The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1844-07-18
From the Signal Of Liberty.
REVIEW OF THE LIBERTY PARTY,
MASSACH USETTs

From the Signal OF Liberty.
REVIEW OF THE LIBERTY PARTY,
MASSACHUSETTS.
The population of this State in 1910
was 739,699. The whole number OF
votes given for President was l26, 1888, OF
which Harrison received 72,874. Van
Buren,, ,944, BirneE AIS. The Lib
erty vote was one in 90 of the whole. In
l84l, it was 1922, in 1912, it was 6,422,
in l843, it was 5000, or one in Is of the
whole. At the last election, the Demo-
Gratis lost great number of towns and
the Emancipator assures US that the
strength of that party in the State is COM
pletedy broken, and they cannot hence.
forth have any rational hopes OF regaining
the ascendency. All the experience also
seems 10 show that there is q numerical
Wing superiority in the State.
AL the Stale officers, Legislators and
members of Congress, must be elected by
majority of the whole, many towns and
districts have been left vacant for a season
since the Liberty party commenced, and
repeated and obstinate trials have been
had. The difficulty in elections will, OF
course. increase more and more. until the
three parties shall be merged in two
There is no prospect that the Electors of
President OF any party will receive ma
lority at the next election, and if not, they
will be appointed by the Legislature
which has Wing majority. Hence
Massachusetts is almost certain for Henry
Clay.
The coIored population of this State is
not large, being only 1868. There has
been no slavery in this State since 1880,
and colored citizens have been possessed
of the elective franchise for half cenlu-
ry, without the least injury or inconven-
fence to any one. We believe, there are
no distinctions made by the Statute Book
on account of color, unless it be a prohi
btion to be enrolled in the Militia. One
of the last acts of justice 10 the race was
the erasure of The act forbidding the inter-
marriage of whites and blacks. The alb.
clifton of this was contested for some ten
successive years. Every kind ofsarcasm,
| ridlculc, and viIfication OF the motives OF
the petitioners was resorted to, but they
held to their purpose, and triumphed, as
the persevering in such cases ways will.
The Abolitionists in this State are d.
vided into two classes, quite unlike each
other, known as the Liberty party and
Old Organizationsls. The organ OF the
latter party is the Liberator, edited by w.
l.. Garrison, gentleman not unknown to
fame. This paper was commenced on
small scale, about eleven or twelve years
since, by Garrison and fellow printer.
Through their industry and perseverance,
it soon attained permanent footing, and
became obnoxious 10 the aristocrats for lis
bitter and unsparing phillippics against
every kind OF pro-slavery. 1t was this
which secured Garrison the honor Of be-
ing led about The streets of Boston with
rope about his neck. and thrust into Jail
for safe keeping. Mr. Garrison's theo-
logical opinions also rendered him dis
trusted by the religious part of communi-
ty. Garrison now controls the Liberator
entire and edits it with uncommon abil.
ity We have read it many years, and
have rarely found poor article in it,
w uIC WY HOWSVCt, HUN
ing all its doctrines or indicating the
spirit in which they are sometimes utter.
ed. The Li6erator is now the cha mpion
of an immediate dissolution of the Union
of the abolition Of the Sabbath, as sa-
cred day-of the abolition OF the Ministry,
as peculiar order O! men-ofthe disband-
ing Of the Churches-of the abolition OF
toll Dn,ic oft ho d,o,olitioo 4
all Human Governments, so far as they
are founded on compulsion-and OF Non
Resistance to injuries, as Christian du-
ty. Hence, Garrison refuses to vote, and
thinks the time will soon come when vot-
ing will be accounted sin by all good
men. These various projects are advo-
Gated with all the tenacity of an enthuSi-
asst, and with the most liberal use of pun
gent and irritating epilhets that our Ian
guage can supply. Mr. Garrison has pur
sued furious war upon the Liberty par
ty for several years, but with very little
apparent success. Yet he is represented
10 be mild and gentlemany in private life.
and of eptionable morals.
In the meetings of the Garrisonian abb
olnlonss, men and women equally parti-
cipate, and females often preside and act
as Secretaries and Committeeman. They
have held meetings in every part of the
State, and we think have done very much
towards abolitionizing the State; for the
number of Liberty votes in Massachusetts,
is not the only index of the anlfslavery
feeling of the whole community. The
general enthusiasm for the rescue of Lat
imer-the unanimous passage of the Mas
sachuseus resolutions against Slave Rep
resentaton, twice pronounced, the support
of those resolutions by every member OF
Congress, from the State, and the rejection
of John Davis for Vice President by the
Nationa! Wing Convention, in reality,
because he is a Massachusetts man, are
aunellv etFonu indie ationS nf tho love Of