To The Liberty Party Of Michigan

At the lato annml meeting of the State aniitislnvcry Society, I was nppointcd Chairman of a Committce to address you in support of the followjng reaolution. 'Resolved, Thot 'he nlorgement of Liberty views having been suggcated by some frionds, t is the opinión of this Society, that it is neitnor consistent with our present objects, nor expodient to add to our present política! principies." The reaolution aroao from a discuasion on tha report of the Executive Committee, and a uggestion by Iet'.er from Mr. Birney, that further principies should be addcd to our oneidea. The members of the Commiltce, residing n different localitics, delegaicd to me tho preparaten of the oddress, but I regret that it hns beeo unawidably delayed by the obligations of profesaional duty. nnd a prolonjed absence united toatteniion I feit botind to yicld, to stringent claims presentel to me ns Cbairman of tho Central Commitiee by ihe pressing exigency of our cause for immcdiatc leclures and organization. This matter being now in progresa under favorable auspices, I turn 10 the subject of the society's rcsolution. In relation to it, J am constraincd to resign my place on the Committee: and while I atate my rosons for resignation, and my individual view on the subjects embraced by the resolution, I solieit from the remaining membera of the Committee, a like exposition of their sentiments. My re8ignation is dictatoci by a misappreheneion 1 labored under in Convention, respenting the precise nature and operation of the propoFed principies. The subject was new and unexpected. It broke suddenly upon tho Convention A comprehension of iis nnture was to be grasped from a mere reoding of documente, yet it was t bc diiposed of altno6t immediately, and amid ihc pressure óf mnny mntiers, which duringa short Conventiun, crowd for despnlch at the same moment on its business body.It is not importnnt to stato either the causo or RXicntofmy nns.ipprehension. Suffiee to say, (Kat even in Convention, I statcd the difficulty I experieneed to form au adrised judgment: thtt lurilicr considerador., :han I could then enjoy, iniglit induce di ff rent views: nnd that I cannot now faithfullij discharge the spirit of iho duty contemplatud bv the Sucicty and bo honesl to my own sentin ent. Undcr these circumstnnccs my duty consits in n resignation of my place, and an ezposilion dí my views. For eome years I have feit the real posición of iho Lileny Party to be one of reform: that it was viriunll) a reform party, thrown upon the principies of 177G for support, and resting on tho rock of their nbstract truth and there basing our American nationnlity: that to attain its grentobjoct - emancipation - the Liberty Pariy was nm I r.'h l i j.-.-c-rt tlio principies of '7i, and in the iriuinph of its mooi ciierished object was deatinec! a'so to bchold other resulis of inoppreciable valua to the America people. The politicjl consequencea of American ilavery, liavc been kg numerousand serious. that tho abatementoi the parent evil, necessarilt destntying iis evil progony, will in itself effect a peaceable, lut important revolution in nationtl policy and condition. Slovfiry is a gross nbuso and violution of tho principlifl ot' '7(. But it stnndi no( alone in tho catalogue of abuses. It has been wit!) eluvcry os ith all other vitlnions of principie - ihat tho firal departurc froni righi drew nfter it many other depnrmres also. One falsehood is the parent of severa!: one wrong ot a train of wronga. The Declaration of Indepondence r.ot only asserted its cardinal piineiple - the natural cquaN ity of oll men: - bol many othcrs.incident to thia niñín principie: flowed from it either directly or by expresa suontion: for instance - equnlity oL privileges: thecleinvnts of a cocxistent and hai"inonions republic: - of domestic security: - juatice - order - virtue - simple and cheap laws: but above all, a plain and econmical gOYemment, the ervan t of the people to promote its wlfure, nd ulmin 'ster its I.iws, limtted to its proper funcU'ims, nnd antagonist to the aristocratie establishments of Kingly Europc. But these principies wcre rudely surrendered, when tlicir antagonist slavery was permitted in our instiutions. VViih slavcry carne of eourse its incident8direnily opposod to those of liberty.Theso wore exclusive prhilegus - a nominal re)ublic. "out an nctutil oügarchy: conflicting political cien e;vs - dpmesticinsecurity - injttstice: disisortic-, vic''', Inw8 complicatcd because embrncing contr.idictory interests: and a governmontnl sysicm, aristocratie, expensive, and complicated. 'Tuk Exclusive Pmvir.ECKs." Tho exclusive privileges of our slavery instituiions are scen in Southern States in the filsring contrast botween the positions of the white nnd colorcd man: and in the almost equally strong (HflTcrence betweon the rich and privilrgcd white slaveholder, and the peor and disfranchised white non-slaveholder. In Northern States thcy are exhibited in limitation of suffrago - in "black !:iws": in the schrol systcm, and in other instances. In tho nation they are f'ouiid n a reprcsentation limitcd to persona, in one aeciinii. but cxtenJing to persons and property in another - in a greut aniüunt of exemption o( ono ïlnss Irom contribution to the public revenue: in tho monopoly by one claas - (a miserably sinnll onc too) of the offices of honor and lucro in our nation: the monopoly of a favoring legÍBlation,and of foreigñ marts. " NOMISAL R.EPUBMC. " J. Q. Adams in his Dodham addrees 8ny, that our Congressional representation "constituías on aristocracy, or rather an oligarchy," and a slavcholder has boasted that slavery "supercedes tho necessity of an order of nobility." "CONFUCTING POLIT1CAL KI.1.MKNT8 AMD D0ME3TIC 1NSECÜRITY. " So great did Secrctary Upshur feel our nsecurity to be, that breaking through all reserve, h revealed to the world our danger from "the antagonist element9 of our institutions." Evcry Annual Message of our Prefident and its document8 disclose the same, and snggests a vast increa80 to our war establishment, merely to overeóme our own self made contradictions. A Rcpublic vigilant of Liberty should regard wtth great jealousy cvery attempt to conolidato or encrease its govcrumental powers. It's bcurity best consiste in leaving with the peopleall patronage consistent with vigorous government - in depending on jnslice at home and obroad, as the bulwark of its security, and on the devotion of its millions to cherished institujions, a an exhibition moro formidable far lo the invadar or insurrectionist than the bnyonot of the more nary. The principies of '76[and tho gcogrophicoi pvsition of the United States alike dictnte tlwspoli cy: but elavery agoin commandB the reverse.- It has aurrendered our government to alaveholdorfl,- to "an oügarchy"- an unacttled "order of nobiltty." The result is seen and feil in everjf branch of our government. High Salariea-