Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1859-11-26
MEETING AT CAPE COD.
rnE HARpER's FERRY INsURRECTIoN.

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l, Resolved, That resistance to tyrauts is obe-
dience to God" therefore it is the right and duty
Of the slaves to resist their masters by such
as each deems right and proper;]* and it is the
right and duty of the people of the North to incte
them to such resistance, and to aid them by
such means as they shall think just and expedent
TO free themselves from the power that crushes
them.
o Resolved, That Capt. John Brown and his
associates in their efforts to excite and aessst the
slaves to nsurrecton against their Oppressors, &C
ted in accordance with the essential spirit and
principles of the Declaration of Independence
and of the governmental and religious institutions
of our country, and also with the spirit of the pre-
cept, as it is generally understood, "Do unto 9th
ers as you would that they should do unto you"
| g. Resolved, That the heroic bearing of John
Brown, in taking and holding Ilarper's Ferry
in defending himself and followers against the
attack made upon im,--aud his calmness and
self possession as he lay wounded and bleeding in
the engine-house, and in his submely heroic
bearing during his trial. conviction, aud sentence
to die upon the gibbet, has never been surpassed
and only in few instances equalled in the history
Of the world. May his heroism inspire us all with
nobler, manlier courage!
Mr.. Foss spoke TO the uarper's Ferry resolu-
tions. He had known something about that in
surrection, before as we'll as since it had transpir
ed. He was not non-resistant himself. If any
one should attempt to interfere with him or any o
his to enslave them. he thought there would be
funeral in somebody's family very soon. Yet be
was not prepared TO vote for them in their present
shape. 1t was the excellence of the anti-slavery
platform that it was free; that it imposed no tes
upon it's members except unoompromising hostility
to slavery. lie could, for his own part, freely en-
dorse every word of the resolutions, but he wai
averse to institutIng any new test which would
cut off from the society Mr.. Garrison and othei
non -resistants. He did not understand how hi
friend Wright could 60 for them; for be is non
resstant,-at least he is ell the time telling us so
Laughter.
Mr.. Wright explained that be felt sure there
was nothing in the resolutions inconsistent with
the doctrine Of pon-resistance. He believed IN
resistance to tyrants"-moral resistance-whicb
in this country. has never been aroused. The in-
tellect of the nation has been enlisted in the SER
vice of slavery, both 10 Church and State. lie
would have the motto, Resistance to slavery is
obedience to God" inscribed everywhere, upon
everythng,-every one to resist it in his own way
When England would enlist the moral sentiment
of her people in favor of West India emancipation
she inscribed appropriate nottoee to that purpose
,pon her china and crockery ware. and on almost
every article in common and daily use; and this
was what we must do.
Mr.. Foss hoped Mr.. W. would modify bis reso-
lutions so as to make them expressive OF the kind
*The words in brackets were not in the resola'
tions as originally presented By Mr.. Wright but
we're subsequently added, sgreeably to the sugges
ton of MIR. Foss, as will be seen by the proeeed
pgs which ensued thereon, 4