New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-10-10

Washington Hunt last year under tae aus
pices Of the Castle Garden managers, and
We shall most joyously record similar
result
Yet the ODDS would seem to be against
him. Pennsylvania Is almost always anti
Wing. except when the last vote IS brought
out BY an exciting Presidential contest.
She has long accustomed herself to su5ser-
viencv to Cotton politicians, and has seat
meaner Doughfaces to Congress than could
be reelected from any other Free State,
New Hampshire not excepted.
The Opposition managers have evinced
in this canvas an 'alacrity IN sinking, a
constitutional ability and procliyity to dive
deeper and come up ilthier than any posi-
bic competitors. Although their candidate
for Governor himself virtually voted for
the State law of ls47 prohibiting the use Of
the County Prisons for the confinement Of
alleged fugitives from Slavery-(the bill!
passing the Senate without objection while
Mr.. Bigler was a member of that body and
present)-yet the fact that Gov. Johnston
did not see fit to sign the bill repeating that
law which was thrust upon him during the
last hours of the late Session forms the
chief weapon Of assault relied on by his
adversaries. The law had passed with
scarcely a dissent and been approved
by Gov. Skunk but now the party's' IN
teIest dictated its repeal, and Gov. John
ston did not choose to be their blind and un-
rejecting tool He took the time for con-
sideration which the Constitution expressly
gives him. and for this he is marked for
destruction, and Philadelphia Cotton Is re-
lied on to deal his death-blow. Finally,
they have seized on the late tragedy at
Christiana. where a shareholder was shot
bv mob of Blacks while attempting to
capture three or four of his chattes who had
run away from him, and are riding 1t with
whip and spur as if Gov. ]. had instigated
or been somehow responsible for 1t. To
hear them talk of this catastrophe, you
would suppose that runaway slaves never
resisted pursuers before, when in fact they
have been doing just this in the very heart
of slavehOlding communities ever since
Slavery had an existence. But Gov. john
ston does not delight in the forcing of a la
borer from his family to spend his days in
service to some one who re-
CARDS him only as property; he thinks the
law should presume every man owner of his
own person until some one else shall have
prored d legal night thereto. In short, Coy.
Johnston loves Liberty while he obeys Law,
and feels a sympathy for the weak and OPP
pressed, even when forbidden by law to
evince and act upon it.
For this he is marked out for defeat.
Whatever of seryllity and venality has
a home in Pennsylvania is baying on his
track and expects soon to be in at the death.
Exultations over his downfall are already
confidently uttered; and if Slavery and
Treachery can crush him, his discontinue
is certain.
But we hope yet in the free instincts of
the Rural Districts We feel confident
that several inland counties are preparing
to give him better vote than they ever
gave any other Wing. Yes, IN spite of the
recreancy of David Wlmot, who has ac-
cepted Judgcship as the price of his PEE
tensions to principle and is now supporting
the candidate for Governor, who ostenta-
tious!y out-lIerods all past seryilty, aud
whose success will be every where and Just
" regarded a. the overthrow Of all which
Nh WIlmot has protested to consider
most vital we believe that the North will
give a great vote for Gov Johnston, and
that hs own West will roll up for HIM ma
iorltles that viii aatonlsh and conlound
his adycrsarics. Never before was
a candidate presented whose enemies
had 80 signally commended HIM to the sym
patty and support of the generous the
manly, the frec-souled, without regard to
party. We beseech every lover Of Liberty
to DISREGARD the swagger of his opponents
and work for him with determination that
he shall not be run out if their efforts can
prevent it, His defeat would be reproach
TO the State and calamity to Human Free
dom May II vet be averted
The Republic ON Cuba.
The following quotation from The r.
public has been generally quoted and tcle-
graphed as of a sem-oiiicIal character