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Publishing Committee · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jun 23, 1859

A Striking Contrast

A STRIKING CONTRAST.—The Washington Republic calls attention to the fact that the terms of the preamble of Dr. Patton's resolution offered at the Tract Society meeting, in condemnation of the African slave trade, is precisely the same as the one offered in congress by Mr. Ethridge two years before. The House refused to lay it on the table, by a vote of 72 to 137. The American Tract society laid Dr. Patton's upon the table by an immense majority. The House is composed of professed politicians; the Tract Society is composed of professed Christians. What is the inference?