New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-10-19
TO TIE FREE SOIL WINGS OF OHIO.

while the ybig heart Of the Union was bound
ing with exutstion over the unlocked for and as
founding victory in Pennsylvania, there came news
from von that chilled the atmosphere aud dlmmec
the general sunshine. PENNSYLVANIA had settled
the contest of lsas until news came that Ohio bad
fsltered You should have seen how that revived
the hopes OF the stipendares OF Polk, the devotee'
Of Cass, and the iraternizers with Hangman cote
You should have seen how our dens OF deprayity
turned out their inmates, SO lately dumb and COW
ering, To yell over Their victory in Ohio. IT you
Intelligent, conscientious Wing farmers and me
cbanics who have seen tit 10 abandon your old
friends because Of their misfortune 81 Philadel-
phia, could but have seen those bordes who rushed
together in Tsmmany Hall and less genteel srog-
geries TO shout and scream over the first Tee-
graphic report OF your detection, do believe you
would have been impelied to hesitate, to doubt, TO
review the position you had taken. entreat you
10 do 1t now
Yes, friends the result in your State is disas-
trous no matter whether Ford or Weller is Gov
ernor by few hundred votes. The fact that
Cassism oda claim any sort OF n triumph IN Ohio
10 enough We all expected close and doubt
ton OF Ford by 5000 TO 10000 majority, with a
decided Wing majority in Congress and the Lee
sisature. You have sadly disappointed us-but
for Pennsylvania you would have stunned us. As
II 10. we are able 10 succeed without you, but we
don't like the idea Whom every other Wing
Btate OF ~ stands firm, how can we bear to part
company with the greatest the noblest OF all
When NIw-YoRK and PENNSYLVANIA came for
ward to admit and atone for their detection in the
last National contest, how can we surrender our
hag ship in that glorious though unfortunate strug
gle We cannot will not do II You have
shared our deieats--you must share our victory .
Success will hardly be joyful without you.
And why should Ohio fall out OF line with the
Wing array just as they are achieving decisive
triumph What good end is even proposed by
those who counsel that course Suppose it were
possible to give the vote OF the State TO Van Blu
rem, land you must know 1t is not) do you not see
that 10 In effect giving ito Cass Every Elestora
Vote against Taylor is either vote for Csss d.
rectly. or against a choice by the People and 81
in favor of Cas- indirectly Tor he and no one else
will assuredly be chosen Il the election goes to
the House. With the Delegations from fifteen
States Tor HIM. only tw elve in all against him, and
the other three divided. aud IN view OF the know
ledge that. # no President be chosen, the Senate
will certainly elect Gen Butler Vice President
and thus put him in the Presidential Chair, there
10 not chance for the election Of anybody but Cass
BY the House And why should any Wing vote
90 40 TO humor South Carolina and elect Gen. Csss
Why
The grounds Of demurrer are threeGen. Tsy
ior-the Philadelphia Convention-the Extension
Of Slavery. Let US consider them in order
You know how little like Gen Tsylor,-or
rather, how thoroughly disapprove his nomins
tion tor President. Personally | think well Of
him. as aimos, everybody does. The uniform
testimony Of those who know him proclsms him
shrewd, sensible, practical, humane, honest un
assuming man. II it were simply question Of
men. l believe at least thrce-ourths Of the Union
would prefer him to Gen. Cas-. As to his beins
q soldier and Shareholder. should like him bel,
ter n he were neither; but never did and thinh
! never will oppose any man merely as a slave
holder for an office under the Federal Government
for believe such opposition contrary to the plan
intent and scope of the Federal Constitution. |
it had been understood or suspected in 1875 this
the citizens OF the Free States would ever com,
10 prescribe aud vote against Southern men mere
Nv a. Shareholders, am sure no Constitution woul,
have been adopted. | do rot believe Wsshngtol
would have signed the instrument; am conhien
Madison and Pinckney would not. | cannot unite
in prescription which seems 20 me fsithless, Ill
directed and worse than useless. Nor viii MAKE
the soldiers calling reason Tor opposing any ont
80 long n the Nation requires trains and employ
soldiers am more than willing to unite in an,
effective movement for sbolishing the trade o
War; but, so long as the Nation encourages, re
quires and apholds that trade without objection o
csvil. cannot unite in prescribing warriors VIII,
have ever been blameless in private hfe anu ODE
dent to the civil power.
But we heartily agree that the Philadelphi,
ncmin stion was not the right one--thst eandi
date for President Of superior qualifications an,
merits should have been selected The oheic,
made was not mine, nor yours. Some OF you
visited and conferred with last year concerting III
defeat of this selection Many OF You must know
that spared no effort, early OK late, to defeat
--yct IL was made. Aud now the only eaestio
to be consderedis thisIs it your daty. is it mine
because Of our disapproNsi OF the reasons wnic
induced and the influences which effected TIN
nomination. TO oppose 1t and thus contribute &
Gen Cass's elecnoni have carefully weighed
have calmly dclibersted, and my convSction i
clear that ought in view OF all the circumstances
to vote for Gen. Taylor. shall do 50. Hear m.
reasons, and then judge my course.
As to the influences which prevailed IN th'
Philadelphia Convention, ! do not respect sn'
shall not fat,er them. a low expediency-'
mole eyed cunning-a ose.Principied oomplsi
ssncc to those who promised, If Gen. Taylor should
be nominated, all manner Of Southern and South
Western States which they had no more power
10 make over than Satan had to give away al
the kingdoms of the earth, II saw all this and de-
tested 10. But this is OF tie psst and is ~ lonsc'
of any practical consequence. The intrisues and
ntriguers have alike shrunk into their natural Pho
>rtioas Con. Taylor is nominated but they
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