Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1823-04-26
FOR THE SPECTATOR
The Conveationists 10 =, Il Friend TO Ii
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OtFtYs
SIR-AFe can blI xDress our sincere
era lica,i5n in finding man OF your
| learning and talents, Al this importaa,
moment, on our side OF the question
Tor we are aware that nothing but the
most interchangeable exercise Of the most
| weishty talents will influence a majority
Of the people TO so with US in orr presen'
unprecedented enterprize. However gra
titled, as we have been, aud highly pleas
ed with the former part OF yoer commu
nlcailon, which appeared ~ tire Spectat
tor Of the 18th April, YET we were muci
surpflzed that you should unmask on
design 2 SO early periods Tor, during
all our 7 andalia procedure, and from ii.
| period until the present, We bate eveg
been cautious OF this, beiiepil e il wonld
weaken our strength. We have thougI
II the better wav TO decel e the thought
less and uniformed, by holding out ihc
idea o. its beng impossible TO introduce
slavery into Illinois, with the guard, tina
are thrown round it by the ordinance 81
Congress, and the constitution of the
state. To be sure, we intend taking q
different ground al a proper period (tbai
,s. af;er the vote is Gained far a eony4n.
tion} and shew the nron}e otherwise. hy
proving that nations can al pleasure vio-
late treaties, parties conpacts, and indi.
vlduais covenants. from, the most trivial,
- tia even nf na,rnno,v rb,s CON
~; ,h, b,,. t,oyn az o,,,. ;,,en,,e,n l,,,
,unr ro,dor, lac, ,,;n,.r. mi e vo,, visb
=, nroaf eva,rine tho ;,nrnals ii th.. lac,
ses son of INC Ie,,is,a1,re and see hon,
many divorces ysre. ,rraoteJ Yonr az.
,nn,,n,s in Vim l,cot;nn IT fhe int,ndnc.
Ran ofslayerv we do mt d;ssaor,,ve. bnt
., q nroner ner;od would aaoa,,a heGev.
mo them to he sne;c,ent +, sf.5.s,er ,be
most eetahlishnd q, onr onnan,.n,s and
.l,na,,rh ,,, r,,, r,cb.d -,
co,,e % 1;cfa,.d h, sv,ar;o.,,e I,,hi,n
j. eaia IN he Inc .rre,,test ~ al ,easone,s
ana the mos, c.n, ;nc,n,. N--.ana We a,,neai
m matter .rr,ct WE, IN tenn, T.,
de,v bur ,,b.,,h.. evtans;on ~ sl,,er,
,y;,l bostan me ,ran..,.J ,anc;,,,in, of
.I3,,.s ,r,,,., .l,,n 20 co4f,...,t ~ E,,itsd
lha,,,,}a.;os , W. 80, 49,, ~, .r,,,.s
,c.. a,,re hs.i,l,v ,han,h u,h,,es ard al.
co n,oh;,lv o,ora r,,4.Ilr2 81 or ,y;li
any one nresnne a. deny the .evcessive
hoat or IL .,J A,,r,s, a,d H.. die
rreeohla,ss. - l,l,nr /, ,bnse nno,,bs ,
,'r ,ha, II would not HI. co,nf,r,ol,l. ~.
have a dave tn rive INN wafer ~ oneoch
his r.c;,, th;r.,a 1'hosa ora re moi
10 I've eon'rnver,ed. and n,nst he racol.
lscted for Tho nnr,ose or nQi,g # fu,nre
uue.. We are eonall0 asionisbed a,
vanr saviag any rhlnp about the
ministers &c ,be eosnel Altbonpb
we dread tbe;r la,ors At the nresent cri.
s;s as mach az the nravers NJ banes, John
Knox vsre o,,ce dreaded. vel W. koow
,here i . great number Of nrear hers i,
onr STATE. and some Of fhem are very IN
Aucn,ial characters, and can d. orr csose
r,,cb ;,;ury if We should ;ncnrfb cir dis.
pleasure Therefore. we tank /. tbe
better wav 10 he as lriendlv % ,bem as tbe
n,ppe of fhe case viii admit. or At las.
TO saw nothing against them: and tv so
doing. M aoub, but those who have been
induced from lucrative views to erterin-
to the work Of the ministry, and are Sill
.verned bv the same motives. viii, urn
on our side of the question. Be this as
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