Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-06-19

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Whereas, the people OF Massachusetts declare,
III the ilrst article Of their Constitution, that all
men are born free and cqcal, and have certain ma
turai, essential and inalienable rights; among
when may be rockoned the right of enjoying a3d
defending their lives and liberties; that Of acquir'
ing, possessing and protecting property; in fine,
that of seeking and obtaining their safety and
happiness; and
Whereas, in direct and fragrant violation of this
declaration. for seventy years they have allowed
fugitive slaves to be hunted on their soil, seized,
and returned to bondage, in willing confederation
with southern men-stealers; and
whereas, this is to involve themselves in all the
guilt and shame Of kidnapping-,o stain their
Christian profession, sully their character, evince
the basestr perfdy, violate all the commando Of
uod, and disregard the claims Of our common
humanity; therefore,
Resolved, That their first duty is to repent of
inis great lniquity, and to decree that, henceiOrth,
every fugitive from slavery shall, on coming into
this Commonwealth, be free, against all claimants
ana pursuers; and that no person shall be put on
'rlal, before any magistrate, commissioner, or 9TH
err tribunal, TO decide whether he has q right to
his own person, or is the proparty of another.
Resolved, That to secure this humane and Chris
tan Object, a memorial to the next Legislature
shoulc be circulated for signatures in every city,
town and village throughout the Commonw ealth,
asking that body to make the decree aforcsaidi
and thus to deliver the people from llood,guilti-
ness, and enable them consistently and effectively
to rebuke the South for legalizing the awful crime
OF making man tine property of man.
One would think that even partisan politicians,
would see the Importance of this radical measure,
since all the misnamed personal liberty bills Of
New England, of Wisconsin and Of Ohio are null
fed and condemned, and even state officers who at
tempt to execute them, subjected to legal persecu-
ton, to fine end imprisonment for the discharge Ct
| a .,ol1 --.-.. - $3.50. C.-.N nIo CaNn1
defect of oil those bills, was, that they conceded
the right Ct the master to recapture his slave. A
fatal concession not only to the slave, but to our
. own sovereignty and the liberties of even our white
citizens as the prosecuted and imprisoned Connolly
can testify.
The CONSTITUTION AND THE UNION are dis
! posed of as they should be in the following reso'
lutions:
y Whereas n Constitution which, according tc
= james Madison, contains a clause that was Eek
pressly inserted to enable masters TO reclaim their
fugitive slaves (which according to Daniel Web
y ster, gives solemn guarantees to slavery, (which
Z according to Alexander Hamilton, could not have
been adopted without its pro.slavery stipulations
q which according to John Quincy Adams. contain:
i three special provisions to secure the perpetuity
f of the Shareholders dominion over their slavea,
It and is saturated with the infection Of slavery,
and that makes the preservation. propagation ant
Il rerpetuation Of slavery the vital and anlmatinl
{: spirit of the national government (which, &C
cording to Judge Story, makes a necessary sacri
d fee to the prejudices and interests OF a portion o
&c the Southern States';-which according to Joshu'
r. Giddings, secures to the master the same righ
n to pursue and capture his slave in n Tree state tina
n he possesses to pursue and capture his horse or mule
which according to Charles Sumner, contain
three chief original compromises as essential con
ditions of the Union, one of them providing Tor tn
continuance OF the ~piratical slave trade for twent
years, and another for a slave representation i
Congress which, according to William Eller
Claiming, makes the free States the guardian
re and essential supports of slavery and the peopl
of the North the jailors and constables of the in
%stitution which according to Stephen G. Phi
IL lips. while it lasts, will make the free States, a
well as the slave, sustain n relation to slavery In
le dispensible to its security and continuance )
which, according to Josiah Quincy senior, makes
incumbent upon tho free States to deliver up fugi
tive slaves, and is the shareholders main strength
!, which, according to Horace Mann, provides TO
the r~ecapture of fugitive Slaves and is the impreg
is nable bulwark of the slave system and which
according to it's universal and uniform ;nterpre
ID tation ever since it's &C option to the present time
of on the part Of all legislative and judicial bodies
is binds the people of the North to the duty Of SUP
ii pressing all slave instructions, through the ma
to tional government, in every case of emergency
allows n three ffths slave representation in Cor
. gress, thus constituting a slave oligarchy-an
,e gives the stakeholder the right to rake every inc
at of Northern soil slavehunting grounds q Cor
stitution not fit to have been made or to be sur
ported, but deserves to be execrated for its inht
: rent cruelty and tyranny therefore,
Resolved, That the Constitution of the Unite
States cannot he more truly described than by az
plying to it tho language of Scripture 1T is
covenant With death, and an agreement with hell
and it ought to be instantly annulled, in the nam
OF the living God.
Resolved, That the union existing between til
" free and the slave States is unnatural and wicke
n; AN insane attempt to reconcile elements and il
I'd terests eternally antagOnistical to each other
n. and, therefore, the first duty of every true friend
freedom is to accept for his rallying-cry the mot
Of the American Anti.Slavery Society, No Unio
ne with Shareholders !!
I'D THE NEXT REPUBLICAN CONVENTIONAL vi
IN gina Republican in the New York Evening Pos
I'd urges that the next National Convention for nom
~ mating a President shall meet at Richmond. II
re urges the measure as follows:
"You will recollect that the proposition in II
=, National Republican Convention in Philadelphia
in June, 1856, to hold the next in Richmond, WI
received with very decided favor-and will yc
ed allow me to suggest to the proper authorities, thi
be if shis proposition should be adopted. it will be
:, compliment to this noble city of the South. whiC
Pe will be appreciated by large numbers Of her Gil
htho u "a h"h A"he''NHJ hNN 'ANt va H
second thought" will be found ready to rally
the ranks of a party which only proposes to re
>; tore the government, in its administration of Il
a. territories. to the practice Of Washington and Je
fersop. Since the democracy 60 to Charleston wi
:. their convention, | sincerely hope the republican
80 will come to Richmond. The measure would exc
many good influences. 1t would disarm the fana
nd les Of their most efficient weapons. 1t would
leuce the mad dog cry of our being a section
70. party. 1t would make the blind see that We a
~ nof n-t- H. I. a. nnl, ta-I. 80 s,,-ol -.
n33 in the country"
on The writer represents the principles Of the par
on truthfully and We see in them no inherent obje
'p' ton to the measure. The Old School Presbyi
,as rians show their Christian liberality by going
a New Orleans; the Democrats their patriotism
ch going to Charleston and why should not the R
70 publicans show theirs by going to Richmond.
of By the way the difference in latitude betwe,
= - ..o-I 80 nIoxlo.k1. =. 49, -l..A l. l.n,