New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-01-23


this is or isn't dry time remains to be
seen.
We have been accused by several
Silver Gray friends -especially by
Lowell contemporary with whom we have
had little sympathy since he volunteered
for the Mexican War-of supporting or
laboring to promote Mr.. Summers election.
The charge has no foundation. While the
question was an open one, we hoped and
labored for an arrangement whereby Mr..
Phillips would have been chosen Governor
and Gov. Briggs made U. S. Senator. We
still believe shat arrangement was practl-
cable had the Wings generally seen fit TO
profer it to the two or three dozen Free
Sellers least inclined to LOco-Foco ALI
ance. But the Wings preferred to stick to
Mr.. Winthrop at all events, and let conse-
quences take care of Themselves. 1t may
come out as well in the end.
When Mr.. Boutwell, had been chosen
Governor by the Democratic and Free
Soil coalition, and Mr.. Sumner nominated
for Senator by each party in separate eau
Gus (only six dissenters in the Demo-
cratic caucus) we supposed the whole
matter settled. We had known something
of Loco-Foco slipperiness, but the suppo-
sition that the party which had obtained
the Governor, Lieut. Governor and COun-
ell (of Appointment by perfectly under
stood bargain should turn round aud blk
their confederates of their stipulated re-
ward did not seem to US credible of any
party that ever existed since the burning
of Sodom. No matter whether all the
Democrats attended their Senatorial eau
Gus or not, they were morally bound either
to fulfil the party obligation or return the
consideration. Had they intended not to
vote for Sumner, knowing we'll what was
on foot, it was their duty as honest men
to have attended their party's Senatorial
caucus, voted against the nomination made
there, and, on Mr.. Sumner being pro-
claimed the nominee, to have united in a
written protest and declaration that they
would not support him. That would
have been fair notice to the Free Soil
ers assuming that the protesters
were at least twenty in number,)
that Mr.. Sumner could not be chosen
Scnator-after which all parties would
have been at liberty to do as they should
see fit. But, having taken the considera-
ton without notice, they had no moral right
to refuse to fulfill the we'll understood ar
rangement. We, therefore, on the morning
that the election of Senator was to take place,
and not before, spoke of Mr.. Summers SEN
atorship as fixed fact, and gave our cor
dial testimony to his personal good quail
ties, Intellectual and moral. We take
nothing of this back-we do not regret hav-
ing said it-but those who represent US as
having endeavOred to aid Mr.. Summers
election state what is not the fact. Loco
Focos are not likely to be overruled by our
opinions, and we had no thought that Mr..
Sumner would obtain a single Wing vote
and he did not. Our remarks were intend
ed only as a survey of the ground after
Mr.. Summers election, which we supposed
would be effected at the first ballot.
On the general subject Of Coalitions
we confess a singularity of judgment. We
do not consider them necessarily patriotic
and providential whenever our party hap
pens to be involved in them but unprinci-
pied and atrocious when our side loses by
them. We thought and spoke well of the
New-Hampshire Coalition which made
Anthony Colby Governor and John P.
Hale L. S. Senator-we liked the cOali-
ton that made Seabury Ford Governor of
Ohio in lS4S. We should have been glad
to chronicle the defeat of this Massachu-
sets Coalition by the Wings, but we will
not, because the OK gored this time hap
pens to be ours, make ourselves ridiculous
by denouncing an arrangement whose
worst feature is that the wrong parties win
by it.
Members of COngress-Nileage, &c.