New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-06-09
NEW TRsTs-THIRD PARTIES.

of reproach to the extreme adversaries of
Slavery that they would insist on subor-
dinating every public interest, every prac-
tical question of National Policy and Ad-
ministration, to the side issue, remotely or
not at all tangible by Congress, Of the
abolition or limitation of Slavery. They
have been urged to take a rational, SEN
sible, practical view of the matter, and no
longer refuse to do their duty as patriots
and citizens because of their convictions
on a totally irrelevant matter. Year by
year have they been urged to be Anti
Slavery, if they must; but not, therefore,
to refuse to be Wings or Democrats as
their convictions might determine, since
the questions of Protection, Internal I'm
provement, &c. &c. constantly demand
ing adjudication at their hands had none
but an abstract or ideal connection with
the existence of Southern Slavery, And
some have needed these remonstraDces and
been recalled to the discharge of their
practical duties, instead of blindly surren-
dering themselves to the sway of irrele-
want distractions.
But at length new leaf has been turned
over, and serious effort is in progress to
erpeI earnest Anti-Slavery men from the
Wing, as they have already been shown
the door of the adverse party. Instead OF
complaining that Anti-Slavery men who
are Wings will not remain with US and act
as Wings, the game now on foot contem-
plates the kicking of them out Instead OF
grumbling at the perverslty which leads to
the organization of third parties, the new
policy looks to the expulsion of all Anti
Slavery Wings into the ranks of such a
party And instead of establishing plat
forms which confront and oppose each
other, the two great parties seem now In
tent on dressing up concurrent platforms
whereby to expel from the ranks of each
all earnest opponents of Slavery.
Well: there is one party that may be
able to afford this, but there is another
that can't; as we shall ell see if the ex-
pertinent be tried out. We can probably
live it out, and don't much care whether
it be tried or not. But one thing is certain
the attempt implies bad faith on the
part of those who make it. The essen
tial idea of party Platforms statement
of the distinctive propositions or measures
which the members of that party have as
ISOLATED to advance and uphold. If bare
majority, or three fourths, or nine-tenths,
of any party, shall insist on foisting into
the party creed novel propositions which
the minority deny and protest against,
they do gross wrong to that minority and
assail the conference of the party. They
open a door for active and wide-awake
minorities to take snap-judgments there
after on the inert and unsuspecting major
ity, thereby committing the party andlend-
ing the force of its organization to all man
ner of extraneous and dubious issues. II
the majority of party's delegates may at
any time foist new and strange article
into the party creed, against the urgent
remonstrances of the minority, men may
well hesitate thenceforth to commit them
selves to any party, since they may very
properly say" True, 1 concur in those
. principles which the party avows this
year but how can be sure that shall
'be as well satisfied with those it will set
forth nert year Would it not be wise
to hold of until l see whittier it is tend
'ing!"
Men who are trying to force Pro -Sla-
very resolve through the Wing National
Convention next week tchat do you pro-
pose TO do Nth those Wigs ,cho do not con-
cur in it? What course do you expect
them to take! What course does your
meditated action indicate to theml Sup
pose you ALLEVIATE and expel them from the
party, what States do you expect to carry
without theml "If you kill all the Ray
ahs," christian subjects, said thought
full Grand Vizier to a slap-dash Sultan,
how will you supply the place of the
Capitation Tax !"-and this consideration
arrested the meditated slaughter. Can it
be possible that less forecast will be evinc-
ed next week at Baltimore
THE COURTS AND THE PRESS.