The northern galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1844-1848, 1845-07-23
BfRNEY AND BlRNEYISM.

The journals supporting and supportedbT
FMS self styled Liberty Party are lncessant
In their attacks on the Why's and Wing
Press. ia reference 10 the events oil lSi4.
We scarcely oVea. one ofihosc journals with
p.t,rucetlnr accHsations Oflraud, ialsehood
and ca.umny preferred against the Tribune:
the E.vciting Journal OF ihe Wing Press gen.
orally, in r%elrrcucc to Mr.. Birney and we are
o.icn treated 10 the like in abusive anony-
NOUS letters. AZ this migl;t passy as Il has
long passed, in uiier silence on sur part,werc
il no, that we desire and inrc'hl 10 act IN con-
cert with all sincere. edrnestai'ocdies Of Inc
Ecual R5giIis OF Man ia our Stale Il. ob.ain-
irg. through the aPrroaci:-.g Convention, a
removal OF the vcsiises Of slavery which
still :lisg!.'"e cur Constitution and give The
lie IL Tie Fundamental proposition of the Dec
%laraIion %. Independence. We hope all who
dssirc'he equality ofPolNicul Rights in our
Srate may act together 10 secure that end,
leaving each man free n act on all other
questions as he shall think proper.
-BW 10 The events of3Sll:
The rival candidates formally nominated
for President OF The United States were four
Henry Clay. Wing; james h. Polk, Loco
Foco; James G. Biraey, Liberty and john
Tyler. The latter soon withIfe" from the
canvass, throwing in for Polk Now 1t WAS a
moral certainty that eEher Clay or Polk must
be elected. Nobody pretended TO believe
there was the COST Of a chance for Blrney.-
By contiBuine il the field he nigh hi defeat mai
on. Of The two real candidates peo-
pie preferred ; bnt he was not able to Obtain a
single Electoral vpie. nor even to stand sec
oul best in 4 single Congressional District OF
III. whole Union. What then was The duty OF
sincere, uuseI6sh opponents of Slavery!
'.Messrs. Clay and Polk were both residents
If Slave States aud slavrholdcrs-oi course
pe-Sonaily objectionable TO AboiItlorIsis-
There was no desire or c:lurt on the wbIs side
f6'dsny it. But Mr.. PvIn had through lille
s1oan himself i devoted. un'lrin3 champion
Of the Slave Power in It's widest and WORST
IN Iven,ch;s-had even voted III a minority oil
81 against a Shareholders proposition That our
G~;vrrnmen: should act more effectively a.
r,:nst the African Slave Trade. lie was au
ADVOCATE Of the GIg Laws AMI every Insane
usurpaiicn of S~lasery. lie was the open,
ag jwed champion ofihe Annexation Of Texas
TO Ills Ccuntry. incrNasin: the Stare REGION
by Il superir.cs equal to The ten Northern
States. Mr. Clay had avowed himself une-
uuiyocally hostile 10 this vital measure. I'M
less The free consent of Mexico and OF every
norton of our own Cunfcdcracy should FIRST
be h,d. He e.sr declared. in bis fnal letter
OIL he subject. published Oci. Is, that he was
nat oa.y opposed to Annexation as IN Itself
".Esg07oraMs" and dangerous TO the integrity
Ollie Union" hut that. if all objections were
removed Inc did not believe it could he effect
ell upon Just and admissible cond!tions'-
C,I;i man ask nolc
Here ;he case so far asSlavery and Lib
er:y was concerned. Mr.. Folks election was
morally certain 10 carry Annexation along
with il; Mr.. Ciay's would ensure the defeat
OF tint measure, unless i, might atsoTe future
time he accomplished with the free consent
of Mexico aud nrall parts of,he Union-wliich
OF course il could not 50 lous as Texas her.
s,if ,hoalA see e. 10 be cursed with Slavery.
Now how ought an honest, zeaious oppo-
Iert az SIavery 10 vose IN such a case ~
new no,orionsIy could not begin 10 be elected;
CLAY or Polk mnst be; and on the issue hung
the extension Of The influence and power oil
Slavery in our National Councils over 4O0,-
CD square miles of new territory, with the
wight 10 reclaim i~u-itIvcs therefrcm IN our
Fee States, 4 T~Tep1a'~rs2ce IL the U. D.
Ss1a;e, and the eirince of a war with Mexico
IN lis Yindicatiua- Suppose there lad heen
NO Liberty Psr;y, 81 styling itseIi. how would
earnest An;i-Slaver- mea have naturally voted
IN the premises! Can there be two answers
10 this question: Nha has rot smiled at the
blind siupidity Of the fellow who undertook
10 bad out a Ieaky ship. leaving unstopped
IN, hole through which The sea came rushing
ia
Yet the Liberty papers were rot merely
enntcut with urging MI their readers 10 vote
a.a;nsr Clay anl for BirncJ. They mIsrep-
resent Mr.. Clay rs FOR Annexation as much as
Palk WIS. denounced every man who voted
fo- Clay as d traitor 10 Freedom, derided ana
t.isp1raged all The National issues wherein
the Wings were ut variance with the Loco
Foco<, and constantly ieeaed with the most
f.rncious personal Ie;rdy.ion of hir. Clay
Their orators inveighed against him IN Their
s,srches, and there is hardly vice oracrume
OF which he WAS not accused by their cleo
tinasers. some Of whom have been obliged 10
retract Ihsir SANDERS an! pnblisll themselves
librlers since the Election. Al impartial
r.7iins ofihcr Journals would jusl'fythe Goa
%viclion that their djriius object was the de-
fca: Of NJ, Clay.
1t any rate they musih1ve known that this
wan,d he the effect oftheir operations, 1t ciiec-
live 1T all. The Abolition orators aud editors
c1ulL not but know that nine ont of every ten
of heir voters were drawn from the Wing
r-nks, anil so every accession improved the
chances of Polk. If thy got twenty votes
IN a township they did the Loco focos
good service as II they had persuaded nine
Wings TO vote directly for Polk.
Seeing that these things were SC. is 1t a won
dr. that The honest, the candid, who mean
Abolition and not Loco Focoism. began tC
doubt aud to marveil-lhat they listened &c
Cass;rs II. Clay and began to take ground II
favor Of voting directly and effectively agains
Alacxaiion! They did so. And just attbi
J%uaciurc Mr. james G. Birney left his hom'
in Nichigan-wbere it became n candidate
r.. President to renaiu The mon,h before
E'cciion-and AN. down by Ohio. through
this State, and diahout. We heard of his max
iAg a Speech on Lake Erie Of which the OBJ
jet, the manifest purpose. was 10 defeat Mr.
Clay. We next hearl of bim in the cars
between Buffalo and Albany confdential'y
whispering with le aiding Loco Focn managers
and Specializing as 10 lie prnba!le effect o
the Abolition vote on the result in OHIO. nc