Position Of The Liberty Party

What is il posiiion? Therc is no uao in ehutting oar eyes toit, whatever it bc. lts present posiiion is inactivn - a perfect stani still. - The cvidences of tliis aro most convincing: anti os eome of our readers may bo di.posed to coníider us prejudiced on this point, we will ndduce -testimony of the Jiighcet chnracter from the four Statcsof Mainë, Massachnsctts, New Vork and Ohio. An Addrcss to the Liberty party of Maine, by n Committcc of the State Convention, publishd a few weeks sincc, snys: 41 You are wcll nwnro thnt for tho lost two enrs, our vote in ibis State ha6 rcviained about the same. TIro Imvc neitlier Lust, nor guined. - And though we have renson to hope tliat niucli has been gained in many other renpccis, it has not been opplied to the ballot-box. You know jïIso hat ourcaiiEC isyci in its iniancy. And all Wstory denionstrntos that for any rcfoim in its earücr stages of existence to remain stationnry nny length of time is certain death. It mnst go iorward, or backward. It is contrary to nature 'for il to stand still. It becomes a serious question for you to nnawcr, then, wh'úther our chuse in this State shall be carriod forwaid to its tri- umph, or not. Have you not hiped for success? Have you not told our opposers ihntour principies einboiiicd all the elements of successi - That thcy nppealcd to evcry laudable motive, to cvery honesl interest? Thnt our cause must triumph, or our country woulci bo ruincdl And have you not believcd it? Aud do you not still bclieve itt Is it not truc thnt every just moiive that influences the miud, if party prcjulces could be overeóme, would lead men to enlist ■with us in the great contest for equal rights? - Why th'-n kas nol our sueeers in this StaU been eommensuratc icith the straigtk of o-ir principies?" Now go to New York and hear William Goodell, one of the oldett pioneera in this cnusc. In s late letter ho says:"From some canee, very plainly, thc yrogress ■of the, Liberty -partij isnt a drail stand, ns tho1 pent up, and deaúned ci'h-r to burat over ts present enclosnres, or wiih ditiicultly preserve iiself from di68olution. The staio of New York is nol the only section oí the country where tl-ese in.dicatione appear. Look at MassnchuBeits! Wlml :al thc Liberty party there tliat not even the ■"Great Eastern Convemion" with iis eloquent 6poechesnnd its rising tone of sentiment, could Htíiii :lic Liberty volé ahend? Tljere must he n ■ cause. Whenco ttC umid. hesitant, and hnlf ipensivetone of the Kn:nncipntor7 Contrnsting 8O unjJltuiaantlj' with the ptrt and lively paragtnphs.'ííüaynnt, contldent, nmi hope nepiring, vwJúcli. it-WM wone 10 put forih? Have the working ypet3iios, jthe Btriiglin2dcmocrocy of New Knglarid.i íouwl outf yet, thnt tho Liberty party is pledged to ttainiaiir the rights of ihe white as .well as of che oolojcd poor, nnd will no sooner truckle to anorlhorn aiisiocracy than to a Sonth. erní Ama is it :Jinown and rcad ot all men, that ihm (ngged inlevatwig the moráis of the State, are cqnally eíisitve and jnlous where tho purity of tlie CJ.rch is vénceme J? lf a negntive answcr mast'be given to these questions. it nefidano "spiritiírom lhc vasty deep to tell u-what are tfco obsedies to be removed. Bul listen to:Mr.!laviit hiuiself. He attende'd-the Maine State' Co.ivention nd advocated thc following resoimiott: Resolved. That wo 'do twt espect Sin very to be abolished in this landy amj fine instrumentalitij. any one. plan of -optraX'wn . or anij onc das or set of mcn-bMX wc look ír ir to bcoffceted throu-ih the hlossin of the God of our Fatnera pon tho combinad efTorts of nll clnísos of se&pb.a-imgin all IwwfU-woys ná through „11 Uunfltiiblechonnebin -whicli thoir mílue.ice can reaoh the evil- nnd ibis will be done whenever, tho3e-who disapprove of aJovery shall takc up its hbolilion as their own -work. nnd sej nbout t as the WORK thnt is now o bf done. How Btrangely thiscontrosiswith iiis etUtorinls iin theVEmnncipator two or Ihree yeflis sÍL'ce, in whích the Liberty party was con'fidetitly and ju.emníly helcj out as thk great finstrunientty"- ihc very "flet of man," that wcro to overtkr ow Srovory! ajtrt let U8 go to the W'tet, and hcarthe philo■ophic and thtnkÍDg Dr. Bailey of Uicthropist : "The present Èiagó oí the' Liberty movement in Ohio we regard as a crisis of comnmndiiuinterest. Frotn the year 184 ), the Lertparty increaseil nnnually at a fair rnte un! lUe l'icsiiential election in Irf44. Bilt its-votem tüe October election of 1845 showed htlle or tío increase over the Prcsidential vote. Now, ict-evry man bear in mind. that a new polmcal, party must increate or torease. Stand still.it cannot. You may hold men Kleiner in moral associution. wilhont nrty perceptible increase,'by the Jorco -of high moral considenitior.s, but a reform .pohtical party, which, howevcr ,iure its principies and objects, neccssarily embraces many who are govrned chiefly by party consioVrations, lives by lts inertast, no less than by the foce of ite prmciWhcn we consider thercforc. thai the gu!ernatorial canvass of 1846 is to at the efficiency of the Liberty niovenient in this Stilte, and, according to its resulta, will felle icitlt muCttudes the qntstion of adhesión to it, orsiparatinnj rom it, no onc will be eurptised at onr dctcrnrination t&give far more nlicntion to ït than under other circumslanccB we havedecmed necesaary.' But the reader will ask, what ought the Liberty party to do in view of these thlngs? We nnswer in few words - Go fok the kights aKd iNTKBrsTS or ALL mf.s - white as well as black - and wo shal! atíain and deserto a confidencc snH upport which we cannot attain so lonp a we rcfuse to do mi?.(JTho communication from Amhprtbtrg iwe.defer pubJiehing for a u eek or two.