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Review Of The Liberty Party.--Continued: New Jersey

Review Of The Liberty Party.--Continued: New Jersey image
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Day
10
Month
June
Year
1844
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The population of' this State in 1340 was 572.353, of wlioni 20,970 were free cplored people, and G58 were sla.ves. The w Ij ole vote of New Jersey in 1340 wos 64,405, of wlbro 33.347 were given for Harrisort, 31,034 lor Van Buren, and G9 'fór Blrhéy, The poliiicul prospects of partios .remain Êéarly tl e cui;e, the popular vote about eqially diviNew Jersey wíxs a Slave Stnte unlil löO4, and was reckoned aniong t hem by ihe Southern Slave Siates. ín that ycur, an net was pu?se], making all persons (ree u ho should be born after July 4: eiccept that white male children, born of slave.=, ni'ter that time, might be liold as servants by the ówhér's of their mothers nntil 25 ycars of nge, nnd females ntil 21 years of uge. Uhaei ihis provisión tilavery has boen graduully dimimshing-, and will soyn lo ex'iuguisinul. Tlio ninriber of flavos in Ió'öO was 2,254: len years uflcr, it was only G03. A Convention to revise the Constitution on New Jersey is now in sèssion, aml it is probable that il may be mude in sorue icspects more favorable to the righu df the colored popuiation. There is wi-dom ennugh in the Convention to form a righteous Constilution, if ft were only directed by a pense of' justice. Tlio Convention consists of 58 niember.--, f wlioin 20 are bwyers. Therc are three Ex Govern ors, oiiü Chief Justice und an Associule Justice of the Snprcme Court nnd several Exmembers of Congress. Bik the extetiiion of the electivo franchise to the colored people can scarcely be hoped for, in a conmuiniiy where bo litlle anli-slovery liht has found its woy. Mr. Frelinghuysen, the Wiñg noininee for Vice President, was formerlv ffoin ibis State, although lie now resides in New York. He is B great colonizutionist, and is therelbre, one of the deadliest foes to their bost intorests: Lecause the fundament ui principie of Colon'ization 15, that t ho colored man never can attain respectability in this country. This sentiment clierish.es tlic unjnsi. prejndices of the whites, dit-courages the colored people, and reconcilos tho whole cominunity to bUivery. PEJYJYSYLFJ1J'M. The populo tion of this State in 1340, wns 1,724,033, being next to New York. The jnnnber of votes given for President in thnt year wos L8,036, of whorrj Harrison recei.ved 144,02!, Von Buren 145,672, and Birney 343. The popular vote still pre?ervea the cquilibriutn between the two parlies, theinembers of Congress boing bout cqnnlly dividediSSWÖ The legal voters of this State may bo divided into Whigp, Democrats, Antiinasons, Liberty men, and Non -resístante, vvho do not vote. The old Anti niasonic party, or ralher the remnaiit of it, still exists in eotne of the interior counties near Pittsburgh. We beUevc there are scveral Anti-ntiasonic papere inIhii quarler, and Couniy and Congreüionnl Hominalions on Antiinasojiic gi ound.s are til] made. lint our impression ík, Ihat tho Antimasons are fastgoing over to tlie Vhios and Liberty pariy, and the organizution nill sqpn 'bècofne extinct. Tiie nmnber of Liberty mrn to (he State, ns tested by their votes, iti i;;40 wats 3'43, in líill, in C cotinlios, 813, in 18-42, in thosome, 1,114, in 1843, 2,417. Tlie Liberly vote in lfMO was one in a tbousand oí" tha whole; in 1843, it uíis one in 115. Thi, however is no real test (the nmouut of Abolilionism i n theSiaio: for manyoftlie inore scrupuloti.s Q.n:ikers do not vote, and a largé portionof the Abo!it:onists have been hi;her to uuwilling to embiuk in permanent Liberty orjrunizitiun, believing thnt tornporary nominations woüld the olber pnrticsto put tip anti-slavery. But experience will loach them the futilily of tliis phm. Heneo tliere bnve not bcen . tbatcordialitv of íeeliicT, or unaminity of vievys, vvhich are remijette for nniied ppliiïca] action. Thereare roiir Anti-Slavery papers published m tbe Stale.1. i ne reniisyivanla i'Veema:i, Gewisterièa just commenced. YVe believe it ís not a Liborty party paper, and vet il susrains aritnSliïveiy nomina t ons. It s published semimontlily, and Lnkea the place of a paper of' the urne iKimc, which was incrporatod into the National A. S. Standard, ut New Yurh, aboul tuo years since. 2. The .Spirit of Liberty, published ut Pittèbürjri), ly Rev. E. Sniilli. Il sa vigorous'and etíetgíiftc paper, ofihe 'iggf eëive order. This (roes the Liberty party fully. 3. The Clarion of Freedom, u binall paper, published at Truiionn. 4. The Mercer Luii)in;uy, the late organ.ol the Whir party oj Mercer County, iiow advociil.es Liberty principies. The Liberty men of the Eastern pint of tbc State need an eñícient, permanent, an'd thoronyh Liberty pnper, anJ as soon as thatshall I be Cetablihcd, the vote will very largrely mcrease. The tna'eriafs of great anti-slavery sireng-th already exist there; but they eed to by fuáhioned, umiyed, ..and discipjined, bofore they can be . brought to beur efibctnnlly ujot) the pro-slavcry laws of otir country. - Tlie'indications are Üiat tlie Liberty votu ol :he Ütate will be nt ieaat donb!e wliat it was Uut yeur, and probably more. One Congréssional District, at a late special e!ection_. gave ü;;0 votes. We notice that fu!l nominal ions have been mude in Chester connly, and a vigilanco commiltee ol 70 are appointed to carry out the systeniíitic mensures of the Congrees'iunal' Convent ion whioli renpntlv mpf iliprpDr. F. Jiflius Letnovne iü the Liberiy cantf ida Ce for Govenicr.. fie wns one of the eurlicst abplitionists, and sustains a high repution.' In 1U4S, Peimsylvania will give a r ood account of lier sla vory principies. A large portion of the people of tliis State are native Gernmns, or descended directly from them, a,nd speaktheir langunge,' and we belitíve they sustain severa! Germán papers. By au act of the Legislature, all persons boni ufter 1780 werc dcclnrer! freo, and al] persons ckiming slavea were required to register Ihfin. Under tlus hc!, sluvery hasgradually dinappoared, on!y 4ui5slaves be'mg enumer;i tod in the census of )ii30, and 43 ín that of Ï"Ï14O. But the inimbcr of froe colored people in the' Staie is 50..VTI, beíng justas iiiuny as ir: New York. Mány of ihese aré wealthy and intelligent, transact coiiffidcrablo busiiicas, and receive that respect and con sioeration in society which knowledge and virlue wül.evcr iecure in spüe of the fooiisli })rcjndiccs of mon. The colored peoüle of Philadelniiia have sonie twelve or fil'teen olnirchcí, and emperance, lito.-ary and benevolent eopieties of various kinds., Son. e six or seven years eiice, the Aboliliomsts built in Pliüadelphia a iargeand elegant HnJl for the convenience of Ihiir meeiings, atan expense of about $100,000. Tt had been occupied but one or two evenings aflerits complelion, when it was deliberatoly burned down by the mobj without essential opnosiiion fréSS the city luithoritie?, and with the secret conni vanee of "gentlemen of properly and standing ." Frotn that time to Ihe preccnt, mobs, riols, fights, connaixralions, and biilrogeson persons and property have been lile in Philadelphiü, until the confidonce of business men iaiinpniirëu, ond on itiia occoiinl capitalists have foftfsiid to hiakë inVèltments in the city. Anarchy and violrncc, wiien once let looce, ire no rospecters of persons: and unless a great moral révöTiitló'n ehall soon take place in tho city, the only security ofthe inliabitants will be in tiu? niglKly vigils of nu armed soldierv. The dainugo done by the late riot is estimatcd froin a quarter to haif a mili ion of dollars. Pennsylv.inia has 2C Representativos in Congrcse; but uitli few e.ceptione, they have beeu reiDurkably devoted to the Slave Power; they have sustained gags and other odipuö and oppressive measures, and been cifïstilule of those enlarged and liberal views which frec legUlators onght to exhibit. The Democratie party of this State have ever been remárkoble lor servility io the slavoholderi; and Senator Duchanan iiiforni-; us that "OpposiBon to Abolitioniem," is oie of the princiulci rjf the party in that Siate.05 Ata meeting ia New (Jrleans,. May 9, il was resolved, that in case the Senate refuses to ratify the Trcaty of Aunexaiiou with Texas, it wil! bccome Louisiana 1o ibrm such a compact with Texas as will extend tho borders of Louiaiana to the furlher sidc of Texas, and get consent of tho United States to tliis arraugenicnt aftcrwards,

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