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"Political Abolition--A Growing Evil."

"Political Abolition--A Growing Evil." image
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Day
4
Month
March
Year
1844
Copyright
Public Domain
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Some time smce we found this sentimentiment filling up a vacant line in the Coldwater Sentinel, a Democratie paper: and we respecfully inquired of the Editor if bis assertion could be sustained. In reply hè presents the following: "We are called upon to prove that Political Abolitionisra isa "groivingevil." Every person who is acquainted with the object which thát band of polilicians have in view by associating together, can see that their aim is dangerous, to the peacc of the people of the country. That there should be two political parties in the country is clearly proved by all our past history. But whèn you carry the thing beyond that point. and attempt by a small minority ofthe. people to control the majority, by holding in that minority the balance of power, ready, asit always will be readv, to be sold to the party that willmake the most liberal sacrince of principie tooblain it, you go one slep too far; and the moment you succeed in your designs upon the people, you will have commeneed a work of dissolution - of dissension - that will - that cannot but resultinconscquencesthat it would be awful to contémplate. No lover of his country and her glorious institutions, can look upon ihe growih of that band of politicians, with any other than feelings of alarm. Not that they can now control the will. of the majority; butshould' ihey continue united and to increase as fast for the next five y.ears to come, as they have for the same periodof timo last past, they will nearly have gainedtheir point. They will tben in many of the states have a controlling infiuence in the elections. When that influence is secured, thepeople will he able to seewhat kind of a political party, this abolition party is. We cannot bring ourselves to the belief thatthey will ever succeed in carrying their designs upon the people. That the inembers of that party liave a perfect right to combine to effect their object, we will admit; and all mustgive them the free rigbt to enjoy their political opinions; and of voting the Libei'ty ticket." Our friend of the Sentinel misapprehends the Liberty party in several points. In the first place, we are neither to bebought. sold, ot let; nor do we aim niercly at obtaining the balance of power.- Wc expect to take this in our way as we procced, and mafce "use.of it until we can do betten The Sentinel hints at a position acknowlodged by statesmen and polilicians of all parties- that in a goververnxnent Iike ours, thcre cannot permancnthj be more than two grcat -par Lies. We are wellaware of this cardinal truth; and just as soon a we shall fully attain the balance of power in a majority of the States, one of the three parties will disappear. Asto the evil effect anticipated by the Sentinel from the progress oï the Liberty Party, we suspects the fears of the Editor origínate in a want of accurate knówledge of our principies and objects. VVé invite bis attention to sucb articles of the Liberty papers on this subject as may come iñ his way.

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Signal of Liberty