New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-11-08

the propagation of either Slavery or Anti
Slavery. For whatever Of needless antag-
onisn or undue excitement respecting Slave
nv has been fomented between the North
and the South, we hold the Anti-Slavery
SIDE of the Wing party in no degree re-
sponsible.
Nevertheless, such excitement has arisen,
from what causes let History declare. Mu-
tual alienation, to a greater or less exteat
certainly exists. In consequence, Wing
candidates have been stricken down by
Wing hostility in various parts of our State,
and the Wing ascendency in either branch
of the Legislature either destroyed or Sc
riously endangered. In the strong Wing
Counties of Kings and Monroe, Wing Sena.
tors have been defeated, which will very
probably put the Senate against us in On
tario, Broome, and other Counties, we lose
Members of Assembly in decided Wing dis
tricts, on the same account. In Albany,
Broome, Ontario, Monroe, and other Coun-
ties, as wei as this City, our local tickets
are generally defeated on similar grounds.
And intimations are freely given out in the
Silver GRAY journals that this course is
to be persisted in hereafter whenever can
dldates who are known t. loathe Slavery
and detest the Fugitive Slave Law may be
nominated by the Wing Party.
In our late canvass, the great majority
of the party agreed to waive any express
sion of their convictions on the points
Of difference with their Wing brethren,
in order that all Wings might heartily
unite in sustaining principles and measures
approved by the whole party. But this
was deemed insufficient Candidates on our
State Ticket were repudiated and voted
against by many Wings, under the dicta
ton of the Union Safety Committee, be-
cause they were suspected of cherishing
an aversion to Human Slavery. To be
personal friend of Senator Seward was
enough to subject one TO prescription to
have business relations with him was to be
marked for assassination. We defy any
man to give shadow of reason why Judge
Forsyth was prescribed by the Union Safe
ty Committee and the BarnbLrner Randall
nominated and supported instead, except
that Judge f. is understood to be on terms
of personal intimacy with Gov. Seward
and his most devoted friends. That he
has never uttered one word against Slavery
where Mr.. Randall stands on the record
as having uttered many, is absolutely GER
tain
Have we arrived, then, at the Parting of
the WAYS? Do those Wings who uphold
the Fugitive Slave Law propose to make 1t
their Shibboleth, and strike down every
Whig candidate who may be pointed at as
Seward man. or who deems that enact
ment unworthy of Free People, These
are questions which demand unequlvocal
answers. We have in good faith supported
at the late election the Wing candidates
who disagreed as well as those who agreed
with us respecting Slavery. We worked
harder for Mr. Ullmann, decided Gem
promise man, than for any other candidate,
deeming it due to good faith that he should
be heartily supported by our side. We
never commended him as aught but what he
is; for we wished it demonstrated that
Seward men support Wings of the other
section as cordially as the candidates
from their own side. But row we must
know, before going farther, whether Lib
erty of Thought and Speech practically
exists in the Wing party, or Is to be
sought elsewhere. We insist on dis
tinct understanding, before another Elec-
ton. whether Anti-Slayery sentiments are
held a disqualification for candidateship
in the Wing party. If they are, let us
draw the lines, and see who are IN the party
and who outside of it. If the Editors,
Postmasters and Custom House Officers
who compose the bulk of the Silver Gray
faction in this State want to try conclusions
with those whom they stlgmatize as
Woody let US set the ball in motion. And
we here give notice that, while we accord
perfect freedom of views and of action to
others. we will be satisfied with nothing
less for those of our own faith. Werecog-
nize all as Wings who uphold the principles
and advocate the distinctive measures OF
the Wing party; we will vote for such ire
spective of Slavery or ARti-Slavery. Is
not that enough? If not, and new tests are
to be imposed, new conditions exacted,
which bind us TO acquiescence In what we