New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-11-21
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We hereupon quietly requested nr. Brooks 70
state distinctly rLai bold flssboois AMI whas
steallhy treachey" he intended 70 charge upon ne,
and 10 postpone other matters until he met this issue
distinctly and squarely Here is the new Senator'S
response;
The Editor wants Mr. Brooks to specify the underhand
ed and sneaking character Of his % ~ opposition 20 ne
election of Dir. Brooks. Certainly, hyoa ws,. thoaga
MIR q could aid as much in the work ofspechcation hs
would as no is the best keeper OF has o"n cOuase
charge him then with giving bis aid AM comfort %
organization to defeat MI D., ana "nen We arc
assured originated in his office. Dhere eani'dae vas
frs brou out in opposition 70 him. 10 Be R1
mated BE- Conren,toa of Degotes phch asrer cail
and 10 ksch Delegates rsre cver escc
e him with saving that Mr. mTs be defeated, All
with giving his advice mot for the public eye a. 10 the
anner in which it TO be dOne-that Maine Law CON
mitess and sent to Us from hlnin pa
toons while other candidates, NJ more friendly 10 'as
Name Law than ourselves, and wholly unpledsei ID sus
tain H. were left without opposition. we met greeley
yeuouous tongue and ISLANDERS everywhere, ana ali Do
csnse we happened to be one of those much abused
silver GRAY Wings CONTEMPORARY spoken OF aoo'
and connected with journal which could not swallow All
tLe mopsrous sectional and ntdel nosruns which IL o.
prescrbes as the only thing pure ana orthodox IN the
shape of political and personal wisdom
This is Express all over-no sort OF evidence IN sup
port of his former charges Of bold falsehoods which
we challenged HIN to justify-but string OF Rsw
charges. equally unsupported with the former II
there were any secret organization to defeat MI
Brooks, we had no part in it; and we neither know
where nor how Mr. r. n Ravens was nominated mop
po,ition TO him We understood that Mr. H. was nomi-
mated BY the Temperance Alliance, but we did not
and knaW nj
notice was brought us that it had been made. We in
stiaated No Maine Law other committee to visit MI
Brooks or ask hun any questions La short all
we have quoted above from Brooks is tissue OF ven
omous and basel. fabrications.
But suppose it were substantially true that we had
sent Maine Law Committees to question him. aud, IN
default of an affirmative response, nstigated the nom
nation of an early and ardent Temperance Rsformer in
onpositop 10 him-what there in all this to justify his
charge of bold alsehOOds, or even stealthy reach
cry 2" We never pretended to favor either his nom
nation or his election-we long ago formally AMI
publicly withdrew from all connection With that sort
of Whicgery whereof he is an oracle-we refused to
put I'D tie names of Wing candidates at the head oil
our paper declaring that We should not support any
candidate merely because he had obtained Wing NOM
nation nor unless we were satisfied that he deserved
the place he sought-and we constantly exhorted our
readers to vote as we should for candidate for Sem
ate or Assembly who was not openly in favor OF the
Maine Law Then what right had Brooks to expect
our support or TO rail at us for Withholding it What
reason had he for covering the meAseness OF his vote
by charges of stealthy treachery against one VINO
made no professions of friendship, and on whose sup
port he never calculated had any reason to count
We do not believe if each Wing voter in the District
had been asked last September say whom preferred
for Senator that fifty of the Twelve Thousand would
have answered "Erastus Brooks" But he and his
clan had control of the rotten machinery Of regular
nominations and SO accomplished his nomination.
aud this in the distracted condition Of the Democracy
was equivalent to an election He obtained about one
third of the votes, where true and hit man might nave
secured at least half And, thus armed, he goes to
Albany to act the part of an insdious, Industrious,
malignant implacable enemy of the Democratic Wing
party of our Staeto distract its counses and destroy
its unty-to embarrass its action and destroy It's
ascendancy We know the man, and cannot doubt that
lis rims is ineradicabc. lie has done what he could
TO reduce the Wing party to state of paralysis and
mpotence he will continue in that course 50 long as
the little faction wherein he lives and moves and has
liz being remain in the minorty-as in this State they
always must That We did nothing aud said very little
TO defeat his election would be source Of undying
regret but for the fact that we intenty and
constantly occupied through the canvass in eecting
men OF the right stamp that we could give very little
time or thought to the defeat of the other sort.