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Communications: Anti-slavery In Union City: For The Signal O...

Communications: Anti-slavery In Union City: For The Signal O... image
Parent Issue
Day
29
Month
August
Year
1842
Copyright
Public Domain
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■ Messrs. Edjtors: - Thinking it mighf not be ünintereatíng to your readers to learn of the proppority of the cause human riprlits in HiÍ3 place, [ will enlmvor lo give briof sketch of the rise, progress, and present prospecta of. il ie .cause. Ouc society is young, but thrivin; it was organized in Jannary last, and aitnough it was opposed at tliv start ns uncailed for, and prematufe, it Ims flourished beyond the expectations of its most s;mguine fricnds. rOur regular quarterly meeting has 'occured tvvice. Tlie first whicii nccured April, 7t!i, was addressed by that able friend of liberty, Rev. J. P. Clrvcland, in which he showed conclusively that tlie Consliti. tion does not support sla very, but was framed by ifs illuBtrious authors to protect the inalienable rights of nll. Our ncxt regular meeting, held the 6th July, was ad.dressed in the aftornoon by C. Gurney, E?q. .chaining the attention of the audienco for nearly three honrs, showing up, in its trun lirrht, the position of those who pretend to thii.k skvery a divine institution, also tending to remove the honest scruples of those who really feel for the sla.ve, but are so much afraid of violaling the constitution Ihat they dare not do anvtliing. And in the eveflihg of the same day, we hnd an address from the Rev. Mr. Newberry of White Pigeon, on the repub'icamm of the Bible vvhidh was highly in'cresling and approp-iate. Af!er the oddre.scs, the following resolution was nassed imaniinouslv:"Resolved, That tiie Anti-Slavery canse in ifs present crisis denmnds and shall receive our heaity ond self denyinjr co-operation." Our society now numbers abmit fifty voterp. Tlicre are eomo opposers, anl a few amoriL the profes9ed followers of' Him who went nbout doing1 nfood. They all say they are anii-slavery men, and want the slaves freed ns mnnli as nny mcn, But, kc, - no matter what; so long as men say the monthly concert is not a proper place f o consider the condition of the slave, and pray for him, lliere is no gnoi reason to thitik they will pray much, or do.miich for him any where. They remind me of 1he lady who, when a poor balf-starved mendicant cnme into her house tp solioit charity, called to her servnnt with "O dear, the poor miserable creature, do pray drive him out

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Signal of Liberty
Old News