New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-11-16

Wings, including a. large number who
have claimed ard received Office honors,
lucre at the hands of the party, have
dropped away in the late canvass, finding
associations more congeniaI in the Hunker
ranks, there have been on the other hand.
many valuable and gratifying accessions to
our cause. The gaps made in our ranks by
the Cotton detection have been filled by
the casual and unprompted adhesion Of
here and there an exile whom the Old
Worlds hapless struggles for Liberty have
driven hither. and whose preposscsslons IN
favor Of whatever bears the label Demo-
cratic have been oyerborne by his observa
ton of the real points ofdiflerence between
the contending parties-hy the silent bal
lots of some sincere haters of Oppress0n,
whether exercised on White or Black and
who, while acting generally with our OPP
ponents. were unable with good con-
science to refuse their votes to the only
candidate who avowed his disapproval of
the Fugitive Slave Law-and BY others of
various shades of sentiment who preferred
the candidate whose position seemed most
accordant with the spirit of Humanity and
Reform. Yes Washington Hunt desert
ed by the proud and betrayed by the pow
erful, owes his election to the sympathies
of those few among our immigrant, our
slavery hating, our reform-seekmg electors
who gave their votes not for the Wing
party but for him. Deserted and con-
demned in merchant palaces for daring to
be humane. he was for that very act en-
braced and sustained by here and there
straggler from the banner on which De-
mocrocy is deceitfully emblazoned. And
thus, at time when the Wing ascendoncy
is shaken in Maryland, and Frustrated in
Delaware, in New-Jersey and Massachu-
setts-thc oldest and frmcst supporters of
the cause-it has Won new and far-reach-
ing triumph on the soil of New-York.
Shall not these facts teach US Are we
not equal to the destiny SO plainly opening
before US Our country's ford historian
once said that 1t is not easy for cultivated
pride to put its ear to the ground and listen
to the whispers of lowly humanity He
said this in derogation of the Wing party
let US show by our works that the taunt
was misdirected-tha the arrow flies wide
of the mark. New questions are beginning
to agitate the popular mind--let US prove
capable of meeting and treating them in a
spirit and with a resolution worthy of the
Party of the People. Let us show to the
stranger within our gates that the conf
dence by him rcposed in US is not unde-
served and Will be more than justified let
us prove to the poor and the friendle8s
who gave us their votes, that their trust
was not misplaced. New ideas, new
hopes are dawning on the popular mind,
and the great heart of Labor swells with
the prospect Of an age to come wherein he
who pIows and sows, or builds and adorns,
shall do so for the benefit of his own, and
not for the profit of an idlcr. Homestead
Exemption, mot the mockery Of last Scs
sion.) Land Reform, a Limitation of the
Hours of Labor-these and the like are
questions now pondercd by thousands, and
soon to be intently regarded by millions.
Shall our Legislators wait to be forced to
consider them Shall they wait until 9TH
ers are chosen in their stead who miit con-
slider them! We trust the approaching
session of our Legislature will conclusively
answer these questions Ncw-York, now
ndisputably the leading Wing State OF
the Union, has bat to lead the way to new
triumphs and lasting aseendancy by idcnti-
fying her Wing triumph with measures
Of Reform and Moderation which the
popular understanding requires and the
popular heart will appreciate, The hopes
of the Future rest with those into whose
hands the People of New York have con-
tided their Legislative power; let us never
doubt that they will prove worthy OF their
great responsibility.
OuR STATE LEGlsLATURE.-Althou8h
the official result varies in few Districts
from the table published recently in The
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