Letter From W. M. Sullivan

; Gentlemen Ex. Committkt:: - I rejoice in the success of ilie Liberty ticket ns reponed thusfar, in our Stule. Yea 1 rejoice in every vote! From the present atiiiude of the Anti Slavery cause, 1 look upon every vote as cast for me, not for my elevation to any civil office, nor lo the possession óf the spoils of office, but forthat which is lar valuable to me, for my freedom of speech - my religión unfeltered - my conscience at rest ia its ovvn selections - my perspn and property secure in pursuing any laudalTle orcupation which may be the choice of my will. Thiá to me is t'ar more preferable lo the best office in the gift of the American people. No wonder then, that I rojoice and value the suffragea casi fr the Liberiy lickel in our State. ín Lsi-lie where 1 reside ut present, the wholc nuinber of votes is less ihan fiüyj we cast fil'teen votes. A.I the electiun one year go, we pulled but eight votes; we havo duubled our number,and thal too without any special otiort on the part of the known iriends of abolition in the place. We will do better the next time. In olher wnrds, we will eleciioneer as it is called. I am now engaged in the 1 ibor assigned mo ly the Michigan Wesleyan A. S. Society. The Ijst Sabbath 1 spent in Graas-Like. I preached in the forenooi to the congregilion assemblcd at the neal little chnpel crected by the Alethodists at ihe Centre, and oblained pennission toaddress them in the evening oo Slavery. A few moments )ieviuuí to the appoialinenl of the evening, a proposition was submiited to me, U debate the matter, to v.hich I should cll iho altentionofthe people. This Irefused, not because l t'earcd in any woy a formal ' discussion of any feature of Abolition, but it was Sabbaih evening, and 1 feit no disDOsitmn in plriif irtiltiiaa r.T itia Q , I.j.vv...waa v víwou mu uuiiua ui me uuiy Oiiu bath with a formal débale. 1 wuuld nol leel clear even ;o formallj' débale the evidetjces of Christianily on the Sabbalh. - As the proposiliun submitled to me had gained a degree of noioneiy, I made a public disclaimer against any obligatiön to reply to any remarksthut mighi be made against any or al! the paris of my address, but I was u'illing to nieetony man ofgood moral characler, on a week d:iy and debaie the matter as ihe friends of human )etitions sayp, "To iheir hearls content." My proposiiion wasaccepied,and Mnnday evening we spent near three houis in a :ormu! débale. I think my cffjrt in Gras? Lake, ihough feeble in tself, was not wholly lost in ihat communiiy. Some persons may suppose there is sóme inconsistency in a willingnees to urge the duties we owe to the cause of abolition and Net be unwilüng to debate iho truihluíuesá of any of iis features on the Sab!;ath, but in this I have the example of all evangcücal Cliristians. They do not tran3act the temporal business of their churches; .ihey do not setlle poinls of ecclesiastical dispu'e, HOr aDI)lv cilUrrh iliscinüllf in rno ' nfchurch censure on the Sabbulh, and yel who does not know that there is willi (hem noscruple in exposing and enforcing any malter that reiaies to rcligious duty or polity? lam aware ihat many ignorantly and some I believe wickedly, carry their views so far on ihe sanctity of the Sabbath as lo exelude in all respects the holy pica for the slave. Such rtflect but little upen the teaching of the Saviowr when he said 'lThe sabbath was made for man and nut man for the Sabbath" - The appeal that He mide to the liypocritical Pharisee who could befriend the suffering brute who had fallen inlo the ditch, but would complain when relief was given lo a poor impotent fellow rncmber of the human family. What estimation think you would thal S.ibbatli be held by ihe slave who was bid to look upon it, as so sanclified ihat the injustice and wrongs couhl not be exposed, which have añicted him f rom ihe moment he was capable of fteling sensibility, and which threatens to wring from bis heart the bitterest anguish white he labernacles atnong men. 1 have dwelt the lunger on this point because it is often tirged agaiust thehuiy enterprise, and oftiines comes fröió well intentioned persons, but who are misguided by their eclesiaölical Prelates who are interested in suppres. 5ing the light ihat now hreaks forth from Abolition trutlis upon difieren t portions of :otnmunity. Tuesday evening laddresásd a small compauy, assembled ai the iwelliug of u farmer ncar the village of Dexter. Thus we are praclically sayiug nP. flfV-mll chl IT Kqdi mix mnonnnrt ■Wno uj-iuii aiiuu ner our messages, ana ihey shall not be wiihheld from the seitier who has driven his axe into the heart o the forest. 1 have just experienced a lux ury lo the warm heartcd friend of the slave. On last evening Í wiinessed the Cütnmitiiient ofapoor thankfu! fugttivè, to safe hands who would Fee him beyond the middle of Detroit River, andere this, he is where as Cowper says, "The moment he breaths the vital air, That iuo:nent his shackles fall." Affectionately yours,