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To The People Of Oakland County

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Parent Issue
Day
18
Month
July
Year
1842
Copyright
Public Domain
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It wjü bc rémcnibcrcd thata eounfy inr.ssmcoting wöa noüfiêd ibrmigli the, pubüq popors tu bc held at rontiïic. on ihe firsl day oí June iusC, the object of which was to liear leclures on tbc grcat and abso;bing subject ofliamari rights. Ameerican slavcry. by conictent speakers, tañecled f rom vario us parts of ihe state, and, iliat a sliort time beforc the meeting, a counter noticc appeared ín the Pígnai, allet'ging as a rcason for süch notice, tiiata portion of ihe gentlemen who were selcee] to spcftlt on the occaison could not attend. Ccnsequer.tly doregatiotis frora tevcial of tlic tov.ns. who had jircpared to cor.ie to the meeting, rcmaincd at home. Many, learning the disappointment on entering (]1C vifljge, imniediatcly left. Uut a sufficietít nutnber reinained to (II the basnment of the Baptist meeting house, who. after listcning to scveral oii-hnnd speakers, appointcd the undersignèd a coinmiltee to cali anothcr meeting. Tlie comniiUec rc-gret the neecssity, which is thrust upon them by circumstancc8 bevond thcir control, to cci'.l ihat ::r: :- ing at a tir.ic, viz: the 24ih of August noxt, at 10 o'clock, A. M., when it niay bc inconvcnient for farmers to attend. bot it is bclievcd, from tlie spirit of enquiry and the c'cep feeling touching thit subject which have been reccntly manifestcd in this county, ihat the 2-lth day al August, will. il no u)itoward circumstanccs oceur, witnese a lanre concourse of pcople at Pontiac. convencd to hcar Messrs. Bii'..t.ï,Becki.].y a:d Stu.uit who have been inviied r.nd are oxpected to address th meeting on that day.! ncnds ot hunianuy, of republicnn litcrty, o your country - no matter what your creeds. po ütic.'il orreligious - resolve to come to that nicet ing en virsá'j. Coiné not merely to be elec trified by tlic cloqnunce of B. and B. and &. - an inscrutable Providcnce niny di'sappojut yon o ilint - but come r.s friends of humaniíy. ;tn halur of opprcssion, as scekers and lovers of truth- con: c to i t, in sliort. as SLAVF.RY-HATÍNG FÏIÈEMEN tü ax ANÏI-SLAVERY JIKKT ING, whii longues all untied, and thevbry spirit wliich símil prompt such action. wjU give the requisito interest to the meeting. Ládles, wil! yon meet with us? Surcly. on this subject ihc pulsattons oí your licarts will be in unisón with thosc of our own. We look to you as hclps in ihis great work of benevoienec. Come ihcn to the meeting and cheer uë on, onc nerve our arms in assisling lo bring back the country to.a just eense of thc neceesity ófiurifyingit of ibis Ileaven-doomcd curse of slavery. - If you should ben rits politica] ;s;ectand hearings dlscussed, it vi!l not harm you. "Your tears may rust ihe capiive's chain" and your silent prayers accelerate the happy periud when "cvriy yokc shail be broken," and ihe moral condition of tlie oppressors, íis wcll as of the oppicssed, amelioratcd. Let not tlic 23th of aü(üst, Ï0 o'clock, A. M,, be forgoticn. Our fñertds ofadjoining counties are invited to attend.

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Signal of Liberty
Old News