Communications
Mr. Fostk.r : - WliÃitever mcnning might have boen aUaclud 10 the word %'ld.s" nmong ihrmicients of other couniries it me.ins, in Ainrrica, nccording to my vocabularv. nm impnnant days oà oieciiim $ and heve, n Michigan. Ãhe first Tied .y of Novn ber, wlien vvr chnosR iur Governor and LipiMPtinni Govpruor. ll is a word lo be rpmemberrd by every Li'eitv muà in i lie SiMe, a ii is siirn i" he rpiueinberel bv eveiy Whig and Demiera'. Almost eery mni oà lliem wil! bent ibe polis mi i he dny of our Slnt-pbetion, alih'iugli ihey havn nnthing ;it stake but the apolla uf office nnd pa'r.ona'c, a 'd these oiily to be obuined by a ft w of iIip leaders. Slrili it be said that the Liberiy men of Mi'-lrg.m hnve forgMtctl lile li] ni November, wIiph so nmcb respongibüiu is re-ting on ll.om ?- when, insiead of .â e king l lie crunibs of offoe and paironng", ihey are enrfeavrtring ti carry iu! ihr )r!nc:)]e wliicli constiiutps iIip rnnin f-alnre of ile American Dèclarntion uf Indep&ndence, so lnig trodd n under foo', t ai ''a!! nipn arfà oieatecl l'ree and pqnal?" Sii'ih f.iig'ifulnpss wouli) lell a Ãtwy, whkih tliou'd in.ikeus blush and hang our heads. Lileity min mus!, iiot. tliov can nut fni'gpt the lile-; of N.embe' - BeL al ih nlK evey man, on the fiivt Tueedi of next monii, nml éteposhexi V'.te Ãr Giirney nnd Halloclf, wbo are tu pprson'fy bumnn liberty on tlial day. - Will t makft no diÃTerencp ÃJich igan connts 300) or óOOO votes for liBériy in 1817 ? - whetlipr s!ie shows a dimitÃishcl iir an incrcasrd numlipr of ndvoeatel'or freei'irn tliis year 1 Most surt'ly, il uill nÃake a tott iliÃTeience wliether ihe Peninsular Sta'e shows a retrograde, or an otnvard chiisp in the cause of Liliertv. Dops Mny Liberty man supp'Wti we arf not likely lo elect our candida), and tberefore it wi 1 inak(? no great difierence ivbetlipr liis vnte goes uto the balÃn! bo. or not ? It is a mistake. Every volé tells one for human libpriy. And let us nut forget that the blood of the Mnve - bis chaiW) bis tears, bis vvasled furo), his fe and chilciren torn from his embracp, nre ciying to Northern Freempn for rulief. It is scarcply npcessary for me to say any thing to the old soldiere of the Lihprly army nb mt our cnndidales foi' Governor nnd Li. Governor. Tlipy know thpm well. But our new recruits ma desiro to know distinc-tl v who they are voting Ãnr. 1 will sny lo them ihen, ihat Chcsler Gurney, F.sq., our Gubernaiorial candidato, is a tnlenied and influemial lawyr ofCenirevilp, St. Joseph L'ounty. lie isa man of rnnt'ne "ge, having seen ne.-irly 56 ye.'irs; atid, for wiednm nd snuijoiif-ss ni' jiidgnient, inlell'gence, virtue, and indepndence of thought nnd aclion, s by no means, hehind eiiher of bis compuitnrs. Mr. Gurnoy saman, who not only undei stands and pracices, on ai] possible occasions, the principies of rfberty whicli he promesses, bul is wpll acqminled vvith ihe rivil polity of the State Ãnd the Nalion, - :ud, to say the lea.s', s ahuiidnntly qualifà -d lo admin:sler [lie afluiÃv of gt,vennnent n Michigan. If elecii'd, we shall hae no occasion lo blush fiÃr iiuy a.-t of the.fÃrst Liberty pni Govenl'oi of iIip State. Mr. ilallnck, our cnnriila'e for Lt Governr, is a marchan! of the city o1. Detrofl He is a younger man th;n Mr. Giinipy, bul not mucli younger tlmn e.x(tov. F-lch. 'I'hoso who are be-st acquiinted uith Mr. II are united in theii eiKO'inini's of lus diameter. The.nm-1 rig.d hone-I) and uprightness cliarn'ixe his dealings witli his f"'Ãlow men : hile his fine Inlents, añil genera! knowlf;fgH of itiniik'nd, mke himnn agre"ablt C'mpanioii ; and his general intp] gencp. prudcnce and s'iundnpss of jiidgmeni. al)undÃin:ly qna'ify him for ihe second office in tiie St.ite. One ihing more I niust not omil to sa oà our candidÃiies - they are both Temperanea men of ihe first water, - pracliculli añil tlicorrticullij. Libi-riy Alpn of Michlgau ! will r eleci nur cnndicÃaies '! 1 answer - yes. we will if we can : And if wc cannot, we will (i liko tlie Wliies, come as near lü Aan Arbor, Ooi. 20, 1817.
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Signal of Liberty
Old News