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30
Month
October
Year
1847
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Public Domain
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Michigan has Spokex. - The Whig Slate Convention, held at Jacksonville, Minhigan, on the 12ih inst. saicl. "VVe will, by allconstitution.il means, resist the inlroduction of slavery uto any lerrilury now or hereafter to b3 ac-quired by lie United Statrs by conquest, pnrchase, or othenvise. A dea people n their march of conqnesl end acquisitiun, bearing '.le aeetis of slavery. nJ iluiting douipstic and social Bastües wherever ils (lag is unfurlcd, would exhibit a spectacle ocr whicli Tynariny miglit well rcjDicp, as furnishing unansweroble cvidence of the h)pocr8y of república." Having mace this bold and decided demonstrntion againsl slavery and llie wnr, tlieconveiitiou proceeded tostutlify iispll in the ternis foilowing. "While wc believe the present war with Mexico to Le the resul; of the unconstitutiona] nction of ihe executive, and tlia! it miglit with ordinary prudence nnd statesmanship have bfen avoidcd, we are in favor of placing in the hands of onr Guvernment suuh meaos ns are necessary to the conclusión of a just and honorable peace and we rejoice that it has illustrated the military prowes of ouri country by deeJs of nobld daring, nnd l exhibilions of bravery, fortitudeand slull, [ which have crowned the officers and men engaged in it uith imperishable renown." So the doctrine ofihe convenían is, ! that although ihe war is unconstit'itional, i a war for slavery and slave terrilory, nnd a war which rejoices the heart of tyranny and illuslraies the hvpocrisy of repubücs, it is slill best to give the j cutive all needed means anrl fucilities for prosecuting it till a peace is j quered ! All this is ahout as straight forward and consistent as most of the conventional resolutions that we meet willi. - Boston Reporter. Some of Slavkrv's Doi.ngs. - Rev. Mr Forsyth, a Presbyterian minister of Kentucky, held as his slave, the wife of Mr. Penny, of Ohio. Mr. P. went for his wife, obtained her, and stnrted for home on Saturday evening, having with him also anoiher vom;n and two men. On Sabbath morning, the minister, Forsyth, discovered the loss of two of his slaves, rode two miles and starled a man in puriuit, and went home to his pulpit labors. The pursuers overtook Penny and his company at a ferry, where a fight ensued, wilh pistols and clubs, but the fugitives defended themselves and got clear. Mr. Forsyth, having preached and made his last prnyer, starled off in hot hasle, Sabbath qflernoon, but found on getting to the ferry, that his property had gone to Ohio. Mr. Forsyth. soled the man whom he sent in pursuit, and wlio got wounded in the scuffle, by saying that " we were not long for this world, and that there would be no negro stealing in the next." VVe condense theabove ,facts from a long article in the Watchman of the Vallej. PUNISHMENT OP DuKLISTS. TllC Constitutional Convenlion of Illinois adopten the following provisión with regard to duelists: "Any person who shall, after theadoption of thisConstitulioa, figlit a duel, or send, 01 accept a challenge for that purpose, or be an aider or abettor in fighting a duel, shall bedeprivedof the right of holding any office of honor or profit in this State, and shall be punished otherwise in such oiher manncr as is or may be prcscribed by law."

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