The northern tribune. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1847-1855, 1848-02-21
The Lincoln County Anti-Slavery As
ISOLATION.

Jay diiu w c0AcSody, IuC Aotii uho AVN A'Ao''
The call had invited all who were friends to
Anti Slavery to assemble-of course giving
the idea that this meeting was not TO be
Liberty Party meeting, but a meeting OF the
friends of emancipation generally, meeting
in which all were to meet on common ground
but instead of its being such a meeting, the
Liberty Party Leaders took the affair into
their own hands and made it complete Lib
erty Party Convention they even went so far
as to take up a collection to aid the friends of
the Maine Liberty Association. Now we are
willing that the Liberty Party should hold as
many meetings as they please, but they have
no right to humbug people by calling gener-
al Anti Slavery meeting and then make that
meeting Liberty Party meeting. This is at
tempted deception-we say attempted, be-
cause we do not suppose that any one who is
familiar with the course pursued by these
leaders, could be deceived by any call they
might make. We are glad, however, that
course, and consider it in the same light that
we do.
The speeches to which we listened in the
Convention, with two or three exceptions, to
which we shall allude hereafter were charac-
terized with much more cand0r than is usually
manifested on such occasions. The speeches
to which we took the most exceptions were
those made by Mr.. Vinton of Paris, and Mr..
Davis, the Liberty Party Agent for the State.
That of the former was windy, bombastic
affair, containing many absurdities calculated
to raise a smile, but demanding no serious at
tempt to rebuke them. The only thing he
seemed to consider necessary in order to purify
the church, was that its mewlbers should vote
for the Liberty Party candidates; voting for
zach candidates he evidently considered the
sum and substance of all religion and doubt
less he believes that that will be the only quail
ifcation required for admission to heaven
Mr.. Davis accused the Wings of voting against
the bill for direct tax, offered by Mr.. Will
mot, because they wished the war to continue,
that the public debt might accumulate TO such
an extent that high tariff would be necessa-
ry to pay it off. The gentleman probably did
not recolect, or if he did, did not choose to
ton 1t, that the Wings haze @la0ays opposed d.
rect taration, and that there is no necessity of
their voting now for thing which would be
thrown in their teeth and used against them,
when the same object can be attained in
another way. Again, Mr.. Davis, though the
Agent of the party that claims to be the
christian party, the only party whose men,
bers can be CONSTANT christians-(for such is
the doctrine upheld in one of the resolutions
passed by this very meeting)-this Mr.. Davis,
we say standing as one of the embodiments of
christianity, was guilty of gross injustice to
Mr.. Webster, whether wilfully so, or through
ignorance, it is not our duty to inquire, for the
guilt is great in one case as the other, for no
man has the right to assail another for what
he knows nothing about. He gave the i'm
preston that Mr.. Webster had lodged the
question on the Ten Regiment bill, aohen no
sote had been taken on that bill; the votes taken
in Mr.. Websters absence from his seat, and
while he was enSaSeu III Tie supreme court,
being merely an amendment. lie was very
severe on Mr.. Webster for thus being absent.
although he was where he could have been
summoned in few moments, had any import
ant vote been about to be taken; but he did
not condescend to inform the audience that
while that bill has been under discussion, and
liable to be pressed through every day, Mr..
Hale, his candidate for the Presidency, and
the man for whom all true christians are cal
led TO vote, has been away hundreds Of miles