Thomas Morris
We do not krtow what secret slnnders mny he circulated by VV'higa nnd Demócrata wi;i vemd to the personal chnracte'r of ihc Liberty enndidates. Whutever may arise, wc wisRoirV rrien(is to undérstand ihnt Birney and Morris are both men whose personal chnracter Ãs absolutely wiihout repfonch. Furer nnd moro trustwortliy nnd competent men were never prcsenled before tiio American people. As Mr. Morris is not a tuember of any church, it appears that some person) has circula-.ed n siiá y n ihe West Ãhat he is art _ inhdel. This siander is set nt rest by the follow; ing letter ni the Western CÃti2en: 3 Mr. Efi9tmnn. - I wish to rebut what 1 beüevo . to be a vile ulnnder on the character oà the Hon. T. Morris, rx-sennfor oà the United S:atesr antà 3 the Liberty party e.indidata for vice president i h is said thata report is jn circulation that M r. M. is an infidel in principie, and that some of ; t he Liberty pÃen eannot gÃve him their supportt the coming tlection. on that account. Now, sir permÃt me to aay thnt l have had the honor of some privnte interviews with Mr. M., in wltich I spoke to him frcolyon the subject of religión.- I heard him say, boih in private, and ir. one of bitf public addreüses.. that he frankly aclcnowiedge he was not a professor ofreligion, nor yet a meraber of any church. Me regreued it, and aoknowledged wiih shametliut he hnd lived so long wÃihjut religión. lie however hopad tbat thia would not aiv.- rs:r,?.in his cond'iiion. He Zd ded thnt he was a firm beüever in the Bible aa , the ivord of God, and that ihere was no other hope of aalvntÃon and final hnpplness but what wns iherein revealed. His father and one of hia aona were ministers of the gospel. His family are pious. So much I heard him s;iy. I would add that I hnd the pleosure of hearing from Mr. Morris thc first Bible anti-slavery discourse that [ ever heard delivered m a pulpit on the Sabbath. [ thoughtit one befittingthe lipa of a Chrisuan and a divino.
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Signal of Liberty
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