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We Find In The Detroit Advertiser, The Following Form Of...

We Find In The Detroit Advertiser, The Following Form Of... image
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Day
16
Month
December
Year
1844
Copyright
Public Domain
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CC? We find in the Detroit Advertiser, the following1 form of peiition, which is in circuiatiun in various pnrts of the State: 'vThb urrdersigned inhabitnnts of the State of Michigan, wou id respoctíuliy represent tita' they view tiie present MiUtiu System of (his Slnté, asa useless tax on community, as wel! as demorahzin in its effects, and productivo of no grcod whatever, and would the.efore pray your Honorable Body to pass a Jaw dispensing vvith all Militory Musiere and Cornpa ny traiijiíifr.--; ailowing the limita of Divisions, BngndeSj Rptricents. and Compnnies 'o be preserved, and officrrs for the same, n order liiat the Vlüitia of the State can becaÜed out, in case of war or public dunger. By tJiis conrse, men in whom the people have confidence, wouid accept of roiiunissions, bccause they vvouid co?t nutlimg, and woiilf] not exposé the liolder t.o thé mortifviMjr preñes that yearly take place, uuder ihe name of General and Coinpany Miustert, and wonid meot the unanimciH ajiprobiiiipn of iho People. Many of the Ba'sïérfi Stfttes have adopt ed the samé pá% nnil iliiië ñas áonctiuned the wisdom of the meaf-ure. And your petirionere wil] ever pray." ffThe laws of Illinois, it is said, allow aliens as well as citizens to vote after a resídence of six rnonths. (tC'ol. Bentouand Mr. Atchison have been elected Senators in Congress froni Missouri for six years.

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Signal of Liberty