The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-05-05

70 the Radical Political Abolitionists
We are few-but we are not. therefore
TO cease our work. Work for q goot
cause, be that cause popular or unpopu
lar, wemust work to the end.
Our undertaking, as radical politica
abolitionists, is to remove slavery from
the national territories by means of oul
national political power, and to remove il
from the States also, by means. Of the
same power, whenever the States shall
themselves refuse to remove it. For the
success of this undertaking, We mus
depend under God, upon ourselves. o.
all the political parties, there is but one
to give us countenance-and that one is,
In point of numbers, quite insignificant
The Wing and Democratic and Know
Nothing parties are each made up ol
shareholders. as well as non slave-hold-
ers; and hence, the condition of their
continued existance 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 dis
solve itself. The Freesoil or Independent
Democratic party is, we cheerfully admit,
an anti-slayery party. Nevertheless, it
denies the right of the Federal Govern
ment to touch slavery in the States; and,
sad to say, it admits the Constitutional
authority of every Shareholder to claim
every State Government for his slave
catcher. The American Anti=Slavery
Society, or Garrison Party, like ourselves,
labors, within the limits Of moral suasion,
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 con-
Germs the political power of the free States.
at perfect liberty to continue their oPpres-
sion and torture of the black man. The
Liberty party is the only polite 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, aud can be no law fol-
that most sweeping of ali piracies, but
that the Federal Constitution demands
the abolition of 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
hands? WebelieYe, that il is, and hence
we take the liberty to propose, that a
Convention of the radical political Abo-
litionists of all parts of the country be
held in Syracuse, N. Y, on Tuesday.
Wednesday and Thursday. the 26th,
9th and 28th days of next June.
We think it especially important, that
the Convention be attended by all, who
are accustomed to lecture in behalf OF
our principles, and by all, who are dis
posed to embark in such lecturing. The
occasion will be very favorable one for
rendering themselves more useful in this
of labor. Nearly twenty
years ago, 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 adopted at the proposed meeting for
obtaining means to sustain lecturers, and
to extend the circulation of periodicals
devoted to our cause.
LEWIS TAPPAN.
WILLIAM GOODELL.
GERRET SMITH
S. S. JOCELYN.
w. E. WHITING.
JAMES McCUNE SMITH.
GEORGE WHIPPLE.
FREDERIC DOUGLASS.
April, 1855.