The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1855-04-19
For The National Era.
TO THE RADICAL POLITICAL ABoLITIONIsTs

We are few-but we are not therefore tc
cease from our work. Work for a good cause,
be that cause popular or unpopular, must be
work to the end.
Our undertaking. as radical political Abolli-
tionists, is to remove Slavery from the national
Territories by means of our national political
power, and to remove it from the States also, by
means of the same power, whenever the States
themselves shall refuse to remove it. For the
success of this undertaking we must depend.
under God, upon ourselves. OF all the political
parties, there is but one to give US counte-
nance-and that one is, in point of numbers,
quite insignificant.
The Wing and Democratic and Know Moth
ing parties are each made up of shareholders,
as well as non-slaveholders; and hence, the
condition of their continued existence is, that
they shall not attack Slavery. Members there
are, of each of these parties, who are opposed
to Slavery. But for any one of these parties
to assail Slavery, would be to dissolve itself.
The Free Soil or Independent Democratic par
ty is, we cheerfully admit, on Anti-Slavery par
ty. Nevertheless, it denies the right of the
Federal Government to touch Slavery in the
States; and, sad to say, it admits the constitu-
tonal authority of every STAKEHOLDER to claim
every State Government for its slave-catcher.
The American AntiSlavery Society, or Garri-
son party, like ourselves, labors, within the linn
Its of moral suason, to abolish Slavery but,
unlike ourselves, it employs no political power
TO this end. What is still worse, it seeks to
separate the free States from the slave States,
and to leave the slave States, so far as concerns
the political power of the free States, at perfect
liberty to continue their oppression and torture
of the black man. The Liberty party is the
only political party in the land that insists on
the right and duty to WELD the political power
of the nation for the overthrow of every part
and parcel of American Slavery. That little
party not only claims that there is no law for
Slavery, and can be no law for that most sweep
ing of all piracies, but that the Federal Consti-
tuition demands the abolition of all American
Slavery, State or National
Circumstanced as we are, brethren, is it not
our duty to come together, for the purpose of
enlightening each others minds, and cheering
each others hearts, and Strengthening each
others hands? We believe that it is, and
hence we take the liberty to propose that a
Convention of the radical political Abolition
lists of all parts of the country be held in SYRIA
cuse n. T., on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thurs
day, the 10Th, 9th, and 2Sth days of next
June
We think it especially important, that the
Convention be attended by all who are accus-
TONED to lecture in behalf of our principles,
and by all who are disposed to embark in such
lecturing. The occasion will be very favor
able one for rendering themselves more able
and more useful in this department of labor.
Nearly twenty years ago, a Convention of Anti
Slavery Lecturers was held in the city of New
York, with very good effect.
1t is to be hoped that measures will be adopt
ed at the proposed meeting for obtaining means
nd 10 MI
ton of periodicals devoted to our cause.
LEWIS TAPPAN.
WILLIAM GooDELI.
GERRIT SMITH.
S. S. JoCELYN.
w. +. WHITING.
JAMES McCUNE SMITH.
GEORGE WHIPPLE
FREDERICK DOUGLASS.
ADTI T. 1855