Mr. Birney In Genesee County: For The Signal Of Liberty

Messrs. Editors: - We have had a delightful Fourth in this place, rendered peculiarly so bv the presence and labors of J. G. Birney. He had been invited to spend the Fourth in Flint, but gave so little encouragement, that very few expected him. But to the great gratification of his friends, he arrived on the evening of the 3d, and the next morning messengers were dispatched to different parts of the town, informing the people that he would lecture that day. And although there were public meetings a little distance from Flint, both political and sabbath school celebrations, the people had either gone, or had made prepartions to attend them, yet at 10 o'clock, the Presbyterian house was filled with anxious hearers, who listened with deep attention to his morning lecture. A picnic party sprung up on the spur of the moment amongthe little folks, and Mr. Birney was invited to address them in the grove. This happy company appeared quite charmed while listening to one of whom they had heard so much. At 3 o'clock, P. M. he resumed his lectures al the church. Those who could not get into the house, showed their approbation of the lecture and the deep interest they feit in the cause of liberty, by their patiënt listenings without. In the evening he lectured to n full court house, at which I should think most of the politicians of the different political parties were present. His profound reasoning upon the great principies of Government - his familiar acquaintance with the political affairs of our nation - the fair and candid manner with which he presented the subject, could not fail to produce conviction in any mind, however fixed or prejudiced he may have been. And although his premises and arguments may be resisted, they can not be answered. The next evening he lectured at Grand Blanc, on his way to Detroit. I am spending a few weeks in this town, in a settlement where there are three religious societies, and more than twothirds of the voters of this settlement are political abolitionists. They have got tired of lamenting the evil and the existence of slavery, and of weeping over slavery, and of preaching against slavery, and praying against slavery, and then voting for the enlargement and continuance of slavery. ♦ Flint, July 10, 1844