New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-07-15
NEW-YORK TRIBUNE.
THURSDAY MORNING. JULY IS.
.,erua, Improvement and Party Poiitics-The
Chicago Convention.
..z,.--i.f Co,ra.nnndencQ.

Iber.tions and acts are on record and are or soon
will be. before the People by whom ] trust they
Gill be generally and thoughtully considered.
those who were not present cannot see, but may
imagine. the feverish and incesssnt anxiety mani
ssted that nothing done or said In the Convention
.hould seem TO wear party aspect, be dictated by
party considerations or obnoxious 10 party preju-
tices--the continual. unsparing disparsgement OF
party ends and operations and the eIertlons on ali
sides To bury party ties and feelings IN OBLIVION
20 be q partisan aud TO be thief had been synon-
iroou.. Party could hardly have been more stu
diously decried and reprobstef.
This was partly right and partly wrong VINO
ever rnanifess zeal for River and Haroof improve
rnents or labors 10 promote their construction and
magnify their importance, for the sake Of Party
10 ,ub.erve the interests Of Psrty-scts sinister
unworthy part deserving severe reprobstion Let
avery tub stand on its own bottom. But this Ia
bored Remuneration and denuncistion OF Party seem
10 me neither Just nor honest. lfthere be any man
who regards Party bat as means Of advancing
sordid and selfish ends that man does well 70 seem
ashamed Of Party when be appears as the advocate
Of any enterprise looking 20 ends OF general ana en-
during benehcence Let me for one, however be
understood and recorded as not less uniformly zea
COS conscientious, open and ardent IN my Poiilics
than In anything else whatever very Willingly
strike hands with political opponents VINO may
agree with me in favoring this or any other good
work and in all sincerity say, While on this sub
iect we will put aside and forget our partisan diff
.fereDce.: we will remember only that we are iel-
IL. Ii and iva
.,emstic Improvement Of our Rivers and Harbors
This is right, honest practicable. Bot II any one
chooses 10 manifest his zeal for River and Harbor
Improvement or anything else in any such lan-
guage as this" Politics and Party differences are
all folly nonsense insanity the madness Of the
many for the gain of the few we renOunce and
.repudiate Party rs an idle or unclean thing, u
beg that il be understood that he speaks for him
self and those who agree with him, and not at all
for me.
Nor can I even assent unqualifedy 10 the doc
trine of one of the Resolutions reported by the ap
propriate committee and adopted by the Conven.
ton. deprecating all association OF the subject OF
River and Harbor improvements with Party Poll
tics have already stated what ] understand to
be the truth in this direction. But suppose one OF
the great parties which divide the Country be
proved 20 manifest an nveterate and radical hosti
ity TO the improvements in question: hostility
tempered only by considerations Of local necessity
and TO the extent Of such necessity its an
tagonist approves itself through q long series Of
years the steadfast and efficient champion Of such
improvements is il just or honest to say Party
Politics have nothing to do with this matter Vote
for one party or the other as prejudice or fancy
may dictato-it will DO all the same as far as Rv-
: en- aud Hsrbors are concerned = ! do not so I'M
dar,tapd Il Doubtless many an individual will
virtually say Though want the Rivers and Hsr.
bor. improved / shall still act and vote with the
Party well know to be mainly aHisvorable to
such works. because Of other and paramount con
'siderations this is every mans own business
and wise or unwse, Conventions cannot NEEDLE
with IT, But he who says that this River and Har
Dor question stands utterly aside from the general
Politics of the Country speaks for himself and in
pointed opposition TO my understanding and con
victions.
For who that reads the leading journals of the
day--not to mention the journals Of Congressman
be ignorant that the elemental notions and popular
msxims of one of the great parties OF our time
evnce the most radical and invincible hostility to
all such undertakings 10y Government as that OF
River and Harbor improvement The world Is
governed too much - The best Government is
that which governs least - Laissez iaire Let
us alone. sc. &o.-does anybody that has eyes
pretend 10 shut them to the bearing OF these max
ina on such topics as those which have occupied
the Chicago Convention Undoubtedly, there are
individuals OF the Loco Foco party who on this, as
there are some who on other subjects act earnestly
in opposition to the spirit and obvious dictate OF
these maxims--ior instance Hon John w entworth
NJ O. from this District OF whom said in substance
MIR Corwin in his speech on Monday
This subject unites most opposed In Politics
Tor instance the Hon. Member from Northern Illinois
and myself When We tive agree In favor OF spuolie
measure, IL must be right lie Is among the moot zeal
GUS and thorough champions OF theso improvements
aud not at all troubled with Constitutional serupes Ia
regard o. them. Tie may be- considered even lsutudi
the subject which glaneing round at Long
Johns ample proportional Is probably owing To his
longitude. lie goes his length
True But has any body ever heard OF Loco
Foco representing a District not specially interest
cd in such improvements, who went his length ioi
thsmi II any body knows the whereabouts OF that
unicorn, let him be trotted out.
No man can read even the letters addressed Il
this Conyention in answer TO invitations To atten'
II without being struck with the palpable differ
encs OF tone aud spirit which separates the States
men OF the two great parties. GA the Wins side al
Is frank and unqualihed-as for example Mr. W ED
stsrs characteristic letter which was only received
here ON Tuesday night, aud the reading OF wmcl
yesterday ealed forth three spontaneous and hearty
cheers from the Convention. Nobody is lett 4
guess at the position OF MIR Webster or Will rea'
his letter twice 10 learn what II means. Tumiron
this 10 the letters OF eminent Loco Fooo Statesmen
beginning with that OF Gen Csss. long citizen
the West a u. :. Senator from harboTless Mich
gan and all aspirant To the Presidency via Soat'
Carolina Dad mortal man ever before see such
letter from one who is by position and was by pro
iession friendly to the objects Of the Convention
IL was listened To with hardly less astonishmen
than indignation was iorcIbly reminded by It
with q lew more OF the same sort OF an anecdot'
| lately heard OF the renowned battle field OF Bla
dsnsbursh, which lsnky, lop-sided Maylsnder
who saw the affair Is m the habit Of showing sn,
illustrating to ysiters mot often Amenoansl tor
consideration. A British officer vas lately his Gus
TONER. and. on examining the ground where on
Militia stood--or rather didn't stand-be could no
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