Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1860-02-25

Re.olve1, That-alihoush Non .Rssistants may
appropriately criticise one feature Of the enter
prise Of John Brown las they do one feature OF the
else rightful and glorious enterprise Of Washing
ton, Hancock and Adams)-no one but q Non-Re'
sistsnt is authorized to com plain of the use Of arms
by the slaves, aud in their behalf; and that the
censure that has been thrown on John Browns
pixies and muskets by men in the State who have
always praised the Revolutionary War, and by
men 10 the Church who have always bitterly op.
posed Non-Resistance, is fresh evidence of the
dishonesty of the one, and the hypocrisy of the
other.
Resolved, That il capital punishment bo just
fable in any case, then a ~tragical mistake has been
made in Virginia ; ard Gov. Wise. Senator Mason,
and the whole body Of Virginia Shareholders
should have been placed on tho ~scafOld, instead
of freedom loving John Brown and his compan-
ions, under the law, lie that s,eaieth a man, and
sslleth him, or if he he found in his hand, he
shall surely he put to Death
Whereas the attempt Of John Brown and his
associates at ~Ilarper's Ferry, to emancipate q con
siderable number Of the slaves in Virginia, ended
ir their destruction on tho scaffold and in the NOR.
u IL : hhu "uO'O zoe NV
ginia claimed to have jurisdiction Of the case, to
the exclusion of any jurisdiction on the part OF
the government of the United States, which claims
were yielded to by the latter and whereas, Gov.
Wise officially proclaims to the whole country,
the ability Of Virginia to protect herself against
all her enemies and whereas, if there are any
other persons legally implicated in the doiugs OF
John Brown, the courts Of Virginia and the courts
Of the United States are competent to dispose Of
them, therefore,
Resolved, That the appointment OF an lnquisi-
torial Committee, by the United States Senate, at
the ins,igation Of Senator Mason. the Infamous
author of the Fugitive Slave Law, with full powers
TO call for persons and papers in relation to the
Harper's Ferry tragedy, is an act of fragrant usur-
patton which ought to be resisted by every free
State is ~palpably oppressive, insulting and ma
iiguant in its purpose. aud a daring step toward
crushing cut every vcstige OF civil and personal
liberty at the Moth, by procuring such action on
the part Of Congress as shall make the liberty OF
speech. as against slavery, constructive 'incendi'
arisru' and treason
Resolved, That the satanic design Of this inquisi-
ton must be ~palpable to the dullest vision. in view
Of the fact that the Senate, by a strict party vote
refused to adopt Senator Trumbulrs amendment
also ~ inquire into the seizure of a U. S. arsenal
To &inneso'~ nv tho Border Rufians,' who, steA
therefrom their -sapone, went over in
to Kansas. wounded and m--dnred its free citi
sena, and perpetrating an extended seize. Of hor
rible outrages in the service of slavery.
Resolved, That in giving their unanimous sup
port to Senator Mason's resolution, after this re-
fusal to allow en- impartial investigation, the
Republican Senators Of the North not only s,ulti
fed themselves. but. became accessory to all thu
%villany wrapped up in that resolution and deserve
the seyeiest condemnation.