James G. Birney

"We learn from the Boston Emancipa tor, that Mr. Birney is now on a visit to Massachusetts, where he will address a considerable number of County meetings before the election on the fifth of November. He will be received with that regard and esteem which his mental anc moral qualifications secure to him wherever he is known. We presume the fol loving manly sentiments from the pen o Elizur Wright Jr. nearly express the feelings of Liberty men gcnerally in ref erence to the course they would wishec pursued by him whom they have selectec for the highest ofiice which the people can bestow. "The voice of the largest Convention ever assembled in behalf of the slave has put forward Mr. Birney, as a fit representative of anti-slavery principies, anc a leader worthy of the glorious struggle in which we are engaged. They put him forward, not as a. man of straw, or a deac man, or an aèstraction, but as a living Itero, who has done much, and can do more, tooverthrow the slave power - who, to do the work of a second Washington, has all the courage, generalship, dignity, patriotism, and self-devotion of the first. He has been raised up and qualified by Divine Providence, for this great work, in a most marvellous manner - posterity will hee it, whether the bat-eyed of this géneration do or not - for in the first place, one of the most extraordinary men of the age, (the author of "Slavery as ü 5,") was commissioned to pour the truth into his ears, when a slave-holder in Alabama. By this truth he was arrested in the full tide of a most lucrative profession and the most seducing prospects of political elevation. He honored the truth,and not only set free his slaves, but devotec his life to the overthrow of American slavery. In the prosecution of his angelic enterprise, he has broken the ties that bound him to an immense circle of slaveholding relativos and friends, has endurec reproach, toil, loss of goods, has faced furious and murderous mobs, has been dogged for weeks, by threats of assassination and has never fiinched from duty one hair Of Henry Clay's $1,200,000,000, he has said to .$20,000, "Ye dollars, coined such by iniquitous and piratical legislation stand up in the shape of immortal men and seek your happiness in that inalienable liberty for which God designed you;' and thus he made himself poor. Pressec by this poverty, and with some natura shrinking of the spirit, perhaps from tha blackguard cry of officc-seelcer, ojice-seek er, which was sure to be poured out upon him from a million of pro-slavery throats after his nomination by the little "forlorn hope" Liberty party of 1840, ne retirec to labor with his own hands upon a wik farm in Michigan - but not to idleness or insulation in the great cause, as the Legislature of that State can testify. I, foi one, rejoice that he will not let the nomiuation seal his lips. Abolitionists too pure to do anything practical, or rathei too feeble-hearted to sufier reproach, may unite with the blacklegs of Southern-trade gambling, or the still rneaner panders of a pro-slavery gospel, and say what they please. Grant all they say - grant Birney to be mercenary and ambitious, anc electioneering for himself, if he has FAITH to regard a conquest over slavery,and the establishment of justice, as the preferable road to wealth and glory, I, for one, plant myself by his side. I pledge my life and sacred honor, and I would my fortune if I had one, to stand by him anc act by him as long as he continúes to aim at glory in that way. As to men's motives, I am not clear-sighted; I only inquire which way their tracks tend. Do they act right principies, as well as profess them? If they do, their hearts may well enough be left to the Great Searcher. I would have stood by Crornwell, 1 would stand by O'Connell, were I in Ireland - and I amaRepealer here. Some hcroic man, and I think 'ít will be James Gillespie Birney, will take his place in history, as reviled and hated by the lordJings, underrated and suspeeted by the poor miserable shrink-aways of his generation, who has yet to lead his country to a victory over despotism, which will be brilliant through time. Such a man, I say, will be written down, or our country will rot. I go for that man. Don't you. free citizens of Massachusetts? If you do, come up from the your dells, and clown from your hill-tops, andhear Birney." QJ The Anti-Liberty Party Abolilionists of Massachusetts, feeling the necessity of some kind of political action, have resorted to the old exploded system of questioning the candidates for office of thé slavery parties. They answer, as might be expected, very smoothly. and will act, as the slave-holders shall díctate. The "Península Star" is the name of a paper, of which we have received the first number, published at Masón, Ingham County, Mich. It advocates Mr. VanBufen's claims to the Presidency, and of course, sustains the Democratie party. However, the Editor promises that he will advocate 'right against wrong. ' This is a commendable determination. - We shall see how truly it will be perfonned.