Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1847-02-05
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hudson Convention Liberty Party.

hleellng House on the 9th, and orpani1ed
by appointing James II. Paine, of paiues.
vile, Chairman. The delegation, | suppose.
was considered good. There were between
three and four hundred persons in attendance.
Inc meeting was announced by the chair TO
be perfectly free-all were invited TO par,ici.
pate In The discussions. This is an improve.
men' Oh the part of our Liberty party friends.
/ was a little astonished at some thinns that
were said and done, which more fullv com.
WINGED me of the ineficiency Of that party for
the overthrow of slavery, Still there were
many noble sentiments uttered; some truly
dignihed views presented, and some good re-
solutions passed. The leading object Of the
convention seemed TO be TO ornaDizo more
efficiently the party on the Reserve. 1t was
argued at great length that the party had but
little stability, that every " Roorback, drew
away Its members, and left them the lauoh-
lng-stock of the other parties. In order 10
6i"d them and keep them continually from
back-sliding, a pledge was proposed that eve.
~ voter should take; so that when election
came, the party, by virtus Of this %talisman,
would be sure of the vote. Edward Wade,
who introduced the pledge, stated that IN
less 1t or something equivalent was adopted,
the party might as well disband. He argued
mat Liberty men were continually being led
to vote for the nominees of the other parties
when they came along with good promises,
&c.
This seemed 10 be the general impression
something mus. be done, and done quick
Iy, or 1t was a gone case. The Wings and
Democrats were bound together, they acted
In concert, so must the Liberty party. | was
surprised to hear thus publicly, and from
Leading men, of the utter instability Of Liberty
party, q the little confidence that could be pla-
ced on the men that had made such high pro-
LESSONS of anti-slavery. Just at this time 'a
change came DER the spirit Of their dream"
Dr. RlchIand, of Geauga co., who p~rofcssed
himself a Liberty party man, having voted
with the party, rose and proposed the follow
ing question, accompanied by remarks -
"|Vha has come TO the party, that it cannot
stand erect without something TO bind it up!
The Wings and Democrats with their low,
paltry, insignificant objects, stand firm, de-
cided and unbroken. How is it that the HUI
man rights party, with their great aGd glori-
Gus principles and objects, are so unstable,
SO easily led aside, that they must have some
thing to keep them together more than their
principles! What is the mailer ,oith The par
ty?" This question was an unwelcome Wis
itor. 1t was one that had TO be met: they
had brought it upon themselves by the posi-
tons they had taken. Hard was it tried TO
evade il, but the fre.brand had been thrown,
it must DO met. l should think nearly a doz-
en- attempted an answer; but each one made
the matter worse. One, to illustrate the ne
cessiiy Of the pledge, and to answer the Dr.,
compared the party 10 a man that rot drunk,
and bored a hole in the fire board as a pledge
that he would drink no more till it should
grow up. Another asked if a cooper ever
made a barrel without hopping it? 1t was
urged, what has come to the party! Are
they drunken men! Are they like the slaves
of a barrel likely to be blown down by every
breeze? The pledge was adopted but the
question was not answered.
In the evening the DIR. answered the ques-
ton himself. lie said it was because of the
party's relation to a pro-slayery church he
showed that while Liberty party men sup
ported pro-slavery ministers and members of
pro-slavery churches as candidates for office,
they needed something to bind them toreth-
er, for principle was gone, their backs were
broken, and they were powerless. lie men.
toned a case as a fair specimen of the posi-
ton OF Liberty men. In Clarendon, there
are thirty Liberty voters; those men pay
$3.50 10 support a prO-savery priest, and not
more than eight or twelve dollars 10 anti
slavery papers, &c. This fact was substan-
tiated by other persons in the meeting. VIVA,
a disclosure in a Liberty party Convention!
We: none oontradicted it. During the inter-
val between meetings the DR.. was freely
charged with being an Abby Kelleyile, &c.
Before the close of the Convention he de-
clared that he could act no longer with the
party, and came over publicly to the Disun-
~ionists.
George Bradburn was present and said
some good things in his own peculiarly for
chile style, and also some things that appear
ed TO me anything but true. He proposed
the following resolution, and spoke at length
in its support;
Resoired, That such is the character, doc
trines and measures of the Liberty party, that
every Wing, Democrat, and true christian,
recognizing the right of human government,
is bound in consistency to support them"
He took the ground that political action
was the only way in which slavery could