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’O' o r* ***** *11* l IFUlIil |fw“ I do nlt;t know but that my sentiments on the s»*i jert of slavery havechanged wtt'a yours; at all events. I will Like your paper because they drove you out of St. Louis. Although you may err in judsment, I l*e-lieve y. u nr-a emseioiui. i;s man, and I will ever sup|*ri y.-n in ex-nn ssinc y-.,!r opinions f arlcssly. If they persecute you in one city, flee to another, ami it they drive.yon from Alton, I will take lwu)«(«r9 of you instead of one. I do not know that f am a whole !iI\ist, l.'. t I wid not l‘*k indifteretuly on nud seef:ve discussion pit down. If t e slave States don't quit such intolerance, all honest. religious men; will f rsake them. 1 wished to believe abolitionist* ware wrunsr, and I c-*uld have done s with all ea*.*, if “*tb. dark spirit of slavery” hail not| developed its cloven f*ot. so fuliy that n * one csa. *#| ‘-tinal. I his 1 Jo.-ii u tor \ urown eye. may i» lt;«i s|»eelt;j v m in yours t o.; oo.h!. Be *.• irb‘s, and look for your re want in Heaven.1*0 not -iv-e op the cause of th African race, mv brother. Slaveholderswis.1 t * exit mo dsh all sympathy fr them in the 1 reacts of mankind. | and eivc them the same place in our thoughts and affections, as cattle. Ilt; ii.! I irsake l u’liu mill inx) will rewuni y *u,**
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Alton Observer

Alton, Illinois, US

Thu, Mar 16, 1837

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