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Perfect Agreement

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Parent Issue
Day
21
Month
October
Year
1844
Copyright
Public Domain
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The Nashville Whig says: "The circumstance of owning slaves is no repro ach to Mr. Polk." The Nashville Union (Democratie) says: "We say, ihat under the circumslances of kis otcnership, IT IS AN HONOR TO ÍIÍM." The above is copied into the Washington Globe with approval, and the slavery by which Gov. Polk holds in abject deradation his fellow beings, is pronounced by tliat paper to be "patriarchal!" - Suchare Whiggery and Democracyf.'It is worthy of remark, that you can rare] y find a man who voted for Birney in 1840, that has since regretted it. On (he contrary, a large portion of the Liberty voters of that yeaf look upon that act of theirs with gratulation and pride: they have pleasure in the remembrance oí it. So it will bé in 1848. Those who voted for Birney in 1814, in a small mi nority, will be proud tornentionit in after t'mes, when the benign purposes of the Liberty party shall all have been ac complished. What then will be the re flections of those antislavery men who bestowed their suffrages for Slaveholdcra? ÖC? The Bosion Chromc'e says that Cn3sitis M. Clay hns !eclinel il.at proffered diicussion wiihGprrit Smiih. Tiiis ehows his iood sonse. Tli.it dicnspion woula have shovvrd liis antftponism to ihe Liberty cause :n too gl:irin(r colors, nnd would have entire ly destroyed his cnpaciry forbeguüing Liberty men into ihe servicp of his slaveholding rela tivé, for vvhorn h? labors. tt?" Judgc King, the Liberty candidnte for Governor of Ohio, has completed his tour through the Sfate, having made seventy-five speeches, averaging three hours each. The Herald says that his meetings, with few exceptions, have been well attended, and many ol them have been largc and enthusiastic.

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Subjects
Signal of Liberty
Old News