Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1857-09-05
THE COMPENSATION CONVENTION AT
CLEVELAND.

This convention, tn, poo ceiling, of which wo ia
partireported last week. Adopted the following
resolutions as its fna! action
l. Resolved, That in the opinion of this Conven-.
ton, it is highly desirable that the people of the
North should cooperate in u generous and brother
ly spirit, with the people of the South, and share
literally with them IN the expense of putting an
end to so great a moral and political evil as AmeYi-
can Slavery.
2. Resolved, That the American People should
make their common Government their agent ia
this matter, and should call on Congress to pay
to each state that shall abolish Slavery, a sum not
exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars for each
and every slave emancipated, each State providing
for any additional remuneration that it may deem
proper.
3. Resolved, That the American people, when
helping the emarci pators, should help the emanci-
pated also. No measure of aid in this direction
could exceed our wishes. Nevertheless, the small
sum IF twenty-five dollars to each of those wrong.
ed and destitute ones, would 90 far toward sup
plying them with humble homes upon this Cont
nent, or upon another should they prefer so wide
a removal from the land of their birth.
4. Resolved, That the temporary arrangement
which the substitution of free for slave labor
would bring upon a State, would be more than
compensated in the enhanced value of her soil,
and in numerous other great advantages which
would be certain to ensue. Were Virginia to
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in ten years would be far more than double what
it is now. Let her emancipate her slaves this
year, and her vacant and could be sold the next
for several times rs much as it can now.
5. Resolred, That in proposing the payment Of
such a vast sum of money to the Southern States,
we are actuated by the earnest desire, which we
feel in common with millions of our countrymen,
that all the slaves in this land shall be lifted from
the degradation of their chattelhood and bondage
at the earliest possible day that it can be effected
By peacable means, as the first act in that full
redress of their wrongs which the nation owes
them.
6. Resoloed, That in making this offer of coop
GRAFTON ON the part OF the Federal Government,
Congress would not. in the slightest degreee, infringe
upon the sovereignty of any State. as it is regard
ed in the South as the acceptance Of the offer,
the apportionment of the money, and all the leg
islative acts necessary to the extinction of Slavery
within its borders, would be left to the State itself.
7. ReSolred, That this Convention would in
vite all the friends of Compensated Emancipation
to interest the public mind in its favor through
their local newspapers, by public meetings, and
by petitions TO Congress, earnestly endeayoring to
gain the adhesion and active cooperation of per.
sons of all parties and professions, north and south
so that the movement may not assume an appar-
ent connection with any particular political party.
8. Resolved, That notwithstanding the press Of
the South condemns as unauthorized and imperti-
nent our taking this subject in hand, we neverthe-
less, Justify ourselves On the ground-lst, that
what vitality concerns one part vitality concerns
every other part Of the human brotherhood and
I'd, that the North has as much right to save from,
as the South has to hurry to destruction the ship
of State. which carries both the North and the
South-the dearest interests of the one as well as
the dearest interests Of the other,
9. Resolved, That the declaration that our un-
dertaking involves the recognition of the right Of
property in man is as groundless as it is astOupd-
ing and that this undertaking, 80 far from pre-