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Kentucky Gazette
Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky
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A letter to the Kentucky Gazette editors describes attending a Baptist meeting at Elkhorn on the 10th inst., where patriotic enthusiasm against stopping Sunday mail during a national crisis blended with religious devotions. It references the Revolutionary War, the 8th chapter of 1 Samuel on the perils of kingship, and urges the motto 'LIBERTY OR DEATH.' Signed 'A TRUE DEMOCRAT.'
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I attended at the Baptist meeting at Elkhorn on the 10th inst. and was highly gratified to observe that patriotic enthusiasm which was mingled there with religious devotions. Such a display of ardor for the cause of our country I have not witnessed since the revolutionary war. They seemed indignant at the proposition for stopping the mail on Sunday at this important crisis. The service was concluded by reading the 8th chapter of the first book of Samuel which gives a full and true account of the blessings of kingly government. I should be glad that all free people would attend to the excellent advice contained in that interesting chapter. Then their motto would be "LIBERTY OR DEATH."
A TRUE DEMOCRAT.
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Letter to Editor Details
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A True Democrat.
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To The Editors Of The Kentucky Gazette.
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the writer praises the blend of patriotism and religion at a baptist meeting opposing the suspension of sunday mail during a national crisis, references the revolutionary war, and urges free people to heed the biblical warning in 1 samuel 8 against kingship, adopting the motto 'liberty or death.'
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