Communications

We are so ofien and continually met with this assertion from Whigs and Dcmocrats of all shades. colors and complexions, and from all other classes of do-nothing men, that ve are sometimos, almost led to the conclusión, that so oft-rnpeated has been the assertion, (hoy have finally come to belicve it tu be truth. And the delusion, being of miscbievous tendency, it becomes necessary to exposo its character, and the true position of many of those who liug it as a sort of talisman to their dislurbed conscienccs. But tiue or falso, the constant claim of the character by those porties and individuals, like phariseeism nnd all other shades of hypocrlsy, o religión, shows their estimation of the importance of the Ihing itself - of the principie they atlempt to assume, and appropriale. But let us briedy and candidly examine thoir pretensions in this respect. And preliminarily, we remark, that honest men, on all subjects afiecting their interesis or consistency, in a civil, social, political or pecuniary point of view, generally and almost universally, act in accordance with theif real apprccialion of the importance of the subjects presented : - consequently we very seldom, if ever, find sucli men ndrnitting the very greal and sürpassing importance of a particular subject, without adopting those means in reference to that subject, best adapled to effect the end próposed. Now, let us test Whig, Democratie, and other phnrisnical pretensiot,s by this standard. Slavery is adrnilted to be a very great, moral, social, civil, and pohtical evil, inconsistency and wickedness. So are Murder, Arson, Burglary, Larceóy, &c. At the same time that the ciiizen in all his various cnpacities- tbe clergyman in his peculiar and most important vocation - the civil and political officers of the land in their severa] spheres, are bound (and admit their qblfgation) to use all their influence and exerüons for the overtlirow of these wfohg", and the establishment of equity, justice and righteousness in the community ; what would be thought of the man who should assume that any of these crimes wern unfit subjecls for legislation, and consequently for politica! action 1 Nay - what would be thought of the man or party, who should assume that, when one half or one fourth of this state should, in their towns and counties, adopt a syslem of rapiñe, plunder and devaslation against the rest of the State, and pursue this system by a course of wicked legisle tion lor years, the sufferers, being the great mnjority of the people, should by no means elect men as Governors, or to the Legislature with a view to the correction of this outrage and wrong? And yei these same men and parties, continue to bawl at the top of iheir voices, "we are as müch opposed to this system ofiniquity as any man."' But why tittempt furllior to Ilústrate, what is as plain as tlie un-shine at meridian ? And if our poülicians of the Whig and Democratie parlies want evi. dence of the efficiency of the Liberty Party as a menns for lhe abolition of slavery, let them examine the entire press of ihe slave states, the aspersions, quakings and alarms of all the leading slaveholding poliliciansj office holdera, and even the s!avcliolding churches themsclves, and they will at once perceive that Siaveholders peifccily understand aud admil that the Liberty party organizatiolï is altnost omnipotent upon this subject. And let not these parties ór polilicians decoivo themse'vts : For when men say that they are aboliiionisls, vhatever their meaning may be, their language imporls, that they are hostile to slavery, and ready to do any legal act whic'i is not inconsistent with moral duty to remove that lo hich they profesa öppoihlöü. What has been their conduct for years past, while they havo eonstantly continüed to asseverate their abolilionism 1 It has been precisely similar to tl e conduct and consislency of Ihose who should profess abhorrence of Infideliy and Drunkencss - and to evideiice that abhorrencc, and adopt suitabh mensures for the nbatement and rernovnl of the evils abhorred, shouUi employ an Infidel to preoeh down Infidelity, and a drun.ken rumscllor to prSseiï clown drunkenness. It is tme thcic is a large class of politicians, and even somc divinos, who have not ceased to load Liberty men witli reproach and contumely,lecnuse they would not chooso, ;is they assume,'the ';least of two evils." I moy takc a future occasion to examine this position at some length ; in tlie mean time, it is sufficient to answer, we are not callcd upon even by the principies of expediency, wore therc rio higher principie concerne!), to abandon our principies for tliose ofany other party, on tlie mere assumption, a priori, that iheir candidato was the least oftwo evils ; they thcrcby admitting, their principies, or candidate, or both, wc re evils. Centreville, 15th Ju!y, 1817.