New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-11-05
NEW-YOKk TRIBUNE.
A FREE SOIL LETTER
Frew Hon. Krastss ID. CsiTer'

H.o HR.,rp, ID Cvtvss will cOLDrnsD1 General
a,,.otion. Mr.. CrLTER - weii-knoTn n the
,oh,ic a. an able and devoted coampion OF Free
al ,,d Free Speech. and an pnAipching opp0-
oe.t q, Slavery. Last yer, in oounr"n With
many h2.est Wings, yielding 10 the force Of Anti
y avery sentiments he separated from those y 10
Supported Gen. TArLoE, and took conspicuous
part 10 thu proceedings Of tn. Buffalo Cow s1ii9n
Bat be refuses " be transferred " Loco Foeoisrn
by the high contracting parties 70 toe corrupt CO
sHtion recently formed A. Syracuse. His rea'o0'
are Vnansxertble. He speaks tie language %
t,1lh and so5srness, sod his sentiments VII hoa
hearty response in the byess' oi every "'H''
Pee SOFT Wing: 40 ffe' ''"'
TO rBEp PEE .olL WHO'S or ~" Iosk
PR,Iov CfTr;[s / an DO neutral ! never vas
called frrce.nsr nor 10 u IN ny natats 70 y
l,okrr o. white others are bghp"s thunoe'i.s us'o
t.uis The re~ attitude Of Dsrti-s calls tor so-bohg
a. ,o.,t.on am Known most Of yoc sD6, there
-. ch.ose b. addfes' you over my own name
90. - Won knsw Of too Ijopj Wings 10 this
SIC /. 40 1t,hbeld their votes from O7G- TAYLOR
w. dS 50 very Jclieve DOT because we loved mig
,psC,1s less, %. because hated tae slave p0Ser
nora Ay OPposiuOn To him wac honest and sincere
Ia .as three fold IOppossc him hrst Seesuse Of -
e.riy "mdspendsnt," 4" 10 party posson Second,
~ doubtful attitude the Save Question and th'r5
'-csUse the location belonged VI light t. the N2rth
f- It's rsht could not under the cir'UmstaEces, Sc
ny ~sy clear, a. the evidence hr> war 70 Sanction r
sJy ~sy approve 81, tho poiey ths' die,s''d 20
noula stion As N my 6fs' objection admit, - N"
canvass proceeded his neutral gsrD dropped IN
ST. cast Of" broken DOVE" supporters neatly a.
forsook him and the General ST lsst very properly lei
upon the Whig party for bis support bah ne -"
praciiead polc,aD tina, would have been precisely Toe
y in. from which DO would have sdrbd - 70 ~
s@c.nd objection, II 10 true, tec1ved very srghs
assurances from Distinguished WING f.er e. ih'i -
b,w safe or the ssvsry question, that peI'ona'y'
BE- e,oss and wishes ~ere sverse = its exten'l'h
'hs, d. guuld the whole matter to tne Tree az "o
81 Congress. but ths eSidsrcT VS. DBL ol abaire ~
allow o,a the uu nc uso n In ju5 lyDg 1yssi i~r
supporting him especially When ss~ MS Southei"
friends claiming for him position ekscpy ths IeFe'N
ggt she General successful In The csrvHfsi ma
sr his election ard during bis recent tour norm,
have It from a source eniilng II b. great we'sut tns'
hc has siysa .tfOng intmsioas u views ano P1ey a
vsdng ths prohibition Cl the extension o' olAfoIy-
Hos tnat may be, time ard events vii disclose ttn
DOR inpes n admit that; since hls accession i7
u,e Presidency, bic Administration, 90 far - deFH'.
o91d has been Wing and nothing else. ~ hss M
hearty spprovsl, With two slight exceptions eon.d
haze SisAcd bin L. have pulled The halter on OF hf
Dougbisced UASSEGAN without an hours delay, ana
"a his Secretary would 81 ones oyeTrale the schc
of department. IN Withholding passports u col''fd
CITIZENS
~. sid one word more In relation 10 the pat; one
Ysi,u OF the Proc Soil Whigs know, went % isf
"a h. cast their votes ior Mr. VAN busEN, another
portion aid by far the more humorous simply WITH
held them from Gen. TAYLOR. For one never cr9ifpS
Tue election e Gen CAss lie moro hOpeisssly
goue on the slave question thsn The Wing nominee
oorid be- entertained no iears ot bis success III
ldti On the Of election. From the Outset ten
t,st he could not pet New York. Vermont, M.sssctu
setts or Connecticut and confess did desire to see
10000 Whgs those States ul,bhold their votes from
Cen TAYLOR and thus show the south they would
ut slgutiy subfni: longer ~ their dcistOn Jhs "s'
'hs ,isat ol rsy solicitude. And while vithhed nv
support from Gen TAfLoR. voted for Gov FISH "oo
that too against even Gen. DIN I had watched he
former during HE whole in Congress lie never
gave wrong vote. wa. always rlsbt-sgsns' Sa'eiy
a0d the eide Of Freedom. Bat Senat0r DIV highly
a. appreciated his talents and his recent er 1rts H
fsyOf oi Free Territory, could not forgive Tie gave
tn, fatal casting vote Ehh br0sSh 7'ros into M Osfo'
Goe with IL all our wo and that TOO while b.. great
political friend, Mr. VAN bUaEN, then lay slsushtcifd
v!ctiup bleeding the altar az Southern vengeance
Tor -cfasins to favor what Mr. DIX helped to oou'nn
plsfe
In relation to The events 81 ls!s only cay Ill 4,
have no regrets to offer though il was the most psin
fa act of my political life Yet the case nta stood
a. the evidence then should feel justified, un |
1sr the circumstances, To- tread the track again |
nethipg dauDted Bat /, were vain 70 ,zpend regrets
ior that which cannot be recalled Ii is not with iNc
9rs now dealing. The present. calls ior our |
sober elaboration
Hoe STAND parties and Issues Ia is49i hs'" r. D"
cent movements and arrangements placed you snd me
~ tai gar,rH tree soil Whigs, IN false position
DO owe II 90 10 ourselves ami our principles I"
put Ourselves RICH, before the peoPio Are We not by
the arrangement made. by iupuiaton at 'esst 10
fellow ship men, and swallow doctrines which We have
aver oalhed aud repudistedf Let U examine iSt
facts and seq.
you and we'll remember felow citizens, when the
results o. the baltimore and Philadelphia Conyentons
we're announced In lsis How deep was the indignr
,on aud how signlfesu the mutlert - u, the Norm
We tkosRM We saw the hans ci Slavery WORK "a
both Conventions. The pentup feeling 81 the Nf'h
sOu. et won't Fret convention ia Ohio then snotri
Ia Massachusetts, gave uttersnce to that feeling me
followed by thst thrd and upprecedented gamer
ine At Buasi seemed tor time Ike the hteaNos
~ OF parties The pillars OF Slavery to'teref Con
gses. iaruci pale and hs,eoej-and even DICKINSON
49, l.a.. fnr
That Conyenticu ycu recolect. laid down Ne the
hssis VI northern action PiaV@m-yes the " Bur
10 PLArFoRM.' platform al once noble. eommsn'
log UneNcspuonsble. Ia had my cordial spproha''0n
ana had its eare moliing been committed 10 my
bands cou not and would rot have sitempted al,
improvement, save spriutiiug little more dH0''N
saii,s' Into the 1atif Resolution. Taken 1A who
SOC Platform VA. admirable one. True, lie iouuas
ucn nearly NJ Of "Ae fabric but meme tho ~uf'
tvr that
Upon sha, platform you and I were urged 70 take
possas.,on. True we bad great sgvings as ~ ~
rauaee ard o. ,he anal perseverance, Of some -
hi. defenders On that platform the Barnburne's
II a. vih than, and HE Hannibal OF old swear 4,
the hons ~ the sltar Hes lLy O. Saroy nOw snc
ioreyer lAa, VS.. TIE ws'eh"ort--,sa' h' -
question. 40 stood the issue. sud they fought IN"
battle ia lS4s. Hut rAyLoR was victoyiou, -CAss g.
frs,sd snd VAN BuRs> distanced aud while the bEsn
burners could not clsic victory, they found Wa
next ~ H. consolation In having Handsomely lse
oct Gen CAss
Ru, ista Ia. come and how stand the issncs
What has become OF that PLATFORM Ana thst reh'
~irg OF ,hc army. where 10 thstt AID where now i
thst "tes, qaesiionf'
This leads nne 10 invite yonr attention moment
the kte union effected between the Numbers and BAN
burners 10 ihs State Whist have those two section
OF lha Democracy isne And what 90 they Ssh yea
AMI ma by our votes silence to sanction They
nave done lust this; THxN iL,vI AfFtRNSp AGl
rNx ON Loco.kooc rsSvss OF isio AM a, A~r
AeARGp NOT TO MAXI Si.AvExN rssr sVKsrioN :
THIS 10 precisely their position. II you doubt H. -
specially refer you - The Ua,sa resolution which ~
The bsss Of the coalition.
Iaey substantially svow IN that resolution, hath
viii to.ers~ difference Ct opinion ON The s!av"-,
Qaesdo0r that they will ~, regard II So t,si OF y,
,noetScy" They ssy, you sru soand Oh AL Inc "a.
Issues, sab Treasury, Free Trade, snt.bsnk ~
fsxss man, reeosaise yea as Orthodox In your Ne
moefscy. You in the pale Of the pemocrSk
Church. No matter II you 10 deny the power oi Coo
srvss over slavery 10 the nlstrei and Territories.
s'ter Hyvo favor Of extending thu earse o. tbs
hio Nfande and tAeRce ~ shs Pseihcin favor OF buy
~ ma ss.als haaasn being In the Csp,ssl-ao ms1
sYeS srt m 'avor % reeens New Mexico OF tsohirds
Z" her eTtloty, that IexNs may plant slavery thero
40 t9ssset u IN ssvor Of moes and gss !sws sni 40
2 lsca 10 ire presses and tree speech No matter ia
sl this II you VIII he sie1t ca the a. mstts-s v.p
tho uekes aud abide ey nosalusuon. yanr ps
Inocrscy shall b. aaqaessionea.