Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1845-08-08
From The NeV York Tribune.
MR.. BIRNEY AND THE TRIBUNE

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tonlSts in reference TO our recent articles
Oh Brney and Birneyism. Mr., Birney's
letter to the Albany Evening Journal, pub
lished in the Albany Argus and reprinted
as all extra Of the Oswego Palladium Loco,
OF course has also been sent us. We are
not surprised that our assailants evince eX-
ceeding bad temper, and call us all manner
of hard names. Nor do we take offence at
those who accuse us Of lying, cheating,
quibbling, &c. For the case is reduced to
/ thi5-elther Mr.. Birney and those leaders
OF his party who acted with him, under
standing what they were about, played a
most dishonorabIe part last October, or we
and those who willuly acted with us did
so. We see no plausible wayin which both
parties can be acquitted of insanity or kna.
very. If, then, there be any who believe
zoe were wrcng-doere, let them frankly say
SO. True, it may be polite on their part to
deal in civil speech, but we would never
have truth sacrificed to poiteness, If any
man believeus liar Or knave, we regret ii;
but, so believing, we do moi take offence at
hissayingso. Butletus come to the mattpr
One correspondent asserts that the Al Iba-
ny Evening Journab having accused Mr.
Birney of attending aconvention at Boston
which contemplated dissolution of the IT,
Mon, refused 10 give place to ga reiuta-
ton Of this slander." This is simply, Who'll
y false. The Journal did make such a
charge. A friend of Mr. Birncy asked that
he be heard in contradiction OF it. Mr.
Weed assentpd But when the coNtradic-
ton came, it had expanded iuio II TWO COL
umn vindicaton of Birney and Birneyism
generally, and their operations last fan
which resulted in epcting James K. Polk
to the Presidency and annexing Texas TO
this Union! Mr.. Weed refused to publish
this, as omethingutleriy diverse from what
he had expected and agreed to give place
TO; but he did publish SO much as was ne
cessary to Mr. Brney's complete excuipa-
| lion from the charge Of seeking a dssoln-
lion Of the Union. The whole article found
a congeniaI place in the bosom D. tho Al
bany Argus. So much for that calumny.
Oar correspondent from Madison county
pettilogs over good deal Of ground to Low
thot the Wing party is somewhat RESPONSE
BILE for the annexation Of Texas, talks OF
| TYLER having been elected as a Wing, the
| Whig Senators having voted to confirm
Mr. Calhoun as Secretary OF State, Milton
Browns resolution, three Whir Senators
| (ncludiug Mr.. JIer7ck) having voted for
it, &c. &c. We make no reply TO all this,
for no honest man need any. The same
logic would prove The Democratic party ad-
verse to the declaration of the last war
with Great Britain, or any stupid talsehood
of the sort. There were few real Whgs
in favor Of annexation, as there were fp W
Locos opposed to it--not enough on ether
side to induce any honest man to deny that
annexation was emphaticalIy a Locoloco
measure and the opposition to it was made
by the Wings. When men seek to carry 4
point by deception, they can deny this, and
assert that protection is a Loroloco doc
trine and opposition to it is VIII :, as was
largely done in Pennsylvania last year. 1t
would be Just as honest and hardly more
absurd to maintain Mr.. Clay was the Loco
foco and Mr.. Polk the Whig candidate, be-
cause some previously known as Wings
voted for Mr.. Polk, while some former Lo-
coocos voted for Mr.. Clay. When men
have a point to make which cannot he
made honestly, they resort to such means
as will serve their purpose.
And now to the main poinE Another
correspondent speaks thus Of Mr., BrneY
Again ask what evil hath he done!-
The whole story may be told in single
sentence. Neither he nor his friends would
vote for q slavehOder, and thus stuItiiy
themselves in view Of all their former pro-
iessons. This is the secret"
Now we shall not treat this charge with
contempt because the writer is very igno-
rant, narrow and ahusiv', tor he talks as his
leaders teach him. The above is the bur-
theH Of Mr.. Rirrnys own letter to the E.
venng Journal. But it is not the less a
false statement. Wehave never complai-
ned thpi Mr.. Birney and those who thought
/ as he did voted against Mr. Clay. II Il
man SAYS he will not vote Tor any kind of
aslavenoIder, although great extension of
slavery may he prevented, or even It's eX-
isteNco terminated, by such a vote, he is
beyond the reach of any argument we can
Offer He has the same right to do this as
any other insane or foolish act. 1t is Of
piece with the way many people take TO at
test their hostility to the defects and abuses
of Banking, to the cruel inequalities OF the
social condition, and so on. 1t is what the
Birneyites indicate by the soge maxim, "of
two evils, choose neither" and may be ex-
emplied thus There are three great crying
evils in our city, susceptible Of Municipal
abatement-ior instance, grog-shops, gam
bling-houses and hrothels. Two sets of
candidates for Charter officers are in the |
field; one Of them pledged to extirpate
gambling and brothols, but not grog-shops; |
while the other is known to Ne opposed to
any farther action against any Of these Vi |
ces. Now, says moraIist Of the Brney |
school, II wont make an effort for the good |
which can be attained because ! cannot
have the WHOLE have no right to choose
the less Of two evils; 80 | will throw my
vote for candidates who knoD cannot he
elected, and let the party which goes for
all evils carry the day. In this way, |
shall do my whole duty conscentousy."
Can sane, intelligent men soberly think