Letter From Rev. J. Cross

Exeter, Otsego Co., N. Y., ) Nov.8, 1841 (Lfear Brolher BecJclcy.-Tlxe election in the "Empire State" ia now over, and we are hearing from various quarlers the testimony of the ballot box,respecting (he advance of public sentiment, in favor of universal Liberty. The election has presented bul little oflhe high" state of excitement, wbich chnracterized the late Presidential contesf; but sufficient interest has been feit, to sccuro a very general attendance at the polls. Both the leading parties h.".ve made thorough cfíbrts, for tho ascendant;vvhile the Abolitionists are content to stand in u glorious minority, exem plifying the power of iheir princ iplcs, by their consisieney ofaciion. The Liberty tioket, so fur as 1 have yelhcnrd, lias gaincd about one hundred per cent, over the vote of líist j;èar. Men wlio heretofore, have ;ictcd wiih the prominent political )artics, now $ee the failacy of nll ;heir hopes, of eilher of those pariies acting iu favor of human rightá, a step farther Than they are Cüinpelled, by thc irresistable demand of corrected public sentiment. They see the utter hopelessness of correcting public sentiment, ivhile their votes belietheir principie?, and "turn {o mockcry their prayers.11 They seem now to discover ihe inconsistency of permitiiuw the "olher ol.jecis," to be atlained, topead ihem to furget the slaveat the polls. The arrogance, wiih which the Veto powor has been exeicised, by tho Executive of the Union, has had a wtmdeiful eilect on their perceptive power?, and as the smoke, and dust, passes away from the field of fierce political strife, where met the tnarshalled hosts of National l$ank,and Sub-Treasury, tney see, as by the gift oftecond sight, "Twus self and party after all, CaiiBedall the noiae they made." They are therefore cutting their connection wilh their former parlies: not that they Iove their friends less; but they love righl viore. h' the friends of freedom ihrough the staic, hu. e cometo the polls in the same ratio of increasing numbers, as in those portions of Oneida, lïerkiiner.and Olsego Counties, irom which I have informatiou, the Liberty vote of the Empire Siale, may sufely be estirnated al FIVE THOUSAND. That slavery must die, no mnn,vho has any confidence in the veracity of Him,who ïas said ♦Vengeance is mine," cafn for n moment oubt. The whole history of our race through all the bloody scènes of those revolutions, by which chains have been Koken, and tyrants slain, and kingdorns rent, pours its warning voice on the startled ear of infideliiy ïtself, and tells the doom of the oppressor. Let him hear,and earn wisdom. There are but two possi)Ie ways, in which slavery can bc abol shed, asóociated jwlitical action; or, revoution. The ha .uit box or the sword, are the only alternatives. Can it be pos sible then, that we should kesitate inchoosing the tbrmer? Slavery being tho creaure ot'slaiute luw can never bc aboüthod except by the repeal of that law;or the ovenhrow of the power which enacted, and sustains the luw. lf it were possible by moral suasion,and individual iníluence, (o induce every slaveholder toenancipate his slaves to-day; without a repeal of thc laws which cíeme, aad uphold it; síávery would not be aholished but only suspended; to be revived, whenever it might suit the the interesis, or the cnpiice, of any, orevery lurdlitig, or satiate the lust ot any proflignle, vhö walks unhung soulh ui Mason and Dixon's line. Providince is now calling ihis guilty nation lo a choice betweeu these iwo methods of putting away the "accursed thing," and if we refute to choose, while yet liis vngeful arm is stayed, the rcmoval of sluvery by associated pottticul action, repealing the laws by wliich it is sustained; let us not insult ilim, by praying íor its abolilion, - He has pul inio our hands through the eleclive Iraneuise, the power ól' answering ourowu prayers, in the only cay in wtich tkey can be avswered in mercy, by the pcaccful aboütion of the slave code. To refuso associaied poliiical action for the iemov.il of islavery, and yet to pray ihat the yoke may be broken, is therefore, not only msulung the majesty of Hcavcn, by asking liirn to do our work; but is direcily invoking the Most High, to make the slaves the "swurd uf His indignation,1' for the desiruction of their oppressois. One word as to the modus operandi of politica! action, or ralher of carrymgour moral influence w the polls. I believe wc have noarly all o( us, who have given any attention to ihe subject, seen the futility of stayiiii away froin the polls, or even of aitempting to influence the rival polilical parlizí.t)á 10 act right, by ecattering our votes on other individuals, without previous concert. Even our good IViends Myrick, and Jackson, who unmtenliunally did us much harm lasl year, have seeu their mistake, and are now heart, and head, ancThand, in favor of polilical organ izaUóii. One difficulty in the way of scatiering votes, which I do not recollcct to have seea noticed, exists in the fací, that in somo of the states, the election is conducted viva voce, and consequently the "scatteration system," (if system itcan be called,) enn not, to any considerable extent, bo introduced, on account of the impracticability of preparing poll books, to contain separate columns for all the scattering individuals, who may receive votes for any elective office. At least it must appear obvious, that if any elector would" give his suffrage fur men not publicly piominated, he must be under obligation togive previous notice ihérëof to the clcrks of eleclion, and n neglect of this, he can have no jnst cause of complaint, f his vote shunld not be registercd. Most affectionately,