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Thomas Morris

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Parent Issue
Day
5
Month
August
Year
1844
Copyright
Public Domain
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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 ís 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 íhat he is art _ inhdel. This siander is set nt rest by the follow; ing letter ni the Western Cíti2en: 3 Mr. Efi9tmnn. - I wish to rebut what 1 beüevo . to be a vile ulnnder on the character oí the Hon. T. Morris, rx-sennfor oí the United S:atesr antí 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 píen eannot gíve him their supportt the coming tlection. on that account. Now, sir permít 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 wíihjut 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 aalvntíon 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
Old News