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The Macedon Nomination

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Parent Issue
Day
14
Month
August
Year
1847
Copyright
Public Domain
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Mr. L. P. Noble, tlie pubüsher of the Washington Era, has B communicaiion in i hit paper, proposing ihat tlio BufFulo Convention blinll nominóle Gerrit Smith for President, and Eliliu Burritt for Vco President, and by uniting on the samo natioQal candidate, lieal ihe hreach that luis tnken place in tbo Liberty party, nnii givc our unilrd nntislavery ktrenglh for the same persons. In ftivor ol" this lie urges, tliat " it has becn a leading principie witli the Liberty pnrty, tliat f a mnn held no poliÜcol fellowship willi slaveholders, nnd v:is right and true on the questiun ofSlavory, bis Lelief or disbelief on otlier pulilical questions should not bs a subject of inquiry:" that Gerrit Smith answered to this description, and should not therefore be proscribed on account of hls otlier political views, he declnring thni he is still a Liberty man: that to refuse lo nomínate hini on thisground is to establish a new test for the Liberty party: that at least thrce fourths of tlie Liberty men of the country believe in the principies avowoJ by the Vlacedon Convention, although they are not in favor of now adopting them as tlie creed of the parly: tipt Mr. Smith will receive most of the uitisSavo-ry votes of New York, an 1 electoral lickrts for hun will be formed m most of the F ree States: that the Buflalo Convention, in nominating Mi Smith, would endors" ouly the man, and eould, if il pleased, expressly re-affirm its "one-idca" principie; that Mr. Smith is the strongest man for a candidate in our party, and that the Nauonal Rcformers have virtuftlly noininnted Mr. Smiih, and will probably give him 50,000 votes. These rensons, perhaps, are nsstrong ns any that could be urged, but a bare state-ment of them mnkes it platn enough to us that a re-nomination of the candidates of the Macedón Conveiition would be a practical endorse ment of the ninuteen principies of that Convention. This endorsement the Liberty pm'ty ncver will make in good faith, aud were the thing nominally done, it would give rise to endless dissensions, nnd be disastrous in ihe end. Had the Liberty party, two years ago, uniledlij agreed on those or similar principies, the result might have been different. By this time we could hav '. become harmonious in opinión I and action, this división in the party would have been prevented, and assuming nll the principies and responsibilities properly devolving on us as a permanent nalional party, we might have enterca the campaign of 1848 under aupices much more favorable than we can hope for as a divided party. But is vain to I Iry to make those a-;t together who a:-e ! diametrically opposed on the points on which they are to act. It is betler at once lo separate than to remain together in a disagreeing and contenlious state; nnd as the separation bas already taken place, we think it will, in tbo end, be the best for both parties, and for the common cause, that it be permanent. The Liberty League now aio in reality. a new antislavery parly. Let them lab or for the advancoment of all their principies as best they can; and let those of the Liberty party who prefer the old " one-idea" platform adhere to 't and make it as efficiënt as possible. And lel all nntislavery brethren agree to difler in all kindnessani good fe el ing.

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