New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-10-17
which side shall lover of Freedom vote in our

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which side shall lover Of Freedom vote in our
State Election this Fall
We make no profet,ioas-Ue invoke 10 conh-
dence-we simply appeal 10 the record. Ii the
Wing party Of New.York has always and earn
e,,iy stool forth in defence Of the rights Of the
People end Territory Of New Mexico to be pro-
tsc,ed from Texas acd Slavery. and II It's sdVeT-
ssnes have opposed, divided and egaivocsted on
this vital question, then surely no man wno IS
earnestly devoted % the restriction oil Hansn
Bondage within is present limits, with new to
its ultimate extinction, can honestly hesitate as 70
his position and d0ty
To the Law, then and the testimony:
From the day that Texas was annexed to this
county until now, there has been no voice raised
ia Congress against her claim 70 absorb and En-
slave almos. all Nev-Mexico, that vas not
Wing voice. The seifstyled Democracy has ell
Their yshemently advocated or tsciIly tcquiesced
In the utmost pretensiors Of Texas Nay the
war upon Mexioo vas wsged expressly OF the
basis Of these pretenso1s, and could not have been
justified on any other The Wings have general
ly, explicitly almost universally, resisted these
pretensions AT the last Session, Wing CON-
nittee, BY Caleb b Smith, tie Chairman, reported
bill to organize the Territory Of New Mexico
snd, In express accordance with the unanimous
prayer Of Convention OF the People, tha: BIZ
precoded Slavery ard reduced Texas on the
North 70 her proper boundary. or very near II.
Tha, bin was finally reached bu. could not be
moved forward the frat inch. the South revOlted
a. the Proviso. while the Northern Loco-F ocos
who voted with US on the Oregon and California
bilI,, would not stand up in behalf Of NewMeai-
co against the npudent claim Of Texas 70 over
ride and absorb her. Possibly half q dozen Of
them might have done it If pressed 10 q vote bat
there wa. 20 wisdom in counting a certain defeat
on so i'm portant q qsestioD, 90 the Committee Of
the Whole rose and reported Prscous littlel pro-
gress on the BILL and never sat on It again. The
bill lies dead, simply because the great body Of
the Representatives OF Northern Democracy
were in favor Of giving up al New-Mexico n
Texas and thus 10 perpetual Slavery. And II
that territory shall be now or ever saved from
slavery, it will be by defea. and 10 defiance Of
what ETY. les itself Democracy.
On the irst day Of the last Session Of our Le-
gislsture, Senator WiLKs WING introduced reso-
lutions expressly affirming the rightiu indepen
dence of New Mexico from Texas, the sotheDii-
Gated desire Of her people to be protected from
subjagstion and Slavery, and that i" 1t would be
unjust to the people of New Mexico and revolt
ing to the spirit Of the age to permit Domestic
Slavery, an institution from which they arc now
free, u be introduced among them and re-
ques.ing our Delegation in Congress TO act accord
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little or no opposition but were resisted in the
House expressly on the ground Of demurrer al
ready indicated. Ssysthe report
MIR. Goddard a St. Lawrence Bsrnburnerl
moved to amend so as not TO pronounce an op1"
ION as to the right Of TEXAS 10 territory betreen the
Naecer and the RIO Grandc.
Mr.. A. johnson IA Wing from ChenangoI said
he was INV illing to instruct Congress on the snb
eet Of the Texas boundary. He moved to strike
out. Lost.
Mr.. 81. Join bunker from Otsego) moved to
strike out the whole section. Lost Yeas 25.-
we have not the vote, but this was rather more
than the combined Loco Foco strength. Finally,
the resolutions were agreed to-
This 10 but a specimen OF what has been done
throughout the Free States Not one Wing Lee
gislature nor State Convention TO whose notice the
subec, a, brought has failed to pass resolutions
sustaining the rights of New-Mexico, and Free
dom therein not one LocoFoco Legislature nor
Convention, not even when christsned Free Soil,
has done any thing Of the sort.
Such is the attitude OF the two parties between
which the people of Ncw-York are about 10 make
a decision. The Wing party is not merely talk
INK in favor Of Free Soil 10 the abstract and with
reference to Territories into which Slavery has
no longer chance to worm itself, but is earnestly
and efficiently battling the spirit of Slavery Ex-
tension where it il now rampant imminent aud
formidable. They do not contend merely for the
nominal exclusion of Slavery from the Territories
but they watch aud work to make this exclusion
etiectusl by preventing the absorption of avssl
Free Territory by rapscioos Slave State. Free
men of New-York you can see and iudse-we
only ask that your works shall not belle your
faith Is this too much
Loco-foco Nominations.
y\fh Ward Ctfv.--Lleut. JAMES ID. POTTER