Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1855-05-12
TO THE RADICAL POLITICAL iBOLITIONIsrs.

We are few-Lut VIC are not, therefore, to cease
from our work. Work for a good cause, be that
cause popular or unpopular, must be work to the
end.
Our undertaking, as radical political aboli.ion.
lists, is to remove slavery from the national terrific
ries by means of our national political power, and
10 remove it from the States also, by means Of
the same power, whenever the States shall them.
selves refuse to remove it. For the success of this
undertaking, we must depend, under God, upon
ourselves. OF oil the political parties, there lie
but one to give US countenance-aud that one is;
in point of numbers, quite Insignificant.
The Wing and Democratic and Know-Nothing
parties are each made up of slave holders, as well
as non Shareholders; and hence, the condition Of
their continued existence is, that they shall not
attack slavery. Members there are, of each OF
these parties who are opposed to slavery. But
for any one of these parties to as sail slavery
would be to dissolve itself. The Free Sell or H.
dependent Democratic party is, we cheerfully nd
NIT, an anti-slavcry party. Nevertheless, it denies
the rights of the Federal Government to touch
slavery in the States; and, sad to say, it admits
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 linz
its of moral suasion, to abolish slavery but, un-
like ourselves, it employs no political power to this
end. What is still worse, il seeks to separate the
Free States from the slave States, and to leave the
slave States, so FAR as concerns the political power
of the free States, at perfect liberty to continue
their oppression and torture Of the black man.
Tie Liberty party is tho only political party in
tho lond thot ipSiS-s on tho riuht md dntv 70 wiaiA
the political power of the nation for the overthrow
of every Part and parcel of American Slavery,
That little party not only claims that there is no
law for slavery. and can be no law for that most
sweeping of all piracies, but that the Federal Con-
stitution demands the abolition of all American
Slavery, State or national,
Circumstance rs we are, brethren, is It not our
duty to come together. for the purpose of enlight!
ening each others minds, aud cheering each others
hearts, and strengthened each others hands We
believe, that it is, and hence we take the liberty
to propose, that a Convention of the radical poiiti.
cal Abolltionis of all parts Of the country be held
in SYRACUSE, n. y, on Tuesday, Wednesday
and Thursday, the Goth, 9th and 2Sth days Of nsxs
June.
We think it especially important, that the Con.
v%ention be attended by all, who are accustomed to
lecture in behalf Of our principles, and by all
who are disposed to embark in such fectdrihg.-
The occasion will be u very favorable ono for rem
dcring themselves more able and more useful in
this department Of labor. Nearly twenty years
ago, a Convention Of Anti-Slavcry Lecturers was
held in tie City of New York, with very good
effect.
tits to be hoped, that measures will lie adopted
at the proposed meeting for obtaining means TO
sustain lecturers, and to extend the circulation OF
periodicals devoted our cause.
LEWIS TAPPAS. WILLIAM GoopILL.-
GERRIT SMITH. 5. S. JocELYS.
WE. WHITING. JAMES McCuNE SxIfH:
GEORGE WHIPpLE. FREpgRlcK DoucLxs.
April 4, 1865.