New-York daily tribune., 1849-10-27
Bat he lies IN dos,,
A FREE SOILER IN EARNEST.
THE COALITION aEPUoIATsD

Mr. 8. z. Church, q Delegate to the late Free
Soil Convention in Madi'on County, having been
voted down 10 that Convention, sent the following
scsthing review Of the late proceedings o! the
party leaders 70 the Free Soil organ in the
County, which refased % prfns II, and he was
compelled 10 resort TO a Whig paper. We ssA
every Free Soier in earnest 10 consider his facts
Having been, since the Free SJil organization
Of ls4e srdently and devotedly attached 70 It's
principles having been q delegate 20 It's recent
Convention At Monisville, and returned home ~
dor q conviction tbst both honor and manhood re-
qaire an utter reputation OF the terms OF the
- union" there oOnsummated. aud an entirely In
dependent OF political action on the part OF
those " no teliered in the doctrines OF the Buffalo
Platform, Il seems proper that q brief statement
should be made 0f the reasons upon VIII that
conviction 10 founded
They are then, lsI. Because this union Ia an un-
manly dessrtIon Of the free Democrats oil otner
States.
"a. II involves a total ,urrender OF oar Demo
crstic principles. Let Us loos for one moment q,
the INN, date history OF tns Free Soil movement
We have somehow come % regard the Buffalo
Platform or the Free SOil party as the exclusive
creation and property Of the Barnburners OF NoS
York and We have been ready to tinker aud
tsito with H. and buy and sell out - none but our
solves hsd any sor, Of proprsorshp In H. or need be
consulted the subject II an assumption ths mos
Of other states. whose work the Buffalo Platform
Ia reality WAS
The Free soil party does not belong to Nsw.yors,-
did not originate here bay MORE did not originate
with the dmOcracy ut AL IL had ts inception Ia Hhis
hearts, and At the Philadelphia Whig Nstons Con.
venton
On this subject beg to quote Hon Henry Wilson
member OF that Convention from Msssschusetts m pub
lsoed by Rim In the Boston Republican OF Sept p;
"on The .'.t q us d.y h. "'n I.yer "a, aoS's.i.s q
baus ne coa'-aoa h.a an .ssse . ca. s,,,e
ss,iSe,,os o. pIy 20 uo,ias-s e.ass. Pfs..uey
ema'. q mr.. "a, ,h-ss 70 s.,.. s.n 70, ca. g u. CO.
ua snd ~ Ls,y m'a Tbs b.neofn's aAs no hsn' @ eas
The plan" adopted " for calling the Convention"
wac. we All know, the holding OF simultaneous mee,
ngs Ia different States DrAost ssinorOa 0f parry o.
unite in demand for National organization. q resist
the sgsressons Of Slavery. The OAis meeting named
the time aud place.
Thus the Fee Soil party the result OF National
movement. embracing ali political faiths, and not the
result OF \ contemplate party squsbble (ss IL now
seems 10 have beenl among the Democracy OF New
leTk. IL was q movement 20 which Massachusetts
gave the Wing Son OF OF her Presidents-to which
New Hampshire and the Liberty Party sacrificed their
noble HALK,-Ohio her Glddines-snd 10 which the
truohearted of all parties, from the Mississippi To the
Ocesn, buried the strong attachments OF their earlier
political faith.
l1wsss glorious spectacle, that which presented
1T Bofslo the OH day Of August, ls4s. Sixteen
States with the District Of Columbs were In iu de
legation ami that mornings rose upoa this assem-
tsge Of 40 coo ireemen convened by the pressure OF
" the great moral revolution" aud behed them bowed
together, while the Mpister Of God invoked the bless
Ing OF the Moot High. to rest uponit
We look upon the record OF that day, with feeling
OF yeneraton akin TO that with which We remember
the memorable day OF s6 There Was the same reel A.
of wronss-the ssgressons OF the Slave po~er-ihc
corrupuons of the Saye parties, AMI the stuffed voice
OF srce people snd then came the Solemn snc
formal declsrs,on OF Independence of the slsvr
power, aud hx-d determination 10 rescue the fedc
raj Government from us control"
ssvst '.srcors ia., We ' Pep he. s'.'ne.d t.nsn
Of iessreai-ucs prus coo th- OF
sns @sos hs ga,sssea -rsssvo. ~ sf'sacs
.st,i . n. Sectional 9ls'orn Of slavery
Then the resolutions which constitute the Ma.
tionsl Platform OF Freedom
| do no, ask you, Metsrs Editors to copy the whole
series OF those eloquent resolutions with ,he
preaaoe and yet would to God they mi sht bs nov
gosa by every Free solar Ia tho state lie would b.
shsrdy man among them whose hesrs would not bes,
with pride, while his cheeks burned with shane ss be
traced The early and history Ut tas, glorious
parry They were substantially these
efNayss D,,f,ei = Cor-.. s-,r~r
~ .sss-.,.- .sis ed 's.S.s % . -. .ss;e-s. =
s-ssy ~ s4e"' = o. i,' , = s.s ess' s~... -. !. ~.
test As H'-~ Pssss N. a - .,.aa settler. = I-.os-
hs r0n. 90 %. Puei saistset snd h,feo nfrereot-
lara os ssst. ero.euea ~ ssf.sshssf
gess setoa Of :, aS~ssa9 oss. 'sa '..n-.- ass ~
Tue eststlshsd IKE Net,csaI Fres Set PEyss OF
lssSa party embracing sixteen States three OF them
slavchoolng, aud the D4siriet OF Columbia And The
=
y>cts, eomainiOs Wings, Democrats, ana Liberty men
oi th- whole Union, been in year sold cat 10
the hankers OF New Nork-5y I've members OF sing K
S.steand for the IN sershle price # four petty Ohces
Aai where /. CaiASIxs FkA>cis ADAMS placed by
Nss tssasier the man oi whom lsssa Nye sld al
banSo t htsins ne should oe in ,hc front ranks
o lhis xfesi morsl Revolution as Samuel Adams "a,
to the front raIks Of the old Revolution" What DC
comes Il the noble Allen who hrsved the snslhamss
ottes Walk Conven'ioni And Of Gi3ainss. who dared
tue thandeE OF bis party n the whole country IN his
defence u Frcs soiii wssrs are caI,sr' Waite ana
s.ds~iek The Liberty OF Ohio, ana the 90ooo
wniss ei New hors who stood se gooa men and true
upon this Free Soil pls,iosmt Retrsyedt ss.elv
llesnly betrayed and deserted
i,e.!ns OF eonnoa hoaor should have led u. 70
mSiatSla our pcsiuon unl tbe noslo men Of other
States less favored thas fer the rrpture srs
wao came - ns ~ infinitely greater sscrfce Of pO,
ios place aad isme hat sigaihed their willingness n a
sAoud sosudon the "ccmmoa platform" Thi,
movement hu brought upon a. as We have deserved
tne cxecrsuon AID coIiempi Of our lste iriendA i n
has NJ OF mxnsind) and 40 nav learn how sous o
them exprs- ~ by resains the Free SS papers q
NsssschUse1ts snd oaio. rhey teen with toe mos
bitter and scorehiug cca uncisons oi tes o&se oesy
of their corSience Talk a. may" ssys ths
Bosos Rsy.A,oaa, III 10 act Of folly and Of ,ss
backest lDsrsltaoe-snd the OF Free So.srs fee
Il - - la cur Judgment IL 10 hard eaoasa 10 b-.
tas coocsct without mskins ourselves ccaieapro.s
By apol,s xias for IL
T" The ,ss,;ncss OF the heart" says the oAso ~.
p-~srss "selis every honest iesi there jas
uacsuor. and can De no psistor Of tAis black deca
IL u deliberate sale for the spolls ofcice.'
Bat forbear multiplying exirsets IL 10 harrilstiBs
Ia the lest dssree the possticn in winch placed
ssd Light IN which held. Ia the ulnc o.heir
greatest need. have turned frca The noble ~ec
ssood by Ia the hour OF our greatest perl--whc
generously sustained AZ our reqaess the most anpopa
lar candidate IN the whole cocntry, sad gave chascsi
Soi potency 10 the Otherwise pasFi.e mossmen; OF
own fsctiols poAiicsns Having answered the par
pose OF i.sd1s hcre-enxbiDs them 70 crswi esek
again with g. degree ef dignity into the party from
wniea they klcked CUT We now coolly roid
Il Al moi h f,ffov them = ~
back a. THO places whsnce caa" Saeh 10 the Ian
gusg- of the Btlao CshritT.
Whether hsnorso,e and high usded Ere. Soilers
Will sanction this proceeding remains 10 bs se-a. Ia
my humble Judgment a more ignoEsinious defes,
assits the Unite1 Democracy this Fsll than
visited upon party before by the just indignation Of
betrayed people
H,Oer'o have spoken only Of our relations to the
National FIRE. Sca Payty II TsmA.ns nov to ssy
ra his ecdtses fsvolrss tA< txal sssyesdc Of sroy
Sieisssiss feature u our ~esslsGsss.