Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1860-09-29
EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF TIE
WESTERN ANTI.SLAYERY
SOCIETY.

SOSAOA
Our field Of observation in presenting our An
nual Report might properly embrace as much ter
ritory as liberty and despctism occupy in their
struggle for supremacy. The painful narrative
of aggression upon the rights of man, and Of re-
sentful and successful resistance, whether it be
Southern or Northern, Eastern or Western, Amer
lean or Foreign, is legitimate to our purpose, for
freedom is one and indiVisible. Every blow struck
for it in any part Of the world is measurably felt
upon that institution which we are associated to
overthrow. Every SLAYER that takes in her cargo
upon the African coast, and seeks q market for
her human merchandise in Christian countries,
every man kidnapped at the North and sold to a
life of unrequited toll, every child born into sla-
very, every act Of Congress touching the Incidents
of the system, every vindication of slaveholding
power, whether in the battles Of Kansas, in i'm.
prisoning those who rescue fugitive slaves in Mil
waukie or in Cleveland, or In the capturing of a
Simms or a BurDs in Boston. every deed done for
oppression even down to tho buying up with Office,
little men with a little price. and big men with a
big price, oil bear directly upon the objects Of
this society, and tend to increase or to diminist
our labor. Every conquest over despotism in Eu
rope, & demonstration in favor of human rights
as at ~1Iarper's Ferry, any form Of resistance t.
pro-slavery law which comes surging up from tn
heart Of man, knowing no enactments and n
constitutions strong enough to repress it, ever,
: case of a fugitive who leaves his masters planta
d ton and seeks a home where his manhood will b
: acknowledged and protected, every servile insul
~rection writing the wrongs of its actors in letter
r tlaol I'D Qoo,o ororr U;ro;n;o nop;o oo,s;n
:, the cravens of the entire South to sec in ever
Northern man an abolition emmissary, every di
, cussion in Church and in State, in public and
private, in relation to the character of SLAYER,
every word spoken to oppose or to defend, Whetl
er uttered in the classical style of a Phillips
the BilliDgsgate of a Brownlcw, is but n part an
parcel of the great agitation, which ue seek to e
tend and deepen, leaving it for each actor to chool
his own weapons.
But the brief limits we have always assign
IS. ourselves in our reports, would forbid so wide
range of subjects and you who are assembled
the present occasion demand some account Of t
stewardship, which we, who have been charg
with this important interest, are bouLd to rendC
The activity and efficiency of an organization, si
ply represents the aggregate activity aud eficien
of those who compose it; and if each individu
member of this Society could show q large expt
diture of time, labor and funds to advance its
jects, then could your Committee report or,
progress in the cause, and the most happy effe,
from their own efforts to promote it. Organii
tion avails very little, unless there be emerge
action through all its ramifcations. The ofic,
of q Society may be thoroughly executive, but
rs. less the members work also, the result will
meagre. And on the other hand, q Society 10
immeasurably by an unfortunate choice of persl
to conduct its operations. We cannot bear t
ich too much in mind. that there must be the IN
sed udicious action, and the most hearty c~o.operat
or every shoulder must be at the wheel--and
this way alone can we advance.
The Agents of the Am. A. S. Society. v
''N were with us at our last Anniversary, remained
= Ohio a short time, and did good service while he
Parker Pillsbury then extended his labors fart
west, and held a series Of highly successful IN,
ings. To this able aud faithful agent we
= largely indebted Cor the radical anti slavery VIII
sustains this movement, and for the loavcn VIII
works in sects and parties and we have rea
to be truly grateful that God gave to the worl
-. man so true 10 the cause Of the slave, and to
o"u VI .'s"'' tnis was all lne Id
performed until spring by official agents, altho,
quite q number Of meetings were held in the
terval, by volunteer lecturers, several of wi
'oo' have continued to give their aid up to the pres
time. This service we highly appreciate.
49,. would tender our sincere acknowledgment to Il
'hlh who in their respective neighborhoods have |
up the agitation, which is SO necessary to the
cess of this enterprise.
Last spring Marlus R.. Robinson, laborec
some extent in Ohio as an agen. of the Am. S
city, and has continued to hold meetings on
Sabbath. His fidelity, and his marked ability
ways render every effort successful and his
iency in tho various departments you have ca