Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-10-30

during the aDseuCe VI lHG DusluCss COUilltlte
to prepare business, the meeting was entertained
by Mr.. Pardec, of Wooster, in an address to prove
it to be the duty Of all voters to go to the ballot.
box md vote the Republican ticket. The argu-
ment of Mr.. Pardee was replied to by Isaac Tres
colt.
Adjourned till evening.
EVENING SEsstoN.-The meeting was ADDRESSED
by Frances Ellen Watkins upon the subject of ella,
very, in a most eloquent and thrilling speech, and
was followed by Reuben Irwin, l. Prescott, T.
Brown and L. Hilles.
Adjourned till 10 o'clock, Sunday morning.
SUNDAY FORENOON SESSION. - An epistle
was received from Pennsylvania Yearly Meet
ing OF Progressive Friends.
On motion, the Clerks were appointed to CORES.
pond with them, and such other associations of
similar character as may be deemed best.
The Business Committee reported a series of res,
olutions, among which, the following were adopt
ed, after discussion during the forenoon and after
noon. by Samuel Myers, Jemima Webster, Elwood
Patterson, Mr.. Heacock, Naylor Webster, Isaac
Prescott, DR.. Brooke, Zcnas Edwards, Enos Hilles'
oOhu piiiu ohS lSiiNb 'aihihCt ohiu
G~arretson and Lewis Morgan, teforea deeply atten'
tive meeting Of as many as could crowd in, and
around the house, go as to hear the speakers.
Resolved, That we find it our duty to labor for
the overthrow of chattel slavery, not on account of
its accidents or incidents, but because of the newt.
able decentralization it produces upon master as
well as slave, and throughout the whole of human
society since its influence is omnipresent.
Whereas, In tho nature and constitution of man,
there is a deeply central religious element, and
whereas, this vital element Of our nature has been
siezed upon by those in power to shack|e the i'm
mortal mind, by making it bow to external author
ity-and enslaving it by external oracles there
fore,
Resolved, That no Koran, Book of Mormon.
Zenda Vesta, yeda, Shaster, Jewish or Christian
scriptures, shall be oracles to ne, which shall bind
US to a blind faith in their acquisitions and, We
will acknowledge no authority but truth-that truth
which existed before any Sacred book was made,
and will exist after all these books are forgotten.
Resolved, That the religious element of mankind
has so long been instructed by Sectarian Creeds
and Ecclesiastical Organizations THAT it is dwarfed
by bigotry on the one hand, and well nigh crushed
out by skepticism on the other, and that the only
Panacea is the cultivation of the spiritual and rev
erential faculties in connection with the moral and
intellectual.
Resolved, That no one of the great moral guess
tons which agitate mankind, can be carried to a
successful issue unless conjoined with temperance.
Resolved, That in no way can we more efiectual'
ly labor for the overthrow OF slavery, either wo-
man or chattel slavery, than by seeking to unfold
I onr ro.,ro ,ybarobu ,a obol booDp,o ;,1;r;Jnou,
5 free, not only from the shackles imposed by relig,
, ious organizations, legal ~enactments, party or per
sonal prejudices, fashion or custom, hut the sla'
very Of appetite, the use of tobacco, and all the VI
tiating articles Of food and drink.
, Resolved, That we hail with JOY and great salts.
faction, an act in the territory of Kansas, to pro.
tect married women in their property, equal with
>. their husbands, as a step taken which should claim
r tho attention of every reformer.
Resolved, That Var is immoral, Anti Christian,
and a disgrace to any civilized nation.
Resolved, That capital punishment, or STATE
n Murder, is a relic of the dark ages and ought to
q be abolished.
Song by Miss Rockhill.
> EVENING SEssIoN.-This session was devoted to
general discussion, and individual experiences in
y, reform, and the general moral and religious topics
g of the day.
Then adjourned till 10 o'clock, tomorrow Mon
day. morning.
MORNING SEssIoN.-An eloquent extract was
read from one of Thodore Parker's sermons.
n Lewis Morgan, Enos llilles, Isaac Prescott, Sa
d rah Garretson and Esther Harris were appointed
d to make the necessary arrangements for the next
G Yearly Meeting, and attend to such matters as the
k association might require during that time.
The following committee was appointed to take
into consideration, the ~propriety of bGilding
9 Meeting House large enough to accommodate thu
yearly meetings of this association, and othe. re
t form conventions, and if the amount can be raised
e to progress with the prosecution of the work so ial
t as advisable, viz Lewis Morgan, DR.. Brooke
S Enos Hilles, Zenos Edwards, Samuel Myers, Isaac
r Prescott, Cornelius Whitacre, David Galbreath
Elijah Winery. William Griffith, Clark Prescott
Ridgway Haines, Naylor Webster and William
Morris.
e Then adjourned to meet next year at the call o.
the Committee.
!. isAh5 Th HAGSHS; Clerks.
One Of The severest criticisms ever pronounced
I on an author is that pronounced by the Atlantic