New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-05-05

FrasT OF HAY-Those OF our subscribers who
changed their residences the LIST OF May will oblge
nc BY leaving their addresses the Counting Room.
OuTsIpE-F1M PaSs-Father Heinrich's Concert,
John Bull TO Brother Jonathan. No. q Concerts OF the
Hutchinson Family Li.t q Delegates the Cons,i,o.
tional Convention Destructive Fire Rochester
News Items. &c. Fourth Page -Poety-Chsnge, by
Dugustus Snooerass Commercial and Money Matters
eferred Law Courts; Marine Journal, &c.
Tho Whlgs and the Convention.
The Courier and Enquirer is out at last with its
long-eEpected manifesto in denunciaton and renun-
cisiion Of the great Of the Wings Of this State
That paper did its defeat The call Of Con
stitn,ional Convention by the People Of New-YorA,
and confidently predicted that the Convention would
be voted down The result was vote of $50 900
for the measure and some 90 900 against 1.-THE
votes against II being almost entirely cast by Loco
Focos as The details plainly showed Every Wing
County going very strongly for the Convention
and only two inve,erately LocoFoco Counties Civ
ing nsjoriiies against it. Failing in his first on,
slaught the Courier has done all it could 10 throw
the Convention into the hands Of our opponents, and
In this owing to succession OF fatalities, 1t has
been successful. But in the ranks of the nominal
yictors there greater diversites of opinion than
between them and the Wings, and it will be mani
testify impossible to combine these discordant ele
ments in the production Of mere partisan Consltu-
ton, which the Wings can be rallied to vote down.
The last resort therefore. blacken the character
and calumniate the motives of the Wing advocates
OF Convention, and to this end the Courier coins
and utters the following willful mistakes. viz:
/. That a majority Of the People did not DESIRE
iao in fha farq nF thpi
own direct affirmation, by vote Of lso 600 to ,ooo
that they did. Which is likely to know best the
Peoples wish on this point-themselvesor the Cou-
rer7 The fact that many did not vote for Delegates
proves nothing to the purpose. For examples Mon
roe County gave large vote and an overwhelming
majority for Convention. But when the Election
of Delegates came on, there was no ticket in oppos
ton to the regular Wing tcketexcept the Abolition
which was certain 10 poll but few votes Ofcourse
the Farmers did not see the Of leaving their
fields at the busiest OF the year. and going of
three or four miles vote for Delegates when there
was no contest But does the fact that there were
bat $500 votes polied in Monroe undersuch crcum-
stances prove that the People did not know what
they wanted when they voted TO call Convention
In Chauiauque, Suffolk, Rockland, and other Coun-
ties there was likewise real contest, and the PEG.
pie were called out. The Convention being
certainly to be held aud the People having an OPP
portunity guaranteed them to accept or reject the
fruit. g ta labors thers less interest felt in abe
seectioh cf r>-'>ee'As generally than Should have
been uy NO means 2roveS want oil interest
In Constitutional Reform.
g. That the Anti W ebb portion of the Wing party.
recklsss Of whig principles and looking only to the
possession OF political power and tho patronage and
spols which power eircs have for years openly con
tended that TO be successful, We must be more Demo
cratic than opponents at least appear andith
that view they have sdcnty desired to steal their
Failing In this and acting the principle that halt
loaf il better than bread they stole half the name OF
our opponents; and called themselves Democratic
Whigs This only excited the contempt Of all parties;
and then 1t plainly put forth that II would obtain
powerful desired the Wing flag in the ascend
ant-t absolutely necessary to prove ourselves
Democratic and to oDer' than opponents
have heretofore done. Such has been the creed. and
such the practice of the Albany EpeninS Journal and
Moo York Tribune for years past"
We surely need not reply in detail to this foolish
tissue Of calumnies Suffice it that our readers well
know we never have claimed for the Wings the
name of Democrats, and as 10 Democratic Wings
the designation was employed in the columns of the
Courier and Enquirer long before The Tribune had
AN existence. We care nothing ut all for names,
and never ohjectto being called simply Wings, Dem.
oora,c Whiss, or even Federal Wings. We re.
fuse to apply The term Democrats TO the Loco Focos
only because their attitude the Suffrage and other
questions renders It palpable so'ecism, just as alb
surd NJ to call the natives of Congo and Catraria the
White race. As to real, essential, genuine Democ.
raoy--ihat Democracy which advocates Equal
Rights and Opportunities for all men--that we al
ways must favor because we believe its support
the dictate Of Religion no less than of Political
Justice AL the way we would wish 10 cut lotcer'
than our opponents is by being more honest, just,
frugal. faithful and truly Republican than they are.
That done. we leave appearances and names to take
caro- Of themselves
g. Next follows in the Courier astring of reckless
random MEASUREMENTS. importing that the Reform
Wings have 'nursed into strength the Abolitions,s
the Fourieri,es; the Anti Renters &c and the The
Tribune was selected 10 draw within the circle of
the Democratic Wings" the National Reformers
&c. Now tho Editor of The Tribune has never
counseled with or taken advice from any Political
friend whatever with regard to the National Re.
formers. but has been impelled solely by his own
conviction ofthe Justice of the Reform they promin.
emily urge,-The Courier closes the paragraph thus:
Finally. the monster ASrr RENT with REPUTATION
inscribed upon It's banner aud MURDER stamped upon
ilad
with delght-receved with open and mo.t eagerly
embraced BY these same pEMocRArIc wAtss :"
Now this monster Anti Rent instead Of. show.
ing s hdeous front, c'aally, actually appeared du.
ring the frst year of Gov. Stewards Administration
and was then treated by him just treat ii now
with military force to repress every &C, of hostility
to the laws, bu, at the same time with cordial sym.
patty for the Manorial Tenants and w,hencourase
rens that their grievances should be considered ana
redressed 90 far as practicable BY the Legislature
Where slept the thunders of the Courier them
But we must stop refasing these gross caluu,.
nies in detail or our whole sheet win De Sled, The
two following, however, must be excepted:
I've are distinctly told by The Tribune tina. ,hev
night have elected another ANTI RENT w,o In Alhany
county IL Tic eoas1ootrs Ways Of Ai5ass and Hc.sr
e had consented sscri6ce their principles and dis
grace themselves by voting fully tie And Renters
did" for men who pledged 20 repudiase their ooga
eoes aod commit MURDER IN open resistance Of the laws