AN
SLAVERY
GLEo
rn
"NO UNION WITH SLAVEHOLDERS."
JAMES BARN'AHV, PuBLisiujrtf Aoext.
OLIVER JOHNSON, Editoii.
VOL. 4. NO. 44.
SALEM, COLUMBIANA CO., OHIO, FRIDAY, JUNE 29, 1819.
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THE ANTI-SLAVERY BUGLE, THE BUGLE.
SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE WESTERN
ANTI-SLAVERY SOCIETY.
Your Committee, upon whom, since out
last Annual Meeting, has devolved Hie duty
of directing the operations of the Western
Anti-Slavery Society, rejoice in the belief
that the efforts of those who have been enga
jred in the worts of rescuing from bondage
three millions of our equal brothers and sis
ters, have not been in vain. The Anti-Slavery
cause is still advancing ; the number of
those willing to be called abolitionists, and
to act in a manner deserving the name, is
continually and rapidly increasing; and all
that is required to insure the completion of
the work so nobly begun, and thus far
so faithfully carried forward, is, that the
friends of freedom shall continue faithful to
principle, and steadfast and determined in
their efforts in behalf of the millions who are
in chains. Thousands are already with us,
and other thousands are beginning to see
that ultra as are our doctrines, startling as
are out positions, they are not more radical
than Justice, nor more startling than the voice
of Troth.
Your Committee, during the ten months
they have been in charge of the affairs of the
Society, have directed its operations in the
manner which seemed to them best calcula
ted to advance the interests of the Anti-Slave.
ry cause. James W. Walker and Henry C
Curtis were employed in the lectuting field
the former seven and the latter almost five
months. These zealous and efficient advo
rates of the slave's cause traversed several
.liffprpnt sections of the State, and bv their
earnest and eloquent appeals in behalt of htl
man freedom, did much, we believe, wher
ever they went, to arouse the people to
sense of the slave's wrongs and ihe Nation'
guilt; inducing many, despite the power
education, and the influence of polilial and
ecclesiastical corruption, to relinquish what.
ever participation they may have had in the
crime of the oppressor, and to stand forth the
fearless and determined opponents of Slavery
and of whatever custom or institution, how
ever time-honored, that contributes to its con
tinuance. In addition to the labo s of our regular
agents, much has been done to advance
cause by individual friends of the slave, who,
as far as their avocations would allow it, gave
the free will offering of their lime and talents
to the cause of suffering humanity. Much
has been done and can yet be effected by per
sons thus holding meetings in their respec
tive neighborhoods, to investigate the sub.
ject of Slavery, and consider our duties in
lation to it. It is to these h eal meetings,
where neighbors meet together to consult
to their duties and responsibilities, and
strengthen each oilier in the fulfilment
them, as much as to large conventions of
people, that our cause is to be indebted
progress and final triumph.
The labors of C. C. Burleigh and II.
who devoted a part of the
'which they spent in the West after our
Meeting, to the advocacy of Anti-Slavery,
contributed much to the cause. On
whole, we believe that a vastamouut of
has been done within the past year by
lecturing operations, notwithstanding
great political excitement which has convul
sed the country, tending to unfit men
listening to truth, or regarding the rights
humanity.
The Anti-Slavery Bugle, which has
completed Ihe fourth volume of its publica
tion, we regard as an indispensable instru
mentality for the furtherance of the Anii-Sla.
very movement : without a means of commu.
,nicalion and interchange of sentiment
of
;
the
re
as
to
of
the
forils
C
Wright, time
last
the
gold
our
the
for
of
almost
be.
tween the abolitionists of the West, and the
publication of faels nd arguments bearing
upon Ihe subject of Slavery and Freedom, it
would be impossible for us to labor elhcient
ly for the bondman's redemption. What we
have lo do cannot be accomplished by the
living speaker alone; without an efficient
high-toned Anti-Slavery paper, comparatively
little could be effected by our other opera
lions, however diligently we might pursue
them. The Bugle has been, since the time
of its commencement until now, under the
editorial charge of Benj. S. end J. E. Jones,
to whose faithfulness and ability our cause
in the West is greatly indebted
Feeling the importance of having such a
paper in the West, the Executive Committee
have regretted deeply that the Bugle has not
had a wider circulation. The experience of
those, whether societies or individuals, who
have undertaken the publication of uncom
promising Anti-Slavery periodicals, has so
far been, that such do not receive the patron
age necessary either lo the greatest useful
ness, or to their pecuniary support : The Bu
gle, in this respect, forms no exception to the
mass. Its receipts have always fallen far
short of its expenses.
Owing to the debt resting upon the Socie
ty at the commencement of Ihe year amount
ing to $850, and the constant expense, of
publishing the paper and conducting our oth
er operations, your Committee have experien
ced not a little difficulty and perplexity in di
recting the pecuniary affairs of the Society,
At one time we despaired, almost, of being
able to continue to publish Ihe Bugle to I He
end of the year, without increasing this debt
more than we felt warranted in doing, Upon
consideration, however, we deemed it best
not to suspend the paper, feeling certain that
the cause would suffer materially from bucIi
a course. The result has been that the debt
of the Society has increased about $150, its
present amount being .$1,000. An amount,
however, considerably larger than this, is due
the Society from subscribers lo the Bugle.
Cannot some effective measures be taken
by the Society for tho liquidation of this
debtl If those subscribers to the Bugle, who
of
If
are in arrears, would promptly pay me
amount of their dues, we would not be under
the necessity of Ihus again reporting tho So
ciety in this embarrassed condition. But
this has not been done ; nor is it to be ex
pected that a largo amount of these subscrip
tions can be collected immediately. We hope,
then, that ihe Annual Meeting will provide
for the payment of the debt, that Ihe new Ex
ecutive Committee may enter unembarrassed
into the work of commencing and carrying
forward an efficient plan of operations.
V e rejoice to be able to say that arrange
ments have been made such as will make the
burden of publishing the Anti-Slavery Bu-
gle comparatively light for Ihe coming year
nrohablv romove it entirely. Abby l.
i
Foster, lo w hose devoted efforts more than to
those of any other individual, the paper, and
the cause in the West, are indebted for their
success, learning the embarrassment of the
paper, set herself immediately aboul the task
of assisting it, and owing to the liberality of
the friends of our cause in Eastern Pennsyl
vania, Boston, and elsewhere in tho east,
she has been able to place in the hands of the
Executive Committee of the American socie-
ety an amount sufficient to enable them loaid
our Society by defraying the expenses of ed-
iting the Bugle lor a year to come. T his
timely aid. together with the receipts of the
paper, will be almost we trust altogether
sufficient lo ensure the publication of Uie pa
per for the next year without farther expense
to the Society. The present editors prefer
ring to bo released from the charge of the pa
per, the services of Oliver Johnson have been
obtained ; whose long and ardent devotion
the cause of the slave, and experience and
ability as an editor, are a sufficient guaranty
that, in his hands, the paper will, as hereto
fore, advocate, without concealment or com
promise, Ihe great principles of action which
it is the object of Ihe Western Society to
and be conducted with fidelity
ability such as shall commend it lo
friends of freedom.
The Anti-Slavery Fair, held lasl year
the time of the Annual Meeting, contained
a large collection of useful and fancy articles,
and though, on account of the room in which
it was held being remote from the place
meeting, the receipts were not to large
from that of the preceding year, enough
realized to show that funds can thus be
to aid our cause which could not
readily be acquired by any other means.
proceeds of the Fair, including the amount
obtained by the sales made afterwards
Marlboro', Massillon and Bethlehem,
about $550. As our Annual Meeting is
this year earlier thsn usual, it was thought
beet by many of those interested in the
that a I'air should not be held at Ihe
a successful champion in the battles of sla
Tcry t None pretended that Zacliary Taylor
wa9 a statesman, or familiar with the various
duties which a President of the United Stale
;s called upon to fill. He himself professed
no practical acquaintance with civil affairs.
rjut he was a large slaveholder and litl devo
tej years of his life to Ihe work of strength
ening, by robbery and bloodshed, at the com
mand of the U. S. Government, the accursed
system of human bondage and hence, was
set up as the idol even of the Whig party
ihe Anti-Slavery party of the country
the Meeting, but deferred until some suit
able time in August or September. In many
places, we are informed, the friends are busi
ly and tealously engaged in providing for it;
and we hope that no pains will be spared to
procure a large and valuable collection of ar
ticles to be brought together and offered for
sale at such time and place as those interest
ed mav deem most advisable. We think
there need, in future, be no fear but that the
goods contributed to the Fair can be sold.
all are not disposed of at the lime and
place of first offering them, Fairs can after
wards he held at other places, and thus the
residue be sold without difficulty. This is
the plan which has been adopteJ by those
devoted fiiends of the slave in the East, who
have done so much for several years past, by
means of Anti-Slavery Bazaars, to aid Ihe
American Anti-Slavery Society. Wo hope,
then, that the women of the West will com
bine their efforts to aid, by contributions to
the approaching Fair, the Anti-Slavery move
ment in ihe West; for, assuredly, there has
never been greater need than now for the
friends of humanity lo be active in the work
of arousing and enlightening the public mind
Since the last meeting of our Society, abun
dant evidences have appeared showing that
long and arduous as have been the labors of
ihe abolitionists, much yet remains to be done
ere the cause of Freedom can triumph in our
land. But a few months ago, the American
People, clothed in their sovereign majesty
appointed to the Presidency of tho United
States, a man known lo the countty only as
a dealer in Ihe bodies and souls of men, and
who had been constant and vociferous in their
denunciations of that war, as Ihe conductor
of which, he won the renown which, in con
nection with his robber-title to ownership
three hundred of his brothers and sisters,
made him an available candidate ! Such the
consistency of American republicanism!
Nor would the result have conduced more
lo the welfare of ihe country, or given evi
dence of advancement in the Nation, had the
Democratic party been successful in the late
Presidential struggle. Thai parly has al
ways shown an entire willingness to go any
conceivable length to extend and defend tlieiu-
stjtution of Slavery ; and the failure of the par
ty to elect its candidate whatever may have
been its cause was not owing to any unwil
lingness on its part, or on the part of General
Cass, to 0 to any extent . in subserviency lo
the slaveholding power that its most earnest
adherents could desire.
The American Government stands almost
alone in the face of the world the determined
and unblushing defender of Ihe vilest of all
systems of oppression. While other nations,
barbaia as well as civilized, unable longer
. ., anncai, of ju6tu-e and Iluinani-
abolishing their chaltelism. this N'a-
. ag if jn madlieS8) goe9 to overy length
, , .., anj 0f crime. regardless as well
of (,)e mQj ,0icmn Trealy stipulations as
every principle of honor and justice, lo extend
and perpetuate the hateful system of Slavery!
The position of Uie Church, on the ques
tion of Human Freedom, is not essentially
different fiom what it has been in former
years. Still Ihe American Church, as a bo
dy, remains the great bulwark of American
Slavery; and gives a sanction and protec
tion to the hateful crime of oppression,
nothing short of its perfect renovation or
tire destruction can remove. The Church
has, by its own repealed admissions and dec
larations, the power to decide whether Slave
ry or Freedom shall, for the future, be
doom of the millions who are in bondage
this land. So far, with a perfect conscious
ness of its power, it has refused to speak
word of deliverance, but has chosen rather
strengthen, by its powerful influence,
chains of the slave. And yet, we are censu-
to
in
culcate; and
the
at
of red even by those w ho claim to be the
as
was
ob
tained so
The
at
was
held
mat
ter, time
mies of oppression, for denouncing
Church and denying ils claim to the name
Him, who inculcated, by his life and
cepts, the brotherhood of ihe human race
the duty of doing unto others as we would
that they should do unto us I The Aboli
tionists have attacked the Church because
they found it faithless lo humanity, leagued
with oppression. So long as it remains
its present pro-slavery position, the uocom
promising friends of freedom can have
fellowship no union U'rA it.
While, as above slated, we have nbundant
and painful proofs that the Government and
the Church of the Nation are wedded to Sla
very, we rejoice in the many evidences
which the last year has afforded, that indi
viduals in numbers large and increasing are
becoming dissatisfied, and are beginning lo
demand both of Church and State, something
better than thry have heretofore done; and in
this increasing dissatisfaction do wc behold
the sure promise of our final triumph.
The formation of ihe Free Soil parly and
fair
we
of
that
en-
the
in
the
to
tho
ene
the
of
pre
in
no
agitations in and secessions from the vari
ous Religious organizations of the country,
are cheering signs of prepress. The Free
Soil party is doubtless one of the results of
the Ami Slavery agitation of past years. It
occupies a position greatly in advance of the
Whig and Democratic parties, from which it
was principally formed. The parly is, per
haps, all that Ihose who propose to remain
members of the Government have a right to
expect, or demand. It has no right and
does not propose to interfere with Slavery
in the Stales in w hi-h it now exists. It mere
ly opposes its extension, and existence, be
yond certain limits. This, of course, is all
we can expect of a party pledged lo support
ihe Constitution of Iho United States; and
we rejoice lo see so many who have hereto
fore been willing to violate their oatli of alle
giance lo the Constitution for trie purpose of
strengthening the slavo system, advancing
even so far as to desire ils restriction in future
within constitutional limits. But this is far
less than we as abolitionists are bound lo de
mand; we cannol regard or respect a Consti
tution that by Ihe admissions of the Free
Soil parly and tho nation, gives solemn guar
antics lo Slavery that makes compromises
w ith oppression, and requires of its adherents
that they shall protect at every hazard the
slaveholder in his traffic in human flesh. Wo
as abolitionists feel bound lo stand outside
the Constitution and refuse to becomo or re
main a part of tho unholy alliance.
Much, then, as wa rejoice at the advancement
which the formation of iho Free Soil
party indicates, wc should be false to our
selves and humanity were wo to lower
' ha'lTorm to the level of that which it occu
pies. Our only consistent course, and
which promises most for tho success of
movement in which we are engaged, is
continue true to our cardinal prlciplc,
r.MON with Slavkiiomikiis."
Tho action of Ihe Ohio Legislature of
winter in abolishing tho most odious of
inhuman "Black Laws" which have so
disgraced our Statute-hook, is a cheering
that public sentiment In our State
advancing. A distinction, however, is
made, betwren our citizens colored
ple are deprived of the privilege of the
laws colored children aro yel thrust
our public schools, and the law providing
separate schools for llicm cannot, owing
ihe smallncss of their number in any
neighborhood, bo of any practical utility.
As in the Stale, so in the Church, there
evidences on the part of individuals of dissat
isfaclion, and a disposition, to do something
for Ihe oveitlnow of Slavery. A few
siastical bodies, comparatively small and
influential, have taken ground more or
decided in opposition to Slavery; and
of ihe larger organizations have been
at least into a brief discussion. of the subject
and, wo trust, the day will soon come
Church as well as State will lose their
er to check the growing humanity of
who are laboring for the true and right.
In conclusion, let us again urgo upon
Western Society tho necessity for
provision for efficient labor the coming
A great work is before us the millions
chains are imploring us for aid ; the
are willing to listen lo our appeals in
of the downtrodden and oppressed
they not hear them ? The success
the efforts made in behalf of freedom in
lands should inspire us with hope for our
country. Slavery is fast disappearing
amongst civilized, and even barbarous
! France, Sweden and Denmark
abolished slavery in all their colonies?
several of the South American
have made provision for ils abolition
their borders ; Portugal has given
that Slavery shall be
throughout her possessions. The Bey
Tunis, years ago, liberated all his
from bondage millions of the serfs of
Europe have been sel at liberty
even the Sultan of Turkey, and the Shah
Persia, have made arrangements with a
of limiting and ameliorating, if not
ing, their system of oppression. Even
Brazilians are becoming ashamed of
slavery, and Catholic Spain, it is
cannot long resist ihe practical rebuke
"barbarian" Bey of Tunis! Ours,
was the first of all the nations to declare,
its words, the equal rights of all men,
to be the last to give a practical recogni
tion of human brotherhood. But even the
dny when the fetter shall he broken from the
limbs of the last slave the American slave
trust is not far distant. Let us labor
with renewed zeal and energy to hasten the
happy day !
On behalf of the Executive Committee
JAMES UARXABV,
Cur. Sec' y.
June 19th, 1849.
PROCEEDINGS
OF THE
SEVENTH ANNUAL MEETING
OF THE
WESTERN ANTI-SLAVERY SOCIETY.
Held at Grove. Columbiana Co., 0.. on the
19iA, 20A, and Sis June, IS 19.
of
The President, W ill! am Steadman, open
ed the meeting with a few remarks, urging
upon the members of the Society the neces.
sity of active and harmonious efforts.
On motion, Lot Holmes was appointed
Secretary of the meeting.
The following Committees were appoint
ed :
Husincss Committee. Lewis Morgan, J.
W. Walker, Charles Griffin, Samuel Myers,
Truman Case, Oliver Johnson, Lydia Irish,
Ruth Galbreath, Eliza Holmes.
Nominating Commtttcc. Ann Eliza Lee,
Samuel Myers, Sarah Coatcs, Hosier Wal
ton, Eli Thomas, Horace Case, Win. Grif
fith, Geo. Garrelsoc, II. Ruby, Joseph Cope,
Mary Ann Demniing, Enos Hillis, and Jane
Lloyd.
The Corresponding Secretary read the
Annual Report of Ihe Executive Committee,
which was adopted. See preceding col
umns. Oliver Johnson, addressed the meeting
in a very interesting review of the history of
the Anli-Slavery Cause, and ils present en
couraging prospects.
Song " There's a good time coining."
AFTERNOON SESSION.
our
that
the
to
Addresses were made by Samuel
Myers
C. Wright, and Oliver Johnson, upon the
pro-slavery character of tho American Church
and U. S. Constitution.
Song" Oh, pity the Slave Mother."
Adjourned lo 9 o'clock, A. M.
MORNING SESSION.
WEDNESDAY, June 20th.
lasl
the
Tho Treasurer presented his Report, liich
,vas accepted as follows :
REPORT OF THE TREASURER
From August 17th. 1848, to June 20th, 1849.
Receipts.
still
peo
ui'ts received from Fairs & collection. Jj-'iTII.tll
Aiuuunt received on donations au.l pledges, 677,
.Total, $lloJ,ll
Expenditures.
to
ono
arc
'aid l'iibli&hm Agcnifor printing Bugle
Steadman and Carroll on i'res-.,
lirooke, on press, commissions, &.C.,
" V . Walker on salary.
' II. V. Curtis on salary,
I1. S. .lone, order Kx. Com.
Other F.kpensef, and discount on jS'orwulU
luonei ,
Total, $ 11.V3.41
.r. j.
111),
IK.VIO
til,
i.MJ
11,0(5
ISAAC TRFSCOTT,
7'rtniurcr of II '. .-i -V.
un
less
many
forced
when
Hv dircrtiou ol ihe Fxeeulii e Coliiuilllee 'Am
nuui report ol the Publishing Agent is appended;
Fxpensrs of publishing the Auli-blavery
uugic lor i: iiioiuus.
Receipts from the subscribers lor thp
same time.
J)c lidem-v,
$1350.00
7J0.00
$ij 00.00
pow
those.
tho
The Committee on nominations reporte
the following list of officers, to serve the
cicly the ensuing year, viz:
iVi(en-TRUMAN CASE.
year
"ice I'reaidents Wm. Stfadman,
in
J. W. W'ALKtR.
people
Corresponding Secretary L.M'RA Baunabv.
behalf
liccording Secretary Oliveii Johnson.
shall
Treasurer Isaac Tbescott.
other
own
from
na
tions have
and
Republics
through
out assu
rances abolished
of
subjects
West
ern ; and
of
view
destroy
the
their
thought,
of the
which
by
bids
Sa rah
Daniel
Executive Committee James Wtatfall,
James Barnaby, Ann E. Lee, Lewis Mor
gan, Mercy Holmes, A. 11. Case,
Coates, L. Holmes, II. S. Jones,
Bonsall, David L. Galbreath.
Oliver Johnson, on behalf of (lie Busi
ness Committee, offered the following seiics
of Resolutions, which were accepted, and
ordered lo lie on the table.
1. Resolved, That, in assembling togeth
er at this cventlul period in the history of the
world, to consider Ihe claims of our enslaved
fellow countrymen, and lo devise measures
for ihoir deliverance from a worse than
Egyptian bondage, we obey the highest and
holiest impulses of our nature, which are
ever prompting us to deeds of j.istico and
mercy; and thai, in the important work be
fore us, we gratefully and reverently recog
nize our dependence upon the God of Truth,
who has written his law in our hearts, re
vealing himself to us as the Father of the
human race, and requiring us to love each
other and all men as brethren.
2. Resolved, Thai the Gospel of Ami
Slavery, which wa are called to proclaim in
the ears of thtu oppressive and hypocritical
nation, and for which wa ouffei reproach
.2.1
.V.
So
comprehends no more than an earnest end
heartfelt recognition of the slave at out
Brother, and the faithful performance of the
duties springing from that relation, and en
forced In that precept ol Jesus which de
tlares, " Whatsoever ye would that men
should do unto you, do ye even so unit)
Idem."
3. Resolved, That we hereby reaffirm ouf
conviction, that American Slavery, whatever
disguise it may assume, and by whatever
name Its votaries and apologists may bap
tize it, is an atrocious crime against God
and humanity I and that if, as they affirm,
the Bible sanctions 11, then Is that nook not
from above, but from beneath, and worthy
not of tho reverence, but the execration of
mankind.
4. Resolved, That there cm be no higher
blasphemy against the God of Love, no deep,
er insult to his name and authority, no fouler
liliel upon his character, than to alhrtn that,
in the Bible or elsewhere, Hie has sanction
ed the system of American Slavery.
5. That the ministers and sects of ourland
which either sanction or apologise for Slave
ry, or which refuse or neirlect lo adopt ear-
nest and vigorous efforts to break the chains
of the Slave, are infidel lo the highest end
holiest law of liod, false alike to humanity
nd L-hrist, and tilled wnti the spirit ol Athe
ism; and that to call such a Ministry and
such a Church Christian, would bo lo put
larkness for li"ht, falsehood lor truth, and sin
for holiness, thereby insulting the common
sense of mankind, and provoking the displea
sure of Heaven.
6. Resolved, That the infidelity against
which the Bible launches ils severest denun
ciations, consists nol in the derial of any sec
tarian dogma or shibboleth, nor in the failure
lo observe any outward rito or ceremony, but
in a practical rejection of the great law of
Human Brotherhood, a neglect of the claims
of suffering humanity, stopping the ear and
hardening the heart lo the cries ot the op
pressed and refusing to aid in breaking their
chains.
Resolved, That the American Union U
a covenant between slaveholders and non-
slaveholders, an alliance between communi
ties cherishing the crime of Slavery and
States nominally free, involving all who volt)
tinder it or swear to support it in the dread
responsibility, the learlul guilt, of supporting
an institution which outrages Ihe nghls of
nan and denes thu authority of God ; and
thai with a confidence made invincible by re
flection and experience, wo reitprate Iho doc
trine of 'NO UNION WITH SLAVE
HOLDERS,' religiously or politically, as
essential to a sound and consistent testimony
against ihe giant sin of the American people.
8. Resolved, That while werejoice in thu
uprising of Ihe people to prevent the farther
extension ol Mavery and to etlect lis aboli
tion within tho domain ol the national Go
vernment, and hail the formation of a politi
cal party upon this basis as an evidence that
the seeds ol truth which Abolitionists l ave
scattered in faith and hope and watered with
their tears are taking root in n miitlul sou,
we nevertheless feel bound to declare, that a
party which promises protection to Slavery
in the States where it now exists and swears
allegiance to the 'compromises' of the Con-
s'.imlinn, is uucound in principle, radically
detective in its aims, and unworthy of the
countenance and support of the friends of hu
manity and freedom.
0. Resolved, 1 hat we congratulate tho
fiiends of Equal Rights upon the repeal of
the most odious of ihe statutes known as the
Black Laws of Ohio, and call upon them lo
redouble their exertions to procure the utter
extermination of a code which has so long
degraded our Slain in the estimation of tho
civilized world, justly exposing us lo Ihe
charge of inhumanity towards the poor and
defenceless and of hypocrisy in our profes
sions of libeiiy and equality.
10. Resolved. 1 hat we once more racord
our testimony against tha detestable Preju
dice w hich denies to a portion of the human
family their innlienaole rights of liberty, ed
ucation and social intercourse, on account of
the color of llieir skir.s, and rail upon Aboli
tionists every w here lo be faithful and thor
ough, by precept and example, in exposing
this abomination, and in vindicating lUu
equality of their colored brethren.
11. Resolved, That we have cause for
joy nnd'exultatioii in the escape of so many
slaves frcm their prison-house, and in the
change of public opinion, which, in spito of
laws and Uunsliiutions, and in defiance ol
the corruptions of sect and party, renders tho
fugitivo bondman, comparatively safe from
his blood-thirsty pursurers; and lhat we are
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encouraged by this change lo persevere in
our labors, until thero shall be no spot in
the Free States where the flying captive may
not find relief and succor, and until our
whole land shall be purified from its foulest
curse, its most prying abomination.
12. Resolved, Thit our deepest sympa
thies are excited in behalf of our brothers
who are suffering a cruel imprisonment lor
extending a helping hand to the outraged
und dow n trodden slave ; and that we intend
to 6how our sincerity in this regard, by la
boring to destroy the accursed Vnion which
builds their dungeon, and the hypocritical
Church which bolts its door.
13. Resolved, That the cause of reform
can never reach its ultimatum, liberty of
thought, speech and action, in Ihe hands of
the " Lions " only ; but we urns individual
investigation, the coining up of all hearts as
the heait of one, for the overthrow of all in
justice, falsehood and wrong, and the promo
tion of peace on earth and good will lo man.
11. Resolved, That as American women
are suffering the keenest anguish, the most
abhorrent cruellies of tortured humanity, wa
offer no apology for stoical indifference, for
delicate inactivity, or for painful neglect of
duty in ihose who fully understand Ameri
can Slavery ; and for those who are yet in ig
norance in this matter, we would propose a
burnt offering for llieir sin-end henceforth
invite and urge tham lo investigate, to think,
snd la be able systematically to lay the axe at
the root of Slavery, and aid heartily in pto-