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Day
21
Month
August
Year
1843
Copyright
Public Domain
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The nccounfa of the progresa of Liberty principie in tbis state are encoiiraging. The tract eystem is ex'ending farther and wider, and lliat Iremendoiw cnpine, the Press, ia now miiking itself lelt in bchalf of human freedom. A tract is written monthly, nnd stereotyped and circulaled ninnng1 tens of thousands who never read a Liberty paper. Gernt Smilh is lecinrirtg to tho people of Mndison County on the duties of Chri6tian voiers, He intends o go througli every town. He lectures on the Sabbath twice, m Ihe open air. Tliis profanaiioD of the day is )gh$ condernned by the proslavery politietaak and clerpy, nnd is also disupproved by some excellent persons u-lio aro nbdlilionists. Mr. Smith giive a formal notice in the papers that hc shonld 6peok of the politieel affuirs of tho nation, and the duties of voters in referenco. to them,so that all who weresernpnious mjgl?t not attend. llis first Jectnre in hia l.ittle villago of Peteiboro wos heard by 1,000. persons. A bout 700 were present ot the nexr in Nelson. Rev. C. T. Torrey, while on a recent tour, addressed tho people on Intemperance and Slavery in the streets of Buffalo and Geneva. At the latter place, men passed him, ontheir way tochurch,cursing prpfanoly becuuse ho was violat'nff tho Sab,batb!

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Signal of Liberty
Old News