New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-10-30


The Courier 8. Enquirer has room for over
dense broad column Of the remarks Of Editors
WrBB ard BROOKS at the great Wing meeting On
Taesday evenrg but none for the Address OF The
Nominating Comm toe. IL publishes, however the
paragraph relating to Ieras TO which objection was
made. The Express goes entirely ahead even oil
this, for it gives over a column OF these proTexas
Speeches yet entirely suppresscs the Address even
the portion which represents as so obnoxious! In
stead Of letting its readers sec what all this noise was
made about i, tells them that the Nominating Con
vcntion, having purged the Address Of Cold Wa
ter, Negro Suffrage &C. had "left behind an A0-
oystion topic" end that the Editor of this paper,
IExpressl when consulted in private, had expressed
the opinion that Mese remarks were uncalled tor
in the Address" Why ought not bis readers to
have seen what these remarks" were
But as the Express and Courier have chosen 10
talk about what was proposed and discussed In the
Wing Nominating Cow ention, are obliged 10
correct the errors thus put forth The Editor OF the
Tribune was chosen a Delegate 10 that Convention
without any desire or expectation OF such an APP
pontment on his part. He was appointed one OF a
Committee of three TO report an Address and Reso
lutions without wishing il or knowing that such
choice had been made till some days aitcrward. He
was then told that he was expected to present
draft of an Address He wrote one accordingly
submitted il to one Of his two colleagues on the
Committee tho only one he knew where to find
and received bis written and unqualified approval
Of il. The draft thus presented to the Conven-
ton at its next meeting, ard several portions OF
there mot with an Unexpected and strenuous oppo-
siion, led by the member of the Committee TO
whom il had not been submitted, but who would
have obtained it at any moment by calling for II.
The Convention, however, after very thorough
discussion, section by section, adopted every
part OF the Address and Resolutions except the
following passage which came in directly after
the summary of the arguments put forth for and
against Convention, and in the place now occupied
by eight Of the lines following commencing with
"Thc members of your Convcniion'havc not deemed
II necessary expedien, offer in this connexon any
opinions Of their own this momeuous theme &c.
Instead of this the original draft read
"a dccidsd majority Of your Nominating Committee
avow unhesitaiingy their hearty concurrence IN what
they believe be the prevailing sentiment OF the Wing
party. and ofhe People generally that the call of Con-
venton s CONSTITUTIONAL timely and necessary and It's as
semblng hardly fail 10 result in important and benc
fetal amendments Of our Organic Law. Az the same
time we recognize in the ranks Of those who oppose
on this question the posscssors OF exalted PATRIOTISM
intelligence and moral worth We set up no standard OF
Wing orthodoxy &c. &C M IN the published hddressl
Since it is most VIGOROUSLY true that the mass of
the Wings are friendly to Convention and that
decided majority ofthc Nominating ommii,ee are so,
il did not the writer that expression OF that
sentiment so qualified aud guarded, and closing with
an exhortaion everything to vote not as we should
but az he shond think best could give offence TO any
body. But il was forciby opposed as an assump-
ton of authority by the Committee mcddling with
questions on which the Wing party of this City had
expressed no opinion and delegated TO us no authori-
~. and certain to give offence TO some good Wings
On these grounds the Committee decided, by a vote
of 80 to 30 to strike the passage objected TO and
amend as appears in the published Address. They
had already voted by about two to TO retain all
that relates to Texas unatcrsd in spite OF urgent re-
presentations that this course would offend and ALLEVIATE
some who would otherwise be Wings. All other
propositions Of amendment were successfully voted
down. and the Address and Resolutions adopted by
decisive votes Thus the Nominating Convention
adjourned it was understood finally.
But the next morning the leading opponent OF the
passages objected to called on the ritter declared
that he should persist in his opposition even to the
County Mee,inc II necessary, and asked copy OF
the Address. iii, document itself was AT once
handed him We heard of it ,hcncciorward in lively
circulation in certain quarters but did not see it
again until Monday evening of this week at a sPe-
cial meeting of the Convention rcasscmblcd by It's
Chairman to reconsider the Address.
At this meeting, the battle was fought over again,
very thoroughly The passage relating to Texas
was first in order and longest debated and the Con
ven,;on decided TO retain by vote OF 20 TO 49, the
Yeas and Nays being asked and recorded The
next question was on the passage which, In the Ad-
dress an originally reported and adopted, occurred
in the seventh paragraph in stating the reasons urg-
cd in .faror Of "a Convention. 1t stood thus
"Thc advocates of that measure urge = that the
inestmabe Right Of Suffrage Is not secured equally ~ al
ci,ess bm s oioSSed as 70 part E proscPftre ana
ass~aiess Property ifea,ioa. rAae v,istcd
al by the facilities afforded for Illegal aud Double Not
ing" &c. sc.
The portion strenuously objected to is printed
above in italics, and ii did seem inconceivabe
snce the Convention had decided to submit no
opinion ON the proprie,y of the call of Consti,u-
tonal Convention to the County Meeting, but mere
~ the arguments for and against the measure, that
any one should wish TO mu,ilate those arguments by
emitting one Of the most important grounds on
which Convention as every body knows is advo-
Gated Ii was urged that the Committee had no moral
right. if it assumed to impartisy the reasons
for and against Convention to omit one OF the
most essential and notorious-Ye, desire to con-
cilia,e I'll Wings and sc, forth nothing to which OBJ
lection could or would be taken prevailed, and the
words above printed in Italics were by close vote
ordered TO be stricken out
II was now urged tina, the vote TO reconsider the
Address had set aside all the action thereupon OF
the preceding evening and that the passage stricken
out on that evening came up next in order for con
sideration- The Chairman decided otherwise. how
ever, and the decision was acquiesccd in
The last paragraph Of the Address. as originally
reported and adopted, now alone remained to be
acted upon. 1t read thus;
"On sinse topic OF local istcrest would addres.
you Ia closing The lss Legislature of passed
an sct submitting the question of License or No Lii
he Of cafinc Ii0uors to d,r..,