The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1844-10-30

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low Mr.. Blney's last letter TO The editor of the
Tribune, in which he sets himself Alright before
the country;
ANOTHER LETTER FROM ]. G. BlRNEY.
Hamden, Conn, Oct. 10, 1914.
To The Editor Of the Tribune:
i haYe-jus now seen in the Tribune of to-day
an article headed "COalition of james q. Birney
with the Polk party" The charge of coalition
rests on the fact, thatI have been nominated for
the Legislature of Michigan by a Democratic
convention, and that Tassented to its being done.
The following is all, of substance, that is ne
cessary TO explain the transaction:
During my absence from home, last year, in
New England, it was proposed in the WING Con
%vcntion of the County in which | reside, to nomi-
nate me for the Legislature. The nomination,
however, was not made, on the ground, as | was
Informed, that | might not be willing to serve
if elected, and that the County, in that event,
would lie put to the trouble and expense of hold
ing another election. Beingasked, on my return
whether | would have served had | been elected,
| replied that | would; that as every voter in the
County knew that | was an AboIitionist-a
member of the Liberty party, and opposed TO
both the other parties--lor | had used every pro-
per occasion. publicly and privately, to expose
their unlaithlIlncss-I would regard my cleo
ton as coming from the people, irrespective of
party.
Last Spring and Summer, complaints of mis-
management on the part of the County authori-
ties were made by the people of the County. !
thought the complaints were just. The persons
most implicated were of both the Wing and De-
mocratic parties. A public meeting was held
to Ike into consideration the charges. Ipresen-
ted the iactsof the case to the meeting, and sup
ported a set of resolves embodving the senti-
ments Of the meeting in relation to them. The
course took met with the appreciation of these
who were present and of those who were not
excepting, very likely, the parties implicated and
their near friends.
The . m evening | reviewed Eefore a large
assembly, embracing nearly all who had been in
the County meeting just mentioned, the course
OF the Democratic and Wing parties, as connec,
ted with The cause of human liberty,-with the
Just claims of the North, and the integrity OF
the Constitution. This review could, of course.
be nothing else than severe; yet, no one, save il
might be the party managers, found fault with
1t; and this, because the facts were true-tho
treatment candid and impartial.
1t was after this that the wish was expressed
Ihy persons OF both parties that | should repre-
sent the County in the Legislature. WINS APP
piled to, to say that | would serve if elected
My uniform unsWer-lrom whatever quarter
the application came-Was,t that if the people of
the County, with the full knowledge which they
possessed OF my opinions, wished me to serve
them, | would do it. told them moreover, that
| should regard my elections as proof that the PEG
pie intended to pat an end to the pcrnici0us par
ty contests, by which their own peace and the
Interests OF the County had been so long marred
Although ! have been nominated by my Dem
~ocratlc neighbors, no one in the county would
have spoken of me as of that party had not the
clc hecn given ;: the wire-workers of the Whio
party--cspociaiIy by the originator Of the coali-
tlon story, the Detroit Advertiser, a print that
has spared neither fact nor fiction to win over
the Liberty party in Michigan to the support OF
the Wings, by W~eekning their confidence inmc.
\ specimen of its rccklessncss may be seen in
the statement transferred to the Tribune-Mat il
my confcrcace WjM General HuscuN ut Flint mert
d;r"tged, ii wouM doubtless disclose, that mn
mission TO the East tsaS undertaken at the IN.
'tHHce Of The Loco Foco8, as rel as lcadico
Ab0AhoHISt& Of Ncw- York, though cloaked an
dcr the rrtcace Of q piSi 10 my son residing in
Connecticut. | neither saw General IElscnIl
when | wasGt Flint. nor have [ ever EXCHANGED
with him 4 dozen words on anv matter of party
politics. This is all fiction. Whatever | have
done has been done openly; and | ahsolve from
every obligation Of secrecy all persons with
whom | have cOnYerged on matters pertaining to
public men or party measures.
Part of the article in The Tribune is a letter
signed by A. ?. Davis Of Flint, in Michigan
he processes to have discovered the clue to m
"lnveterote hostility" to Mr.. Clay, in the afore.
said nomination, and in the fact of my first mar
rlage having been into the Marshall family.-
Now 1t turns out that my first marriage was not
INTO the Marshall family, and that that family,
In Kentucky, are with but two exceptions, so
far as | have heard, favorable TO the election of
Mr.. Clay. The charge of invcterate hostility
to Mr.. Clay-if it mean any thing more than
political opposition--is wholly imaginary. |
have no reasons for opposing Mr.. Clay on per-
sonal grounds On the contrary the intercourse
we have had has been of the most friendly char
I%actcr. oppose his election, because he disbe-
fleves the great political truths of the D%ecIara-
ton of independence, the foundation of all lust
Government, and because he repudiates the para
mount object of the UNION, the pcrpetuation of
liberty to all. On the anne ground | oppose the
election Of Mr.. Polk. But | mere deprecate the
election of Mr.. Clay because, possessing abili-
ties superior to Mr.. Folks, he would proportion
ally weaken the influence of those truths on the
minds Of our countrymen.
Respectfully, &c.
JAMES G. BIRNEY.
p. S. The only direct information | have had
respecting this nomination has been conveyed to
me by a member Of the Wing party residing at
Saginaw in a letter just received. His language
shows that my nomination to the Legislature is
not owing to party attachment. He says, 81