Ypsilanti sentinel. [volume] (Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co., Mich.) 1843-1900, 1845-11-05
THE SENTINEL
YPsILANTI. WEDNESDAY NOV. 5. Is45.
TERMs-$l,5O Cash in Advance,
PoI1rIcs OF TIE .L1nKnrx PAnry..,-W.

! PoLITIcs OF THE "LIBRRTy PARry."-Wc
have for some weeks attended to give our views
Of the probable drift Of sentiment entertained by the
the leaders Of the SO called Liberty Party, on mat.
ters not connected with slavery.
II canno. have escaped The observation of every
one. tina, the policy of that party has ever been,
unco"mi.'ed on every subject except aboi,on.-
|, is true. than when close pressed, they have spo-
ken largely of the immense extent of their lone
dea," and have taken shelter behind vast ar.
ray Of imposing aud formidable sophsms. win CHI
from the latitude of their cons' rucIion mean moth
ing at all, but in every instance they have either
waived or lodged positive declaration, and left
their opponents as much as ever IN ignorance of
their actual principles. Ask them their opinions
IN regard To the mode OF collecting the revenues
the answer is, Uuiversal Liberty aud the Rights
of Man. Ask them their views Of the pocy OF
distributing the Public Domain among the differ.
em States; the answer Is sill the same. Tell
| Ih m this is the general sentiment of all parties.
and ask Them to be more specific ; the only reply
is, 's not universal liberty and the rights of man
comprehensive enough for all 7 To this we GER
taiuly answer yes. No one will deny that But
there is something more required than This bald
declaration. The Wings claim TO advocate thus
| Liberty aud these rights, aud We. Liberty men
| see proper to support different organizaiion.-
The Democrats, claim to support this Liberty and
these rights. and vel we both differ widely from
them. Ii requires then something more specific
IN the shape of declaration Of measures, to en-
| able us TO determine whether we had better unite
ourselves to such party. Such general princi.
plies may properly be called The constitution of "a
party while The detailed measures are the Bye
Laws, and serve to show US how the constitution
Is Interpreted by the party. On these depends its
Claims To the suffrage of an unbiased mind. We
are willing then, TO admit. what the "Lbrrly Party"
| claims. they viz. that DESTROYS Of promoting
universal Liberty aud The fullest enjoy menls of all
The inalIenab,e sights of InaU, CONSISTENT with the
present state OF sOcieiy aud admitting this We shall
proceed TO search Out, from such clues as their
writings .flord us, their understanding Of these
rights and The measures best calculated to ensure
their enjoyment.
One of these clues, and very distinct one, we
have in a recent letter of Mr.. Birney in answe r
TO the question, "are YOU in favor of hqndalIng Inc
public debt By the sale of the uorks belonging the
Stote." Hts reply Is. -
/ The Stale has no business rith the Public
lnnrksr L maui, ,lu.v Ia 6,l6i,..d III is
Drought 10 prevent one man from trespassIng the
rights Of auoihcr. What mpre can | ask of the
Siae-what can any rcasousate man ask Of il
than that he should be proec:e in The exercise of
all his faculties without molestation? Lex every
public work be undertaken by those tina, haze The
means Let every loss fall on them, aud every
advantage be gained by them. As soon as good
piice Is offered for the Public Works, let
them be Sold in part payment of our State debt
Let the State afterwards, and as quickly as posi-.
ole, be broaght to the simple duty haze already
indicated and let it henceforth. cease from any
connection. phaterer, ph works, be they public or
prirdte.
10 guarantee The rights OF its citizens, then,
according to Mr.. BTney. from The overeaching
monopoilsng. spirit ofhose who have the means
the Stafe has no power. II it can, by retaining
possession ot Il rOad, canal, wharf, or anything
else. secure The most equal division Of lis benefits
! to the entire community, sill il must not /; for The
State has no business with public works. The
only duty OF The Stale, according 10 this high
thorhy Consists in securing each individual IN The
enjoyment of lis right TO lake the utmost advan.
tage OF every circumstance which birth or fortune
F, has cast il, his favor. If he he among the hum.
bic, the State of which he Is part cannot COLI
descend 10 assist his small abilities. by exercising
the ownership OF works of public Improvement
which may be made to affect materially his pecu-
mary interests; for its duly is to project those
who have the means 10 make private properly
of such works, from his ageressions. The pecu-
liar duty of the Stale, in a word, according To Mr.
Birney, is to see that violence is committed, g.
nothing done to prevent the quiet, orderly, excer-
else Of whatever faculties of bargaining, aud what
facilities for obtaining wealth and power, each one
may possess regardless Of The fact. that, soc-
ETY. is constituted, such policy would leave the
majority Of mankind TO be The prey aud the victims
of The cunning aud avarcious.
Mr.. BIrney, in his radical Calhounisn, does
not even except State House Prison. He
would have lhose who have the MEANS doubtless.
erect these buildings, renting the former for the
use ofIhe State, and since criminals have f"rfrIed
their oron rights why should not ihose who have
the means take private possession Of their labor