The Election

In looking over the politica] fielt] in our own Jálate, w e do not discover any indicutions that the approaching election will be characterized by any considerable degree of party excilement. The Democrats appear to be so confident of victory, that their principal anxieiy is so to apportion the mnninntions, that división may be avojded among themselves. - The Whigs nre laboring tn keep up a good 8liov of strength by regular nomination?, ;uul posilive assurances of what they could do, if they sliould try; whilellie {,'reater poition óf the Liberty men, we fear, trust more for succc?8 to the goodn!s of their causn, :han to thoee excrlions which are indispensable to its speedy prevulence. Yel the present election is one of considerable importnnce to all parties. A Goverw'r and Lieutentmt Governor, three members of Congress, and one half the State Señale are to be chosen for two years each,vhile the en- tire House of Re;reacntatives is to be elected for the current year. It is obvions thnt any party wiiicli en n carry all these the present year, wili have vastly the" advaninge in the Pretidential contest of next year. It may not he omiss for a few momenis to consider the issues which the paities present, and the caudidulcs ihey have nominatcd. The real issues on which people vote, may be discovered from the papers they rend. By exaniining, ihen, the topics of discussion in the sevoral party popers, we can ascertai the vulue of lliose principies on wiici tlic contwt is decided. Contrary to the rwnxims of the military art, the more powurful the party, llie more completely is it reduced to a state of self-defence. A party which can carry cvery nipasure, and fill every office in the nation, has nothing more to do thnn preserve its ascendeney. Not so wit! a minority. lts province is lo altack, not lo stand on the defensive. lts warfure must be upgreesive in its nature, or it wül never succeed. We wish our Liberty men would remember the important trnlh. I intimately concerns Uie success of their cause, and results from an established principie of human nature. Tuke two individuáis of the sa:ne H ental enpneity, and let tliem be cut off from the influence of all other beinge, and undcr the same eircumstnnces, he will acquire the great ascendency over his comrnde, wlio islhemost active und forward in advancing and sustaining his project s or opiaions. The wnr of Holiness und Trulh upon Vi-c and Eiror has ever been a war of aggression. - Every reforrner lias brgun in the minorily; and liis sucetss has been piopo lioned to tlie activity of liis movements, and the wisdom and vigor of his attacks. Butto return. The Democratie party in this State stand as much as possible on the defensive; while the Wliig papers have hammend them for the last six monlhs without erssation. The Detroit Adverteer has taken the Jead in tlus busines, and has attacked the party with great vigor, orí account of the publicotion of tiie Tax Sales ín thirty Democratiepapers, at an expense of 830,000. One principal ground of complaint, however, scems to be tliBt they were all pubüshed in "Democratie jpapers. Besides tlii?, the Advertiscr hts teem ed with a succession of articles calculated to sow dis6ention between Democratie newspapers, between rivnl portions of that pnrty, between the cxecutive officers of the State, and between different candidatos of the party. The perseverance and ingenui'y displayed in these attemptö to creaie qunrrels have oftenexcitcd our admiration, while in their practical rcsult, we do not perceive they have answcred uny material pur pose, unlëssit has been to display the fertile injrenuil y of the writer, and the peculiar channcl in wliich his talcnts find their natural elements of action. While the AdvertiEcr has been filled in this marnier, we are not aware tiiat it haa discussed any of the "great principies" of the Whipí?, except a tarifif; and what need there was of discussing that on wliich all particB are agreed, wc have rot been informed. As to tl.e "Principies of the Wliig party, as defined by Henry Clny," they have long since disappcared from its columns. Wo hnve referred to the course of the papers of the other parties to show ihnt there is no issue betwoen those parties, pending the State electjon. It is practically a meregle between the insand outs. Wliichever of these parties may be in power, the afEu'rs of the State will go on ns usual. There wil! I e some good management, nnd much bad; some economy, and more profusión; some laws amendod for the botter, but the mass of them rendered worse by excossive Jegislaïion. We do not bnow of nny principie or mensure of mportnnco of nny kind which wil] be secured by the electicm of either party. Jf these things be so, k is obviotis that every citizen might as well vote for the Liberty party, as for eilher of ihc others; for there is every presumption ihat tho finoncial afluirá of the State ivould be adminislered by the Liberty party wilh at least eqiial judgenient and fideüty. The Democrats have nominaled for re-election, Bakry and Richardson. Tliese gentlemen, 've beliöve, very propeily and fully represent the slavocralic Democracy of Michigan - a Domocracy which lives, thrives, and has its being manly tlirough its subserviency to the SIuvc Power - a Democracy that tramples on tho ucknowledged rights of a portion of the peo,Ie mcrcly on account of iheir complexión, cutting off them and their postenty forever from all share in legislatK-n, and from every ofBco of profit or honor. At the same time that ihey sre Jlius regardless of their own professed polilical principies, their legMation last winter in favor of Adultery and Fornication demonstrates nn alarming disregard ofthe most vital moral principies. A party at once recreant to its political faith, and the preservaron of Bocial virtue nndpurity, ouglit to receive no countenance from those who ! have the welfare of society at heart. We need not spend time in urging our readers not lo support a party fnm which they have noth ing to hope, and wliich opposes tself to those cardinal principies of Equal Rights and Social Virtue, to which every intelligent patriot looks as the only eure foundation of the permanent improvement of his race. The Wliigs have put m nomination for Governor and Lieu tenant Governor two candidatos whose names in the polilical world are somewhat less conspicuous thnn tliose of others who might have been eelecied - Dr. PitchEti, of Detroit, and Mr. LaR.uk, of Berrien County. The first gentleman was formcrly Mayor of Delroif, and the lat tf r is said to have been a meuiber of the Lcgislutnre. We are unacquainted wich these candidates, but from what we have heaid ot'lhem, we cannot avoid the impression that they were nom:nated insiead of nbler men who might have been fOOndin the Whigr ranke, but who did not wisli to receive a nomination, becnuse there was a pietty cërtain prospect of the defeat of any nominees of the party. A great hue and cry has been raised because Dr. Pitcher has beuaii Irish Repealer for eonie time. We do not see that that circumstunce onght to maicrially affect his election, nor do we believe ir win. Tiic ,-„.rc r.oi „r i,;a i,ejn„ a fren(j of Irish Liberty speaks favorably for him so rar as if. goes: but un!e.-=s he is, at the same time, an avowed antislavery man, he stands convicted of the grossest nconsistency, or tbe most stnriling hvpoerisy. We can view jt in no otlier liglit; and lo be nn advocate of Irish Liberly without, ut the eametime, advocating American Liberty wilh at least equal zeal, betrays either the absence of n genuuieatt:i:hment to Liberty, ora moral cowardice wiich shrinks from its avowal - either of whichshould be a bar to public favor. Wc do not know of any reason why antislavcry nicnof any school should support the nominalions. We do not think they wil! iinve the assurance to contend they are now ltho more favorable party." They do not promise to do any thing for onr objects, but are disposed appnrently to withdraw the Whig party from a!l connecüon with any aboH'j'onism but sucli as can be nioulded into Clay, save where théy have been obliged to Domínate antislavery Whigs to secure strength at the local electiona. Tfnis they finally concludnd to re nomínate Giddígs, wlio is understood to be a Clay man, while Slade of Vermonf, and Gatiís of New York have been tijrown overboard,as a couple of Jonahs whose sacrifice might lig-hlen their foundeiing political ship. But we need not wasle time to show that the Whig9 of Michigan have no partialky for the objvcts oftlie Liberty parly. They would regard an insinualion io that effect (i3 a slantlcr.Again, to support Ihc Whig nominees s to support the whole proslavcry Whig party. It ib to vote for the nation to hold 30,000 slaves. It is to vote tliat the Slave Markct at Washington be continued bj national nu thority. All the Whigs ot Michigan advócate these things by thsir votes! Besides, the Whgsare inan absolute, powerless minority, with a prospect of remaining so. They wou!d nol do any thing for the on'islavery cause if they could, and they could not if they would. Why, then, be so foolislas lo throw away vour voto on the cause oí a proshvery party, wlien it will benefit neitiier thcm nor yourself? The Liberty pnrty present for the 6iiffrage8 of their fellow citizens, James G. Birnkt, of Saginaw, and Luther F. Stkvens, of Kalamazoo. The cha roeier of theso gentlemen precludes the necessity of any eulogy from usTlie politica) opponenta of iMr. Birney, who ore at all acquainled with him, will generally concede to hitn a well eukivated mind, extensivo kiiowledírc and g-ood talents as a speaker while we may add to these, experience, application,andthe most rigid mtegrity. Judge Stbvbns hns been favorably known nnd esteemed for manv years in this State ani ín New York, as an able jurist of excellen capncityand acquirements, nnd an honest up right man. When connected with the W liig- ■ of tliis State,ho stoot] hig-fi n their estimalion, as wül appcar from the following facts. VVliile St Joseph county reposed in the undisturbed arms of Democracy. Mr. Stevens was a Whig cnndidate for Representativo- brought forward- ?s the most likely man to break up the democratie sopremacy, the election was close, but the Whig ticket was defeated . Mr. Stevens was next loken op, as the prominent wealern candidate for Governor.but after much effort by his friends. the Detroit interest prevaHcd in favor of Gov. VVoodbridge. He was then run in the Whig convent ion for Congressman. At one of our conventions, a member of the Whig convention as8tired us tliat Mr. Stevens gained on everv informal ballot, until he carne within two or three votes of a majority. One moro informal ballot had ensured a majorily, when the friends of Jacob M. Howard called for a decisión, and the Detroit interest ogainpievniled. Two years later, Mr. Stevens was the nnminee of the western counties for U. S. Senator. Thus prominently before the public, Mr. Stevens passed all these ordeals without a whisperagninst !ns character,or compelence : his qtialificalions were universally admitted, and respected. Of both of our candulates, it may be truly said that they are not only well qualified, but in every resnect are perfectly unexceptionable. CCWe hear but little about the Liberty party's "dying away' in Verniont this year. La-t year the Liberty vote was about 2200 -this year it is nearly 4000. Mattocks, the Whig candidate lacks about 1000 votes of an election. No choice of Governor by the people. Maine has done equally well. The liberty vole tliis year is nearly 7000. No choice of Governor by the people. Tfthe liberty party continúes to fulter after this sort it must soon be dead. 01? We learn from the títatesman that Dr. Bement addressed quite a respectabie audience of his fellow citizen3 of Marshall, on the evening of tlie 19th. A writer in that paper undertakes to set the speaker right on some points, and coucludcs by saying: "The Doctor has collected a sufficient amounl of facts to prove that slavery is not onty a millstone around the neck of the free laborer, i)ut a curse to the nation, without resorting to misstatements to sustain them."flC5 The season of late has been very favorable for the farmers. The weather has been warm, with nbundance of rain, and veetation of cvery kind has been luxuriant. - We learn that the corn ond potatoe crops will bc mucii better ihan was anücipmed through the summer. Gross grows finely, aflbrdinw adundance of fa 11 feed for cattle. - The newly sown wheat looks well. No fro6t vnt. QjSeveral Communications have been received, nud are uuavoidably crowded out. Am Arbor, Oef. 2d. Wheai is selling in our village at 50 cents per bushel. Flmir from g!3 25 t.o $3 50.