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Truth m any of ils departmenis, has nollin to fear from discus.-ion. It nniformh tjains by t, even when the discussen is juliciously conductcd. It innkes a lodgmen: wherever it is persevenngly proclaimed. - Henee the advocates oftruíh, moifil, reíigrióus, )')]!ical or ecieníille, liave ever been wnhng to dífcCüss their positi.n.s with their adversariep. But the coasciousness of a bad cause ofien leadsttíe npponents of truth to decline a discussion in whirh lliey can only hope to gain temporarily by the help of favoring cireu,mstances. The Liberty party have over been deeirous of meeting' their opponents through the pa pers or by public debate?, bnt in most cases the onor bas been declincd. Most of tlie pro-gl.ivery Petnocrats preserve on obstinate silence respecting the principies of the Liberty partv, or they openly denounce them witliout enterinnf into eonlroversy. On ihe con trary, the Wliigs, for the most pnrf, lpop up a perpetual distant. canónaHc, and mak5 various deföotislrfttitinii of r.it-.-.cklng nn ootposf here uud thcre, without jpiniug forces on ihc miin point?, and the battle at once to an issue. The leari'st tisey hnve come ti it is in the "Juniiif" traet on Political Abolition. We will discuss the positíon of ihis writer or nny other if they picase. Dr. Bai' ley, of the Cincinnati Daily Herald. haai offèred to discoss the merits with anv daily papei mthat city; and the ETdilor of the Christiar Frrenian, of Hartford, gives notice that he will discuss its positions ihrough his paper, 01 will meet opposing gentlemen in public de bate. In our State, dtiring Ihe past year, the Whig Pres3 hns teemed with arlicles of a superficial character, calculated to prejidice theii rendsca qgaïnpt the Liberty party, without enIfi'ing on liiQ. wfioïe ground. Pei'ip3 Jiot c week Ji.as elapsed, witliout ponrie 11 ing at oui cause, principljes or mensures coming to ui in the mail l'iom our Whig exchanges. Tlx necessity of nolking these attacka will account for our eeeming Uosülity to the Whigsvhüe wo hnve had comparatively less to say ( esperting the avówedly pro-slnvety Demo;rats. Tlie Detroit Advertiser hus been esjecinlly active against us, by a series of short, iisconnected anieles, which were calculated to rejudice conpnoujiity agninst us without liag them at allacquainted with our prominent rincip!es. To ascerlain if the Edilors or the Whig leaders were disposed to substantiale heir allegaiions, the followin note was ad - Iresscd lo the conductora of that paper: A CARD. ! For some time the Advertiser hfcs bestowed jpon the Liberty party, almost daily not ice. Mnny of them cuntnin but untunlr, oihers mve iniih KXPfiBseED nnd svpprrssed in rq' ai jjianíMei', and v i h f-trict imi.aniafny: all tl.em iTf dfèirigêmious, pervprted,nnl the veMèle of iii.srepresentation. The Libeity party Jmsno , ■ra-an in ibis city, and but one in tho State. , Hm', one is read unly by its memben?; the ei y popera will not open their columns to us - '. hus the Adveruser Ka's .1 cloar fiVld, and iö al most ns vnliniU in its olorous asi-ault, is is tlte [odian, wliüe lie tomahsuks the Ibrest tree, md timp boltily vente his íury against a distant enemy. Ii is the merest child's plny for editors witli pen, paper and field rirchisiwly ti-eir own, to mak e out nny cue fnncy or iniwt'si nrwy require; but v'i tiine that puerilities sihoiild ccase and mnnlv act ion begin. , . Does the Advertiser require truth? Is it wülinjr to sul mil the qué'stions bet ween us, to pwbliö jlidWrh'eni? Will it venture to discuss any of the issues, itself has bo vauntinply raised? It's", the:i we hereby pnpose to discuís with its friends, wiik all and everypariy, nll or any pnrt of our cohflicling politics. - Onr opponents mav choose their ownprounds of attsck, lliey inay selrct wliat point or points they plens?, out of the legión ofununswerahle sn& tlic Advertiser has so indügtrioóély piled tip. We wi!l meet them: and in 1 fhir, 1 cundid, a conrtcouí manner, worthy of truth-pceking nd self-respeclin?, republ'cans, we wil) discuss subject s, u::ivers:illy ackuovvledged to be of' oroat interest. In that cafe, we propone to meet them in the City Hal', ;md to continiu' discussion fro ti night to night, as long as may be suitab'.e. Other arraiiyeinentv. mav be imluplly.miide. We' charge tiie Advertiser witii an nlmost total miareprepeiïïation of tis; it sny ivë havo bul "ine ideo;" we will show it somn döjsen; and dar. them to select and state in print, any one of this d zen. which they wonld give up for ihe alióle of iheir six idead code. (That beinfi the precise njinibe'r of "idras" the Ad vertiser nsserïf.) Not. confined to emancipalio, our objeeïs enjbrace every interest dear to tJie naiion, and our disclosures are ever reccivcd with great fuvor, even by thoe who stil] differ from us. The Adverteer laxes us with special hnsiilily to the Wlngs, and with favor lo the Demoorats. We deny the charge. We are cqnally opposed to both parlies - our deeds and speeches are of impartid] hostility to holh. if we ore coerced to greater npparent activity ajrainst the Wbigs, it is becanse of their own iiices=ant wur pon us and llieir unbliiöhing eífrontery jd arrogating to be an anti slavery party. The other party Iets us alone, and has alwaye asserted iis total hostiliiy to abojition. lfthe VVhigp, as a party, were equully hun est, they would secure tlie same apparenl exemption the Demócrata do. We would nol be opliged, as we nw are, to prove the Tact, !v; it br-ing admitied, cjnld Jippenl direcily to the pv"T!!e, rft n fimpleiksiiè'. Vcry mm_v án'dtindnals if:íie Wliig party, are nn'i-.ne rynien, but their .semiineuls find no eclio in the party. If the Whigs will attend our meetings, or read our papers, and not tnke their opiñions óf us frotn a iiostile journa', thev will bedisftbnsëd of may errors. Sliould the chri.-linn be jndged by the wriiintjs ofan infidel? i'o! Nor would we bejudged by the Adver'Jser. S. B. TREADWELL. J. M. DIMOND, V Jackson. L. W1LC0X, S A. L. rORTER, Detroit. -N. M. THOMAS, Kalamazoo. State Central Conunitee. To which the Editors rejoin as follows: ';We publish in inother column, the communication of Messrs. S. B. Treadwell, J. M. Dimond, L. Wilcox, A. L. Porter, and N. M. Thomas, the State Central Committee of the ':Liberty party." The tone of this article is not over courteous lo ourselves; but wc have thought fit (o insert it in this instance. - We must be allowcd to ask, hpwever, that hereafter these gentlemen, and olhers of their party, will select some more appropriate organ of their sentiments. - Few of our readers would feel much interest in such lucubra tions, and we cannot find room for all the good Whig articles, which we wish to pubüsh. We are not about to reply to the charges of these gentlemen; and we are nol conscious of doingtlieir party any wrong, and we are quite willing that our readers should peruse their card without comment. Neither shall we be drawn into the discussion, which these gentlemen seem so anxious to get up. A Presidential elgction is now pending of vast consequence to the country. Either Henry Clay. 01 Martin Van Buren, will be elected, and the adoption of either the Whig or Locofoco policy will be the inevitable result. The discussion, therefore of questions 01 candidates, not involved in the contest, is altogether unseasonable and irrelevant. - If Messrs. Treadwellj Dimond, Wilcox. Porter, and Thomas, have anything te say, wh y Mr. Van Buren should beelected to the Prosidencv over Mr. Clay, we are ready f o hcar and answer them. Bv i f not, we must be allowed to reservo om time and strength for some more usefu and practical purpose, at least until afto 1 the election. It will thus be seen ihat they declini the proiTered discussion altogether. Thi ' reason of this must of courss be, that the; 5 fear lest tlie result be injurious to thei ' party objects. Could any thing be gain " ed by it, they would not hesiíate a mo inent. This, certainly, speaks favorable for our cause, when our opponents an r unwilling to meet it in fair debate. Ou 1 W hig adversaries at first attempted to pi'o ï phesy us down, by proclaiming "thenex r election will be the last of you," &c. &c but this did not answer. We are nov eight times as numerous as we were thre 2 years since. and seeing they have no " been able to prophesy' us down, or vot( 1 us down, we offer to let them argüe u down if they can, This they decline.- To us this is a rnosí convinciug cvidenc 8 that. we are right, and they are wrong e and that they are conscious of the weak - ness of their principies, and of th !, I strength and durabilitv of