New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-03-17

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-, eon5if,ons stated Nothing was farther from ny puI
no.e than 20 intimate any change OF opinion Is long - any
considerable and respectable portion Of ne Ceneaefae
sboud continue 70 stand ont IN opposition 70 Inc Anneas
ton OF Texas. :,
Here stands Mr.. Clay; and here is all we could
have wished him TO say. That 10 him, slave
holder and surrounded by all the Influences OF
slavery, the question did not wear thesame aspect
as to US was matter of course. If he had regard
ed Slavery as we do, he would not have continued
Shareholder But, in avowing himself opposed to
Annexation until Mexico should assent, and until
the assent of every section Of the Union had been
also obtained, (and this was plainly stipulated Ia
the perverted Alabama letter as here,) ne TOOK al
the ground that reasonable antl-Annexatlonlst
could desire. YET by the misrepresentation OF the
Alabama letters in the Birney and Polk journals his
defeat was secured.
And now, what hes all this to do with ihe
Wing Meeting and the Charter Election! Has
DUDLEY SELpEy been any thing but Clay man
these ten wears? Was he ever even suspected OF
Abolitionism? Did he ever, In Congress or Out OF
il. manifest any inclination TO interfere with the
Constitutional rights OF the South is thefe
Northern man living in whom the Wing statesmen
of the South repose more implicit confidence! We
know of none. We have very oftea differed from
him in regard to matters and were alb
sent at Washington when he was nominated Tor
Mayor and though we believed and doubtless SAID
he would probably benominated, we cannotremem-
Der thatwe so much as lifted finger promote that
nomination. If MrI Selden has been unpopular
with some Wings hitherto, as the Courier asserts,
the cause has doubtless been his anxiety to excuse
the capers of that same Courier and its Editor-io
gloss over their recklessuess Of public interests IN
absorbing devotion TO private ends. UPto the time
of the Courier's plunge into Nativlsm, We do not
believe there was prominent Wing in this City
who mt so much faith in that Courier and Its Edi-
tor as Dudley SeIdcn. He is getting his pay for 1t
now. inst as Gov Seward, A1r. Weed and others
have got it before him.
Enough We await the meeting OF tomorrow
evening in undoubting confidence that no disturb
ance can be made there by the aid of Wings, and
we advise the members Of other parties moi 10 be
made the instruments Of creating any. We could
say nothing of the improperly of their being used
for such purpose which their own reflections will
not readily suggest.