Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1859-07-27
State Christian Anti-Slavery Conven-
finO

oLaIe ClIlsLld1 AnE1-SlaVery C0nyen-
ton,
To be held in Columbus. Ohio. Wednes.
day and Thursday, August 10th and 18th,
1859.
The present aspects of the great contro-
versy, between Freedom and Slavery in our
country. earnestly call for more thorough
aggression and systematic action on our
part.
The African Slave Trade-which by the
law is piraoy-is revived. and there is not
sufficient active moral power in the nation
to extinguish it.
Southern Churches have generally apos-
tatized to the open Justification of Slavery,
and Northern Christians are sadly remiss
in duty with respect to reforming and op-
posing it.
Southern States are cxpelling or enslav-
ing their free eOlOred population. and North
ern States allow their colored citizens to be
kidnapped under the provisions of the Fu-
gitive Act.
The Fugitive Act is pronounced Consti-
t~utional by the National Courts. Some of
our most virtuous and respected citizens are
imprisoned because they could not quietly
stand and sec a neighbor kidnapped and
dragged into hopeless bondage, and our Su-
preme Court, in Difference to precedent. has
refused to pronounce the law unconstitu-
ticnal.
According to the decision of the Supreme
Court of the United States, Slavery is ex-
tended to all our territories by virtue of
the Constitution, and neither Congress nor
the people has power to prohibit it. And
while all this is passing. the party in pow
CT is straining its energies to acquire new
territory for the expansion and development
Of the great evil.
To meet the demands and aggressions of
the Slayehoiding Power. the Freedom-lov-
ing element Of the nation has no great,
Chlstlan, earnest systematic agency.
Alarmed at these facts, the undersigned
invite Christians Of all denominations who
believe and deeply feel that Slavery is our
nations greatest crime. land her calamity.
and the u of her greatest danger as
WE'LL TO meet in Columbus, on Wednesday
and Thursday, August 10 and IL, to de-
hberate and pray, to give public expression
to our views. and 10 organize Z system of
efforts which shall aid IN cnlightcning aud
arousi1g the public conscience and onlisting
the Christian energies of the State and Ma
ton against this great iniquity.
Let there be a great, earnest, ~prayerful,
and calm, but determined convention.
Unless the convention shall otherwise di-
rect. the forenoon of Wednesday viii be
spent in prayer, the afternoon and evening
in addresses, and Thursday in the trarsac-
ton of business.
ID. Walker, Pastor Congregational Church
Saadusky City.
A. d. Barber, Pastor Con. Church.
j. c. White, Pastor Plymouth Con. Church,
j. A Thome, Pastor Con. Church, W. Side,
". H. Brewster, Pastor IVES. Meth. Oh ch.
John Pete, Pastor St Clair ST. Meth. Ch'ch,
Henry r. Smith, ]. A. Gale, Z. ?. In
gersoll, 6. y. Abbey, I. C. Pendleton,
Joseph Perkins, H. B. Spelman. Otis
Boise, B. Barker, B. Peiton, z. F. Hum
iston, Clecelaad
II. VI. S;orrs. Pastor Con. Church.
Simeon B. Williams, Esq, Cincinnati.
c. Leonard, Pastor Con. Church,
Geo. Clancy, II. ?.
Wolfe, N. E.
William Turner. William Ii. Cochran,
l. W. Vance. IN. Teyzol.
John Rankin, Pastor Cd Pres. Church,
D. Could, " Ist "
]. S. Peregrime, NJ. E. Church,
And % others, Ripley.
7. S. Clarke. Pastor Con. Church,
Hon. Z. y. Sill. and 10 others, Cbya-
h4ga Fails.
S. Plumb, James Monroe, E. Il. Fairchild,
John Keep, John Morgan, ]. Ii. Fair
child, II. Z. Peck, OJcrLin.
II. Prentice, Pastor Con. Church.
G. B. Pcnfcld, Freeman Penfcld, Pen
field.
Z. Monroe, Pastor Con. Church,
B. Clough, Anherst.
&. I. Baldwin, Pastor Con. Church,
). Williams " Baptist "
Meyer. Rector St Paul's Church,
J. S. Carpenter. and others. Akron.
+. N. Frazier. Pastor Con. Church.
]. ?. Converse, a. r. Baldwin. A. c.
Waters.
7 ". Nalto-, Pastor Of Church, Mflon.
!. VI. BrainaTd, L. II. Hunt, and others,
Fast OrGlge.
Rev. 4. D. Olds, J. r. Giddincs, II. A.
Plumb, and others, jefferson.
Rev. Charles Smith, Clement Wright and
others, TaHnsa1ge.
Rev. L. Thompson. Rev. o. Vt. White, and
others. Str7rqsyiUs.
David Wright J. II. Ellinwoed, and 9th
ers. Morgan.
!. Dresser, Pastor Con. Church, OrDe2.
:. /. Arnold. L"
:. ". Won Cochin, Pref of Math, &c, in
Grecnsburg Seminary, Rome.
r2oob Tuckel1aan, Prof. Na;h. in Farmers
CoIiea, Cisc51aQt6.