Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1860-10-13
PROCEEDINGS OF AN ANTI-SLAvERY
CONVENTION AT MINERVA, MARSHALL
COUNTY, IOWA, AUGUST 26TH 1860.
FIRST DAY-FoREvooN Session.

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appointed officers of the convention.
On motion, a Business Committee Of nine was
appointed. consisting Of Andrew Hopkins of Pa,
%. f.. Hixson, Lot Holmes, Elizabeth Mercer, 4.
D. Tomlinson, Rebecca Marsh, Rachel Baum, w.
w. Myers of Marshall county and Allen Hisey, of
Tanner county, Iowa.
On motion, the following committed was a2poin-
ted to take into consideration the ~propriety of hQl-
ding conventions in other parts of the State; John
r. Mercer, Allen Hisey, Sarah Armstrong, VIM.
W. Myers, and o. +. IIixson.
Voted, That the time of commencing be fixed at
10 A., NJ. ard II p. NJ, and Of adjournment at
II NJ. aud 5 P. NJ.
Adjourned to meet at 2 O'Clock.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The Convention was called to order By the presi-
dent; an anti.slavery song was sung, and the Bust.
ness Committee then reported preamble and reso-
Ilutions, Nos l and Q, which were accepted, and
pending a discussion upon the preamble, the hour
Of adjournment arrived, and the Convention ad.
journed.
MORNING SEss~loN-SUNDAY, AUG. &c.
The Convention was called to order, when a
song was sung. Prayer by Andrew Hopkins. AT
ter reading the minutes, on motion, the speakers
were limited to fifteen minutes. Letters from
Owen LovejOy of Princeton, Hi, and James uar-
Ian U. S. Senator from Iowa were read, and on
motion, filed with the records of the convention.
The question being on the adoption of the pream-
bic, after some further discussion it was adop-
ted.
The Business Committee then made their final
report, consisting of resolutions Ord, 4th, 5ih, 9th,
and preamble and resolution 7th, which was &C.
cepted. The LIST resolution was adopted without
much discussion; the 2nd was laid on the table to
be considered in connection with No. 7; No. 8
was unanimously adopted without discussion.
Pending the discussion of No. 4, the hour of
adjournment arrived, and the meeting adjourned.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
After reading the minutes and singing G song,
the discussion on resolution No. 4 was resumed,
and it adopted. No. 5 was adopted without discus.
sion. After a few well-timed remarks by Andrew
Hopkins, No. 6 was adopted also. Nos 2 and 7
we're row considered in connection, pending the
discussion of which, the hour of adjournment ar.
rived, and on taking the sense of the convention
on them separately, No, 2 was adopted and No. 7
rejected; each by a bare majority, the audience be-
ing nearly equally divided. The discussions were
participated in By Dr.. o. I. Hixon, VIM, W. My.
ere, Allen Hisey, John G.. Armstrong, Andrew
., Hopkins, Lot Holmes, I. D. Tomlinson and DR..
George Whealen.
The convention then adjourned sine die.
J. W. MORGAN President,
GEORGE HAMILTON Secretary.
RESOLUTIONS.
Whereas, The standard law authorities pro-
! claim as a Truth, that all men have an absolute
right to personal liberty. personal security and
private property; that all government should be
established to protect and secure these rights; that
} human law should be a rule Of action, prescribed
by The supreme power Of the state or nation,
commanding what lie right and prohibiting wha,
ia wrong; that a slave is a person held as chattel
property in the hands of its owner, to all intents
Q and purposes whatsoever; that as o consequence
2 no mao or set OF men can be reduced to, and kept
/, in a condition Of slavery without the commission
Of the crimes Of homicide, mayhem, assault and
+ battery, false imprisonment, kidnapping, larceny
and forgery; therefore,
5 lst, Resolved, That as all Divine revelation sane
tions this as a basis Of government, it becomes oul
4 duty to see if the government and institutions un
der which we live are based on the recognition o
! these rights; if not to consider what way we car
best act to bring the government on this basis.
2ud, Resolved, That whereas the constitution
and basis Of our government, has been construed
TO sanction the holding of one sixth Of the nation
. in the most complete system of slavery known t
history, and as a consequence, the treasury an,
army of the nation has been and now is, in tn
hands of the Shareholder to keep slavery where
. is; and whereas, all present political partie
d pledge their candidates to sustain that construction
of the constitution, and as IL consequence to sus
{ tain slavery where it is, therefore,
u Resolved, That if slavery is ever abolished,
b must be done by some other agency than the sue
cess Of any of the present political parties.
. Srd, Resolved, That it is the duty of oil men t
give countenance and encouragement to ever
Legitimate means for the extinguishment of Amer
lean slavery.
4th, Resolved, That among the means legiti
mate to this end, we recognize the untrammele,
l. freedom of speech and Of the press, the right @
petition and the elective franchise.
9Th, Resolved, That the elements of the success O
the anti-slavery movement and cause, originate in
and derive their chief support from the teaching
of Christ and his apostles.
9th. Resolved, That it is our duty to sympathiz
; with, and labor for, the emancipation of the slave
of the South; or that the mission Of Him who cam
to seek and save that which was lost, was uncalle
for, and the labors of a Howard, Miss Nightingale
the immortal Passeyant. and indeed all the goo
and great that have been solicitous for the better
ing of the condition of mankind, have been work
Of supererogatiOn, and therefore a mistake.
7th. Whereas, The Object of anti-slavery assc
A Citations is the determination of slaveyy, an,
whereas American slavery is the vilest that eve
existed in the known world; that ever since its in
PRODUCTION in the American colonies it has bee
q increasiny In its demAnds: TINT il hns rennire