The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1844-01-11
ANTI-SLAV cry.
From the Albany Patriot,
THE POLITICAL PARTIES.

vi dCtlOu-lue principles ana pTdctlCeS y
the two great political parties that have
alternately ruled this country. Are they
fellow citizens, anything more than the
mere echo of the slave. holders will ! Do
they not constantly bow before the man.
date of slavery, most obsequiousIy doing
its will as they are bidden2 When a
President OF the United States is 20 be
chosen, must not the slave.power first be
consulted, and must not such a candidate
be either a Shareholder, or one who pledg.
es himself to do nothing against the vii
famous system of slavery and the slave.
trade, in the District OF Columbia, or else
where2 TO answer these questions we
have onl Y 10 look at facts as they are
recorded III the history of the past. Out
OF the fifty-fve years which have elapsed
since the first President was chosen, the
slave holders have had the office forty
three years. leaving only twelve years
which have been occupied by Presidents
of the free States, and one of these was
a "Nortbern man with Southern princi.
ples," who declared himself opposed 10
abolition. before he could obtain The vote
of the South; and who, after his election,
pledged himself to veto any bill which
might emancipate the slaves in the Dis
trict of Columbia, where Congress has
the Constitutional power to do so.
If anything else was necessary to show
the all-powerful influence of slavery upon
these parties, you have only to cast your
eye at passing events, and behold the
subserviency of the same parties. Do
they present you with such man for
your sufrages for the next Presidency,
as Daniel O'Connell declares you ought
to support? No. verily-but directly the
reverse-nothiug could be more so. The
one-tbe Wing candidate, is slavenold-
er, dealer in human flesh; and the other,
one of the same sort, or that same man
who pledged his veto power against a5o.
li;on ana liberty, ard in favor Of slavery.
If you vote with these old, corrupt slave
parties, you must make your choice be-
tween Henry Clay and John c. Calhoun,
the great high priests and kings Of slave
ny, or Martin Van Buren,, the plant tool
of the same vile system. In doing so,
we ask you, Irishmen whether you would
be acting according to the advice OF either
your Catholic father or Daniel O'Con-
nell /! In this brief space we have not
room to enter into further particulars, to
show you the ruinous effects OF slavery
and slave labor upon the free North. We
could demonstrate to you that it makes
large drains from all our pockets-that it
controls all the national appointments
that it swindes the Government out of
immense sums in various ways; by its
Florida wars, TO break up refuge for
runaway slaves; by the manner in which
the public money is divided among the
States, &c. sc. But we must refrain
Let US now consider the course 10 be
pursued to effect remedy. 1t is TO join
with and build up a L1BERT PARTY-a
party based upon directly the opposite
principles of the other parties. One that
will restrain the growing power Of slave
ry, and abolish it, and the slave-lrade,
where The general Government can do so
cons,itutionally. Is not this right2 Is
not this just? How, then, can we do
less, our adopted countrymen. than to in
vite you 10 unite with us-the LIBERTY
PARTY-and aid US 10 effect so desirable
an object2
1t now only remains to contrast our
Presidential candidate with those we have
Just glanced at. And who is he2 He
is JAMES G. BlRNEY. Thousands
within our State, and some of US within
a short time, have heard his voice plead
ing in behalf of The oppressed and en-
shaved. A; a late meeting in our State
Capitol, he stood forth the champion Of
the rights of man. He is no mock Dem.
ocrat or Repeater, but one of The true
stamp. He is the son of an Irishmaa.
and the acquaintance and personal friend
of Daniel O'Connell. When Mr.. Biz
ney travelled and leclured in Ireland, he
was received and welcomed with the ut
most cordially by the Great Liberator.
Mr.. BIrney is himself practical lib
orator. He is native OF Kentucky, and
for several years was planter in Alaba-
ma. A highly educated and talented
lawyer and iurist, the most lucrative judi
cial Offices were rendered him, and the
most hatterng prospects lay before him
and within his reach. Why, then, did he
no! seize upon his apparent advantages ?
We will answer Soon after The anti
slavery struggle commenced, his eye fell
upon the writings of the abolilionists.--
Naturally benevolent and philanthropic
to proverb, his heart felt their appeals,
his clear mind comprehended the force of
their arguments, and his sense of justice
overclme every consideration of personal
profit, wealth, station, and ease, and he
instantly decided 10 free his bondmen.-
He did so, making suitable provision for
them in Ohio. HIS father subsequently,
died, and by Mr.. Birney's own request