New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-11-30
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II is Addison, We believe, who forcwarns his
readers, if they should ever find or fancy him
dull, to be sure that he has some deep design
in it, There is large class of journals which
seem to interpret in kindred spirit our re-
cent remarks on current Politics We have
said that we considered the Wing party crush
ed by the defeat of Gen. ScOtt-lOt simply
by the fact of such defeat, nor yet by its Oyer-
whelming eXtent-but mainly by reason of the
treachery and restitution Of principle which
that defeat revealed. In the opening of the can
yass, we asked Of the Silver Greys only this ia.
vOr-tbat they would either support Gen Scott
in good faith or openly and above-board oppose
him. In either case, We felt confident of his
success. But very many of them saw fit to
pursue the only casewe dreaded-;hat of max
ing no public or outright opposition, but croak-
ing through the canvass that he would and
must be overwhelmingly defeated and voting
against him at last. Not less than Three
Thousand who call themselves Wings of the
most orthodox stamp did this in our City alone;
and they had abundant allies and sympathisers
in Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore. New.Or-
leans and nearly all over the country. For
this course, our previous experience of the
treachery innate in the breed ought in some
measure to have prepared us yet it had not.
We said These men know that Gen. Scott
is no AbolitiOnist, no Higher-Law man they
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flied with men of their own stamp, 40 viii
be retained if Gen. Scott succeeds; and they
can't work and vote 10 turn them all out and
put in their lifelong adversaries instead.
They may stab here and there a local candi-
date, but they will have to vote the Wing
Electoral Ticket" Herein we were deceiy-
ed, and rendered instrumental in deceiying
others We shall be in no hurry to incur fresh
disappointment and discontinue like the last
For do but consider the reasons now given
for our defeat byjournals which, after fashion.
supported Gen. Scott. THE Wings were
beaten" chorus the Cotton journals from Bos-
ton 10 NewOIleans, "by reason of hostility to
or distrust of Seward, Weed, Greeley 4 Co
Gen Scott was every way sound capable and
deserving but conservative Wigs feared that
maiign influences would prevail in case of his
election, and so refused to support him"
Feared what? That either of the obnoxi-
Gus persons would have a place in the Cabi-
net Certainly not. Gov. Seward had per.
cmltorly declined in advance, and neither of
the others either aSpired to or was ever ser-
ously thought of for such post II was not
feared, then, that Gen. Scott would 90 wrong
as President, or that his Cabinet would be
misconstructed, but purely that those JTligs
WhO earnestly condemn Siarery and rcfas. to
take part IN Negro catching roWld stand on y,
equal footing and be regarded rith canal fa,oy
by the President 10Th other Bbigs. All we ex-
pected or desired was Equality; the right TO
be Wings and entitled to orr share Of favor
aud consideration as such, without sitting or
descending our convictions of the essential
crimnality as weil as impolicy of holding In.
man beings in bondage And it vas to preycnt
this that the Slavery plank was inserted in the
Wing Baltimore Platform, and Gen. Scott sab.
sequently defeats.
his then, ishe al formative now practically
presented tNs-' Tease to expose the iniouit.
les OF Syery, or cease to be regarded a,
'Whjs.'-'ver,: Wen,' We reply; we eanno.
SHE 'Ur eOnssictiOns respecting Slavery; we
choose to 90 out ofthe Wing party, if we must
rather than 20 remain in it subjects. servants
orprlsoners. If an Antl-Slavery Wing must
give up his Anti-Slavery or his Whiqgerv. we
choose TO part with the latter. You say. orr
support defeated Gen. Scott-tbat vonr sort
OF Wings would not vote for him becanse ve
ana our sort we're heartily for him-that Won
could have doRe much better for him w;rbou,
our ad. Very well; Go forward nov, - "a
construct aud re0rganize the party o, YOUR
own basis and after your own hearts We
viii stand aside and see how Won make
headway
"oho says ShamOcra,, you are soiDo 70
start new party We thought Won hal
about worn out the name Wig BY rlis time
ard would be getting a new me-. Abars.v.
fred douglass The TT5ras is coming out for
Free Democracy Perhaps We shall want 70
put II on probation a while before We can can.
sent TO take it,
No, most alarmed ShamOcrat We have M,
proposed the formation Of new party No.
most selfcomplaeent Douglass We have not
purposed joining yours We have proposad
simply and plaiuly 10 s.and alnof f-.,.,, Ill