Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1859-11-19
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CONVENTION AT ADRIAN.

the following appointments. PRESIDENT, Elisha
Jones; Vice President, Jacob Walton Jr.; Secre-
tary. Richard Glasier.
Parker Pillsbury made the opening speech, in
which he drew a comparison between Lexington
and Bunker Hill, and the beginning Of a new
revolution recently inaugurated at "Harper's Fer
ry." lie said that while Warren and Washington
were patriots, Old Osawatomio Brown in behalf
Of justice, had struck a telling blow for the rights
of man. Mr.. P, concluded by affirming that the
Church and State being pro-slavery. and the
European, as well as American idea of liberty
false, because based on cast, that tho abolition
lists, whether they knew il or not, were the forloru
hope of slavery, and could not be too deeply i'm
bued with the sublime importance and solemnity
Of the work in which they had engaged.
On motion of Thoman Chandler, q Business
Committee of seven we're appointed by the chair
to-, wit Parker PillsbuIy, Emeline Comstock
Ephraim Rulen, Jane Owen, Giles B. Stebbins,
Ann Hayball, Thomas Chandler.
Mr.. Pillsbury on behalf of tho Business Com
mittee then read the following Resolutions, Il to 7
inelusive) which were discussed by Messrs Steb-
bins, Pillsbury and Stuart. Adjourned.
SUNDAY MORNING The Convention was called
W " " i0oiUVut 4hEhCE lllbDuTg
again read the resolutions and continued their
discussion in an earnest and effective speech,
recommending them in his happiest and most con-
vincing manner, to all as the only true gospel Of
salvation to the individual OF the nation. Giles
b. Stebbins then offered the appended Resolu-
tons. 18th and 9th.) Adjourned.
AFTERNOON SESSION Mr.. Stebbins discussed
at length the Resolutions offered at the morning
session, showing a marked distinction as, we'll as
difference between the churches, and Old Osa-
~watomie, very much to the credit and honor Of
the latter. Mr.. Pillsbury read q letter from the
Editor vf the Bugle stating that subscriptions to
the amount Of over six hundred and fifty dollars
were due from subscribers in Michigan. Mr.. P.
called on the friends of the slave and humanity to
sustain the Bugle. i. being one of the. three uncom-
promising Anti-Slavory papers this nation can
boast. Adjourned.
EVENING SESSION: Was one of great interest
and profit. Mr.. Stuart, Mr.. Pillsbury and G. B.
Stebbins addressed the meeting, throwing new
light upon. and awakening new interest in the
minds Of all present. On motion of Mr.. Pillsbury,
the convention directed that a report of the Reso-
lutions and proceedings be forwarded to the Blu
gle. LiberatOr and Standard, for publication. The
Convention was we'll attended, the interest felt in
its deliberations ~deepened to the close; SO much
so that we feel warranted in saying that Michigan
has still more than a name to live' as the friend
of freedom and humanity.
ELISHA JONES, President.
RICHARD GLASIER, Secretary.
RESOLUTIONS.
Resolved, That in American Slavery We have
the sum total Of all villainies, the climax of all
crime and, cruelty. q fearful Development of the
capacity Of human nature, to perpetrate and to en-
dure the very woes and agonies of the ~perdition in
Paradise lost-and to avenge which woes, al the
pains and penalties Of that perdition would be
scarcely too ~much-wrongs 80 fragrant. so defiant
as that all ordinary rapes, robberies, rapines, pi-
racies and murders, such as are generally ~practiced
and punished among men, become in the ccmpari.
son, almost virtues and graces, fit for the kingdom
Of Heaven.
Resolved. That a stakeholder. as such, has nc
rights which any human being is bound to respect
no right to life, to liberty or the pursuit of hap
pinesa-but from the moment he is in heart anc
purpose, a STAKEHOLDER, be becomes an outlaw il
the Moral Universe; q fit subject for the dread
ohN U u AZ buEN
retributions Of the just judgments of God.
Resolved, That the American Constitution il
requiring the rendition of Fugitive Slaves, ant
t tie suppression of oil attempt at Instruction OF
the part of the slaves, and in making it TREASON
f PUNISHABLE WITH DEATH, to aid them in such at
t tempts to obtain tLeir Freedom; is most emphati
t cally "a COVENANT WITH DEATH AND AN AGREE
' NENT With HE'LL" Of such a character as to max
+ its destruction one of our first services to humani
t ty, and highest acts of worship and homage t
It God.
Resolved, That the governments of the slayehold
h ing states are but organized bodies Of thieves an,
8 robbers and the recent attempt at Harper's Ferr
d to deliver some Of their victims, was an act of hu
manity and heroism of so divine a character, a
that the memory of the brave men who attem pte
it, will be held in admiration by American posteri
; sy, when the name and fame Of La Fayette an
kosciusco shall have been long forgotten.
Resolved, That the African Slave Trade ia al
ready re-enacted, in fact, # not in form; and tn
failure oil the government to even fulfil it's treat
, stipulations to prevent it, or provide any vigorou
= measures for its arrest. or 10 punish as its owr
law provides, the most desperate and daring nj
rates who carry it on, affords another evidence the
. we live under a dospotism the most fearful tina
now curses the earth. and that cannot too soor b
hurled to the deepest and most irrecoyerable der
~truction.
Whereas, By the condition Of the American cor
stitution the entire national power is pledged t
suppress any instruction among the slaves
10 therefore.
0 Resolved. That should the slaves, in the tru
spirit of the Revolution Of l776, ever unshea,h tn
III sword of rebellion and attempt by violence to o.
tain their freedom, our wishes, our hopes. on
hearts, dad our hands TOO, $50 far as we beliey
they can be righteously employed.) shall be Away
on the side o. the oppressed and againt the OF
a pressor. in defiance OF all Constitutions, statute.
q demands or decisions to the contrary.
Resolved, That all Underground Rail Roads t
Canada, are works end ways Of darkness. incon
patible with our dignity as citizens, and our homo
and humanity as msn-and only to BE- endure
until the northern states enact laws or humaniz