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The Liberty Party

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Parent Issue
Day
29
Month
May
Year
1847
Copyright
Public Domain
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A few general remarles, and we have done. We valué, fii'st of all, .principies of the Liberty party; the party organizalion we prize only as n means of carrying them out. Iti, the f orm; they are the substance. It ma y pass away - we hopeto see ihe dny when [ shall nt be required ; but they must endure forever. At present, we regard this organization as a necesshv; and such wÜl it continue to be, we doubt not, for many years. Eniertaining these views, we cantiot make the mere party organization an dol, or an adherence to il a test of any man's orthodoxy on the subject orslavery. But, at the saine time, it seems to us the díctate of sound policy for those who have committed themselves to it, and believe in i!s expediency, to adhere to its nomiriation, wlien thecandidate nominaled are honest and capnble, and where there is not most conclusive evidence that such adherence will prove an actual obstacle to the success of the principies, which are greater tiian ihe organi.ation. On all these points, ench Liberty man must be persuaded in his own mind. - We would rather see a man err honestly, thnn blindly obey his party. God Ibrbid that the day .should ever come when the mere party organizntion shall exert as despotic a power over Liberty men as ia the case with other partios. Should that day como, we, for one, wouli gret that a political parly was ever organized. Wbnl tbeni We must meet circumstancesas they nrise. Should our frionds n tlu's or tliat locality be nt any limo in doubt whether la adliere to their ordinary policy. or, lor tho supposnd sake of principie, to yield to an exceptian, we should first make ourselves acquainted with the circumstances, and ifwethink Iheir doubt wilhout foundation, to prove il so." " Come, let us reason tngeiher," should lip our language. And, after al), should they. Cis independent men, decide in opposi tion to our riews, we ought to benr ar.d foibenr. We sbould have no more rigfit to pronounce them traitors lo tlie pnrly than they would havetostigmatize us ns trakors to the principies. These are our general views as to the claim and course of a party organizilion. They are thrown out, no! for the sake of ourselves. (Car, since thn yenr 1840, we have never voted any othor than a Liberty ticket ,) but to suggestto our friends the question whether we ought not al! to be on our guard against hpcoming better partisans than philanthropists. In relation particularly to the Presidential quesiion, we have not the slighte.-.t expectation that either of the old parties will set up a candidate whotn Liberty menuld consistently support. No such expectntion, therefore, has influenccd us in sugges'.ing the postponement of a conveniion till next spring. But e doexpect, that by laying over tlie question of a nomination this fall, such will be the nction of parties, such the doings of Congress, that not a few antislavery men, Whigsand Democrats.will be ready to unite with us, who woild probably be prejudiced by premature action on our part. Let us show that we have confidence in our ability to act wisely when the time for action shall have arrived, and that we are willing 10 leave an open door for those who may choose to cast their lot wiih us even at ti.e cleventh hour! - Nat. Era. (ty Messrs. HawLEY and Washington' spoke in this place four times on Wednesday and Thursriay. Our engagements prevented us from being present at all the meetings, but we know that the remarks presented were highly interesling to all classes of our citizens. On Thursday evening when Wasliington spoke, every seat in the Court House was filled, with a large number of persons standing. The speaker was greeted with tnuch applause, and at a lato liour, urged hy the audience to continue his remarks. Ile is an effective speaker, combining the tissertion of general principies with that individualily of npplication whicli is :s best adapled to a populor audience. He was equaily felicitojs on the different subjects on wliich we licard him speak- slaveholding churches - upon projudice against color, and npon tlie bominable laws of t'ie United States in the district of Columbia. From wlint we have seen of these gentlemen, we are confident they will be ibund highly useful laborers in the western antislavery field. We commend them 10 the hoppitalities of antislavery men.

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