Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1857-05-23
From the AntLslavery Standard.
AMERICAN ATI.SLAVERY SOCIETY.
TwENTY.FOuRTH ANNIVERSARY.

AnTI-NTnVpTV NWFIFTV WIS VOIITHVHUTW UT TWV'V"g
morning., May ", at the City Assembly Rooms
The spacious hall filed with about 2,OOO people,
Mr.. Garrison, tho President Of the Society, al
Yer calling the meeting to order, read oeiectopS
from the Scriptures. An opportunity was then
offered to any ono who felt moved to make VCcai
prayer in behalf of the oppressed.
The Rev. A. d. Mayo, of Albany, offered on
appropriate prayer.
Mr.. Garrison then submitted the following reso'
buttons. which he had been instructed to presentto
the Socieiy at \ preliminary meeting held last eve
ming:
mulgate, and call upon the nation to reduce to
rracticc, is embodied in the selfovidont truths OF
the Declaration of Independence, and IN thcuolueh
Rule of the Gospel-nothlng mort, nothing less.
9. Resolved. That we have but one otJect IN
yiey-the immediate liberation Of the Slave but
one test of statesnnnship-tho Slave but one
proof of patriotism-the slave but one staudaru
Of piety the Slave in other words, we pronounce
that craftsmanship to be folly which leaves Tue
Freedom of the Slave ont of sight, that patriotism
to be hollow which does not break II is letters anu
that piety to be spurious which does not hail him
as a brother.
3. Resolved, That he who was before all instltu'
tons, and is to survive hem all, is greater than
them all hence, that he is never to be sacrihceh
that they NAV be preserved and whenever tney
ONE in conflict with bis God-gIven rights they
are TO be modified or abolished, and be Is to STAND
crowned with glory and homer, as one created but
q little lower chan the angels.
a.. Resolved, That we shall allow nothing to
stand between the slave and his Emancipation
neither political party nor religious sect, neither
parchment nor compact, neither Constitution nor
Union but we shall press through them all. or
over them all, diverted by no side issue, intimidn-
ted by no menace, appalled, by no danger, till we
break his yoke. and place him, redeemed ana dis'
cnthralled, upon the worldwide platform OF 2
common humanity.
pasol,oJ Tbak &c m mako human liberty
paramount to all other considerations be tanati-
cism then we glory in being fanatics that IL TO pc
in deadly autagonism to n pro-slavery renSioh De
infdelity, then we are inhdeis and !; TO declare
that q slaveholding Union ought to be dashed IN
nieces be treason, then we are proud OF the title
Of traitors: for the head and front Of our offending
bath this extent-no more.
6. Resolved. That all the features OF the late
decision of Judge fancy, and his four slaVeholoing
associates, Of the United States Supreme Couri' IN
the Dred Scott case, are marked by q brutaIity oi
shirt. a daring disregard Of all historical verify, n
defiant contempt of United States sovereignty a
wapton perycrsion of theConstitution OF theUnlted
States in regard to the rights of American citizens
and an audaciOus denial OF all the principles OF
Justice and humanity, that justly call Tor the
sternest condemnation, and its indignant rejection
as a decision binding upon the conscience or con-
duct of any man, or any part of the country.
7. Resolved, That while the armed invasion and
bloody conquest of Kansas, by Southern "Border
Rufiaus," and the recent decision OF the United
States Supreme Court in regard to the citizenship
ofthe colorel population of the country are atrocl'
ties of the most fendish character ; and while nc
language of Indignation and horror is too strong
10 be uttered in view of their preparation, still
these are not excuses of the slave system, but III
very nature and beut-ehects OF the same cause
fruits Of the same poison-tree hence, to dwel
upoa these superadded crimes, and to leave tn
source of them untouched-nay, to keep it in .ul
operation by constitutional protection-is not onl
alamentable waste of time but o gross moral at
surdity.
s. Resolved, That the South has simply BEE
true to her notwithstanding no unnecessar
stems, resorting to no cxtraDeous measures, seei
ing no superhuous safeguards, in order to give 81
curity to her slave system ; that she could do u
less, and will be continually constrained to d
more and more in the same rection-trampl
upon all agreements, guarantees and compact
and making fresh aggreSsions upon the rights m
liberties of the people of,the North, until the vel
forms of republican government are overthrow
and q military dictatorship be established over Il
entire country.
Q. Resolved, That while the North gives /
sanction and support to slavery in fifteen States
the Union, il tan make no consistent moral reSis
lance to it's extension in the Territories that v
tell the Republican party thot if it would be
curse and crime to plant it In Kansas, it is no lie
criminal and disastrous to perpetrate it in Car
lima that it is equally absurd and immoral
make lt q question OF SOL, climate, OF lattluue NJ
Ion gitude, or o! bargain and compromise IN
if it be compatible with Christianity and Repub
canism to hold four millions Of slaves as pro pert
1t is no less so to hold four hundred millions in t
same condition ; that to license oppression is
lose the power to limit it and that any other ISIS
with slavery in this country, except that ct its il
mediate and total abolition, is wild and deiusi,
10. Whereas lin the language of John Quin
Adamsj ut cannot be denied-the slayeholdi
lords of the South prescribed, as q condition
of their assent to the Constitution, three separa
provisions to secure the perpetuity of their domi
ion over their slaves: The first was The immunii
fer twenty years, Of pursuing the African sla
trade the second was the stipulation to sure
der fugitive slayes-an engagement positively pr
Libited by the laws Of God delivered from Sina
and, thirdly, the exac,ion, fatal to the principles
popular representation, Of n representation f
slaves-for articles Of merchandise, under II
name Of persons-thus constituting a privilege
order Of men in the community, more adverse
the rights Of all, and more pernicious to the int
ests Of the whole, than any order Of nobility eve
known, and making the preservation, propagate
and perpetuatiOn Of slavery the vital and ANNA
ing spirit Of the National Government; and,
Whereas this view of the design and oharact
of the Constitution, is sustained by all the histol
cal facts in regard 10 its formation, by its unifor
interpretation by oil the Courts and all the Leg
latures of all the States. and by the spirit and
ton of the American people under il from II
to the present time. thus placing it beyond
reasonable doubt or denial and and,
Whereas a Constitution SO formed and admin
tered is nothing better than a covenant W
death and on agreement with hell, to uph,
which is morally wrong and politically vicious
making responsible, as it does, the whole co,
try for the safety and perpetuity of the slave s
TEN, therefore,
Resolved, That it becomes q high moral duty
dissolye,the present National Compact; to IA
the banner Of secession to join in the cry
mo Union with Stakeholder; to seperate
North from the South that the awful re,pou
ties growing out of the existence Of Slavery m
be placed upon the heads Of those who procla
their determination to perpetuate their nefaric
iinstitution"-th resources of the Slave Pow
whereby it is enabled to extend and strength
itself, cut off-the slaves permitted to stand ere
and look their lordly masters in the face and
tie the question of their liberty, without any
traneous nfuence-the Shareholders depriyet