A Collection of Valuable Documents: Being Birney's Vindication of Abolitionists Protest of the American A. S. Society to the People of the United ... Executive Committee of the N. Y. A. S. Soc - Softcover

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Therefore, Resolved, That a Committee of Vigilance, to consist Of twenty, be appointed, a majority Of whom shall have power to act, whose duty it shall be to take such measures and use such means as they may deem proper, in bringing to public view, and whipping all blacklegs, gamblers, or other idle suspicious persons, who may locate or loiter about our town or county, without any visible means Of support.

Resolved, That said committee use all energetic means in ferreting out and detecting any person or persons that may attempt to circulate among the Community, any pamphlet, tract, or any seditious publication of any kind Whatever; or tampering with Slaves, with a View to excite insurrection; and upon proof Of such fact, to inflict upon Such person or persons death, which is the penalty Of our statute for such Offences, or such other punishment as they may think proper.

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At a large and respectable meeting of the citizens of Athens and Limestone county, according to previous notice, at the Court House on Tuesday, the 18th inst., on motion, Capt. Wm. Mason was called to the chair, and Francis H. Ford appointed Secretary. The object of the meeting was explained by Col. John W. Lane, at some length. On motion of Col. Lane, that a committee be appointed to draft a preamble and resolutions expressive of the views of the meeting, the following gentlemen were appointed: - Col. John W. Lane, Rev. Jeremiah Tucker, G. S. Houston, Esq., Mr. Ira E. Hobbs, Mr. Gabriel Smith, Mr. James Craig, Mr. Wm. T. Gamble, and David M. Crawford, Esq.

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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.