The National Liberty Convention

We published the nnmeb of the National Committee, lnst week. Alvan Stewnrt, of Uiica, being n feebls health, has raposed the lnbor of correspondence upon Mr. Leavitl, oí the Emancipntor. That gentlpmnn has nddressed letters to the iiembers of the committee, nnd also a circular trough the paper, requesting immediately ibeir views of the time, place nnd manner of holding the r.ext National Liberty Convention. The qnestion of time seems to' hnve excited considerable interest in the Libertv pa.iers. About t.venty of thein hnve spoken upon it - nbout half of them, as neily as we have kept the count, being in favor of cnlling the convention nexi faïl, while the others vvould delay ittill spring or slimmer. This difierence oT opinión sems to extend more or less through ï 11 the States ns weli between individuals of the party, as between the editors of the papers. In the time itself, there seems to he nolhingso exceedingly vitul or important; but an npprehension appenrs to be entertained by that portion -in favor of an early nomination, that f it be delayed till next spring, the less stable portion of thft party mny be seduced to unite with n Northern part)', or be induced to join with seceding Wliigs and Democrats in running independent anti, s'avpr candidates for President and Vice President, thereby forsaking the Liberty party. Whereas it is thoujht thnt nn earlt nomination uf our own party candi.iates would be the means of enlisting them firmly in the ranks, so that all temntntions to leave it next year would be powerless upon them. Henee, in part, the earnestnoss of many for an early n minaüon, in order to commit the whole party at once fnlly to itsown cand;datps. This cnlculation .-enis nt first sight to be very speious nnd wise : but, in our judgmpnt, it is iine of that class of mei8ur' s which depends for its efficcy very iD'ich upon the chiracter of the persons upon whom it is to be tried. It might do very we'l up'in Whigs and Demócrata, who are well drilled to following their leaders ; nnd -yet be quite povierless when appliei 10 Liberty men. They ore bnnded tog.Mher, os a party, for a specific object-the ndvancementof the anti-slavery cause. To this object we have no question thal ihe great mass of the Liberty voters will be faiihful. But should tliey conceive thut they could better subserve their objpct by co-operation ith nny poü'ical movemeni from other qua'ters.they will not Ledeiei-re-i from cioing it by enrly nommatinnsof the Liberly party, or any otherdevice, Bodies ol Reibnners, both ecclesiasiical and politica!, are ahvays extremely difficult to be managed. Thtre is a strong tendency in ihem to divide and disorgnnize. Frcedom from o!d trammels once spverefl, the jndgment goes whiihersoeve1 it will. Look at the innume-able seets of ihe Proiestant Church. Yet there was a time when the original seceders from the Roman Church were all united. So in the present anti-slavery warfare. How many times have we divided f Once in 1840, when the Liberty party separated from the oldorganizationisls : and now in 1847, we see the former branch subdividing, lhrugh the secession of Messrs. Goodell, Birney, and their friends. They ore in favor of progrew, and as the great portion of the Liberty party, in their view. sustain to them the same relation tbat the Old Hunkers do to the Young Democracy, they have left u and set up for themselves, ns they had an unquestioned right to do. They are determined to carry out their anti-slaven views in the way they deern best. The same spirit of ndependence runs througb all the Liberty party, and will be oped from time to lime. The momberi will fight well, as individuáis, fb." objects tiiey approve : bul they oro not more partiznns, nor will tlicy be controlled.liAe a body of mercennry troops, olways to do butilo prei:isdy in the lunn and inannef thnt cerlüin loa lera miglit Ukc. to pre8ci ibe. This Irail b ing tibar et.-rUt'c of the i party, we think lbo nrginnnt in fnvor oi ! an enrly eouvei.tion, Uov rt-fei'iti'1 to, j fms hut liftie prnciica! feit. b'Wty : mn vvhon.e rOFlh Miything wül bptme fio iheir rRiNciPLKS, hetbw the liominnlion be iniHe Ihis iif-x'. Wint ihc d cisión if the Nntional Coinmitiee will bo, we cannot even sur-, mise, as the vtevr "f only n few of tlie memhen hnvn heen nvute known. Bul; BS so la'-ge i phrt ot' fK Liferly pany are ;n Pavor of postponing nominotiot), we tlnnk it wouiil Ijr the rl t wis:i,)m to consult tlioi r ivishps, us n gpnci'ol unanimity of act ion wcratd tlieiehy ke best attninc. As to iho place, wc liave nlready c.xpres.-e I our pref'f renco fot' Cleveland übove all otliers, as fceing on the water consmunicntíon betwesn iho títm and tho West. Astothe constittition of llie asseinbly, a delogalion pqual lo lhe representniion ín Congress would give frotn tho Free States more than 150 members - a rmii]ber largfi enough Cor lhe pur)O3Psof the Convention, and ibe rerpresentation of all kinds of opinions and meisiires. But f a general atiendance could be obtnioed f rom all the States, so thnt the delegates tnight all be present, we should prefer to have the numler d'ujled : for the more numernus the representaron, if it be equnl, the better.