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Sabbath Convention

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Parent Issue
Day
6
Month
January
Year
1845
Copyright
Public Domain
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The Naiional Sabbuth Conveniion met at Baltimore, Nov. 27. Mr. J. Q. Ariamrf on ■ toking the chair, made a sjech, on wliicii lie told the Wge assembly, th'it R9 a general rule, he had ahvaya obeyed ihe commands oí' God, as to the diversity of opinión which t-x ists relntive (o its observance, he had not paid eufficient otteniion t.o enable hiru 10 view the subject n all ts bearings. The Sabbat wa? made for man, al nol men f'or the Sabbuth. He feit it a duty to gwe all the fiiculues of his Fotil for procuring a more general ob.servanee of theSabbatli. The standing Committee on resohiüons reporied a series, which Mr. Ricliard Lemimm of Baltimore, moved should be recommitted vi'ith instructions lo insert ';Lords Day" instead of "Sabbath." Üpoñ itús a lënglljy L'scussion look place, which is reprcsenied in the papers as '"exceedingly (ïisorr'erly," and "ill-tempered and higltly disrepiüiible." The -qcestioa was finally lakou amid cries of "order," nnd "turn him out," and hisses. Mr. Adams leil'the chair in the eurly part of the meeting, havjng pressing business uf his own, Resoluüons and nddrest-ei were arlnpted, whici we have not eeen, but the Cliristian Politician sa)Ts tliey are characierized by prosy dull - uess.flr3 President Tvler is for driVing thai Texas business as fast as pnssiblo. On the J9ih he sent a speciiil messiie to Congress urging immediatc anncxution. Mr. Tyle:' orgun, t.lie Madisonian, imhcntes the slep.which he probably would t;ike, to embroil us wilh Mexico, ii' Coügresa would let hiin. - That paper says: '■We believe it is qnile easy for redress to be obtained frpm Mexico, by tliia couniry without re.orlihLr to cxtrenie mensure?. Let Congress nHthorize llie Execulive to cause the ports of Vera Cruz and T;impico lo be rigidly blockiided by oi.r vessels of ïvar, and we venture the prediction tiat, in eixiy nys. every dollar of the bulance of the indeinnity money will be paid, ns well ns the 'b::oxioiK-i orders oifectincr the busrness of Americnn cirizens be annulled. I what wiy can tíi Home Squadron be more serviceably eraploycd? VVill the represontntivfts of the nation permit the rights of the citiz'ns to be irampled npon be plundered of' their prnperty, and tlie national honor and disrnity 'o be insulted by an insolenl dcspot, nnd fold ilieir nrms and lakeno measure to obtain redtess? We hope nol."

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Signal of Liberty
Old News