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

ton. Gen. Taylor is elected, sud o0r various
OPTIONS of bis fitness are q slender practical &C.
court He is President. Whiy President, and
we ,binks good President bat Il be ~ere no., we
see 70 reason in ths, why Whigs should cease 70
be Whigs. Toe prca. principles which we ard
Mr.. Gates formerly upheld together arc sill con.
trovcrttd still supported, sud We are s;i.l sus-
tainios them. The Address and Resolutions Of
the Wig State Convention state y bat they are
and lbrieAy) Why stand by then. We battle
Tor man but for these principles. IN 50 far rs
Gen Taylor coiooidss with them, We are with
b II # he on any point opposes tnem, Ne are on
that point azsinst him. We desire 20 man 10 20
with bin nor with Us any further than the supper,
Of those principles will carry him. Why, then, Il
supporting those principles was right when they
sent Mr. Gates to Congresr, csn 1t b wrong now ?
But Mr.. Gates has grea. faith in the Anti-Sle.
very spin, that Is TO t> msnicssei By the Loco
Foco coalition He says
TIE po.iiion OF tie Taylor party. beng IS Ia De-
ccecy Pros avery, viii DO much 70 secure The Ant
slavery tendency Of the Democracy. For Tie latter 20
main'Sin even uncertain or equvocal position void
be great folly Poct well priscpe 6<1d sds that toe
Dee ocrecy thou pace isef IN anaeoni:c position
os are 70 be held sQseoiy n VARIOUS paris Of the STATE
AID We can soon have indications from their action
iae Pro or Ants avery ienssncy uaon take and
doubtless the adherence OF very many to the u1iOn a.
present efected, will depend upon that"
Dir. Gates says this in full view Of the a.e
( ectloDs in North CAROLINE, Kentucky, and Ten
nessee, where the auti-Tsyior party won thou
sands of votes to their banner by going the whole
hog for Slavery everywhere and at the hazard OF
civil war. Georgia bss just gone with rush tie
same way, and on precisely the same ground
Tile hati- Siarery ten9snoies Of The 1aion lof
Hunkers and BarIburners il this stste) 10 o! 8
sort that il takes the msgriiy!ng power of very
predeterniined faith b sec 4 trace OF It. Mr..
Gates must have meant to be wageish. The
union a.rees perfectly in its hsnkeriog for
Offices, and 10 is disregard Of non-es5entiss,
ike the Wilmo' Pfovso.
When the Honkers agreed 10 take the Barn
burners bsck into the party they made it en- ex-
press condition thu. none Of the Abolition or ex-
Whig allies Of the Burners should be nominate ed
By the latter to complete the union ticket. None
but supporters OF jackson end Polk would be &C.
copied. Had the Burners possessed common man
knees TO say nothing Of decent sense Of fidelity
to those who had stood by them in adversely they
would have spurned and deied this condition.
They would have nominated Gates or Stanton Or
sedgwick, and said, we know no difference be-
tween our late candidates fer Governor and for
Lieut.. Governor but since you make one, we
will show you that our surrender is not at discre-
ton. - But they snesked into the hostile camp
with reversed arms and lett their prescribed allies
to their fate. Among those allies there are GER
tsinly some who could not readily be kicked down
stairs without asking explanation; bat tots
class does not include Seth NJ. Gates. He is mani
testify eager to get into the regular Loco-Foc1 par
ty on any terms. We wish them joy Of their
AcnnIs ltlOn.