American Anti-slavery Society

A special meeting of Ihis Society was Jately held at PhÜadeiphia. Some resohitions respecting ihe Liberty Party were prescnted by the Business Comnnt!e, but were vvithdrnwn, and the resolutiona on poJiUcal acteon vere dopted: "Resolved, That we enrnesf?y exhort all aboütionists not to bc eeáúecá into ihe support of any candida'te for any office, connected with aoy legislarlo, on the pretext t-hat etich oandidnte is favoiable to the right of petition forfreemen, or opposed to Ue admission of Texas, or to tlie encroiiehments of soutliern slavehoiders n northern riglit?, iuapmiich ns these questioos. taken altogetlver, are of sMffli importaijce in compari.-on with ile greatqnes tien ofslavery Uself; nnd we tlierefore recotn mend that suc!i candi:Tes receiye no suppor directiy or indirectly, frotti abo!itioiiist6, un Jes9 tbey pnbücly nnd uneqnivocally avn themselves favorable to the ahrogaiion of a laws and cotitimtional provisions, wbicli re quiro the aid of public ofrVerr, or private citr zens, for rctainiiig human beins in a state c elavery. Resolved, That neither tliis Society, no its ofBcial orpan, will undertake to nrrscnb or recotnmeml to iis moi.ibcrp, what cours of political action thpy shall pursie furthe than they vote for none who o not come u to the standard indicnied in the iorogoinp res olntion; nor will we condemn or oppo.se an; mode of political action, vvhich shall be con sistentwilh that standard." We comineiid t.his acfion of tlie Societ to the notice of" 'Ijoí-e Whig politicians who have been praiüing ihe liberal spirit of ihe old fashioneü aboütionisis.by way of contrast with the narrow-mindec'ness of the Liberty party. It wilí be seen that ihey require, fe the candi - tlaces tbey support, precisely tho 6ame antiskvery principies that the Liberty party do. Tlie only dilTerence betwëen us i?, thot they nre eeeking for sucli candidates among proslavery politicians where (faey cannot be found; while we have abandonad the fruitless chase, and expect to find those who will properly repreteut os oly among ourselves.