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Dying Out

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Parent Issue
Day
28
Month
October
Year
1844
Copyright
Public Domain
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Tlio Whig- asermbled'at thé Masa Mcéfing li Boston, al which' Ean el Wubster prtsided, in n addrees put forlh by tlVerir, hnve fuily commiiled the m&lyes í&M'aintain sifttery until it diet out by the inevitable Inws if population. How this is to' lalïé plncë vé know tiot. The number f slaves has irterea-séd in fif'ty years from nbrtiit 500,000 totwonnda half milliojis: how longf bofore th'e nstitution will ' die out'' at this ratel Bul hear these Whigs: "Finally, the Whiga Af lífafsacímsetts dn ïrfreby protest - most deliberaiely, earnestly ,d solemnly protest, ngfninst the oiinéïcation ■ of'Iiflca8'to tliiö Union. Our territury as it is, and the Union as it iis. Stavery within' it tortstiluttonal limit, and.nöt one whit further, and rhere lefl to die out, as Mr. Clay has truly pre'dictcrt1 tlmt it must, by t!iat law of population, wh'idi is the law of Crod; - these 4re the principies óf the Whigs of. MuesaehuSetts, rcöolütel'y and fearleásly ex-prèssed." Iá not a pledge to maintain slavery until it dies outby the lows of p'ópulation, tqivalcnt to a pledge (o oppotte aflt láió's of tntancijxiiion? Will some of the "more favorable party" cxplain?

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Subjects
Signal of Liberty
Old News