Judge Jay--Noble Sentiments

The follovving is an extract of a letter f Judge Jay, published in the Liberty 'ress of N. York. ït defines correctly lie limits of party obligation. "No party has a claim on the suffrages f its members, unless Ït offers candidates ualified for the places for which they are ominated. On thi.s point I have followd, and mean to follow the example of my ather. In 1812, the party to which he vas attached, placed on the Assernbly ïcket for Westchester, an individual whom ie and some others deemed unworthy. - They withheld theír votes from him, and ïereby defeated his election. On being eproached for this breach of party disci)line, he published a vindication of their onduct; concluding as follows: 'We approve the customary mode of ominating candidates, and have unifomly oncurred in it;that concurrence certainly nvolved our tacit consent to be bound by he nomination which should be so made.But it is equally certain, that such con duet did, and ever will, rest on the condition, trust and confidence, that sucl nominations only be made, as we conld 01 can support, without transgressing the ob ligations we are under, to preserve oui characters and inind freo from liumiliatioi and reproach. We are, and will bc, faith ful to the peace party; but w'o will also bc fahhful to our sense and conviction of wha s decent and becoming for us to do.N "Adherence to party has its limits, ant they are prescribed and marked by tha Supreme wisdom which has united anc associated true policy with rectitude. anc honor, and self-respect.' These principies I believe to be sound and they will regúlate my adherence to the Liberty party. To that party I shal be truc, so far, and so i"ar only, as it ma} true to itself. May God direct its rneas ures, for the protection of our own rights and the ultímate liberation of the slave."