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Mr. Giddings

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Day
7
Month
October
Year
1844
Copyright
Public Domain
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Tliis gentleman, like C. M. CIayr ie ufitiring in his exertions to bnng over the Liberty men to the support of ïlnry Ciny. Bul, like him, iiis effbrts have a contrary effect. Mr. G. epoke recenlly ín PiiUbnrgh. The Pittsburgh Gazettp,a YVbig paper,has a notice of his f peech. That paper sald tiiat "he slloved conclusively tbat the sentiments of the Liberty party, divesred of tho useless trappings with which they havo been surrounded, are similar to fhose nntertainrd by the Whlgs. He regretted Mr. Clay'sbiasin favor ofslavery, bul feit assuredthat such huis would not land him todisregard or viólate the Constitución, fíe denied ikul Mr. Cliy txerledhimselj to islablhhslavery in Missouri, bot on the conlrnry enáeavored to save tho tmion b}lus timcly interferencc in regard to ihat State. fie proved that by the refusal oj the Liberty party to vote for Mr. Hamlin, of Oliio, the Gag lato tra corMnued, inasmuch as it was by one majotity. The Liberty men, by their action, vvere doing what thky coold to preserve the gag law and the nccursed elave trade in being, The responsibility of Liberty men is tremendous, and if übused or disregarded, great will be their condemnntion .The iniquity of refusing to vote for a slavekolder, thotigh such slaveholdere feil inclincc tonbolish slavery, is shocking lohumanity.- The denunciatory spirit of the Liberty press and Ihe Libeity part}-, in their unguahfied condemnation of mony.of the most strenuou? opponents of thesum of all villames.was most cogently condemued. He voted for Mr. White as Speaker of Congress because he opposed oppressorp, and sustained the principies of liberly. Thecovrsc and action of ultra Lilerfy men retard ihe cause of liberty, and scriously xnjured the inlerests oj the alavés.'1 Mr. G. spoke at New Lisbon, Ohio. The Aurora S3ys: "ín the firsf place he assumed that the grcat party, if he was correctly understood, wns the only efficiënt Antislavery party that ever has or ever wil! do any thing - that the democracy were without exception pro slavery - and that the Liberty party has not nor never will do nny good, bul while it is organizing nnd preparing for business tlie whigs will have slavery disposed of- lliey would abolish it wkile we were following the camp, picking p the dead, Sec. He apologized halt a dozen times, protested that lie wi&hed to be respectful, yet he tauntingly asked ngain and again, What has your Liberty partr done! - Not a thing! he woald answer. Again, he would say, You have had nobody in congrese, bnt a!l that has been done was effected by the hig?, orin other words, by Messrs. Giddings and Adams. (Wonder if Antislavery men, suchas the Liberty party is composed nf, didnot send them both lhere?J Yonr Li!erty party is of no tisre - and he tried to make it out worse Ihan none."

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Signal of Liberty
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