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Day
26
Month
February
Year
1844
Copyright
Public Domain
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The State Liberty Convemion as&emblerl at Aurora. The bed travelling hindered the attendance of maoy, yet the Citizen says that all who were present bear testimony that this Convention was thè largest and best AntiSlavery meeting eVer held in our State. 'New activity has buen given to the Liberty Party, and .as Mr. Codding snys, ibe delegates returned t'o teir homes in high spirits, and hol y j purposes, and wkh unquendiable enüiustasm - tíieir motío tvill be, work! woim! work!" Nine candi.lates for Presideiitial electors were nominafed. The Jisl is hëndéd bv thosti veterans in :he cause. Richard Eds, and Ovven LovejoyThe following rêsölutions show the spirit of the Illinois AboÜiionists: 12. Resolved, Tbat'if-every Liberty voter in Illinois wül do his duty, the Electoral rote of this State wül begiven to thé Liberty candidatesm 1C43. 14. Resolved, That it be most earnesfly recommended and urg-ed upon tlie Liberty v,fers to organize and nominnte cnndidates for al) offices not excepting xhe lowest precinct j 15. ResoIióJ, Tliat the Libprfy party is! a distinct anti independent party--that it mast not and wil! nol depe:d ypon eitljer of the other porties for the nominatiön of its candi - late3.16. Whcrcas, germine faítíí s aítvays i lovved by works, Thereforr, Resolved. That we do not re cognize asan abolitionist nvy man. viho votintj does uot vote the Libeny ticket. A meeting of the citiz?ns öf Washington Pn'cinct have etrorily "iisapprobated" the conrse oftheir Repieiemaüve, Hon. J. VVe.nworih, in voling ng-ainst the repeal of the Rule, and have iistrucfeJ him to act ng.iirjst t, and further more voted'to publish tfieir instrucü'ons in the Chicago Deinocrat, Air. VVenUvorth's paper.

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Signal of Liberty
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