Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1856-01-12
PUBLISHED by REQUEST.

PUBLISHED by REQUEST.
AT the Indiana Yearly Meeting Of the Friends
of Human Progress, held nt Salem Meeting House
Cottage Grove Union county, the lGth, 18th
and 18th Of IL mo 1855.
Samuel Maxwell and Harriet Scott were appoin-
ted Clerks for tho ensuing year.
After u general and intensely interesting discus
sion on nonresistance, temperance political and
religious relations &C., by Dr.. Pcntz, ii. Hiatt.
DR.. K. D. Pcase, NJ. r. Hull, and other members
of the meeting the following resolutions were
unanimously and enthusiastically adopted
Resolved, that the old method OF teaching the
English language is unphilosophcal and absurd.
and that the Phonetic System is vastly superior,
and should command the attention of all classes
of society, especially of teachers.
Resolved, That the present servilc condition Of
woman ought to call forth our earnest and contin.
uel efforts to secure to her equal rights with
man.
Resolved, That the soil ike the clements of air
and water, was intended by the Creator for the
use and benefit OF man. and that no individual has
any Just right to more of the earth's surface than
is necessary for the com!ortabl, sustenance Of hun
self and family.
Resolved. That every landess man and woman
ought TO bc permitted to occupy, free Of charge,
such portions Of the unUccupied land Of the cOun-
try as may be requisite to the supply of his her
necessities.
Resolved, That the assumption by any man or
matters Of conscience and Of opinion, and to de-
termine what shall by others lie regarded rs good
rs true, either in the Bible of it, is ono
which we do voluntarily lay down and totally alb
jure, as monstrous, nntrerublican, papish as
sumptoa, opposed equally to the GOd-given right
of individual freedom, the spirit o! Protestant SIN
and tho spirit of progress.
Resolved. That the principle of Individual Sow
ereignty is the essential principle which turns
the well-being harmony and consequent happiness
of human society.
Resolved, That views Of the attributes and
government of the Supreme Being, such to
require us at all times and under all circumstan
COS to regard and treat every real or supposed evil
doer-all the crime-frenzicd and sin-Sck members
of the social compact. with the same measure Of
charity which seems to have actuated Christ when
the woman taken in adultery was brought to him
for condemnation.
Resolved. That he who cannot thus possess his
soul in the spirit and practice OF this charity, ap-
pears to us Mt best but the infant in the
cause of reform. and no assertion ct wonderful
experiences of extensive faith, can. in view,
compensate foi such signal lack of What
to us distinctive feature If Christianity aud
leading characteristic of all trnc reform.
Resolved. that the proceedings of this meeting
be published in the State Journal, RichmoNd Pal.
ladium Lilly, Tyre of the Times Anti-Slavcry
Buge, and Union County Herald.
Jonathan Swain, Seth llenshaw. Henry Hiatt,
VIM. IIud,lleson, Edwin Gardner and wilson
Sch0eleV, were aTpOlitcu committee Ibr thc en-
suing year to correspond with such hndies indi-
yiduas as may he deemed eXpcdient and to attend
to such other business may require their attcn.
ton.
The paper prepared by the committee for the
PURPOSE rs the address of this the first IearN
Meeting of the Friends of Human Progress in In
diana was read; and amended and ordered be
. published.
As expressive of the sentiments of the meeng
and which we cheerfully submit to the candid
judgment of each intelligent reader.
ADDRESS
"T6 all tchom this may come"
As those who love humanity. and recognize all
as tho childrtn of the once universal and eternal
allwise and Loving Father, co-wOrkcrs in the
realms Of intelligent existence, striving for the ell
ovation and qualification of man, we address you.
Knowing that the earth is full of what is termed
evil and believing that all mankind are capable of
indefinite expansion, towar the perectionS OF the
Creator of the beautiful Universe, we feel it our
highest duty to give our mite of power towards re-
moving those low conditions, that crush the better
part of our being. and to contribute all the energy
of spirit within us, to building up the good, pure
and noble aspirations of the human soul
There is universal law of being, which says,
'"that all exterior manifestation flows from interl-
or actiun and rs would apply the remedy to
the cause of the evil, we must 20 back to soce.
,ty to cure the Irregularities of nations; 20 back to
sahe individual t. cure the inharmonles "t society;
90 back to the interior sefhoud of each spirit Ia
cure the fOllies of the irdivldual; therefo:e
,4nust lay the foundation for all the harm0nies Ui
society and for all the peace of nations, in the
enli ghtenment aud consequent elevation, and pu-
rihcation of ourselves.
Therefore it devovcs upon each individual lc
ing. who desires the redemption Of the race from
all its growing conditions the first and highest
duty to make himself-wkat he desires the world
should be-and AS spiritual purity, is ahove all
other considerations, in the mind OF him who
looks forward to the eternal life all anings
and actions should point to that end.
But lot us note some of the causes in the habits
of the individual, in the conditions of society," and
in the intercourse of nations, that tend to retard
the progress of humanity.-First iu the daily
habits of the individual, we find men in civilized
portions of the globe, giving, to lust and appetite
too much Of the force Of his being. Purity 0i
scdy is absolutely essential TO the highest purity
ana rsepement of spirit. Therefore let us guard
well. the conditions that we impose on our physi-
cal natures; remenh herring shat, through them come
all the lower earth attractions; and that in pro-
portion as the outer man is rendered healthy and
pure SO the spirit is enabled to control all its
ifestations in life, more harmoniously.
Prominent in the catalogue of habits that effect
so much the health, happiness and goodness of So
ciety in this age, are the perverted actions of Ali
mont:veness, and Aquisiiveness; the first, causing
us to fill onr hodies with disease by feeding with
too much and too impure qualities of food; by that
means, causing very much of the force of the in
ternal being. to be expended in removing an un-
necessary amount, and often, poisonous kind of
waste material from the syatem. But in relation
to food, it is the duty of each individual to study
his adaptation, to the different kinds.
But there are some articles, both of food and
.stmnlants in general use TO the consumption of
which by human beings, we wholly object. The
most destructive of the stmulants, are, tobacco
and alcoholic drinks. Although alcohol has been
termed the king Of depredators on human welfare
- 10, ~ nlnro etinpn az Uboh
ahought upon the subject, that tobacco has now
reached the supremacy in destroying energy. II
tas beer said, ard thus far lef, uncoptra1iot"l,