Communications: For The Signal Of Liberty: The Whigs And Sla...

JCfcsoí, Ocl. llthy 1845. Gentlemen Kditors : - Although persoíially a strangerto you at this time, I netertheless take the libcrty of wriííng yotf. In your Signa! ol the 6th insf., í observe you notice my nr ticle published in the Staíe Gazetfe, of this village, upcm íhe subject of the "North and Slavefy." I thank you fot ííie veryfiattering notice yoú gave if. It is a subject which has long engrossed my mind. Amid the elnsbing ol partios and the struggling of men, I have patiently watched far a fime, when the party to which I am nttached could cönsistently, (I mean consistent with pnrty usage) come boldíy oü(, ancí mafce war tipon the infair.ous institution of Slavcry. When Gen. Harrison died, the entire Whig party centered its afïection upon Henry Ciay. lt was not ta be expected by me, or by my party, thaf, having gained so fast a hold upon our esteem, that because he was a sïaveholdeï, imder an institution of so long continuance, we were to "drop him" on that account. - We fought the battle of '44 with him at our head, and were defeated. The causes of his aefeat, it is not necessnry for me to recount. Suffice it to say, his being a slaveholder had its infhrcncc. But now the people, or rather. the Whig party are unpledged to any man. The mantle of ts will hns not, ces yet, been thrown upon the shoulders of any one. We are left free to act as the times, changes, circumstances, and necessities of the people demand. I beüeve the honor of our common country, the perpetuity of republican principies, and our own real liberty, demand, that no slaveholder shall ever be again elected to the Chief Magistracy of the Go vernxnent, and further, to] prevent such things no such individual should ever be nominated by any party. So far as my party re concerned, I never again, expect my voteto be solicited for a slaveholder. - This 1 hope, at any rate..I do not know, but 1 am n ndvnnce of the times somewhat, but thnt the time is farther distant than I now imagine, in which paríies of this nation will divide off into slavery ántí anti-sfav'ry, but nll I have to say upon this point is, if it be so, my efforts shnll not be want ing to make a speedy issue of slavery, and noslavery. íf, with all the delormities of the system ofslaVery, before us, the north ís not already quite ready to gird itself up for itsoverthrow, then am I sorry, lf, with the repeated outrnges of recent occurrence before our face, against northern men and constitutional right by southern chivalry, ihe north is slill willmg to suecume, then am 1 mistaken with the spirit ofnorthern independence. If the north is not prepared immcdiately, to nct ogainst slavery, openly, fearlessly, and with energy, it is not because southern might has not been substituted for law and order, and the inalienable rights of American citizens repeatedly taken awa. I say if the north cannot now act upon this question with singleness of purpose, it is not for want of the necessary stimilant lo actúate us. Ifwearctrue Americans, we cannot ook upon outragescommilted against an American citizen without feeling as deepy and grossly insulted and abused, as if it were ouraelves who were thus outraged. If we can tamely look on, and see Cassius M. Clay's rights taken away from liim, upon the soil of bis own nat'rve State - the Liberty of the Press; a righí rüost dear to every freeman - then must we be in a pilibl e condition. If we have not Republicanism enough in our souls, to repel against a system, which like a deadly monster, planted in our midst with distended maw, is ready to swallow up the entire nation, then has the spirit of the brave fnthers of our Ilevolutionary struggle, most cruelly degenerated in us. This cannot be so. The light burning fíame of patriotism and philauthropy may appear to have been extinguished for a time but I have more confidence in the peopleof the north, than to beüeve they will always do the bidding of the southern slaveocracy, and like obedient slaves themselves, ever be foundon the side of fefters and bondage. I am frequëritly asked, cVVhat coulc the north do fit should all turn nnti-slavery? The south is gunranteed in its insiitutions by the eonstitution." What of that1 But Iet usasserf (hé constitutiona jiowers we now are seized of, and sla very, like a crippled stag, would die ol itsolf. Let Legislatures be eíecíed which will themselves elect S. Senators right upon this subject. Let men be sen to Congress wifh a head and front to bat tle down the ramparts of slavery in the District of Columbia, and deal the deatf blow to slavery, by abolishing all slave traffic between the State?. This onelatter object altained, to wit : ihe aboli tion, and entire exiinction of slave traf fíe bet wen tne' severa] Slates of the south and Í beheve an eternal quielus will be put upon the system ofslavery. It woulc not bc Mmedtate, but slow and posiliöe Let men be olected to Congress, who would never see another Slave State added to the Union, to bring its withering curses upon the nation. Ifthe' notth nite upóïi putting an end to thís curse which has thus far hung brooding over the íand, the great work can bo accomplished, but what is done should be done speedily, for even rwtf, the chains are just being forged with which n'oTihern hands, votes, and action are to be bound No time is, therefore, to be lost. If we wiïl d-etermiiie iiof to be free, then i maíters not how soon we are bound, bu f we are determined never to be sïaves then the sooner we act, the better.