New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1843-09-12
Wing AboIittontsta.

EO44OS!ilit!S 4!.S preferences LOT Tue tIes!ueHCS
and was asked among other questions whether he
would vote for Henry Clay The following ex-
tract from his reply commends itself by its frank
ness and sound common sense 10 al conscientious
men who have difficulty in reconciing their
Wing principles with their views OF Slavery:
| understand that you in substance enquire,
will you in any event vote for Hurry Clay,
>iaveholder for President OF the ~nted States p"
| answer, l Will; and as you make me witness
against my sell, you will allow Inc 10 give some
OF the reasons SHY; although your letter does not
call for my reasons but seems 10 assume that my
guilt or innocence depends entirely upon my ad-
mission or denla! OF the opinions charged upon
me. Yet as you are an intelligent and candid
man, anC moreover, as | understand, good
! Wing, [ cannot but hope that when IN your edi-
toral char you come 10 Judge my case, II you
cannot acqult NE you will make some allowance
for my erroneous opinions, ii you think them
honestly held, and freely confessed and that the
sentence may be passed upon me IN mercy.
Beng an abolitionist, and also Wing, should
greatly prefer u candidate for President who Is
orthodox upon both these cardinal points; aad
il such an one can be agreed upon, with any
hope of success my life being spared, will most
certainly vote for him.
But ii none such can be agreed upon, and MIR.
Clay should be nominated by Wing National
Convention, with fair prospect of his election
if he has the united support OF the Wings and
moral certainty that some Democrat Il prefer
calling gentlemen by the name that Is most
agreeable to them would be elected II MIR. Clay
was not; then, indeed, [ would vote for Mr..
Clay,-for every vote given in that emergency for
the third party candidate, would lessen the chance
e, J,o OH
of his opponent and If all the Wing abolitonists
in the free States should do so, then would be
seen the anomaly of large and respectable num-
Der OF conscientious Wings throwing away their
votes for third candidate, knouing that thereby
then ,cere aiding to elect Loco oco President.
But YOU may say that the anti-slavery cause is
paramount to all other public questions, and that
all minor considerations should yield to that
question. Granted then in the name of humanity,
do no act that will tend to throw the Government
of the United States into the hands Of the Loco
party, who, you know by their votes given in
Congress upon the Gag Rule, and other kindred
Questions,-and all the leading men, | believe,
who have been talked of for President by that
party, are against any interference by Congress,
relative to slavery in the District of Columbia, or
in the territories. do not say it is so with the
leaders of the party in this State, but Of the other
free States think it is.
How then can an entire abolitionist do any act
that will tend to elect one of that party Presi-
dent,-even those who agree with them in their
general politics Is not the head of party Of
which all, or nearly all, go in body against the
abolition measures, more dangerous to the great
and good cause than the head of party, who is
himself, against antl-savery, but his whole party,
or nearly all, in the free States for 1t The
Wings can head and check their Chief, but the
Locos will back and support theirs therefore,
without imputing any bad motive to the party or
their leaders, yet as their views OF the constltu-
ton and the public policy are against relief to the
slaves any where ought they not to be considered
the pro-slavery party and therefore, ought not to
expect the support OF antl-slavery men Can
the slaves back be safely trusted to their opinions
and policy
believe therefore, in giving my vote for Mr..
Clay, In the emergency supposed, should act IN
the spirit Of the freeman's oath, which says,
I" that when you give your vote or suffrage touch
ing the State of Vermont you will do it SO as in
YOUR conscience you shall Judge will most con-
duce to the best good of the same, which l
suppose means measures not men, and that it is
better to vote for a candidate for President who
is partly right, than by throwing away my vote,
to aid in electing q candidate who IS ,choAy
,crong, sgreeably to the common but true maxim,
that {" half LOAF Is better than 10 Bread, and
that I" OF two evils choose the least" And do
so!emnly believe that by so doing | shall contri-
butte nv mite to further the cause of human
liberty. JOHN MATTocKs
4 W1NDFAIL.-We found among parcel of
rubbish in the waste receptacle of an auctoneer
this morning a copy of the Life Of Putnam, by
our late friend and iellow-ctizen Col afterwards
Gen. HUMPHREYs-publlshed IN Hartford by
Hudson s. Goodwin, 1858. 1t contains many
curious matters of history from which we intend
to borrow occasionally TO help the "reminiscences
of those few remaining OF the "olden time" 1t
is replete with the incidents OF Putnam's history
and must put to the blush the baseness of those
who have attempted to deuact aught from the
fame and glory of that great champion of liberty
and of his country. \. II. Herald.
PRlsoNERs EscArED.-We understand that on
Wednesday night last THREE prisoners made their from
the Jail of Henco county, by cutting hole
through the walls Of the Jail Fletcher Heath charged with
murder whose trial by change Of the county OF
Chesterfield, shortly to come on--Thomas Cooke
awaiting his trial on the charge of kdnappaand John
Sheridan, for unlawful gaming. Richmond Wing
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