Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-05-22

throughout his vast empire,as an act OF Justice
and humanity, and for the honor and regeneration
manner, the Scriptursl prophecy, that the 6rst
shall be last, and the last 6rst."
ABOLITION OF RUSSIAN sKRrpox.
IL. Resolved, That, 10 the spirit Of the com.
mand to give ''credit to whom credit' il due, we
regard with high satisfaction and great sdmira.
ton the praiseworthy and philsnthropic course
adopted by the Emperor Of Russia, in this pertic.
ular because lin the words Of NJ. PauloGj the
glory and prosperity Of Russia cannot rest upon
institutions based on injustice and falsehood"
and because lin the words of Nj. Bsbst, the emf
versity of Moscow 'the wants Of n great nation
cannot be satisfied with the coarse conditions. con.
trary to all progress, Of primitive economy found.
ed on compulsory labour-a labor the limits oi
which are az restricted, as its nature is unproduc.
tive"
TUE KANSAS STRUGGLE.
l3. Resolved, That the contamination Of bor.I
der rufianism and lawless usurption, in regard to
Kansas, has been ignvbly achieved by the pres.
ent iniquitous National Administration, in forcing
through Congress, by the most corrupt devices,
the "bill of Nomination" submltted by Mr.. Eng
lish for the admission Of that Territory as a State
into tho Union, on conditions unheard vt since the
adoption OF :he Constitution, most insulting and
utterly degrading in their nature, imingling bri.
O0ry, mumluutlon anu prOscripuou, III equal pro-
portions, and therefore to be Indignantly spurned
by the people of Kansas, at all hazards. Never.
theless,
IA. Resolved, That "the vital and most detesta.
BILE iniquity in this complicated and accumulated
monstrOsity Of wrongs, this series Of inquiries
aud expressions upcUiling and inveterately con-
volved, is not the thing that has provoked and
stsadied the opposition" 10 the LecOmptUn Consti.
tuition, on the part of tho Free State men in Kan
sas, and of their advocates in Congress ; "this
show Of bravery has not the honor of a conscien'
tious conflict against sin and injustice it is not
! the establishment Of slavery that troubles the con.
science and stirs up the wrath, but the saddling
of slavery upon the people against their wiU-not
the inhumanity and sintulness of the 1yssem, but
the fraud against popular sovereignty in having
the system chosen aud appointed for the people
instead Of being permitted to choose it or rel ect
: it for themselves-and this il is that almost ex-
= plodes a volcano, almost breaks up a party. almost
6 ~unsettles an ADMINISTRATION, deluges the country
, with floods of popular eloquence and indignation,
. occupies the Senate and House of Representative
. for nearly six months in the manufacture oi
: speeches, and keeps the whole country in II heat
and tumult Of pure disintarested patriotism! J"
q THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
Is. Resolved, That the party which concern,
itself exclusively for the rights and interest d
white men and white labor, and refuses to espouss
T. the cause OF all such as arc appointed to de
w. hhO ASbo'N w N'pt''S
tions, is a party destitute Of principle, wi'hou
u consistency or moral efficiency. incapable Of mail
u tanning an compromising attitude. and who'll
undeserving Of respect or confidence. Hence. tn
only difference between the Democratic and Re
Ii publican parties is enc Of degree, NOT of priuci
. ple-uf Limitation az against boundless expansion
- of latitude and longitude in opposition to uni
. versal propagandism aud in~discriminate sutjugs
Y ton.
THE AMERICAN TRACT soCiBTY.
Whereas. from the date of it's organization t
the present time. che American Tract Society nv
j. no, only allowed the adulteruus, inhunan, blood
and soul debasing system Of slavery to 20 'uhr'
buked in any of its multi.udinous publication
!; but has deliberately e1purgated every tract an
'glnatory of slsveholding. in order to propitmte Il
Southern oppress0rs and trs16ckers 10 hums
1esh, who "neither fear God nor regard man.
10 thus leaving four millions Of imbruted men an
y women in the land to perish like dumb drive
cattle. "even everlastingly, according TO the Ortiz
w dox creed and
Whereas the mail minority who have as
o. ed for a change in the policy of the Socie
w. have manifestly shown that they seek peace rath
E. than purity, the removal Of q repr0ach from Il
~ Church rather than either her reformation or Il
NO freedom of the slave, by the following indication
e y namely:
BY their entire silence on tho subject until col
An pIhiut Who W pOioOho v tLC LhuI
Of and Society;
By the smallness Of their original demand, nam
ly, for the publication of tracts about slavery, j
stead Of against slavery;
ny By their suffering the Committee of Investig
'i- ton (accurding 20 the unimpeachable testimony
- DR.. lIawes, OF Hartford) to be 'of the Publishi
co. Committees selection ALMOST ENTiRELY'-equiv
're ent to letting tho accused party pack the jury:
u BY their unanimous acceptance of a Rcpt
ob C-o-~ sbak NNn r,, M Mn xraa ~ a,l,.,.
that the opposite party also unanimously accept
it. and 30 inefficient that the ''manugement" ha
n, quoted is in defence Of their old policy to the pr
ak. ent day;
all By their unanimous agreement that even
Of strong side, the quasi'refurmatury side OF this 1
port. should demand only some publication,
are the Society, respecting 'those moral duties viii
Ia, grow out of the existence Of slavery, as we'll
vr, lilvse moral evils and vices which il is known
%, promute"-instead of branding sluvehuldlng its
are as sinful and anti. Christian
e. By their demand that a tract in javcur of 81
ers cry (now known a. 1.-The Suppressed ract") shu,
MAS be published, and the characterization Of this D
and slavery tract. by their representatives., IN "a b,
Ish- of Christian counsel'-' OF evangelical instr
ons ton; and, finally.
at BY their wasting in silence, or in discursive a
lor inefficient criticism. the precious twelve mon
en- that have now passed, instead of making vigor,
W efforts 70 arouse, combine aud enlarge the prote
are ing minority, to reform the Society, and ~ re
lutionize the administration
tn, Therefore,
by l6 Resolved. Tha. the solemn and startling
are, %cusstion jointly and publicly made against
ord. American Tract Society, in November last, y
ion. number of pastors and ministers Of Congre
and tional churches in Franklin and Lamoills Co,
,un. ties, Vermont" is thoroughly sustained by oil
eth. facts in the case, namely:
ern- "As now conducted, it (the Society has pro,
7 unfaiihful to it's own Constitution to the ca,
the of humanity and God; to the cause of truth a
)red of evangelical religion. By throwing itself, al
sted has done,as a shield between slavery and the p
tate lie sentiment Of Cbristendom. il has become
ign. enemy of liberty and the bulwark Of oppressi
As thus conducted, it is the corrupter Of pul
laws and the principles of morality; and by
ing countenance TO tho notion that peace and
8 is in the Holy Ghost may be promoted and may
oru, ;st without practical righteousness, it becomel
it's mighty eorrup,er Of the religion of the Gospel.
'rri. Hence. until the Society be placed in mere ,r
'u!d worthy hands, and impelled in its Publications
and denounce slavery. under all circumstances, al
per war with 'the interests Of vital goodness