The Liberty Party In The Slave States

In the mindsof most newspnper readers when a slave State is mentioned, the idea of a state whose whole free white populalion is unequivocally and absolutely set for the maintenance of slavery, immedi ately arises to view. Nothingcanbe further from the truth. The union of a portion of the legal voters who wil] act together for the abolition of slavery in Virginia, Kentucky, Maryland, or Delaware, is no more surprising than the action of similar portions of the legal voters of New York or Pennsylvania, through whose political action slavery wasabolished in those States. Movements are already in operation for concentrating the anti-slavery influence in each of these four border slave States. In Delaware, a meeting to devise the incipient steps of the enterprise was lately held. The last Spirit of Liberty, published at Pittsburgh, Pa. bring us the proceedings of a meeting convened at the house of John Emery, in Ohio county, Virginia, l'-for the purpose ofadopting the best mode to form an electoral ticket to be supported by the Ldberty voters of the State, at the approaching Presidential eleclion."A Committee of seven was appointed tocorrespond with Liberty men in all parts of the State to gain all possible information, and an adjourned meeting is to be held the third Saturday in June for the purpose of preparing and submitting a full State Ticket for Presidential electors. Thus we shall beable to add the Liberty voté of Virginia to that of the Free States. {L Messrs. Clay, Calhoun, &c. affirm that the white and colored races cannot live together in our country in peace. - One race must hold the other in subjection. What says experience in Mexico, the South American Republics, and the West [ndia Islands? Read the following item respecting Jamaica: "Late advices from Jamaica, state that he whole militia gystem was about to be entirely abolished, and the same was ikely to take place in the Bahamas, it being very onerous, and generally considerad UNNECESSAKY."ÍT?" Gerrit Smith has addressed a circular "to the Pro-slavery Voters of Madison County," announcingthe commenc ment of his Sunday meetings. He an swers the different objections to atteudin these meetings. We extract the folloJÜ ing reply to one: "7th. Gerrit Smüh wants to eet ? vote for his party. I shall not ask you to vote fOr any par. ty. I hall not ask you to be as eood . the Samaritan. He helped his bS who "feil among thieves." All I s ask of you is but to be no worse thanth neither did they harm, the wounded mni Theylefthimastheyfound not, hurí a hair of his head. Refu8e to vote for a poor slave, if you can find it in your hearts to refuse to vote tbr him - All I shall ask of you is, that you do not vote against hun. Lie in bed if you will the whole of the clection day Onlv d not rise from it to vote agains't the slave Indeed, you had better never rise from it than repeat that crime, if you will not ' help the slavej at all events do not harm him. lf you will not help break hischains at least forbear to help rivet them fuse if you will, to join the Liberty Par! ty. I shall ask you but to quit your prodavery parties."03 Gen. Jackson has written another letter in favor of annexation, which was called out by thesolicitationsof his friends, wlio expressei a desire 1o know f hi views had not beeri changed by theljght shed upon the subject by the letters of Mr. Van Buren and other citizens. Hesays this is not the case; and goes into an nrgurnent to show that if Texas is not ad. rnitted, it will become a virtual dependency of a föreign power, and throw open our western frontier to foreign incur$ions. The form of annexation is not material. As to Mr. Van Buren's letter, he thinks it was predicated cbiefly on a knowledge of the circumstances which existed nt the close of his administration. Gen. Jackson thinks these circumstances havesince materially altered, and render immediate annexation desirable. This letter was evidenfly called out for the purpose of strengtheningthe influence of Texan interest at the South, through the veneration of the people for Gen. Jackson. How Noble Men are made. When Gen. Cass was Secretary of War under Gen. Jackson, they visited a portion of New England together. In riding over the highly cultivated country, Gen. Jackson was much pleased with the appearanee of the people, and expressed his gratification to his companion. Said he, "What fine, manlv countenances these men carry! How robust and vigorous they are! and what a spirit of enterprise and perseverance they man. ifest! Why, with an army of such men, 1 would undertake to face the world!" "Do you know the cause of these characteristics that you prize so highly," rejoined the Secretary. "What is it?" asked the General. "Do you see the sleeple ot that meeting-house yonder on the híllín "Yes," replied the GeneraL "And that low school-housc near itV "I sce them," said Gen. Jackson, 'Well," resumed Cass, "here is whcre New England men are made. The instructions they receive in the Schoolhouse and in the Church give them that pre-eminence over others which you have so justly described."051 An Anti-State Church Convention was recently held in London, at whicb somo 700 delegates were The object isto procure an ultímate dissolutioïi of the uriion of Church and State in Eng' land, so that all denominations shall be legally equal. ffT" Mr. J. G. Palfrey, Secretary o( State of Massachusetts, ha becomethe owner of 20 sla ves by the death of his father, a Louisiana planter. As the Legislnture of that State refuses leave to emancípate them on thesoil,he willbring tbem to Boston and New York, and provide situations for them. (L The Methodist General Conference have affirmed the decisión of the Baltimore Conference,suspendingF. A. Har ding fromtheministry,becausehehas not emancipated his slaves ia conformity with the injuncüons of the Baltimore Conferen ce. The yeas were 111- nays 53.05 We intended to present some extrácts from the vol uminous correspondence of the Texas treaty: but our limits forbid. The chief ground of annexation urged in all the correspondence, is the necessity of defeating ' the anti-slavery policy of England. It has called forth a general expression of disgust and indignation in the Free States, and will disgrace our nation in the eyes of mankind. 0a The Coldwater Sentinel talk about some "punctilious liberty )oving abolitionists" in that county, who would sell themselves body and soul to secur Mr. Clay's election to the Presidency." With all due respect to our editorial compeer, we must deny the assertion.- He is in error. They may be Whigs, but they are not Abolitionists, unless they are laboring directly for the abolishment jf slavery. Are they doing so? "?y heir works ye shall know them.''