Litchfield enquirer., 1845-12-11

rnlse;rus knawicaRe ofmen ana associailcRs 81 men
10 knux that his party occupiss jas' the Pos's''"
Go becOme the receptacle Of the Disappointed, The
dsaecled. end The Tvrrscd. Of b"sh the great par
ties ii the country This has been and will be the
misfortune Of all third-parties-and thousands ct
currupt asyirants have joined themselves with
vvhat the Freeman would call 4" feeble, maligned
and despised minority" for the express purpose OF
thereby rising into plare and power; and we can
al, attest that they have been too frequently Success
t,a. The little factions which are constantly
sprineing mp in our State and nation. are usually
well supplied with men Of this stamp-and they
generally contrive 10 keep up an organization I'M
til some few of the leaders are bought of, M
less previously dis,nembered by internal qUarrels.
And vet the Freeman, in endeavoring to establish
the claims OF its partizans to the rank Of martyrs
to principle. graveiy tells Us that '' men whose
motive power is thirst for Office, do not abandon
parties that are already in the ascendant evident
ly soon to be So to unite themselves in good faith
with feeble, malgned add daspised minority!
Again--the whole of its labored reply to our re-
marks about the one "mighty argument" Of the
Liberty Party is lost upon We cannot discov.
er its relevancy. We simply believe in pursuing
course of action which we have every reason to
suppose will be productive Of the greatest Gm""nt
of good and not in adher,ng TO and acting upon
blind abstraction when we knob our course can
result in nothing but coil.
The Freeman denies that its party loses sight of
other interests" and contends that Liberty Men
know the sentiments OF Mr. Birney on all the great
questions Of natl nal policy. Well-why does not
the editor give them to the public? We never
yet conversed with man of any party who could
tell us what that genileman's ideas were on any
subject-except abolition. Come, Mr.. Editor. out
with them! But in the next breath. the Freeman
calls these "other interests Bank, the Ta-
riff, Notification, &c.," hunabwg issues" and
"the miserable clap-traps Of pro-slavery parties "
Nothing but abolition! The public will please
remember this.
We are willing the Liberty Party should be
judged by its fruits-and what are they! Will
any body tell US? This is the true touch-stone
We cannot better conclude than by quoting the
words Of Daniel Webster, in his late Faneul Hall
Speech. Their candor and point will commend
them to all.
"lt will be admitted 10 be general principle of
morals, that every man who fOrseeS an evil and
can prevent it, and does not choose to prevent il
is himself responsible for that evil There could
not have been a man in the Tinted States who did
moi see that in withholding his vote from the Wing
candidate for President ard Vire FresideIt
the choice Of these LocofocO candidates must
inevitably result in the Annexation of Texas Il
Was il not proclaimed from every hilltop? II
was told to MIR. Birney and his followers again and
again: .. II the Wing candidate is chosen, Texas
is out and ynu know it il he is not chOsen Texas
is in. and you know it,"
But they said, 81 We do not vote for Mr.. Polk"
Very welt. But you had the means Of preventing
the annexation Of Texas; you knew your own
power BY joining those as anxious as YOU are, or
You profess to be, 10 prevent it, Won could pre-
vent it. II YOU did not join them it would take
place. You did not join them and il did take !
place. !
Gentlemen, this is subject on which I have |
deep feelng-very deep feeling; and I think il |
must stand on the pages Of history the recorded
judgment of mankih |, that those among US who
asservated themselves to he in peculiar and
marked degree. friend. to universal liberty. have
by their own deliberate at fastened the chains Of
slavery on great portion. # the black race over
vast extent of this continent 1t IL to me he most
mournfnl and most awful reflection.
L know that thousands Of gentlemen WHO took
such course, say that they meant well They
meant we'll! I am not 10 scrutinize their motives,
they must answer for those elsewhere-hnt be-
seech them, now, not to fall into another such
mistake"