New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1844-12-11

philanthropy ana PoEucs'
The Editor OF the Eastern Argus sees fit tt
mako a very tinted personsl reference to th'
Editor OF Tho Tribune in attempted apprehension
of our remarks on the late Loco. toco triumph
and to add that the field of party politics is moi
The sphere he was made for" In view Of wha
the Argue must consider party politics. we t'k'
this as a great compliment, and when be add
that" We kuo " him well !; and we say it in alsin
cerity-his feelings, and general principles, bott
religious and political, fit him for promoter o
social and moral reforms, and not for conserVa
tive patty politics, or devotion 10 men" we tel
him that We pity him for belonging to q party
which with Democracy eternaly on Its iips' has
yet generally if not uniformly proved lsssii int
deadly enemyof Philanthropy and Righteousness
and, in The worst sense, the most conservative
party ever known. He belongs to the party
which has eve- been foremost in plundering anc
exiting the Indiaas-cften with crueliies and VII
!anies at which Nero must have wept-whlch
claims to be snd is regarded by the South as the
great bulwark of eternal Si.very-which has ever
furnished the Northern quota of the votes needed
in Congress to enact Mail-robberies and Gag-'ules
--and which nowi is deeply involved in that afro
cious Slavery. sustaining project, the Annexation
of Texas. 1t is the same party which pretends
such horror of Property Qualihcstiopsand foments
Dorr rebellions, but which, right here in New
York, has fastened Property Qualification on the
poorest and weakest portion of our citizens, ano
persists in keeping it there. 1t may well be that the
advocate Of such party may regard pariisanship
as inconsistent with or an obstacle TO the ad.
vaneemeat of Social and Moral Reforms, but on our
side we find it just the other thing. We advo
cate what Reforms we zee fit, and, though many
of our readers dissent from our views IN regard to
them they rarely withdraw their patronage, and
our known attitude as a Reformer docs not seem
% impair our efficiency, as it certainly does moi
our Independence, as Politician.
The Editor of the Argus testifes to our honesty.
bo, thinks ou- devotion to Mr.. Clay misplaced,
snd proceeds to indulge in the usual aoSse OF MI
Clrv,s persona! character. We make no reply
10 this. Bat, high'y ca we admire, deeply as re
love Mr.. Clay, or Poiicsi course has been iniiu-
enced by far higher :han any personal considera-
tions. We shon,d have pursued the same path
and made nearly the eGmo exertions, if our candi-
date for President had been man of whom we
knew little and for whom VIC had 10 special re-
gard. For the Protection of American Labor
and against the Annexation of Texas, or any
measure calculated to involve the American Peo
pie and Government more deeply in the guilt ofex.
tending and sustaining Human Slavery, We are
ready n. al! times TO spend our last breath; ano
row, defeated, worn down, broken in health and
labo,ing under severe bodily affections we grudge
not one effort we have made-we would not
change places with the. envied chief of ou7 con-
ouerors. How much, then, must we not pity one
of his followers like the Editor of the Argus, who,
ayswsdly convinced Of the wisdom and justice Of
the Protective Policy, has yet linked hands with
the deadly enemies of ,hat policy, and aided them
TO Triumph 1t must be that there is day OF
reckoning for such dsssmblers!
The Argus charges US with speaking, in our
article 1T is Done!) announcing the result OF
Presidential Election, with "sco,n and con-
tempt" of GU, Political opponents. Not SO. We
were impelled by pity for the thousands who have
been deceived into belief that the fate OF the
Protective Policy was not involved in this Eec-
1ion-thet PolS's success would not endanger 1t
any more than Clsy's. For their deceivers and
beSayers James Buchanans, Mahlon Dick.
ersons, Wilson M'Candleeses, and their humber
asjuncts-wc feel neithsr pity nor contempt, bat
the BURNING Indignation which the presence OF
q great and successful fraud must excite IN every
honest heart. They knew they were cheating
they could not escape knowing it-end their base
ambition has brought grievous calamity on
the country. Toward the avowedly anti Texas
Supporters of Polk, as well as The leading sirney.
s,es, we cango. but feel also as we Go to all who
etrkc fou! blews. But for our open and manly
adyersaries-the undisguised Free Traders AID
Annex ationists-for those who really hold the
sentiments embodied in Calhoun's Letie, to our
Embassador at Paris, and boldly eyow them
we cherish no shade Of unkind feeling. They
aro fair foes, and wo meet them with the respec,
and the courtesies of honorable warfare. They
have-by treechsry and swindling in which they
had no part--wcn great battle of us; but, il
lt0 aEQ sIiouS III NC iSo GS W. QUO iiSS' ensAA
on many q field as equal and weafought as this
has been, and we trust not so disastrous.
The Argus is right in supposing tn we DO.
lave there is great Moral difference between
the two parties, and that we quoted the vote Of
the Five Points and Corleal's Hook to show it
We did this TO expose and reproye the means BY
wh;ch this Election has been caried-the incen.
diarv appeals TO Poverty to array itself against
Wealth-tbe assumption that whatever contri
butss to the welfare OF the Employer must depress
and injure tho Laborer-the Satanic fngerings
Of every chord of Social Discomfort. 1t was BY
such appeals that nine-senths of those broken
down by dissipation and degraded by their OWE
proaigscy were combinedi in solid and powerful
phaIanx agains. the Wings. Upon those Wosk
iae men who stick to their business, hope to i'm
prove their circumstances BY honest industry
and 90 on Sundays TO Church rather than the
pror shop, the appeals Of Loeo. Focosm FL com.
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