Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-08-21
GERRIr SMITH ON SLAVE RENDITION

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eief acce ?,.te tho Nomination of the Syracus,
convention f,r C,varrcr
deserves not the name OF civil g%overnmen
; "u;sa u9es nor Snei'er the innocent who lee to IL
!u'si'V''h' Never was there a conquered PRO
'"Gt 'hAt hell las privileges bJ a tenure more de
S'aIinH tn'h Is tne relation OF the Tree states tt
t"o S'a'e rover ihey would AFFORD a home WIN
an 'ae'r borders to The most peeled and prosecuted
VI e"'In pat thAt Power iotDlds' ana they SUB
u''' neg RSm's o. reg StA'e' ana the'f loud
=, e., IN 80 I,o au "@aJ 81 'tt'" ny arc
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cf ~, To-. ~ - d''oN s"''JssIon' "o1'4 eHen
own ore,, S,,,e. and ,h,r tha5 NH Las;n, ~.
chaaced her nominal anI snurions for n n ar,nnl
and real freedom vonLI M l1nger ri . ber svnnn.
thy AMI supoort 4, siayerv, ,nJ then the Souib.
cut or from mi, vital reso1r,,e. rnulI soc thai She
too must mako herself free ar tbnt she must
perish,
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frood s. ,bo - ;nH ~ p"'?, " 10y
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months a,n onr RennLnoon I,ai nr' nn,y h,,o,3
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brothers and s,.,or: xbo h.,t, ~, - f,ha : ,u ~
arm nrison bou.o and L,tna 80 ,I,oin n". iI,oi
inc bod,es and hlosdina h",sSuP r;,hi, p ,In h wy =
nf our Sat- r., ,hss p,anIr".a '' " '
ma, have ror,sad III E,a, oa - 49,
its Leaders who were SO unjust and hard hearted
and foolish-and only n MARI of them MANY of
them fayored the measure. Among these were
members of the Legislature. The Speaker mir.
Littlei Jhn) was eloquent for it. Mr.. Wooster and
other prominent members gave it their support.
THAI, !. rim r,o.. .L;rt ,,Lo.
into 80 49,. $50 tnko'e Wv" .IS
NOR s,d tLa uaaLa", ~ 'r,ms =. nj H. ts
tho sr;al 80 t. l ~ - 80 n :, e mo unsme'
mental nr6iac,;or RI sad iodasa !; ~ !" ,hss onnI,
aim IF ne l,res, niles nnaornmoa, nn,sSan'
Nv S;rilant in its beb,IT U,nnv world ,his
wba, ali ovcr il, o;r;l rn,orrty iii u H.,
words of the eayenIv whine .inJ,e tho noor nS
the people. save the children Of The nee1v and
break in nieces the onnressnrI
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nntting n SION 10 sn,h nm ontra.e FNovor,ho.ass
there are leaders IF This marty so false IN Odd and
man as not only To he wininy Z, Iat II oo on krt
even to nrate of .nthoritv far T. Hasten the d,v
when rplers shall no conscions of the diynitv Of
amman nature and shall 1nre dafand IN Hasteu
the dav uhen the njea that tbere ia l,w fur ,r,mn.I
limo on that glnrinns nature and classing II w,tb
tho brute's Snail bnt ocgrayate the crime of do
inc so and nnke ira nnnisbmen, more swift and
cert,in han severei
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Suie' wy h0PuIhoau p"'ty' uu ~ VI
S"nonnsn 80 ~ " vi W Hapr @ nc ~
Ho~n tu0 'Tny " T u ah y, aCAnT"teuS.1S
. . ~ 70 . nu.VusI suGn GAuvm Nv 'eus
on tba nublic forhe,rance. and rises FROM a base
and bloody mir CO into the dignity Of an .institu.
ton, The peonle of the North wonder at the bold
aooress,ons of slavery Tbev need not So lony
as thew consent 70 call this niracv an ,;nstitution'1
and admit II IN he law so lony do ,bev NOT onIv
invita- those aporessions. nut leave themselves
without excuse for complaining of them. Thew
can make murder itself as respectable and pros.
nerops az sloyarv If thew will nnIv confess tba, II
as we'll "a slavorv il law Make The worst thing
be Il slayebolding or rumselling. or what not, tie
subject of sacred law, and you thereby educate the
people into the federation, not to say the approval,
Of it. | add that it is better to acknowledge MUIR
der than slavery to be law, for that murder is a
less crime than slavery every parent would testify
who should be called to choose between slavery
and the grave for the fate of his child.
~ n " Moreover. as I have already intimat,
cd slavery can. no more than murder. he embodi.
ed in law This the American neonle know. For
.althoup,. in their centsmpt of the black mans
yigh.s thev are ready 70 admi, ANYTHING against
MIN H0eFe 4 y II White MAN WHO WOuiu duUllI the
possibility of a law for slavery. were it to be ap.
Piled to white mem Surely no candidate Tor OF
nee would dare dolt Only let Mt DouSias ana
Mr.. Lincoln say that white men are capable OF LEI
gai ens'avement ana Limos VIII choose neither OF
them ler ber senator Let any one Vi tue cahal
dates Tor Governor OF this State say so ana he VIII
learn that cthces are not IN store Tor those who
hold a doctrine SO derogatory to the dignity OF
white men.
1T is already objected to your Convention that
the man it has put in nonination had a part in
saving the celebrated Jerry from being returned to
slavery. lie coniesses it. But who among the
objectcrs, were his own son in the circumstances
poor Jerry was in, would not feel compassion for
him, and bless his deliverers? lie that is without
such compassion let him | e first to cas-. a stone ut
me. And it is also objected to your nomination
that the Democrats talk for it. They do, and who
Of them would not also vote Tor il had it been his
own son instead of Jerry that | helped?
.OA, were the religion of this land in fact as
well as in name. the religion of Christ. we should
never hear a man reproached for his deeds of