[South side]
Editor Alton Observer
Albion, Me.,
Nov. 8. 1802.
Alton, Ill.,
Nov. 7, 1837.
A Martyr to Liberty
"I have sworn eternal opposition to slavery,
and by the blessing of God I will never turn back."
[East side:]
Minister of the Gospel
Moderator of Alton Presbytery-
"If the laws of my country fail to proect me I will appeal to God, and with Him I
certainly rest my cause— I can die at my post, but I cannot desert it."
[North side]
Champion of Free Speech.
"But, gentlemen, as long as i am an American citizen, and as long as American blood runs in these veins, I shall hold myself at liberty to speak, to write, to publish whatever I please on any subject—being amenable to the laws of my country for the same."
[West side:]
Salve. Victores:
This monument commemorates the valor, devotion
and sacrifice of the noble
defenders of the press.
Who, in this city, on
Nov. 7, 1837
Made the first armed resistance to the
aggression of the slave power in America.
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