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Our Visit At Jackson: New Acquaintances--Old Friends--Sundry...

Our Visit At Jackson: New Acquaintances--Old Friends--Sundry... image
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Day
3
Month
March
Year
1845
Copyright
Public Domain
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Our visit at Jackson during the recent an niversaries was one ofdeep and thrilling interest to us To meet old and well tried friends, and form new acquaiiv anees equnlly vaiuable, nre blessings of notrifling character. There was somennxieiy mnnifested among those we met, to form an acquaintance with the individuáis ivho edit ond pnblish the paper tbai pays its vveekly vi&it to their dwelItngs. Rirht glad uwe we to greet those whose pa mee we hnve had occa.'-ion, lo rite and pronounce, but whose faces we never before saw. From oltf friends, ntid new acquaintancep, we received sugg-estions and advice relative to the tnture management of thu Signal of Liberty . U was amusing lo as to fee the endless variety tbat exited amonor our advisers, no two of whom agreed, as will be seen by the folIowing sketchSays oiif, "if there were more leading orli cles in the Signal containing documents, sla listicp, &.C would it not be better? They would be read with great interest by all our friends - they like the real documents you know." Wll, pays the secorid, "the Signal is first rate, but then, if there were less long anieles it H'ould be quite ns weïl. These docLirnetuary and statistical articles are seldom read - it U the short, pithy ones that do the work after all. However, I do not wish to dictate, you must use your own judgment;" and so he passes on. Next appears the third with "how are you, old friends? How do you get on with the Signal?"Very weli, sir, was onr reply. "Wel!, the truth is the friends in our place are simon pure : they want the paper an Anttslavery pnper and nothing else. These stories and litile scraps oboul every thing don't go with. us. Can you not leave them out and give s sometbing better?' Another takes us by Ihe hand with "Most obedient, how do yon do sir? I am glad that the Signal is 'on the nght track - a good story now and then - general íntelligence - items of news, and a fair amount of nbolilionism each week is just the thing, the Lord give you suc cess; let the Signal be a 7ieivs pnper and il will find ts way into hundreds of families tbat otherwise would neversee it,and wherever it goes, it will do its vvork." Asksthe next, "ís there not a little too tnuch spice in our paper at Ann Arbor? It strikes me that some of the articles are raiher high seasoned - say you dilute a little, andsee fit will not suit the readers better: I have no doubt it will." The next remarks that "If the Signal was not quite so prosy ie would go off mucli better; the articles are loo duit tbr rnost persons, cannotyou make a raise of a lillle acid? If you enn, say you just dip your qiúll once anti give us a little of the wake up style, and see if it will not start the natives. This keeping so cool, may 6how the philosopher, bnt will never rouse the nation nor free the slave." Another brother enters. lI think the Sáignal," 6ays he, "is well conducted: on the whole I have no special fault to find, but I am coming out upon one of these days on one point. There seems to be a truckling to the Southern Church; you handle the professed christains of the South too much with gioves; the fact is, you speak of them and of their northern allies as though they inighl be Christians. This will not do; they must be held up before the world in their true light', and be (iealtwith as their eins deserve, and when I get leisure I will write you on the subject." Says the last adviser, -'The Signal is too abusive; youunchristianize the whole Southern church, and treat them as though they were the vilest of sinners, and the northern church fares but little better at your hands.- If you do not change you f course wilh regard to the church, North and Soulh, you will bring yourselves and the cause advocate into disrepute among all whose favo is worth courting and fail at last U accomplish the vvork of the slave's deliverance. However, my remarks are gratuitous, you can do as you piense." Theobove is the subatance of what passed relative to the management of the Signal, all of which was received by ns in our usual good natured style, and we hope to benefit by what was communicated to us on the occasion.Were all the friends or the slave in this State in convention assembled, it wou Id be impossible íbr them to determine on ihe precise kind of paper tbey would have. Could this be done, we ehould be glad to fumi&h one to order. Thip, however, cannot be- tbere is a differerce of opinión among us on this subject- tUre aJways will be, and oui conso Iation is that while tbere are notie in our ranks whe feel disposed to discard the Signa], the great majority of our friends give the most satisfactory assurance that they are satisfied with the monner in which it is conducted, ana that, on the whole. we ate pursiiing the course best calculated to accomplish the end for which wc labor.Qr3 The Wisconsin Anti-slavery Society held a spiriled meeting on the fifth of February. The constitution wns so nltered that volïnrr for Liberty candidales of proper qualifica tions wns made requisite for mcmbership. - The Liberty Convention, held the day following, nomiaated Edward D. Holton as the Lib err,y candidate for Delégate to Congress. 133 delegates were present at the Convention.- The resolulions were of the right kind. It isïaid that the UnitedStoüs Government is about to make a a peremptor demand upon the British Government, through Mr. Everett, for the delivery of a gang of eight or nine slaves who burned a house in Florida and thea escopel te Bermuda. - Mere. Jour. 03 We are indebted to Hon. R. McClelInnd and to N.B. E]dredgc, Sccrclary of the iSenntCj for aundry documentos

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Signal of Liberty