The Liberty Party Not Sectional

The Adrián Watch Towsr refers to the recent discussions in that village on the propriety of the Liberty organization,and takes occasion to warn every good Democrat against it,because its first and strongest iniluence is to array men against the truth - because it has made benevolent and highminded friends of the slave to becorae political demagogues and disorganizei's - and because it is merel y a northern and therefore a sectional party. The Editor saya he did not hcar the discussions ín the village. We regret that he did not: for by hearing Ihem he would have escaped these erroneous views into which he has fallen. His first objection against the Liberty party - that it arrays men against the truth - applies quite as strong to the Democratie principies as to ours. For instance, the Democratie vatchword for a generation has been, "No Monopolies"; and if we can believe the Democratie papers, ithas been a cardinal party principie. - What has been the consequence? Why, that those who wishcd for monopolies, have c;arrayed themselves against the truth," and in an organizcdcapacity,have voted and labored to establish monopolies of various kinds. But does the Editor intend to forsake his party on this account, or would he have them renounce this principie because the Whigs organize against t? He would not. When Truth organizes her forces, it is to be expected that Error will do so likewise; ánd the result can only be avoided by refusing entirely to organize. A sliht consideration willconvmce the Jiditor ot the VV atchtower that the objection applies to his own party, and to all parties, as well as to ours. Hissecond objection is; that benevolent andhighminded friends of the slave have been made into political demagogues and disorganizers. We cannot ansvver thi.s unless he will name the persons implicated. We know of none such. It istrue that Liberty men vote against slavery,and persuade others to do so. Does that constitute a demagogue or disorganizer? The third objection, that the Liberty party is sectional in its character, arises from inaccurate and incomplete views of the whole subject. We contend that the re is a Slave Power which gover ns the general policy of the nation - that this is composed of about 250,000 slave-holders. These, for the most part by their wealth and khowledge. control their respective States, and the hundred Southern -members of Congress, nineteen of whom represent mere property. The y haveusurped the national government, and wieldod its power and patronage for the injury or destruction of Free Labor, and the aggrandizement of Slavery. To perpetúate lilis usurpation, they have created seven Slave States. They have filled national oífices to a great extcnt with slavcholdcrs, and in many respects, reduced the Free States to the condition of a conqucred province. Henee the aggression is on their part; and if we have no other way of meeting organized tyranny but by organized resistance. it is proper to do so. But ibis view of the subject does not comprehend all its material hearings. Our war is not with the South - it is with Slavery. The nuinber ot' slaveholders in the United States is probabiy not more than one f fty-sixth part of the wbole population. Do we oppose the interests of the others'3 Certainly not. The population of the whole South is about eight millions. The number of slaves and free colored persons is 3,000.000. Do we oppose them? No, we labor for their welfare. The white population is nearly 4,000,000. These, as we have seen, are governed by 250,000 slave proprielors whose interests are direcfly antagonist to those of the nonslaveholders, and these are iherefore 1 presscd and degraded to. a largo extent. A vast proportion of them, being poor, aro debarred from voting by property qualifications. The interesis of the nonsiave-holders are identical wiih ours. - Our principies would give them eqnal rights in the government of their States and of the naíion. Henee the Editor of the Watchtowerwill perceivethat instead of trganizing againsl the 8outh, we areörgiinizing most emphatically for it, by opposing thetyrannical and monopolizing spirit of a very small fraction of its inhahitants. who are theder to the dust. So far as we act at all, we assist the slaves, the free colored people, and the non-slaveholders to maintain their rights against forcible and legal oppression. The non-slaveholding whites are at least three times as numerousas the slaveholders, and we anticípate the time when they wil) constitutca large and efficiënt wingof the Liberty army. The Editor representsou rorganization as embodying "the old and black calumny against the. arrangements of Him who loves us all, that men are natural enemies; that we are born rivals; and that the interest, not of different nations meroly, but of different sections of the same nation, must be antagonistic!' A further acquaintance with our principies will convince the Editor thaí he is entirely mistaken in attributing such positions or designs to us. Our organization embodies the very opposite of these doctrines, insists on the Equal Rights of all, and mointains that men should forbear threatening and violence and stripes towartl their brethren, and render to them that vhich is just and equal, and thusthe highest interests of all will be promoted.