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Parent Issue
Day
6
Month
November
Year
1843
Copyright
Public Domain
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This taunt is the worst, tbe ne plus -ultra of all objections that the devoted supporters of the pro-slavery parties can iieap upo the Liberty Party. Tt s office seeking." "It is partizan." "Give it power, and it will be currupt likethe rest." "They are oll alike."- Thee are the arguements we nre aseailed with, and truly it ia bad cnousrh to be compared to partie, both of which have been tried and both have proved thcmselves to be, as parties corrupt and unpnncipled to the lnst degree. But, taken as coming from men vho support these partiep, this grand objection to the Liberty Party provea twothings, to which we invite the attention of alicandid men. lst; It isan acknoidtdgemenl that the porties they support are unpnncipled. and corrupt. Thia is so c.'ear from their doings- from undeniable fbct?, ih&t the most prejudiced and bigoted of tfieir parfiznns cannot help seeing it. Instead of abándoning this manifest corruption, they stick to it - support it, on the grou'nd that corruption and profligacy are a necessary element of politics. On this grovnd alone they charge that the hberty party is like theirs. Ve contend that wickedness is no more a necessary element ofJpoJitics than of religión, and that all possible political parties are no more lo be judgetf by the Whigs and Democrats, than all possible church organiza - tions are by the Roman, Grecian, or other churches which are, or are thought to becorrupt, and all, of every name, pronounced alike wicked. Let us be judged by our doings,. and aot by the doings of those whom we have ieft because of those very doings. 2d; It is an acknowledgement that no real charge can be brought against the Liberty Party. If there were any thing objectipnable in our objects, principies, or measures, would not our opponents show it? Does not the foei that they are obliged to trumpet their own shame for the purpose of a portion of it to the Liberty Party prove that there is nolhing in it to which they can object? We

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Signal of Liberty
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