Anti-Abolitionists in Lowell
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PUBLIC

MEETING.

     The undersigned inhabitants of Lowell, are

Impressed with a belief, that the rash doings of those who advocate the im-

mediate abolition of Slavery result in much mischief to our common coun-

try. We believe that sectional jealousies are thereby engendered, which

threaten to disturb the harmony of our political system, and which will ef-

fectually prevent the attainment of the object proposed, except through evils

far worse than slavery itself. We believe, also, that the great mass of this

people are disposed to maintain the Constitution unimpaired, and to leave, where our Federal compact left it, the difficult question of slavery to be ad-

justed by the states for themselves, without other interference or control.

     Under these impressions, we invite the in-

habitants of Lowell to assemble in the Town Hall, on Saturday Even-

ing, August 22d, at 8 o’clock, to consult together and to declare their 

convictions upon this important subject, to the end, that our fellow citizens

at the South may be solemnly assured, that the body of our people will not

countenance any infraction of their rights, or domestic relations; nor any

violation of the peace of the community, or of the constitution and laws of

this land.

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Lowell, Aug. 21, 1835