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The "Home League"--the Last Hope Of The Slavocracy

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Parent Issue
Day
9
Month
May
Year
1842
Copyright
Public Domain
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Mu. Eui'roR: - I have been deairuua for some ni' past, ti sa y ;i word 3n the newest and Inicst JONrfPlllACY for.ihe support ofSLAVKRY, oinnvmly Jinown by ihe name of ihe "I1O.MK I..KAGUK." But occupied as I have been, for oiir w:e!%s pnst. (havinc lectuied '27 times in Ü8 l.-iys) J have louml linie leisure fur writing. I aniH rlntl to sec, however. thut sorne of our l'tieadji: i ivo L'ivt'it fhe subject thciratter.tion. and are tnkii2 the riiiln view of the caso. JgM 'n is r'iL'lit in crilling it a im;jJ lliunj Clui li is unquestioivibly all that, and nis is ti.it tlift worst ft.-uugj e plot, It is ly minptc I nml (ljfi f iluf cjton s,r. ta.Rafl 'd the eof'on MdttftictircrsÈ orih, for the purposö it öxcludirig. nt thflH nu raw cottons of he E'ist In leM cotton mnnu'nc'ured f-ii)d of Iviro]M i' me.ins, and by this t ns on'y. cH ory be naintained at ilio Suuth. for tctl ftore. nnd perhnps. if th tilt cmilil c.iH tnr ;i Inlf a centnry longer. U.).' not knö -v luis licen httd in;i pi-.n-I ïirncdat tlic moetings of p!nn?ers ¦ n AI.I re ilie plan of tlie ;iHOME LKAdlJi'V'B iie-ietf'! and p oMiulned? llnve we not vvH ;ilarm of the yoiiih, nt the importntiorfH tis nt Boston? Do no' sl:ive!iol)erB ürfcntly well, that 'Iiey me destined ! Inslish ni'irket, in ihe s;ime w.iy.' Atiá liow can they mninttiin slavery tinlc. s the ':3H unrUnt for cvton enn be 'iticicnsei!- duubM And Inw is this to bo donë, without theïH ision of foreiyii tnanufao tun.'d cottons? I"t ïis not iorect tint tr jist s;protective ta- riflf1' v:i8 forced upon us i ihoun, wi h precisely this ul.-or. (Jut ¦ ivJusinoiw Nnrtii w ïhin thcJndoleatSoui1:. nn 1 tnisttnjj Knlish innrkct, while h: crushed northoni man!i'ii::iii es. hc s.ibsequcnt'.y i! ,u ui IcíI nbnnilorvment of the poiicy I'ut circtimstanüe8 have n-jiv ch-infd. The Eriglish market is about ttf be Ijs', to tho Sdjüthsrn jjlanter, ond India cottons c itnitii int;) ]st'ui! It is fóuild too, thnt New Kn_'l n 1 riinh facturera cm Hvc. larift' or m Uii.T. An:l behöld; the dounnd for a hití tnrilT c i:nes to ns n:re cirly.nnd more loudlj' fruin AU ib i:ni 'h-in from Misricnuséi's! The n ,xt X itlonnl Liberty Convention. I hopo will fec-1 e-illeJ up m liy ex B'.ing factsj to declaro i rs hos'.iliiy ii) anv arrnngement by whtch a :"le:ttrne" s'inll he enieeëd into, hétweén theco'.ton gruwer and the C)tion munuf.icturer and consum¦r. for the suppart.df tho sluvc cotton cdture - ' Such n 'Me.-igui;'' I nm persmded is repintad in Hjua'vén. ns n léngué ar.iii;s' humnnity airl against O i.. I trust in Mis Providenca i-tfit "the cJve nunt with deuh Ihall le dis mir.tüed. nnd thit the agreement w.tii h. li Bnall not s:nnd." And ':I tremble fVir my cmrrv wliiii I rcilect" that an ;overn.win: se )itro" nny prove nece-Biry to "sweep away th rófuge of lies." Thcre is not)in% 1 an pcrauiidud. in tlie tncwéS of the Colontziiion 3i:!n;i', [dicêptive nnd Janüs-faced :isitis.] - notliinj in i'l the Itistorjr'glvérfby Wn. Joy, oi ihé su'isei vic'icy of the sl;vé poxv r. tint can o:]mi1 thé U t "i i in and the 3 rvi ity t!iT. is wratt I up iri ihiásarhe "Amertoin ifoie Leig'ie." The inveniiini uf -hc coiton tn was not nvre falal to me slave ih-in vou!d bc the adop'i in of iliis policy. by ubuliünniais. Such. at lenst, are ov.'ii iir;n un 1 ,'enled conviriions. And I am amazed that our friends in Ohio and Indiana do not seem thus to rcirird it. Thé present period is one oi'extreme de'icicy nnd hizird tij our new rfedged Liberty Party, on account of this subject Ifwemakea fnlse sfep herc, all is lost. for the )resji!t. arid wc musit báck oiif, and betfin all ¦irsew. To hiich our Liberty P.irty to a hiffíi Tarill'. is to hitch it to tho t:ar of ihe Slaye Power! Let the Lil'fi.-ty pirty men onre eet into tliis "home" 'ever. nn 1 not a few of the:n. I n:n fully pe'raiui'led, wpuidboTt n:uórn Bimey tickot. and ¦s tor IJt'üiy Cliy. if th-3 elecion sïiouM run elose. rntliftr thnt sw ;heir n -ilicy defented. [t woul ! bc hke tho Nntionnl Bink contest of ly'i. Lat Ü3 cruard aiïtiirist it in due seaaon.-

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