New-York daily tribune., 1849-08-13
., g,ection.-Hou.e Lost.


ALBANY. August, lst'.
..su,f RIections--House Lost.
~. h.st-u occasiOnaliy IL the lot Of any and
.vs,v marry happy the party which may coosole
;,..,e IN defeat by the consciousness that It's mis-
t,,,ooe. resulted from It's wees bat ia virtues.
r.. Wbie party has almost certainly lost the as
,.odsocy in the next House Of Representatives,
and los. IL because II is lees recreant TO Freedom
than its antagonist which lives on Phsrissio pro-
fessons Of Democracy, copjoined with the prompt
and thorough-going support Of toe most glarine
An,,ocrscy There should have been st least
sph Wings elected 70 Congress from Kentucky
nine of the ten Districts having given Gen Tsy-
Lr nnsiorities eisht OF them very decisive. Yet
Eve Of the ten Districts have chosen Loco Foco,
and why Simply because the Wings hesits
ted differed divided on the question Of perpetual
ing Slavery while the Loco Focos-evtry jour
nal and every prominent man OF the pary-went
the whole hog for making Slavery eternal IN their
own ate aud extending il as far as possible ia
the National Territories, by any means, and at a
hazards.
The consequence might have been foreseen.-
Nothing 10 90 sensitive as great wrong especa-
iy one estes med profitable and cherished as such
The t's Slavery men Of Kentucky--tbose with
whom Slavery is the overriding consideration
were required 10 choose between these two par
ties-tbe one pledged to them body and soul
with its leaders and journals crying down Emsn-
cipation and Slavery Restriction in foil chorus
the other broken dscordant, wavering, with It's
recognized chieftain taking ground in favor Of
cautious and gradual emancipation Their choice
who could doubt it Slavery hiss given Loco
Foeoism four embers Of Congress In Kentucky
with half the Convention and sn unusually large
Increase in the Legislature. So bring out your
cannon, gentlemen of tie Northern Free Demo-
orscy,' aud make the wekin ring again, for the
frowns of slaveholding Executive viii not b.
potential in the next Congress. You canno'
quite rejoice over the defeat in North Carolina
Of EDWARD SrAsLY, who voted against the Gag
Rule aud against the Slavery. extension Hesolu.
tions passed by the last Legislature, bot bow the
Fr,e Sol Globe exults at his mesger majority
bat you may exult that AYLKTT BUcKsIR, who
made the only aud excellent Souttern speech m
Congress in favor OF the WilmOt Proviso, as been
run out by Geo A. Caldwell, n rsbid Perpetual
lat and Extensionist. in Dstrct Wing by Two
Thousand msiorit,--tha, JoHS 7. GAInEs wIo
introduced bin last Winter to abolish the Slave
Trade in the District OF Colum bis, has been run
oGt by Richard n Stanton, another vehement
apostle Of the Southern Party, while John {.
Mason, ultra Slavery Loco Foco, is elected in
ano'her strong Wing District. and Newton Lace,
who also rode the Slavery high horse, has beaten
HUsPHRsY MARSHALL stigmatlzed in the Louis-
vile Chronicle as an abolitonist, because he |
would not take ground sgalnst Emanoi patton |
Slavery has given Loco. Focoism a substantial |
victory 10 Kentucky. precisely as the kindred cry |
Down with Negro Suffrage gave the same
patty in our State victory in electins delegates
q Convention. That about the last vlcto.
ry Of that party in our State.
- While Loco Focosm was thus winning vic |
tories on one side OF the Ohio b. devotion 10 |
side by the aid Of Free Soil Geo. w Julian,
Van Barren FREQ Soiler. succeeds Hon. Caleb
Smith, having received all the l. o. Foco votes.
This District never could elect a Loco Foco, but |
this will answer pretty nearly the same end Two
other Districts in which the Free Soil men former
ly Wings. might have chosen Wing caudidates
have also elected Loco Focos. So the House Is |
lost, almost hey ond possibility OF recovery. We |
mean that II will pretty certainly not be Whis |
what It tcW be let who will divine-we cannot |
- is not amid its successes, still less after |
years OF ascendsocy and prosperity. that great
patty commends itself most nearly TO the iudg |
ment and the sfo ction OF Its thoug ghtfu followers
Prosperity breeds corruption aud in the hour of un
challenged ssceodaucy are sown silently and |
unobservedly the seeds OF decay But when We
zee Loco Foco preponderance in the next House
secured by such devices es have Just prevailed in
Kentucky and elsewhere. we are reassured aud
strengthened. No party ever was. ever ca be
prostrated or permanently injured BY such arts
have just wrought the temporary discontinue OF
the Wings Of the Union. The triumph thus Sc
cured will dissppoint, embarrass aud ultimately
discomhs the victors. They have cuiched barren
scepter which will yet palsy the hand that erasps
it Meantime we thank them for the new and
striking evidence they have afforded that the
Wing party, whatever its faults and deficiencies
Is still, as compared with its antagonist the party
OF Justice. Humanity and Freedom.
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