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Parent Issue
Day
20
Month
February
Year
1843
Copyright
Public Domain
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- Hon. Johntocks hus been a metnber of Congress fron Vermont for skyears. The only speech ie lias made was the folio wing: "Mr. Speaker, I hold in m y hand the.petitkms ofseveral tliousands ofinj conslituents fOnthe subject of slavery. If ihis was Libhr'rrs Hall I should present Uigím. Bui;asit is SiAVüRY s Hall, 1 ehall not do it." We have no evidence that our tnembers o( Congress, since we bccamea State, have ever said as much for their anti-sl.ivery constitu.ents as Mr. Mattccks did for his. The most we recollectof their saying upon the subject waaa declaraüon by Mr. Norvell, Ihat he M-üiild go wiih the South, and an argumeut ;by Mr. Porter, that the North bas nothing to do with the matter. ID"We shall continue our account of the Anli:Slaveiy discussions in our next. CFSnowden, in his Ladies' Compnnion adverliscs seven ' runaway aents," onc of whoin hus 'miikcdhim," os the Mornions cul! it, to the tnne of 1,000. As might be expected, all thcác gcniry Lm onc are from the b'o.uth. J

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Signal of Liberty
Old News