Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1860-02-11
THE ANTI-SLAvERY BUGLE.

Dixon's line. lie stated that John Brown had
committed wilful murder and melted an insured
ton, two Of theTgreatcst Icrimes known on civil.
ICED soil. lie claimed no natural right OF the
master to his slaves, but a right by sale; and Of
6rmed that the agitation Of the John Brown Ira
gedy was q political hobby. lie asserted that Cap.
tain John Brown went to Kansas to kill, and that
he was a thief, robber and murder, travelling under
n fictitious name. and that all papers excep. the
N. Y. Tribune, said that John Brown was a hard
headed old chap from a boy up. lie was bold to
say that no ono but Fanatics and Monamaniacs,
would give u%.terance to such sentiments as had
been put forth here to night. He then proposed
to give the audience a little advice 10 regard to the
Resolutions. lie assumed, without having seen
or heard one word Of them that they were 7rea.
sonab'e and in any country but America, would be
considered Treason; and If the audience did no,
see ft to vote them down, they had better keep
their mouths shut.
Nathan Moore defended the action Of John
Brown, and made an able speech in condemnation
of the course Of the Southern party, and slavery
in general. This agitation, he said. had its origin
in the South, and cited the audience to the case of
p. S. Brooks vs, Sumner, as a true standard Of
sothern chivalry. lilo represented stephen A.
Douglass as q traitor; and that the South had vio-
lated the contract first, (meaning the Missouri
compromise thereby releasing the North. lie
said that the revolution Of '76 had proved bene6-
cial, but it still carried the blot Of American sla-
very upon it, face. He predicted that the Har-
pvr's.Ferry tragedy would bring Oh . servilo war.
and intimated his readiness for the same. lie re-
fered to the fact that Northern men were not safe
in the South, and that the Southern press was un-
der the laws Of slavery.
f. Russell made on able speech in support Of
the Republican party, and in condemnation Of The
southern party.
a.. T. Reeve, then read from the Anti-Slavery
Bugle, "uow John Brown took I~Iarper's Ferry"
I'VE true history of ye great Virginia Fright.)-
After which ho offered The following resolutions,
which were unanimously adopted.
LIST. Resolved, That zoe, instead Of considering
John Brown and his comrades criminals deserving
tho gallows,we regard them as Heroes and Mar
tyrs worthy of our admiration and sympathy.
End. Resolved, That instead of fearing a disso-
luton Of the Uniou, as threatened by the South,
we would welcome it as the loast of two evile.
CRU. heSoiVeub" nav tuo ueTolC DeariuS VI OOup
Brown and his comrades in taking and holding
Harper's Ferry, and their calmness and selfposses-
sion, through all of the trying circumstances EN-
bracing death on the gallows, has never been sur
passed, and rarely equa!ed in the history Of the
world.
4th. Resolved, That the grievances of the slave
in the South, are far greater than those which
caused our forefathers to take up the sword Of
rebellion in l776, and if the.conduct Of La Fayetts
vas praise worthy, that of John Brown was more
so.
9th. Resolved, That in the recent insurreetion
at Harper's Ferry, we see one of the natural fruits
of American slavery; and that we regard it as q
solemn warning to this Nation to abolish slavery by
peaceful measures, lest it should be overthrow in
blood and by war.
The following resolution was offered by N.
Moore and adopted.
Resolved, That we recognize in the American
slave, oil the physical constituents of o human
being.
1t was voted, that the Secretary be instructed
to request the Editors of the Franklin Record,
published in Hampton, Franklin county, Iowa, and
the Anti-Slavery Buglo published in Salem. Column
biana county, Ohio, to give the proceedings of this
meeting an insertion in their respective papers.
E. A. MILLER, Seo'y.