Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1860-03-24
CoMMEMoRATION MEETING.

... CONFEDERATION MEETING.
AZ meeting Of the citizens Of Salem, held in
the Town II III on Monday evening, tho 10Th inst,
for the purpose Of expressing their sentiments in
reference 20 the execution Of Stevens aud IIaz
lett. w. II. Gartiguoe was called to the chair, and
]. Elizabeth Jouoe appointed secretary.
A correspondence was read between Mira. Grif.
ing Of this place, and Capt Stevens, which will
be found in another column.
The tollovine series Of resolutions was rteson.
ted. and advocated by Marius L Robinson. Benz.
s. Jones, Jacob Heaton and 1saac Trescoit. who
all defended the intent and action Of John Brown
and his companions MS being in accordance with
the recognized principlee Of this nation. which de
clares that al! men have n right to freedom, and
a right to achieve it for themselves or others.
Whereas. The State Of Virginia. having, on the
10th inst, executed the sentence of death upon
Stevens and Hazlett, the two remaining rriso-
ners who were held 20 answer for their attack IN.
on Harrer's Ferry and whereas, the people and
tho officials Of that State have constantly asserted
shat John B-own and his comuarions could not
have melted their contentei and happy slaves to
Instruction: and tClcrcgS, however much allow
auce should have been made for the execution Of
Brown, and Shields, and Green, and Copeland
and Coppock. and Cook a. being necessary for the
vindication OF tho supremacy Of Virginia
laws, and as n means to ter,ify and deter those
who might be contemplating a similar movement,
vet as such reasons will not apply to the execution
of Stevens and IIazlett after an interval of five
months from the commission Of the decd, there
fore
Resolved, That Virginia has hy this net proved
herself not only tyrannicnl, but %cowardly and
blood-thirsty. Ginning to be a Republic, and
protesting to be- governed by the enlightened and
humanizine principles Of p r~otestant Christianity,
her treatment Of John Brown and his companions
has been infinitely more atrocicus and anti-chris
tian. more despotic and blood thirsty than was the
treatment bestowed n few years since by Catholic
and Monarchical Cuba upon Lopez and his compan-
ions, who sought to overthrow the government OF
that Island. Although the Spanish authorities
executed the leader, they yielded 10 the urgent
REQUEST of certain citizens Of the United States,
aad pa-doned, and senthome his followers. But
tho incessant demand Of Virginia has been for
blood BLOOD J! BLOOD!!! and now that she
has devoured the laot victim within Der clutches,
she is seeking with uuappeOsed appetite for
others.
Resolved, That Stevens and Hazlett were de-
ing for the slaves of Virginia what In Fayette
did for our revolutionary fAthers-seeking by the
scme means to establish the same principles, and
to redress, not the same, but infinitely greater
wrongs, if the declaration Of Thomas Jefferson
man whom Virginia used to KNOWS to TO re-
ceived as true, that zone hour Of the slaves bon
dage is fraught with more grievous wrongs than
whole ages of that which tho fathers roee in rebel
lion to oppose" And we hold that these heroic
men should receive from every true lover of liber-
~ q higher commentator for their acts than thai
go deservedly bestowed upon the youthful hero o!
France who came to the aid of this people in their
hour of need.
Resolved, That we regard Capt. Steycns no u
worthy companion of Capt. Brown. as one who
faithfully stood by him on the battle field at uar
per's Ferry, who emulated him in his unselHsh
devotion to the cause of freedom. who ~jnyfully
shared with him his Gel! in captivity, and spake to
him words of cheer when about to ascend the ga
lows. We rejoice that both of them SO willingly
accepted tho crown Of martyrcom, and that both.
in the closing hours Of life, spurned with scorn
the so called spiritual consolation Of the ministers
of a pro-slavery religion, thus t~estilying by their
latest act, their unwayering faith in a God Of Free
dom, their love for the principles Of human broth
orhood, and their desite for mans equality.
Voted, That tho papers of the County be rcques-
TED to pub!ieh the proceedings otthis meeting.
On motion. adjourned
w. II. GARRlGUES Chairman,
j. ELIZABETH JONES Secretary.