Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-09-04


Mr. Chairman hope we shall feel kindly to-
ward each other for we cannot reform the world
by introducing the spirit of love and kindness, un
til tina. spirit finds lodgment IN our own hearts
ana however we may dlhGr one from ano'her' ow
ing to our bilnuness, nope we snail give the
world thus evidence, namely "that we love one
apother.
Sir, this Convention was called as Reform
Convention, and claims to be Reform Conven-
tion and we, as members Of this body, claim to
be refurmers. What then, is the fret work OF re'
formers Is it not to reform themselves f? How
can we impart to others that which we do not our
selves possess What we have we can give ; but
how we give what we have not Until we
have first reformed ourselves, we cannot reform
our neghbors. Then, again. If we are Intelligent
reformers we must begin with ourselves and with
the community in reforming the worst evil hrst.
Why strain at gna!, while we are all the time
gulplng down camelS lLluShter huiu ina!
as intelligent men and women. We must begin.
with the community and with ourselves, where the
greatest crimes begin and having reformed them
out of the way. we can reach the lesser ones but
we can never remove lesser ones unul we nave re-
moved the greater.
Sir, what is the great sin Of this nation to-day ?
1t is standing with an iron heel upon the palpitat.
ing hearts of four millions of native born Ameri.
cans Do you realize that we have in our mds,
four millions of brethren and listers who are for
hidden by the laws of the repuLlic to learn the
NJ p,o.on E,rr r,;lI;,,sondo . half Indians
no wo,l nc slaves
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Mr. fostor-l nav oh'y makes 10 worse re-,
peat IL III TINS hine'eeh'h ceituiy' nc''o'' s'a'
every seventh Jay goes on IT'S khcGs 1e'ore oou,
thank'ng nun tnaI we i:e III i;, tnnu u. GoSpu, m
nght ana cr''i anu rel'g'ous nocl'y' uenles' m oi
'.uc Pa'ns vi stripes anu lnl pi''onno'', ITO W" !"
Sacreu 'crP'uros " one,ecton'u patr os ": PoPu
iaiion-ahu we are 10 tax ABOUT pee' in i'liioi
tahty' nre we we arc 10 ui'IIss ;I lhe quesuon q.
"hether spirits IN the otner "o!iu can con'ihunI
cate WIN U.S. are we! oH' Whiie we stahu mere
there are iour million natlve Americans. every one
OF whom mas peeh piuhuereu OF every iaTtuing lie
ever earned, anu MS race roooeu oi al ~ ever
produced. Inc slave popuiatioh mas earneu thou'
sands o' mii',ohs ol collars, anu yer ",.osetnor
tney are no. 'he poSsessorS Vi eoi''ary iaFth"e
;" mas III poen oiu'oneu we ';,Ia Vi
The government of our country instead Of nro.
tect;ns tbese mon AGAINST rohhery has invoriahlv
nrotected The robber against his 1lnndered vc,im
has il not? These are the circumstances under
which we are assembled to dav-and that is not
the u,ors, feature hr onv means We have heard
great deal unon his platform on the subject Of
,yoman,s wronrs and nv heart has bled as I have
sancd T., tha Recital But the darkest shade of this
d,rt nctnre il vet 70 he nrcsented to this Conven
lion ID, Won know that there are tw0 millions of
women in this land for whom TO lift hand
against their rayisher is q capital offence Such
is the law of this nation 1t not only withdraws
all protection from them, but it makes it a crime
for a woman to lift her band against the ravisher
and threatens instant death to her father brother
son or husband lin the eve of GodO if they shall
dare to pro ect her against the fouest rufian the
sun ever sbone upon That is American law in
the middle of the nineteenth century That is
RepuGlicatism This is a "rnodel Republic"