Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-10-23

and chow nay people their transgression, and th6
house OF Jacob their sins; open thy mouth 10 tho
cause OF all such as are appointed unto destructionj
| send thee to q rebollious nation that hath rebelli
ed against me; they and their fathers have trans
Creased against me, even unto this very day; for
they IRE i~mpudent and stiff hearted. | do send
thee unto them, and thou shalt sa, unto them:
Thus saith the Lord God, whether they will hear,
or whether they will IfUrLear; for they are most
rebellious."
a. Resolved, That the consequences of the i'm,
mediate and unconditional emancipation of tho
millions now held in the CALLING chains Of slavery
in this land, are embodied and set forth in the d.
vine promises, Then shall thy light rise in obscu.
rity, and thy darkness be as the noon.day; then
shalt thou call. and the Lord shall answer; thou
shalt cry, and he shall say. Here | am. And tho
Lord shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy
soul in drought, and make fat thy bones, aud thou
shalt be like u watercd garden. and like a spring
Of water, whose waters fail not. And they that
shall be Of thee, shall build the old waste places;
thou shalt raise up the foundations Of many gene
rations; and thou shalt be called, The %repairer Of
the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell IMP
No. II.
l. Resolved, That every community, whose DO
litical theory recognizes the doctrine of eaua! hu-
man rights, should base all its governmental insti,
tutions upon principles which will tend 10 secure
to every individual within its territory the right to
life, and the possession of liberty: and, whereas.
whenever these rights, or either of them is denied
to any class of individuals, or their just claim to
them questioned or their title to them ignored, no
political party can be true to ,he principle of libt
erty, can be democratic either in character or nc
ton. which refuses, or hesitates to maintain against
all odds the right Of such to the practical recogni,
ton Of human brotherhood.
2. Resolved, That there are four millions of
slaves within the bounds of our various State lin
its, whv are deprived Of the enjoyment Of these
rights.
3. Resolved, That the Democrats party utterly
, ignores the claim of these four millions to free
dom, and while theorising about liberty, and boast
ing OF its devotion to the rights of man, numbers
in its ranks slave claimants aud non-slave claim
ants, and makes the sacrifice of the bondman's
rights, the price it pays for union in its ranks, and
the possession Of political power.
a. Resolved, That the Republican party, while
protesting to be opposed to the extension of slave
ry) utterly ignores the claim of these four millions
to freedom, and while theorising about liberty,
Boosting of its principles of democracy, and stri.
wing to secure to free Uhie labor the possession Of
Kansas, numbers in its ranks slave claimants and
non slave claimants and makes the sacrifice of the
bOndman's rights the price it pays for union in it's
ranks, and the bonus it gives in advance for the
political power it hopes to win.
5. Resolved, That in the foregoing resolutions
we simply express our opinion in relation to tho
position voluntarily assumed by the two great 20.
llitiral pnrtiaa nf p,r l,nl opI ID ,nt ho,n
Judgment upon the private individual opinions Of
the members of either, some Of whom 10 both par.
ties we might recognize as truly anti-slavery in
feeling, while pro slavery by position.
No. III.
Whereas, Through the ~craftiness of the fsbrica-
ton of the U. S. Constitution and the immense ply
steal, pecuniary, and moral power which has been
developed uncer it's agency, it is apparent chat.el
slavery will be- continued as long as the govern.
ment exists in its present form, and the people are
loyal to it.
l.. Be it Resolved, That now, as heretofore, 1--WE
athrm that no influence can be an effectual one to
wards the abolition of slavery, which is not adapt.
ed to effect q dissolution of this confederacy Of
States.
2. Resolved, That it has only been through the
power created and accumulated by that Constitu-
ton, and the corruption of the moral ond religious
sentiment Of the nation which it has wrought,
that it has been possible to continue slavery upon
our soil, down to the present day, and. therefore, il
is that we labor for its utter and immediate over.
throw.
" 3. Resolved, That as the representatives of the
American slave, and on his behalf, we arraign in
GO the court of conscience, and put upon trial before
90 the world every individual who employs the cleo.
tive franchise conferred upon him BY the govern
" ment, 10 matter where he resides, nor BY what DO.
litical name he is designated, nor what motives he
assigns for the deed. no: merely as permitting
Isiaveowning to continue, but as an actual, practi,
cal stakeholder, responsible before God for all the
crime nsolved in that relation simply as such. and
we demand of him that he shall reject the blood.
stained ballot. and henceforth inscribe on his BAN
ner the motto: "No Union with Shareholders"
4. Resolved. That it is not as nor,resistan.s va
90 refuse allegiance to the constitution, and counsel
others to the same, but because in tina. Instrument
~iniquity has been framed into law, and intention.
x al and ample provision made for the perpetuatipn
ed of chattel slavery under it's jurisdiction, 90 long az
IN men may claim the right to chattelise their fellows
5. Resolved, That we do not decline to vote for
the candidates Of the several factions of the great
pro'slavery party of the nation, who style them.
selves Democrats, Republicans, and Americans,
because the men they present, are unworthy to
hold the Offices. but because the Offices themselves
~ are wholly incompatible with justice and right. 60
re- that true men cannot in ielligensly accept them
:. and good men, by performing their acquisitions,
~ must, of necessity, be corrupted.
" 6. Resolved, That there is no reason to appre.
bend anarchy and the absence of the restraints Of
",' civil government. as a consequence of our success,
ny since it would leave the people in possession Of
Vo their State governments, which provide them now
with all the protection to person and property