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Parent Issue
Day
3
Month
November
Year
1841
Copyright
Public Domain
OCR Text

FoTHE AnOLÏTIONISTS OF MICHIGAN: Dear JJrethren: - The Execulive Committee has issued the Signal of Liberty six months. And ihey take great pleasure in saying lo iheir friends, that during that time thcir subscription list has nearly doublcd. Bat notwilhstanding this increase, this in common with all other Anti-Slaverypublications does not sustain itself. The commiitee have practiced the most rigid economy in all ihcir cflbrte (o sustain the paper. But nevertheless.they find themselves ot the close of the first six monlhs, indebted about two hundred dol, ars without onc dollar ia the treasury ta meet the demand. It will be recollected by those who attended the anhual meeting at Jackson, that pledges were given in the form of Homissory notes, payable in thrcc,six and nine months, either by procuring a givea number of new subscribers or in Cash. - Our operatiuns have been based upon tho expectalion that those notes would be paid when due. And we are now under the painful necessity of saying lo our fiieads, that scarcely a note has been taken up,and but a few dollars contributed to sustain the committee in iheir arduous undertaking, and we now expect those who have made pledges to come up promptly to the work and redcem them, and relieve the commiitee from this unnecessary embarrassment; and we cali upon all the friends of the great piinciples for which we are contending, who claim to fee! for those in bonda,as bound with them,to send on their contribu tions.We believc that therc s money enough, n the pockels, and Libebality enough n the hearis of the abolitionists of Michigan, when they understand our wants to remove every embarrassment, and to enible our little but sure Signal to shine on steadily and effeclually. Now, dear bretbren,we have confidence n you, that you will do the fair thing in reference to ihis matter. Let us have a spcedy response. Such an one as shall teil favorably upon the interests of undying millions now groaning under long, long days of unrequitted loil upon the rice swamp or the cotton field, and that ehall strike terror into tha heart of the Tyrant. Do not after reading this,lay it down fold your arms and cry a "hule more, sleep and a little more slumber, or be like those of oíd who exclaimcd "be ye fed, be ye ciad, be ye warmod," and never took a step to accomplish their good wishes. - Such abolitionism is a stench in the nostrils of the Almighty, and as sounding brass and as a tinkling cymbal. But put your hands deep into your pockets and send on the contenls forthwith. - Now is the time. Then carry it to the íriends of the slave n the neighborhood, and invite them to read and give, and send on the results. Michigan has already taken a bold and uncompromising stand in favor of equal righls and ogainst oppression. Do not, I beseech of you, let it be said to her shamr, that this heaven-born enterprise languishes for the want of funds, while ihere is abundauce in the puekets of its friends. J. 13. BARNES, Treasurer of Michigan S. Society. tm - â–