generous spirit-a
keen Insight into the defects of tie institutions
about nina noble devotelncss TO the poor-a
life spent, not wasted, in serving the best Interests.
OF his generation! 1t is the nublest baptism that
such Il cause as ours can have. AMI, friends. TN.
narrower the circle becomes, lot us draw the closer
toscther-closer in earncstncss and perseverance,
Lifelong, unlinching, uncoImpromising. manly.
Christian perseverance,. And let us not forget.
in the sympathy that fugitive slaves cases stir
within us--let US not forget the mass, the great.
black mass, Of the subject itself. We talked to-
day and yesterday a great deal about the pro,
lection Massachusetts can give to the fugitive
slave within her borders; but we have a greater
duty than that 10 perform, before we have Lesnn
to pay our debt to the slave. Slavery exists be-
causc the nation cxists-hccause the Union exists
Massachusetts, is part Of it; and will no: claim
her hand and conscience when she has made il
safe for the fugitive slave to dwell in Boston and
tell his name. We have got to make it a fact,
that every breeze that sweeps from the Carolinas.
no longer gathers up the signs Of broken hearts.
befure we can pretend to have done our duty To-
the slaves of this land.
Mr.. Phillips proceeded, in a speech somewhat
over an hour in length, to describe the influence
Of the Slave power over the politics and moral.
of the Countrywide legitimate and almost inevi-
table result Of the fatal compromise made Wv
the fathers Of the Rcpublic-and enforced the ne.
cessity of a dissolution Of the Union, to secure the
freedom Of the slave. All history taught that
slavery would not have been in existence to-day
south Of the Potomac, If it had not been for the
Union. The Union saved it. Had those States
remained colonies, Wilberforce and Clarkson. and