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The State Convention

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Day
3
Month
July
Year
1847
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Public Domain
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Last week, ofier oui' return from ! on, wr; biie'y hnd spnce to name 'lic nomiuntions of ilicConvcrition. j acier nud aperanco excoedea rx-j ppctati'uw. Nivuly fovcnty de'egati'si were preso:i',wliie considering the lmsy geOdOli of llio yoir, w:is as lal'ge n number s CQuld roosonably bc aniicipnel. Most spcions ol' tho Sia'fi werc ] iliere re ïvscniod ; nnd tho delrgatesj wcie of ïho must rtfr ins; cUarncter - ihosa lv In 1 mnintninfd t!.eir .inii-lavery intpgrity llro' n 1 lomplations for ni-iüv yr-Mi?. [n lonklne; t'rourtd opon ihe ;i:;sp inl.lv, nml nnticing tho m-iterirls ofwhich it wiis oomposfii, we fëll thm itii! on use of IVordom was snfe n tlieir hnn;1--. Tlipy l'a."l wWistood obloquy and .cprnncli, in ;ill their nni maigni'y in farmer yen, and we hnd noi ihn tiglitest doubt that they wou ld bfl foimd oqii;illv in-ulnera' In to t!io power 'ifpnrty alluremciitsand promisc in iIib ful ure. The vh 'le enoroftli discun'ons on I i)ioc"O(fings gave evidente tlmt tliry ere deteiminet), as individual ,'md oan irntv. lo adherp lo ',lie great obj'cts for whicli ilcy first organized; and '-li.it ihey woiild nol ho led to abandon t'ipni hv VVilmol Provisos, or aity olhcr halt way ïie'isiiics. An pxpression of opinión rn ilie timo and plfir-e of lmlding ihe Na'ioml Liberlv C'iDvputi -ti was pr.iposfd ; anrl ;m nnimated, ihougli kind and frienrily d;scii-s'nn fo'liuol. Mr. Gurnov, nilh sevnrnl oilier g-Mit'empn, desiied t'ip nii)Hint:on shriwld bo pnstiionpd tül spring, bf c:m -e thousands by fhnt litie will 'ft5n Ui, wljo otight In hnvo a voice :n tnskinj; the nrtmination : bccnusf, linuld tlipy fullv cme out from tlieir par:i'S, ard Ie wilh u=. wicb nwn ns Cïiitding-, il.'ile, &.c, tniclil npprnprlntc'v Iip sap1 rte 1 a-i mndidilo-, and becauo ihc Pr i I ï i : o of rommunienlion from mipd lo mind Invc bc-nme bi grrnt, ibat le; time lhai) formr-rlv rfinnirpd for i Pre-ien!ia! canvas.s. Mess is. TreidweTi, F. Denison. and othera were in favorofnn inimed:atc noniimiion. cnus we should loso in n.fluence bv seniing to waver: hecnu-e ran'lid.'ites put in nomintition by other pnrt! es roul'i not bn Irusted: bpcnuse no tcue antislnverv mnn would bñ ;v.jt n Dominntion bv (hem: Üecause nn earlv npminat!'n vvould errCI a stsndard lo whicl) secdei'fioin othcr pari'es cnulH coin1: anf'l 1Cause lbo winter uss the bfst seaaon f a polit'cal cnnvas?. On tnkinga voti, t-o tliirds, or perhops three fuurtb?, of the Convpntfon ere in favor ofpostponing tiil riiinp:. Thé évening nrrtil plovpn n'cíiwk was iteveti'd lo a discussion of ihe relntion f the mini.-lry to ilic antis!avry chusp. It ra in e up on fiat we ihouglit wan n voy hnrni'e's refoliiti'in, declnrfng thai tniriisfefs ciuglit to usc their poiiticbl pawer for its a'ivnnceniPiit, nn was op. ■ pnpcd by Rev. Mr. Fost"r, of Jackson, ns unnei"! s?arv, unon'lcd for, and "s oonvyirg n falsf impivpsion ofthe pos!t nn ofihe ministrv. ETo wns r'nsvereri at leng b bv Mew. Tn adell, Danison, [ïnl'ofk, nnH uher9. The nomiiipps of tho Convention ara i-pry ivoll Irown to the Liberly party "f Uu's Stat'1. Mr, (ruN'iiv, il-e cnifdidate Fr GovDin'ir, is n resident nf St. José, h County, ii mpmber of the legil profeasion of considerable experience, nnd ln-t yenr snr.ed ns President of the State Anti slavery I J is inlbnnaiio" nnd nbilties ns npubiia speaker on the nniishivify qu"s(wfti are kiTftwn to the many ilioaíanís in thn wpsi, in different countie-% whom he Iims ii'dres-ed on tlif: subif-rt. VVe und"i1.-tnnd tliat he in!o:i(is v:s 'ting n jioriion 'f the Sta:e tliis fall, ind Ihál a series of appointme.its will shonly bo made, nt whicli h witl add ei liis fellów citizfns.of a!l parties on ilie coiiiütinn ofour commrn countrv, and ourdiitias in rpfeencp 10 it. Mh H.vllock, is a nierchant by profeteimj, nnd hns bpen forrnanv years a resident of Detroit. Ele lns ever heeii linown among ua asa d t in evcry good word nnd WO rif, epecially in the cante oi Temperance, while Ii is intercourse wiih all wlio liave known him has con(irrnel iheir impression of his exlenl of practica] infurmntion, correctnpssof judgment, and nnswerving fidi'liiy to prineipp. He is rnucli respccled in the coinmunity, nnd is a mnn whom tm uiip wil] ever rrgret having supponed lor Ihe station for ivhicli he is nominated. On the whole, the meeting at Jackson ans liiglily encournging to all present. - The meiiiLiers tbund theinselves agreeing in tlie snrne gre;it ohject, animated by the same feeling.--, and sRparnted with renewed and incrensed conlidence in eacii other, and in the onwnrd progress of those great principies for the supremacy of wliioh tlify labor nrui stiive;

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Signal of Liberty
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