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Newspaper
Alton Observer
Location
Alton, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1837
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR shows eLUAL P Lovejoy editor and office address on Second Street. It mentions subscription rates lower than a dollar for delivery and letters on business and lost clarity on the paper's direction and editorial staff.
A long roster of individuals and towns including Joshua Tucker David H Bishop J Ds Miller Wm P Cochran Walter David Conrad Frances Parker Levi Pettibone Nash and others. The names cover many cities such as Louisville Auburn Decatur Springfield and Galena with numerous clergy and local figures listed.
A lengthy polemic argues slavery corrupts virtue and liberty, critiques the tariff, machinery, and wealth inequality, and condemns worldliness in the church. It defends protracted ministerial training while warning against shortcuts, urging moral reform and abolition as a path to a true republic.
A.B Lynnville of Morgan County Illinois writes to the editor criticizing slavery oppression and pollution and noting he has said nothing on slave emigration to Liberia or compensation. He urges readers to consider the article by a correspondent nicknamed American generals and signs off on May 24.
Gerrit Suira urges Delavan to join the American Anti Slavery Society, arguing unity with temperance work strengthens abolition. Delavan responds that he has joined the society, hoping it advances the nation’s relief from slavery and persuades Southern Christians to abandon the curse.
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