The Whig standard., 1843-12-06
W A S Fl / N G I 0 N
WEDNESDAY MORNING, DEC. s. ls4s.
!" THE LIBERTY PARITY

THE LIBERTY PARTY"
We made some remarks Yesterday upon those
who style themselves "lhe Liberty Party" and
set up as the basis Of their organization move
ment which must If successful certainly and
inevitably evenuaie in the destruction of the
Constitution and Of the Union What must we
think of men who thus band together! They
nominate and call upon their followers to sup
port candidate for President Of the United
States. If elected, (as they know he cannot be,)
he would, before he could enter upon the duties
of his station be required TO take an oath to sup
port the Constitution Of the United States; and
yet, if we understand their doctrines, they would
require him to violate the Constitution, or do all
in his power to abrogate it, and thus to perjure
himself
The !" Liberty Party"--a fraudulent name,
which they have no business with---as we I'M
derstand their principles and objects, 60 as far
beyond ordinary Abolitionists, such men as Mr..
Giddings, Mr.. adams, Mr.. Slade, and others, as
they go beyond the friends Of colonization, and
oppose them, politically, with as much strenu-
BUSINESS as they do anybody else, even anti-Abo-
litionists. They recognise nobody as Abolition
lists who will not concur with them in all their
ultra doctrines; who will not go for abolishing
slavery at the South at once, and at every cost
and hazard. They avow their object to be, TO
form great Northern party, which shall
force their. plans into execution. To effect this,
they declare it necessary first to break up the
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way. They look not to the great questions OF
vital importance to the country which are now
pending before the people for their decision !;
they care not whether the country enjoys sound
currency or no currency at all; whether the la
Dor Of the country fnds profitable employment,
or whether the laborers of the North starve for
want Of employment. No; they and their chill
dren may suter-may go hungry and naked, it
is no concern Of theirs; all they think of is the
glorious achievement of setting free the blacks
of the South, who are now far better fed clothed,
and provided for, and infinitely happier, than the
! free blacks at the North, and even some Of the
whites; and who, were the bonds which now
connect them with the whites at the South se-
yered, would be the most miserable and piliable
set of beings in this country.
1t is ever the case that ignorance is rash and
headstrong because it sees not, and knows not
the difficulties it has to encounter, nor the evils
that must result from its folly. We see this
axiom illustrated in the course of the +" Liberty
party" they know nothing Of the real relation be-
tween the white man and the black at the South,
nor Of the true condition Of the latter; they only
know that they themselves would think Their
condition intolerable were they slaves and so it
would be; but it does not follow that the black
man, who has been born to this condition, who
has been reared in the family Of his master, and
feels more like one of his children than like what
these men suppose him to be, feels as they would.
Let us not be misunderstood we are not defend
ing the institution nor approving it; we are
only showing the folly and mischief Of the course
these reckless men are pursuing, and we wish
to caution well meaning Wings from being
drawn into that party by its specious name and the
false pretences of its leaders. We would exhort
them TO look to consequences we cannot believe
they are prepared to sever the Union rather than
not attain the object they profess to have in view
nor can we believe them so wicked as to endan-
ger that Union, without the hope of obtaining
their object, after all the mischief they shall have
committed
The course the Liberty party" are pursuing,
their obsiinacy in refusing to unite with the
friends Of the country to sustain men who sus-
tain the great measures upon which depend the
prosperity of the country is the only obstacle to
the triumph Of the conservative principle and
party of the country over the destructive princi-
pie and party and knowing this, their leaders,
who belong 10 the latter, will double their dill
gence to increase their followers. and also to in
duce them to stand by their distinctive organiza-
lion. We wish their purposes to be known.