New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-04-01

,he a., A. n-asen,I can ace bu, one psusibe reason
why distinct political organization should exist ~
son TO the two treat parties ss tha, TO vote with party
ada nm In oart of shareholders. and greatly unoer nei
control would BIO recognize practically the iegiiina
20 OF Slavery. and thus Aboonists, by ther votes
,uid Five The lie 70 their professions. Now II this OBJ
lection good against party action II douby so against
acting politically under the government Shareholders
constitute part Of our Government Our national po
cy has been and now IT, dictated by them Livery law tnat
;nstituted-every resolution that adopted-ever a
preparation that is made, ia done By the joint cooperation
OF slaveholders and under Government that throws s
broad shield before the bloody system If an Aooiron'
ist cannot with the parties out of the government
much less they act with them under the government
regret to perceive that some OF the Liberty par
ty men regard this effort to restore the sht OF SUI
frage to the coored people OF this State as very IN
significant afiair-somethiDg hardly worthy the Ell
fort of philanthropists-som too low 10 claim
the labor of Abotonists whose efforts should oe di'
rected against Slavery and not De turned asoe 70 &C
compsh other objects But 10 It not the eernhale o.
iect OF the Abotonists TO abolish every feature Oh a
very North as well South In the councils oil our ma
ton New York Is shorn Of half her moral strength OF
the Slave question in consequence OF the
her own citizens It's salve TO the slave ho!ders coz
sciepce I. il an insignificant, affair indeed to wipe from
our Statute Books every vesge OF Slavery Is not ne
manufacturing of thousands OF voters inuu
ence will necessarily be given 70 the cause OF eancpa
tion-an item of importance to movement WHICH
bases the success of s action upon the numoer OF lls
votes This number Of votes, thrown at no uloant
day with that party which would bear the u
emancipation might modify the poltcs OF ms otae,
and In the councils Of the nation the hand Of NeWio rk
might mould the political form of the nation
A sound policy no less than just and equitable
principles Of action demand the Abolliioniss 10 Skill
fully direct their influence in the approaching can
vass for delegates to the convention that heasy
blows may be dealt upon prescription and slavery. OF
just in proportion the colored citizens oil Ne"
deprived of equal political privileges are lney SUI
iected 10 the condition of slavery. III they are not re-
duced to actual marketable merchandising chattel
slaves-it is because the slaveholdng principe when
has knocked from beneath his feet part OF ms en's
has not sufficient hold upon the popular feeling 10 toll
erate complete abrogaton OF all his nights Inc iron
of slavery has entered HE body and only requires an
increase of the savehodng sentiment-a reduction OF
this false cruel and wicked principle i ultimate ana e-
Ultimate resuts 10 place the thorny of slavery
on his head The question now TO be decaeo 10 not one
of an ordinary character 1t Is not one that VIII come
up again for action for perhaps half a century The
question now to settled by thetreemen OF the state is
shall portion of our citizens be longer prescribed
shall those who require and are entitled to our s
and protection any longer suffer from the unjust anu
unequal provisions of organic law i-sha chatter
slavery the very high wines oppression the blight and
mildew upon our republican institutions, the Dehlah
shearing the church of its holy ZEAL strength and inu
ence the stone Of stumbling TO human happiness ana
human progression the pased hand upon our national
prosperity honor glory, and influence these say are
the momentous questions to be decided.
will not deny that many years since, was IN
strumenta in bringing into form and life this Liber
wrongs and outrages TO which the slaves and nom'-
nally free people Of color were subjected ! was IL
splred with an enthusiasm felt that something must
be DONE and that too, Immediately Inc parties were
TOO tardy for my strong feelings The convictions oil my
own Judgment were impressed upon the under
standing OF my strong minded but now deceased rcno
Myron Holly whose vigorous pen, great moral intceriy
and powerful influence soon embodied them into po-
tca organization. But short experience, however,
convinced me that was In saw clearly that In
democratic government, the laws were but the expo
ucnt of the popular sentiment-tha laws Instituted in
advance of this feeling would be dead letter upon the
Statute Book and could not be maintained 1t was evi-
dent to my mind that the great difficulty with the Aoo-
ltonists their Experimentation anxiety 10 accom-
pish too much in short space OF tme-their unwiI-
ngness wait the legitimate workings oil those great
truths they cast into the OF popular thousht-hey
sought harvest the day that their seed was sown-
They not satisfied Nth their political influence 'chch
cas alcays Uastiv greater than their numerical srengh en-
titled them TO recepe 1t appeared plain to my mind that
the reason why neither OF tho political parties OF this
State and Nation did not unite with, but opposed tne
grca, and democratic thought that lay at the foundation
of the Anti Slavery movements, was that the religious
political commercial manufacturing, social and other
departments of society were mutually connected OF
all human influences to govern the actions OF men, these
are the strongest These classes strongly imbued
with asympahy for and attachment to the slavehold
er Having but little knowledge of the slave they were
indifferent regards his rights wants and suternGs-
AS the mirror reflects the obecto before it. 80 did the
politics of that day, the sentiments OF the people ihe
weathervane does not indicate, with more certainly the
direction Of the wind the thermometer the condition
of the atmosphere than do politics the will and progress
of the people. An ancient poet declared that as the
Times change men change with them
This is emphat!cally true regards political parties
proof of this proposition 1t is only necessary to aude
tho great changes which have taken place in our laws
In relation 10 the Slave trade lotteries and excise From
the present and past history OF nations 1t was apparent
10 my mind that the people of all countries ever had
BEEN now arc and in all probability will be divided
into great parties arising from opposite views In re-
ation to national pocy-that each OF these parties VIII
rFinrin yrhi ht4
evolved from time time by the people, according to
the radicsl conservative elements which these new
embrace-that the one party would mould the
action of the government to subserve the interests OF the
smallest possible number and the other would seek 10
harmony with the law of progress and REFORM TO disrl
butte the benefits and advantages Of to the
people the whole people the conclusion that
one Of these parties would embody in its creed and action
lust as much of the change and fast the public mind
became imbued with the new views. Alter mature de-
liberation became fully convinced that the wing party
was the exponent Of the AnSlavery mind the advocate
the rights of the slave and the representative OF his
cause and that the Democratic party the represen
taiivc of the slaveholdng interest and vii! be until the
shareholders sacrifice every national interest ana pocy
10 promote protect and maintain their" Peculiar iasttth-
TONS 1t farther evident to my mind that this insti-
tuition the growth OF ages, with its ifeblood circulating
through every vein in the body polite could not be over
thrown in a moment. Every one must see that so far
as political action is concerned, II could not be abolished
by the Liberty any other party until constitutional
majority of the electors of the country were mbued with
tbe amir, of Emancipation When tina, time comes a
Liberty party will not be needed Then by a law as
fixed and mmutsbe that which causes the water to
roll down the precipce the ghtnnes to leap from the
clouds that political majority will signify its will upon the
Statute Books in the form OF law.
To institute party to abolish evil or to secure one
good is less philosophical than to add fifth wheel to
coach which would all add TO its friction.
impede its velocity and greatly endanger the safety OF
who might ride therein Every vote that the Abo
tionss shall cast for the nominees of the Liberty party
will greatly prejudice the rights OF colored citizens
and jeopardso the interests of the slave 1t may-nay
there Is great fear that would throw the
power into those hands which will spurn their claims
and disregard their rights the natural allies OF the
stakeholder they did in the Convention OF ls2l to re-
wise the Constitution.
in view Of circumstances like these that induced
me In 1874 identify myself with the Wing party do
hope sincerely that there are but few Abeonsts
who will allow themselves TO vote against our cause
against the extension othose political rights and immu
mites coored citizens not only to which they are
justly entitled but which the progressive voice Of this
generation and the genius of institutions mperayey
demand should be secured them Let the friends Of
the African ensamp their holy principles upon
~ class and party-e. them scatter information broad
cast andlet the public heart and conscience
be appealed while its head is being enlightened and
then cast their for those who will labor
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