Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1857-01-24

Now, what WINS our dutyf To fgh. over dead and
gone issues. like the old Wings, or to prepare to
meet tho coming issuesi He thought the latter
course wiser. lie believed that Freedom aud Sls-
very could not exist under the anne Government
- that they were inherently and eternally antago-
nistic but how q dissolution Of the Union could
be brought about he left for others to suggest
He was for Liberty and Union il possible, bit
Liberty anyhow-in the Union or out Of it. under
the Constitution or over 1t loud applsuse). II
that was treason, make the best Of It, The Union
was never worth anything to any man in the Free
States, except OF the commencement OF the Gov
eminent. That necessity no longer exists Zap
plause) ; but still he could not see how dissolution
10 to take place except by such a recognition Of
public opinion rs shall represent il truly. We
never had had such nm organization yet: our poll
ticians acted always rs conductors, to draw ef
the moral electricity, which otherwise would ere
this have annihilated Slavery (Applause).
Gen. Higginson read extracts from tho letter Of
the Hon. A. Walker, part Of which l sent to yeu,.
the letter Of Senator Wilson, and a communication
just received from Theodore Parker, 1t was in,
Theodores best style,
Gen Higginson, after reading Senator Wilson's'
letter, remarked that it was not written by 8. A.
Douglas or Caleb Cushing. but by a man who. not
long ago, complained that politicians were behind
the people and now proved IL (Appiauss)
A crazy man arose in the body Of the hall snd
objected to the terms Hon. and Gen. rs applied 10
Wilson. He did not regard Wilson as an "hon-
orable' man, because be compromised with Sla-
very nor as o General" because Generals fight.
and when Wilson was challenged he didn't.-
(Lau ,hter.) rs
The Committee then reported hs,.following;rsse-
~lutions. which were read and laid before The Con-
~vention for criticism
PLATFORM OF TuEyREvoLUTIoNISTs.
Resolved, That the meeting of a State Disunion
, Convention, attended by men OF various parties
and afinities gives occasion for a new statement
' of principles and O new platform of action.
t Resolved, That the cardinal American principle
9 is now, as always, Liberty while the prominsnt
{ fact is now, as always, Slavery.
Resolved, That thelconfict between this prinsi.
a pie Of Liberty and this fact Of Slavery has bssa
the whole history of the nation for fifty years
: while The only result of this conflict has thus far
Q been to strengthen both parties and prepare the
t way for a yet more desperate struggle
5 Resolved, That in the emergency we can az
a pect little or nothing from the South itself, be-
cause il is sinking deeper into barbarism every
year;
Nor from a Supreme Court which is always
ready to invent new securities for shareholders ;
Nor from a President elected almost solely BY
!, Southern voters;
Nor from u Senate which is permanently COZ.
trolled by the Slave power; a--
Nor from a new House of Representatives,
which, in spite of our agitation, will be moro Pro-
Q Slavery than the present ono, though the present
= one has at length granted all which Slavery
asked:
d Nor from political action, as now conducted;
n for the Republican leaders and presses freely sd-
mitted, in public and private. that tho election Of
Fremont was. politically speaking, the last hope
Z Of Freedom and even could the North csss en-
united vote in 1860, the South has before it four
years of annexation previous to that time. (;
10 Resolved, That the fundamental difference BE-
tween mere political agitation and the action
: we propose. is this: that the 'ons requires The
: the acqniescence Of the Slave Power, and the 9th.
er only it's operation. g
Resolved. That tho necessity Of disunion IL writ
ten in the whole existing character and con.
dition Of the two sections Of the cou,try-in their
social organization, education, habits and laws
q in the dangers of our white citizens in Kansas,
Q and of our colored ones in Boston-in the wounds
of Charles Sumner ard the laurels of his sssail-
ant and no Government on earth was ever strong
enough to hold together such opposing forces.
Resolved, That this movement does not seek
10 merely disunion, but the more perfest union Of
, the Free States by the expulsion of the Slave
y States from the confederation, in which they have
Is ever been an element of discord, danger and dis
grace.
Resolved, That iii not probable that the ulti-
mate severance Of the Union will be an act of do
liberation or discussion-bu that a long period Of
:. elaboration and discussion mast precede it and
this we meet to begin.
Resolved, That henceforward, instead Of regard
ing it as an objection to any system of policy, .has
1t will lead to the separation Of the States, We will
proclaim that to be the highest of all recon-
r. mendations, and the greatest proof of statesman
ship; and will support politically. or otherwise
such men and measures as appear to tend most 70
this result.
N. Resolved, That, by the repeated confession Of
v. Northern and Southern statesman, the existence
n. of the Union is the chief guaranty of Slavery
and thnt the despots of the whole world have sv.
j. ~erything to fear, and tho slaves OF the whole world
te, everything to hope, from its destruction, and the
rise of a Free Northern Republic.
K. Resolved, That the sooner the separation takes
b, place, the more peaceful it will be but that peace
or war is q secondary consideration, in view Of oul
present perils. Slavery must be conquered,
peaceably if we can, forcibly if we must"
!o- LETTER FROM NEW YORK.