New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-10-06
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Gates going it.

sc.nasd to belong 10 the Wing party, eod for four
wears from 80 to 49, actually did II the honor OF
representing it In Congress. He was very zeal
~. anti Slavery man, bat our folks did net pro-
scdbe him on that sccount, although they could
no, generally perceive the utility nor the efficacy
n ,.i:ating Congress for the overthrow Of Sa
very in the States Congress having no power TO
,oolish i. there. still, SIR. Gates was Wing,
and il was not unre ssonably urged that by sup
porting for most responsible station man who
stood on the outer edge Of the party, many might
bo deferred from overlapping that border. W. DO
10, know that Mr. Gates originated that sug-
sss!ion we only know that he proiited byit' lie
vas no. unwilling to be useful to those who were
about 70 be useful to him, jusiiiying the definition
Of Gratitude as a lively sense Of ia!ors expect
cd He wrote if our memory IS net at iau't)
long and strong letter to Gerrit Smith, protesting
against tho organisation Of special Abolition
party, urging that to support the Wing party
would be for more effective. And he certainly
,cted upon tina, assumption until the Wings oi
Old Genesee stopped electing him to Congreis'--
Yet all that time il vas perfectly notorious-and
mons knew il better than he did-that the Wings
Of the South were generally for Slavery, and
did mt pretend to be anything else.
In ls43, Mr.. Gates went out Of Congross, but
we think he did not openly abandon the Wing
party till the nextyesr Then lie went the whole
hog for the Brney ticket, and did his utmost to
defeat the Whg party exactly when it had first
taken practically the position which he had claim
cd for IL when he was wanting to use 1t and
T.. H.
Ing the Annexation of Texas, had placed Itself
practically and bodily on the platform of hostility
TO the Extension Of Slavery. True, all did not
oppose Texas on that ground, nor for that reason
whet N alters thai. Who ever heard OF an army
repelling reinforcement on the eve OF great bat
de because they did not agree in ell the reasons
for opposing the common foel Yet Seth NJ.
Gates the anti-Slavery Wing, chose the very
tine when the Wings as a party were opposing
smeasure denounced by himself IS one OF Sla.
very prop asandlsm to abandon us, and lead of as
many voters as possible to Birneyism, whereby
Polk was elected and Texas annexed to our
Union. When the news ct that contamination
reached the heart OF our State, one who was
Free Soil candidate for Congress last Fall de-
cned in public meeting that nothing now re-
msined bat for every Birneyitc TO perfect the i'm
itation Of Jndas by going out and hanging himselE
Had that advice been taken, we should have been
spared any further apprehension OF Seth NJ. Gates.
or course, MIR. Gates. though he could not vote
br Clay 10 prevent the Annexation OF Texas, was
ready enough to vote for Van Buren, last Fall
merging the Liberty in the Free Soil party
The latter supported him for Lieutenant Governor,
and ne received lie 900 votes. 3,9s9 less than bis
compa,riot Gen. Dix had for Governor, and l,6lo
les, than Mr. Van Buren, received FOR President.
With the publication OF the Official Canvass, tbs
name Of Mr.. Gates disappeared from the political
frmsment, and 1t was but recently that the sigma
,ars g. NJ. G.. to bitter and wanton attack on
the Wing party in the Wyoming Mirror gave US
animation that Mr.. Gates still lived and that be
had not done hating the Wing party for the favor
with which it regarded him. the trust TO which It
called him. some ten years ago.
We should like TO have our readers see and sd-
mire the whole article, but room is precious, and
the two opening paragraphs are fair sample OF
the whole, and are as follows;
"wH.Sx SMALL 90 r'-Thsircuiry. which puzzled
NJ. Webster o Tsylors nomination, seems 10 have
profound uteres 10 many OF The TsyoTtes Just now with
nmpe change OF The person from ihe hrs 10 me second
Were viii you 20. now the BsrnSurners and hunkers
have rnitcd' - They have most intense end palrill
.oheiiude what shall become Of the honest Free Sovs
Tor al al once they have become honof rec Sellers, Gil
For ors can answer them negatively. the ministers
ofen begin their sermons can readily answer them
where shsll not 90 shall rOsse Tayoris~ that
10 very cerisn. nomination that was "npsr 80 20 be
doae wrong II sarobafners should absndon free soil /,
would not add free so hair TO the head q Old lack"
claim that Fec Sellers nearly all sincere and honest
enl CAN BACK TO TsYLoRIsM Depend on II. II will
sAs Sss Nj ever ,Sns Of anns wiss that psTT who
.ans a. their PRINCIPLES at Phsce!Phs, for tie sake OF
succeed O'od oo~pro~iss with Slavery, to elec,
SdrsAs.dy % tts tyssidsaeb!
Now. considerthe ressonabeness Of this pratng
OF ola Lsck,' Tsylori,es snd 'Tsylorsm.' The
VIII w-York did net make Gen. Taylor
cam aoF President on the contrary, they
gave shslmost unanimous vote against him in the
Convention. Even at the end, after his nomina
tion was certain, fve'six,hs of them still voted
AGAINST him. IL there was any shrinking from
manly avowal Of principle, any compromise with
Slavery in that Convention IT certainly was no
act of theirs But the ncmin alton was made, aud
they had practically no choice but to support Gen
TAYLOR or see q determined adversary OF all their
cherished principles elected. If they, with the
Whlga OF vermont anu MbkteOuusesssf NV
gone unanimously for Van Barren, they would only
have thrown the election into the House, and thu
secured the choice Of Gen. Cas-, in this playing
over substantially the Birrey game Of ls44. They
did not think best 20 do this. They cast their
votes, not very vehemently, bu, very generally,
ix Gen. Taylor, thus securing President to whom
bis worst foes concede honesty and patriotism,
who is now known to all men asa Wing, and who
has done no sct,expressed no wish, at all interfering
with the settlement by CoDgre" OF the question Of
Slavery Extension. Gen. Cass, even slice bis de-
isst be. been arguing that the Exclusion by Con-
grsss Of Slavery from the New Territories is un-
constitutional; Gen. Taylor says nothing, but that
be viii defer to the action of Congress Do the
Wigs Of New. York deserve Mr.. Gates's railing
sccast,ioosl
Iais talk about 'Tayortes and 'TayloTism
sheer CANNON. Even II the nomination OF Gen.
IvIs we're sAss that Is no lossN i've cues