New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-07-02
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.,,,.d Liberty Party are nccssani In their attacks
., tho Wings and Wing Press in reference to the
go. ~ ,su. We scarcely open one OF those
-. ,,,;,bout meeting accusations Of fraud false
- and c.iumny preferred against the Tribune, the
Evening Journal or the Wing Press generally, N
reference 10 Mr. Brney, and we are often treated to
,h, like in abusive anonymous letters. All tins
,ybt rass az il has long passed in utter silence on
oor psr were it no, that desire and intend to act
g., concert with all sincere earnest advocates OF the
Eousl Rights Of Man in our state IN obtaining
through the approaching Convention removal Oh
,,.e ves,iges OF Slavery which still disgrace our
cons,,p,;on and give the lie to the fundamental pro
,,ostion Of the Declaration OF Independence we
hone all who desire the equality of Political Rights
~, o,r state NAV act together to secure that end
,;o each man free 10 act ON all other questions as
he slall think proper.
We prefer no alliance to any party we adopt no
new principles Hostile to Slavery We have ever
and ouenlv been. yet we have not seen how justly
70 make such hostility the basis Of party action save
.0ains, such remnants of Slavery as may remain IN
our own State. Did we live in Kentucky, we should
there labor for the legal termination OF slavery Ia
that State at the earliest practicable day hving ID
N.,v Work we do not see that we are called upon
TO form new Political party here to put down Ga
very in Kentucky 1t seems to us that such parry
could not, nationally, be expected TO advance It's
svowed object Neither do we deem II right or wise
TO prescribe and enter into combinations to exclude
from Office all who hold Slaves We certainly think
they are in ericvous error but 40 are they who DRINK
Intoxicating Liquors. or do any OF dozen ih''e'
which public sentiment, has not yet clearly con
demned Welike best candidates whosre IN advance
o., their age and its opinions but such can rarely be
chosen and we can hardly exclude men from compe-
tition for public station for actswch are Jused py
the Christian Church We wish Slavery aboiishen'
and often give reasons for faith, but we assa no
men merely because they hold Slaves Neither do
we blame Shareholders for acting consistently with
their education and seated convictions When the
Free North in our early boyhood, was betrayed on
the Missouri Question who Of US all blamed the
South for her Triumph Who was indignant save
at the Doughfaoes' who sacrificed us So stand we
IN regard to the Texas Iniquy
But to the events OF le4i
The rival candidates formally nominated for Pres
iden, Of the United States were Henry Clay
Wing james X Polk Loco Foco James q Biz
ney, Liberty and John Tyler The latter soon
withdrew from the canvass throwing in for Polk
Now il was a moral certainty that either Clay or
Polk must be elected Nobody pretended TO be
lieve tbore was the ehos; Of . chance tor Birney
BY continuing in the field he might defeat that one
OF the real candidates whom the people prefer
red but he not able to obtain single Electoral
vote nor even 10 stand second best IN single Con
gressional District Of the whole Union. What, then
was the duty of sincere, unselfsh opponents OF sa
very
Messrs Clay aud Polk were both residents OF
Slave States and shareholders OF course personally
Objectionable to Abolitionisis There was no desire
or effort on the Wing side to deny 1t But Mr. Polk
had through life shown himself devoted, untIring
champion OF the Slave Power in ITS widest and worst
movements-had even voted in minority OF 3;
against shareholders proposition that our Govern
,nent should act more effectively against the African
Slave Trade He was advocate OF Gag Laws
and every insane usurpation Of Slavery. He was
the open, avowed champion Of the Annexation OF
Texas to this Country increasing the Slave region
by a superfces equal TO ten Northern States Mr..
this vital measure unless the free Of Mexico
and of every portion of our own Confederacy should
frs, be had He declared. in his final letter
on the subject published Oct LIST, that he was moi
only decidedly opposed to Annexation as in itself
"dishonorable and dangerous 10 he ,ntegr,tyof
ne Union. but that, if all objections were removed
he did not believe il could be effected upon Just and
admissible conditions Could man ask more
Here was the case, SO far as Slavery and Liberty
were concerned. Mr. Folks election was morally
certain to carry Annexation along whit Mr.. Clays
would ensure the defeat of that measure unless il
nigh, a, some future time be accomplished with the
free consent Of Mexico and Of all parts of the Union
which of course il could not 30 long as Texas her
self should see tit TO be cursed with Slavery
Now how ought an honest. jealous opponent OF
Slavery TO vote in such casel Brney notorous,
could not begin to be elected; Clay or Polk must
be; and ON the issue hung the extension ofthe intu
ence and power of slavery in our National Council,
over 100000 square miles of new territory with III,
right TO reclaim iugtvcs ihcretrom in our Free
States. preponderancc in the U s Senate, and the
chance OF a war with Mexico in its vindication-
Suppose there had been Liberty Party SO s,yline
itself how would earnest Anti Slavery men hav,
naturally voted in the premises Can there be tive
answers To this question Who has not smiled n
The blind stupidity OF the fellow who undertook io
bail out lsaky ship, leaving unstopped the holes
through which the sea came rushing INF
Vet the Liberty papers We're not merely content
with urging all their readers 10 vote aeains, Clay
and for Birney. They misreprcscntcd Mr.. Clay a,
Tor Annexation much Polk was denounced
every man who would vote for Clay as traitor 1,
Freedom, derided and disparaged all the Naiiona
issues whereon the Wings were at variance will
the Loco Focos and constantly ieemed with tn,
mos, ierocous personal dctracton of Mr.. Clay
Their orators inveighed against him in their speech
es. and there hardly vice or crime OF which h,
was not accused by their electioneerers some o.
whom have been obliged to retraci their ISLANDERS and
publish themselves libelers since the Election Al
impartial reading OF their journals would justify the
conviction tina, their darling obec, was the defeat
OF Mr.. Clay.
A, any rate. they must have known that thi,
would be the effect OF their operations if effective a
all The Abolition orators and editors could not bul