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The Constitutional Question

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Parent Issue
Day
9
Month
September
Year
1844
Copyright
Public Domain
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A portion ofthe Liberty party believ e that the Constitution ofthe United State is an anti-slavery instrument enlirely and needs no amendment, but is of itself suffi cient to freeall the slavesin the countrv' when rightly inferpreted and carnedouV Another portion believe that h w ' meant to recognize the existence of Sla' very, and in some instances, to ,rcat " ' asslaves, and that thi8is the pfope,mode ofinterpretingthe instrument- accordin to the mcaning of its Jangunge, and thl mtentioii of those w!,o adopted it, and con sequenlly it is really pros]ave needs amendment. We ' have publïshed a serios of artide. defending boi h these opínionsv Those Í our paper of to-day wil] be found worthy of aftention. Both sides J,ave have had a honring, and we cannot pablish any thingmore on the subject at present, M"it hl question, altho' highly importan,, which interests cnly a portion of oür readers - We shall give our own views hereafter. C5-Mn John Tyler has M.thdrawn from the Presidenlial canvass. ït is " posed that most of his friends will 8ppprPT Wt learn frOm the Libe"y Her. ald, tbat Mr. C. M. Clay recent ad. dreed:heWhigs,orrather the people, of Warren, O. The Liberty Hemlds ' hw speech was an eloquent anti-slaverv diseourse, wthout slang, bitterness, or & tuperation toward any party. He recommended Mr Clay for the Presidency, chiefly because he was opposed toannexatjon, but hedid not wish to discourage the Uberty party in rhe least; nnd he declared if he thought h'b remarks would havethai effect, he Wotildseal hismouth In another place in Ohio, he exhorted them to support their' separate State tick et, and persevere Uí their ánti-síavery ef. forts. Mr. Clay is now in' our State. HO was to speak An Jacksoft' on Fridnv, in AnnArboron Saturday)frrid in Detroit on Saturday evening, Ñext week we símil be able to report some of his proceedings. {tTSevei-al communichtioris are riöv cessarily deferred till néxt week".ÖTThe "flerkirner Frëeman," by E A. Bowe, has reaclïed Mr, Bowe was formerty editor orthe'ErerkimerJW oal, a Whig paper, but hé i-èlinqiiished' that rather than support C)ay, and raiW the flag of Birney and Aioi'ris. Success: to him.

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Subjects
Signal of Liberty
Old News