The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1852-11-18

thing, till from ten to fifteen days after date
while the Union, published in your city, arrives
in three or four days after date, to Orwell
through which my paper comes"
Can the Pittsburgh Postmaster explain why
this should be! Somebody is in fault and we
shall be thankful to anybody who will enable
US to find him.
| We give these as specimens of the vexations
to which We are subjected by mail mismanage
ment
MR.. ALLISON COALITION-MR sWIsHER.
We are informed by Mr. Hutchman o.
Newcastle, Pennsylvania, that Mr. Swisher
who wrote us letter asking our views of Mr.
Allison, is anything but a friend to the Free
Soil cause, and that his object was simply t
obtain from us "A secret missal, to be unfairly
used against the Free-SoilerS.
We suspected something of the kind but
as Mr.. Allison had shown himself in Congress
| to be true to the cause Of Freedom we could
not with good conscience refuse to say so
At the same time we did what we could to
guard against any sinister use of the letter.
Honesty is the best policy. Mr.. Swisher
has gained nothing by his discreditable con-
duct MIR Hutchman proceeds to say:
"The Wings Of this county are a strong
and imperous majority. Their policy all along
has been to treat our organization with con-
tempt, but to decmate our ranks by plying
individuals with every art and induce them
to 20 for their men Mr.. White was deiibe-
rateiy nominated. He accepted without hope
Of election, but surely with the expectation
that those who had put him forward, to bear
the reprOach of such n position, would support
him We know that the editor of the Era
does not speak officially; but still, when the
Wings went round whispering, IN confluence
to every one they hoped to wheedle-" Dr.
Bailey has written to a man in this town, that
Free. Sellers ought to vote for Allison it liz
easy to see the effect on some Of our number.
1t may appear peremptory to say so, but clear
lv. if our candidates are to be treated IA Mr..
White has been, there is an end to our Organ-
AiCi0n Tor no homo -hlc man will allow the
use of his namco
That is true. We did not intend to inter
fere in the local arrangements of our friends
in that district. 1t would have been sheer inn
pcrtinence in us. Our sole object was to do
an net of Justice to Mr.. Allison, and we deeply
regret that this has been abused by designing
men Nor did we intend our remarks on the
policy of coalition as a rebuke TO our friends
therefor we knew nothing Of their peculiar
-. 4. Il
furnishes a justification for refusing coalition
with the Wings
In regard to the generabpolicy Of coalitions,
we think that whenever it can DO accomplish
ed without sacrifice of the fundamental prin-
ciples Of the contracting parties, whenever the
respective candidates TO be voted for are hon
est and competent men, and whenever there is
Il reasonable prospect Of some substantial good,
then it ought to be attempted But tdpreyept
dissenson and disorganizatiou, the Pdrfv ought
to 90 into the measure formally and delibe-
rately 1t should not be the act of few; it
should be done with system. If II Convention,
in which the Free Democracy is fairly repre-
sented. after due deiberation resolve in favor
of it, the party should move ~ n unit for its
action will then probably be conclusive, and it
will not lose it's identity. II it decide against
it, the party then should, AZ a unit sustain the
decision; otherwise, there is an end to organ-
cation. Of course, il the good to be effected
by coalition be, in the judgment Of individuals,
greater than that which is likely to be gained
by the permanent organization of the party,
let them act in accordance with their judg-
mcnt. Ii they do not so judge, no matter
how attractive to them may be the immediate
| object, let them stick to their organization
II any Free Democrat believed that the main
tcnanco Of the organization of his party was
of more Importance to the cause of Freedom
than the election of Mr. Allison, then he was
bound, after the decision of his associates gen
orally against coalition, not to risk the former
by voting for the latter
We do not undertake to say whether the
Free Democratic organization in Mr. Alson's
district decided wisely or not. in refusing to
support Mr.. Allison it is not our business
But believing as we DO, that the maintenance
of such an organization is more important to
the cause of Freedom than the election of any
man to Congress for two years we should have
stood by the organization had we been in the
district Tho coalitions we suggest, are not
of INDIVIDUALS but of Parties The irregular
support given to other parties by Free Demo
Gratis individually, tends to prevent tho growth
and impair the influence of their own party
but the formal, deliberate coalition, on principle
according to some fixed system, of their party
in certain county district or State, witt
another party, for special purposes can hav,
no such tendency. On the contrary, it may
tend to promote its growth, its power and il
efficiency