New-York daily tribune., 1842-08-06
Politics i'm Philadelphin Ceunty-A Split
Observation-Disclosures Naoss, &C
Correspondence OF Tue T.ihune.
PH,LApELrHlA, Angus, 4. 1912.

PHlLApELrHiA, August T. 1872
The election for Delegates among the Loco-Fo-
cos mas resulted most dias,reusly for the party in
the County. The Smith men, who, you recolecfr
were the cause Of division among our opponents,
which resulted in giving the Sheriff for the city
and county at the last election, are again in the
field The contest, which has just terminated Tor
Delegates, shows that division to be still resoute
and determined. They will not submit 20 the DC
tation OF the Ingersoll ao-protecten, humoas cur
rency faction any longer, and why should they In
the blind devotion to party, which has so iamena-
bly, characterized them, have been festeo ihto
responsible stations who have thrown discreat ana
disgrace upon the honest portion OF the party
Even the Spirit of the Times, their leading organ
asserts that among the candidates for Delegates
there were some fellows up who could not write
and would not know their own names if they saw
them in print. 1t Indignantly asks if such ami
mails fit for any thing but to be supple tools for
cunning and designing knaves?" The well mean
ing men of the county. when the radical sway was
SO largely predominant, are becoming satisfied that
this cry of regular nominations is not so purely
Democratic or honest as it has been represented,
and hence the settled determination TO rally under
the banner Of independence. This is boldly sus
tanned by the friends Of Daniel Smith, whose vote
for Sheriff. in defiance OF LocoF Foco dictation, was
sufficient to PROSTATE the regular nomination men.
The election of this week proves that vote TO be
largely on the Increase, and the fall election viii
unquestionably show triumphant return of Whig
members to our State Legislature from the county.
Al IN ri
where witnessed in favor of Henry Clay, will aid In
accomplishing this al-important result
The TYLER men are out with new two-cent at
,ernosn paper with which they hope to prop up
the cause of treason and deception. " Twc thou
sand dollars will not go, far in sustaining this
"Evening Express which can hope for no succer
either from Wing or Loco. Its " limited circle of
friends must therefore have it under the necess-
ty of making frequent drafts upon some source or
other. Commissary General Tyson, who holds
lucrative and superAnons office in bold defiance of
the signal rejection of the Senate, is the moving
spirit in this hopeless attempt.
TIE RIoTs-THE CAUSE.-THE REMEDY.-All
remains qaiet in our city. banner, brought to
the Mayors Office and exhibited by that excellent
functionary to the citizens. has been the topic of
conversation 1t is declared to be the one used in
tic procession, which caused the offence, and pre-
sents merely the picture OF slave tfampling on
his manacles, with burning save-ship in the dis
tance, and pair Of doves on the other side. The
word 3. Liberty" and love and friendship motto
finishes the affair This is not the cfeasive ban
Rer whatever may be asserted to the contrary
But, now that the tumult is over, we hope dis
passionate rcyew of the events of the week will
convince the colored population of the policy OF
pursuing more guarded course, at least in al
their public demonstrations The prejudice of
which they have been so repeatedly aud pain
fully the victims may be in the highest degree lib
eral and unjust. But that does not alter the fact
Those prejudices do exist, indeSiby stamped
upon the passions Of the the distinctive
marks tha, distinguish their own peculiar race
Unjust and ill-founded they may possibly be, 1t
is no less apparent that every successive attempt
to lessen or remove that prejudice has but tended
to impant still deeper its bitter and relentless ac
crmony. This is in part attributable TO the inso
lent bearing and unbecomins airs which some por-
ton of the more thoughtless among them have
assumed. Their number may be very limited. OF
the sc, 600. more or less, among US, believe but 4
very small portion have been induced at any time
10 take part in any of the obnoxious measures thai
have arrayed popular feeling SO extensively against
the entire mass. These obnoxious measuresare in-
dicated most unequivocally in the " National Con-
ventop," which was about to assemble in this city,
and towhich the late unfortunate procession was
probably preliminary step. la the circular is,
sued by the committee of twenty-four, proposing
this National Convention, there feelings mani
tested, which however just in the abstract, are too
decidedly variance with the interests Of the
great body of the colorei populations in this sec
ton. In the copy now before me the g sdetermin-
ton to remain here" and the assertion of their
I" Just lights as freemen" and being '.entitled 10
privileges and immunites Of citizens" &c. are
set forth as among the objects before their
National Convention. The things manifest tone
and temper so i'll advised, that if they were suf-
fered to enter into their arrangements on Monday
last, the fact may throw some light on the events
which followed and to which they may have iudi-
rectly contributed.
Be this, however, as 1t may, the honest unas-
suming, well disposed colored people who cons,i-
tute fur the larger portion of that population arc
entitled TO the ample protectior of the laws. They
will have it, The riotous proceedings BY which
our city has teen disgraced by mob of ignorant
and brutal beings who in point Of morals, industry
intelligence are infinitely below the people they
assai will be hereafter checked in the outset The
means Of precauten which think this last riot
will lead to, promise prompter action and great cr
security An efficient body WILDE organized, pro.
badly in each ward, but, with general concert of
action which will be ready for any emergency A
few bold determined spirits, will n,hs way be en-
abled 20 inset the attempts at disturbance before
they attain the ascendsncy. With some arrange
ment of this sort the late riot would have been at
once suppressed and without difficulty; without it
we shall become frequently and mere fearfully the
prey of the desperate and degraded.
A C.. B. CHALLENGES Competition
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