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Communications: For The Signal Of Liberty: Lenawee County Co...

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Day
29
Month
July
Year
1844
Copyright
Public Domain
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Messrs. Editors: - Permj,t me ngain through the medium of the Sïgnal to cali the attention of our friendsin this section to the all important' subject of atténding our Conventions to a man. Friends of henawee: Agreea"bly ta public notice some few of us were at Adrián the I2th alt.; but there being so few we concluded to adjo'urn uritil Saturday, the tenth" day.of' August nëxt, ana in the mean time to give notice ás extensively as possibíe. Myself beingap-ppinted to address the friends through the Signal upon the importance of early action in this county. Standing as we do a political party betweén the two great parties in our natio7i, we look either way and behold them attentive to their great party interests. - Every man sèeons spirited and determined to come off vidorious. 'Shall we as a party remain longer in an apathetic state, or shall we come out and tnke á decided stand upon the principies for which we conteöd-1- if the principies foich' We- - ■ t fess are worth any thing, they are wortl] contending about. We are not conten ing for dollars and cents, but for tho uni versal Liberty of Mankind - neither of the other parties are contending for these ; great principies. We see Ihe Whigs are making a great effort to secure the Liberty vote on account of the Texas question, with Henry Clay at their head,a known slave1 holder, and wedded to slave interests as strongly as a man can be. He has declared himself to be iñ favor of its perpetuity through all time down to the latest generation - a man who is openly & grossíy immoral, and acknowledged to be so by his own party; and one too who has thrown out the most bitter invectives ngainst the Liberty Party and Abolitionists generally, and stiil continúes to do so. This, I say, is the character of the man whom they ask us to support, whose principies are thus diametrically opposed to ours. Will we, shall we sacrifice our principies agnin upon the altar of Ölavery, bow down as both the other parties have done to the dictates of Southern Slaveholders? Friends, before we take this step, let us pause and consider. View the matter on all sides; be not actuated by the impulse of passion, excited by popular harangues, got up by political demagogues, who are seeking after the spoils of office at your expense and trouble; but upon the other hand let cool and candid judgment and profound deliberation characterize your every action. Our success in a measure depends upon the decisión, honesty, and promptness of each individual who has espoused the Liberty cause. If perchance we are prevailed upon in any inslance to assist the Whigs to elect their candidates, whom they alone have nominated, the other party would have good reasons for saying that we are not honest, and vice versa. - As I before said, we stand between two great parties that are at issue upon great national questions, have principies peculiar to cach party - the Liberty party has also its principies - principies whichthey consider paramount in importance toany which the other parties advocate. The necessity of being governed by pure and unsophisticated principie doubtless appears obvious to every intelligent Liberty man in thecountry. Attacks upon all sides by shrewd and designing politicians are so frequent that it behooves you to be prepared on all occasions to guard yourselves. Friends of Lena wee, you have, I presume been frequently visited by political runners within the last three monlhs, trying to prevail upon youiw itt_y twiuc j-iiuciiv principies inis yea and go in for C7ay. Some of you maj have been prevailed upon to do so. lie ports are frequently made in this plac that such a Liberty man is going tü vot for Clay, when upon inquiry and investigation, I have in almost every instance found them to be false. You all doubtless feel the importance especially at this crisis of being prompi and attent ive in every enterprise which has for its object the advancement of our causO in not only this county but throughont the entire Union, or as far as our power and infiueucë can be feit. The intelligence which we have from the East, in rclation to our cause, is indeed cheering. Success seeifts to attend their every effbrt: and if of Lena wee County, make similar effortsy they will be alike crowned with abundant su.ccess. May each and every Liberty man in Lenawee County feel at this time to put fcrth their efforts to get up an efficiënt Convention on Saturday, the lOth day of August next - such an one as the importance of the subject, and the occasion demands. - Remember that we are then to nomínate ófficerá; fhat are to be supported at the coming election: and it is of the highest importance that caucus meetings should be fully % attended. Every man should have a volee in nominating those whom he is to;, support for office. We can have a fuli Convention if every man will act his part and come out on that day. You that hay e teams tri ng a load of your neighbors; - all of every party that have a mimí to come. tfó'. not let any thing hinder you. Your work will not suffer if it is left one day. h is the bounden duty of every freeman to devote a certain poriion of hiatime to the great interests of his country which are entrusted to the care and keeping of the body politie. ' . .

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