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Address: Of The Central Committee, To The Liberty Party Of T...

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Parent Issue
Day
6
Month
April
Year
1846
Copyright
Public Domain
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l lie Uentral üommilloe to whom you have con ful ed the present responsibilitv of onr cause, feel that a most vigorous effort ia necessary '.o sustain it. Tliey will do iheir part, if you will do yours. It is for you to sny whether wc símil all do for the Antislavery causo, that which has never yet been dona for it in Mjphigan - givo it tho justicie of a faithful, untiring, hoprful, and sclf-sacrificing effort. Tiie Commitlee ioi!2 do thcir part. - Their -confidence in tho cause and in you is unshakenand slrong. It is indispensable that tve all do - nnc DO cífectively. At no time havo we done in thw Stato ns duty and principie re quired. Pardal efibrts have been made valuable and sacrificing services have beon rendered by individuals, but no gen eral and continued efïbrt has been made Even when we have done tho most, no a tiihe was eflbeted of the service ac tually needed. The transient leclure was as a drop in a buckot. The neighborhood still wanted a series of lectures; there were doubts to satisfy : prejudices to remove : and many anxious to hear, and be instructed in our principies. Th is being tho case even in the most fnvomJ parta of the state, how must it have been in localiiios whero remoteness placed them beyond reach of our scant means?We repeat that justice is yot to be done to our causo in thia State. If our principies had not possessed nn inherent power - the power of truth nnd of surpassing iniportance, - they had long since been swept away by the mighty flood of prejudico and partyism, ngainsl which they have to win thoir way lo triumph. I3ul tho power of our principies, cannot do every thing. Even the Gospel given by God, and by hia blessing rendered an instrument to convert the weakness of ono intothostrongth of ten thous■and, neeiils human ngeney to ellectuate lis end. Our principies have heretofore accomplibhed wonders, hut only whila we WORKLiD; and we must now resume and redouble our work, or our cause is lost. Ncver was ihero a crisis in the aniislavery enterprise, in which fciith - work -and adherence totho integrity of our princijiles, inchifling thnt of our independent organizfition, was more needed. Up to December 1844, our numbers increased steadily and uniformly. liut during the past year tho polls exhibitod n apparent docreaso of about '300. Thedccroase howevcr, if ren], would hav boen but part of :hc indication oían apn thy feit by &H the pnrtias nftcr the excite .ment of 1814. The contest was no deemed important : it liad not oven tho piquancy of doubt. Evcry one know that Mr. Felch would bo eiected. TIn. rther partios feil off more than ihe Lib erty party, while the whole voto shewee un increasod per centage to tho Jatter. It is wel) known that the Liberty Partv .roceived a largo neecssion of new Con iverts, but tho absence f rom tho polls of ild friends prcvented tlio accession from .being manifest. The party had no or ganizaiion : no otfort was made, am scarcely u. lecturo was given. lts friends were exhaHated by the eübrt of 1814. - Tbe Jabors of that year had fallcu witl jgreat wtñghi upon iis scant number. But we havo had a rest, and must now redotfbïe ui' worjs lo atonc forour negligence. Look to the other parties and sce how cmpleto is their organization : how nnnutc Iheir tactics : how sleepless their vigüance : how untiring their work. - You have seen how they labor for a single voto : that at every poll they have a number of representativos : tickets are plenty and advocates zoalous. In aduition to all this are the great stanulants ol office, and place, and party zest. Look nt all this and contrast it with what we do- or rather with what wc do not do,ind wliile yo apprechtc our disndvnnage, you will feol tnoic respect for Inn rjncipje,whose power has risen supprim 0 obstacle, and even ih its ii.funey prourcd its acknowledgment in Chürch - nd tí late - and nat ion. In this Stnte wc want locturos, trncts, ie press, but above all organization tnil vork. In the confidencc of l)niug fcustriinotf; ve propose to engage six competent lficurersjselected tVom ihu ea8l,orelsèwhere, nd to throw llieni into dilfurent quarters f the Slnte : also to disseminate traets and docutneota illusl rnliug our principies. And in addition to the leuturers, we have iow engnged nnd daced in the field, vhere ho will remnin unlil al'ter o'oclion, 1 íinanc-ial nnd genera! ngnt, who will isit t'very íown, to organizo it ; ! repcri ts wants and condition : and receive the oontribtiliuns necessary fur the compleion of our proposod arrangotnenis. But we aait do all tlti.s ovhj ifsusíaincd, or sof ar as siïslatncd. Wc. propose o raise &2,500,tq oxpend il as suggested, nnd account for it at our next nnniversay, and through the Signal of Jjiberty. Snéh contribntion, as received, will ulso )C acknowledged in the Signal. We encourage the hope, that we shall e sustuined, in this the iirct State ellbrl o do justly by our trust - :the Liberty mncipfes. The burthen of their ndvocacy has heretofore rested on a few individuals. It is not right that a few, or hat any should be sacrificed for a cause. A blossingcannot rest upon such a cause, nor sol id benefit flow frotn an advoency of this kind. All should work, and all contribute, and tlicn if tho principie be right, it is crowned by triumph. The sum required is aboul the valuool one day's work to each Liberty voter. And who would not giveeven many days work, f assurcd that cvery one else gave tho saine, and that it was to speec to its consu mina t ion a dearly cherishei principie? who would not givo it even for the satisfaction oí knowing in No vcmber the exact extent of tho Liberty power, and prospects in Michigan ? -ïMoimng Diu sucn imeiiiy, as is proposeu can aseortain the fact. We also cncourage the hope, f rom the Tact, of its favorable reception by all to whom it has been proposed : that Detroit, though numbering but 4G votes, lias already contributed about #175 : that the County of Wayne will do its part : that the friends of Jackson and St. Joseph nave promised theirs : and that Washtonaw will do likewise. Andso full is our hope, and so great our anxiety to do our part, that wo not only pledgo the graluitous services of the Committlee to aid tho general systcm by leotures from oursclvcs or otherwise, but we have engagcd and actualfy paid in full, in cash and cash obligations lo the amount of 400, the financial nnd general ngent alluded to : our valuable anc respecled veteran, Seymour 13. Treadwell. In his known devotion to our cause; his familiar ity with it : his untiring fidelty, and business habits, our friends have the guarantee of an eíTicient ageney. - Although he had but just commenced on a new farm, yet at the cali of tho cause, he placed himself in our hands. Mr. Treadwell will visit every town according to a uniform and pre-arrangec plan (noticed at fuot of this) wit! tbc design not so much of locturing as o copsuminuting business arrangonients,bu he will require ihe aid of friends. Un less this aid be given, ho must fail, ant our eílbrt will produce but disaster, am waste of time and monoy. Mr. TreaJwell wül suggest to eac! town certain business nrrangements, anc will receive contributions for "TUL STATE LIBERTY FUND. " Tb "contribulions may be in produce whe not convenient in moncy. Ile will com menee his tour on the 7th April an-J con tinuo it without cessation until after clec tion. He will remain a few days m th center of eac h adjacent four towns fo the purposes of his agency, and if it b desirable ond that circumstances permh will also lecturo occasionally. Mean while we urgo il upon all ou friends who approve our proposed measures - and upon all, who though not ap proving, yet desiro to sustain thei Cornmittee in their honcst endeavor to discharge a rcsponsiblo and arduous trus - and upon all who ncithcr npproving nor desiring to sustain us, yet do desiro the instructive hint of our "whereabouts' from a ballot box laithfully attendöd to - upon all these we urge f, that they im medialely set to work to organize thei towns : and collect funds,and remit them The progress of our agent will necessari ly be slow. Ho cannot reach much ol tho State until the season is advanced. - The procuring of lecturers will be altend cd with dolay. All therefore who desire lectures or documents should sec to tho matter at once, and correspond with the chairman of the Commiltee. Beside this, friends can with liltle troublc to thcmselvos save us a vast amount of it and also benefit the cause by bestowing their own nttention on their towns. Lot all who aro willing to bo Inborors, - all who will divide the labor, that is to concéntrate on the Cominitten,eport fhemselves at once to the anderguotl,vviili suoh particulnrs as tliey deern nnorinnt, and we will mmediately comlünicalfi wnat inny Be necessary. In ii future cömmdnicntion tho undergijoti will present som e niatters they i eni iiiipbrtanl.