Mr. Birney

Mr. G. Beckxkv:- Sir, a few weeks einco I had nn intfmew with the Rov. Samuel Lnpham, of tbis Counly, who said tbat he had seen it stoted in the poütical papers of the dny, that Jumes G. Birney was pald for liberitiiio- hia sluvos. and that he receives n salary from the Liberty pnrly, for leciituring on vhivery. Mr. L. requested me to hove this letter inserted in the Signal of Liberty, and wished you to publish yonr reply. Locke, Ingham Cn. Sept. 13,1844. Yours respect fu llv! REPLY. Mr. Atkins wil] find a complete history of , Mr. Birney's connpcton xvith slavery up to . 1836 in the Signal of Sept. 2, a few copies of which we eend him. Subsequontly to ths, on the death of his futher, he received Eli share öf the property, nt his own rcqiiest, in slaves, some 23 in numbcr, we believe. All of these he immedately emnncipated. Thcy were then worth ten or twelve thousnnd doilars. This was ontirely gratuitous on the part of Mr. Birncy: he received no equivalent, except tlio rcflections of a noble mind, and lhe npprobation of the good. We have on hanrl a letter from a slaveholdcr in Kentucky, who writes nn nccount of this last iransaclion.- Wc shall publish it next week. Tho Liberty party was organized in 184Ó. Mr. Birney has never received any salary from it. Previons to that time lie was Secrefary of tho. American Anfi-slavery Society, and as he devoted his whole time to its business, he received a stated compensation, nbout equal to fhntpaid to the Secretarles of other national societie. No person at all ncquainted with Mr. Birnoy would for a moment harbor the suspicion that hc was mercenary m his motives. He has been accused by pro-slavery men, of bein visionary, enthusiaatic, and fanatical: bnt these trajts of charactcr are the very reverse of the ]ow, debasing qualities developed by mean and selfish nvarice.