The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-09-01
POLITICAL PARTIES IN CHiQ
MP0R TkNT FREESOIL MOVEMENT
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LETTERS OF JOSHUA /. GiDrNaS'
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propc,e0 Coalition Of Wigs, Freesoilers,
and Maine Law Men.
Call FOR A CONVENTION.
PLAN Eepudiated by the Central
Wkig Organ.
sDpMGs AND GREELEY TURNED ADnlEr
&c, dc, &c.

A miscellaneous call having been issued IN
Cuyahogs county, Ohio, for convention to or
gsnze q new party, to be formed OF wings,
democrats, free soiiers, and Maine law men, ac-
eording to the profit of Greeley, the Hon.
Joshua Il. Gliding, head free soil abolition
denagogue Of Ohio, is pleased 10 write the fol-
lowing oily Cannon" letter upon the sub
Jet
,nh FUSION NovEsENT-LETTBg IRON ). 4. GID.
pINGs TO DUDLEY BALDWIN, ESQ.
JEFFERSON, Aug. 20, 1853.
Ely DEAR oIH-You inquire my vie vs. respecting
s.s proposed fusion OF parues in your couny. My
Opinion De OF very little importance; yet never
withheld IL on political subjects.
have read your call for convention, and have
Bouced the editorials in the Herald and Plain
Deaiey. take il for granted tia. the men who
sSnec LIE call are sincere IN what they say. Judg-
mg from the character oi that portion with whom
have the pleasure OF an acquaintance, ! certainly
should be unwilling to charge them with any covert
Design latent fraud. They have expressed them
stiv.s frankly in sayin that they are
list. Opposed to The extension OF slavery.
20. That they are opposed 10 the fugitive law Ct
1850
50. That they are in favor Of separating the fede-
nj government from all connection with slavery, so
hr as j. can be done c0Dstit1tionallS.
4th That they are in favor Of the freedom of t9e
public lands TO actual settlers.
tih. That they IN favor OF equal taxation.
9Th That they are for the suppression VI the evils
q mtemperance.
This ayowal of principles is in no degree obscure
o. doubtful. They are distinctly set forth and every
reader Bnst understand them. 1t compreheDds the
eDtue substance Of freeman's creed repudi. sting
slavery an0 the slave trade IN the District OF Colum
tsS, on the Southern coast and in the territories Ii
strikes at al efforts OF the Executive in favor of gus
tanning slavery in Cuba, or in our slave States, and
condemns the employment OF the army in assisting
CT Wandering fugitive slaves as was lately done in
Texas, and Of using the Home Squadron" or the
cutters to protect the slave trade according
70 the practice OF past years. In short can
yeason why any ant-slavery should object TO the
movement. do not, however, suppose you will
meet with any difficulty from that quarter. L. is
ID the distinguishing virtues OF the advocates OF lib
sriy that they will not contend Tor party names pro-
ylded they can maintain the great oasis OF all human
rights.
The friends of equal taxation, aud of the Maine
sN, are in the same situation. The platform
braces al these; they will, have no doub;, stand
shoulder TO shoulder in the coming conflict; but
apprenend that the real obstacles 10 Your success
viii be found TO exist in that attachment which men
bSse u party names, and party pride and party
prejudiCes; to that feeling Of personal hostility
which has been engendered between individuals
who have heretofore politically opposed each other.
have myself often been asked whether ] would
consent to act with persons who had heretofore as
ssile6 me with great personal bitterness. | uni
soEmly answer, Yes" and thank Col that he has
gwen them grace 10 support the truth. II is this
tuppor CT principle for which we Labor; and il either
the wings or the democrats wonld embrace the
Bntb and maintain the inaleDable rights VI all men
20 liberty would at once say, Let the democracy
C6tand,' Tor ouf w0rE w0Cld then be consunl-
mated.
Neither OF the bunker papers in your city attack
Any aocTue principle set forth in your call Trey
never VIII do that. No individual vi character will
before the public Of your county and a7o his
hostility 10 either OF the doctrines which your
uylon is based. The call is FOR those who would
maintain tue doctrines st forth in IT, There could
be nc stronger pledge than that contained il the
esn Itself; yet the eyatd Of your city evidently re
CARDS the movement as pie:e OF political legerde
Nain, got up TO effect some Object mt expressed
70 carry out some hidden design. RE, therefore
goes into inquiry as to the aEent Of the eause,
implying that they are dishonest and insilcere. He
speAhs OF sLe primary design o. the movement"
o. putting ''judicious ticket in nomination this
fan and uniting the progressives Of all parties
the free SOIL or abolition platform" He 40 pears to
khinE OF almost every Ct1er OBJECT than thas of main
Naming the doctrines ayoNed
Now, will say mos. euphatcaly. II the object Of
Me movement be any other than that expressed; il
Shose men are attempting 70 play of trick upon the
public il the union be mercy to put down the
bunker democrats, instead Of maintaining principle
as The Koald ntInates, then let every honest man
get OK u at once: or else drive from you every
zach political knaye, and Jet the honest portion Of
The sgners stand firmly in the maintanance Of the
tnths TO which they are pobIicly pledged. If the
Egners be honest and come forth boldly TO the de-
fence Of themselves and doctrines meet their assaii-
ants 10 The full of conscious integrity their
triumph viii be certain.
The Plan Eeaie. tacit'y admits the Justice and
your ana tIlit IL Is TLuL 10f
individuals 10 cherish the but denounces any united
ehcrt 10 carry them into practice. II such arguments
asser the people OF your county from carrying out
the enterprise, shall have misappreheuded their
Intelligence and tier independence.
No one doubts that nine tenths of the electors Of
Euyahoga county including all political parties,
really IN favor Of the doctrines which your pro
posed union is founded VIII they speak their own
thoughts. viii they do their own voting? | have
Zoo much knowledge Of them to doubt on that point
No, my dear sir, il you fail, it viii not be through
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individuals whose duty is to be active and vgilant
in carrying forward this enterprise. If hev hesitle
and falter while standing upon the vantage grounc
they will prove unfathfu to themselves as well as
10 their country and to mankind
need not say, that the call in this county is sub
stanElIy The same as yours although the free demo
crazy have heretofore carried the elections over both
the other parties united and will do il whenever
sbey shall unite. Very respectfully,
J. X. erDDrsas.
Aud the following is the response of the cen
trail wing organ, regulating the unholy ALI
ance:--
fHE ONO STATE JOURNAL rs JOSHUA r. GIDDiNGs
This IS e. case, = says the Cleveland Plan Deater
ment on the part Of the Journal. It is an impert.
nent proposition TO wed by Cid, peremptorily re-
fused Dy the Journal. There can be no breach on
promise grow out Of ~ for there is not the slightest
encouragement gwen that IN any contingency rnatri
mcny may result. Giddings woos by letter throu IN
the Tree Dtmocrat, and the Journal dssents ia the
following editorial. Wonder if the Herald will 20
overcome its basbfuness az now TO find tongue TO
speak, OF is i all ears as usual n
Listen 70 the Journal
We copy the absve from the Cleveland Trpc Dento.
Graz. u s part Of the letter Of Mr.. Giidiags t.
citizen Of that place. We put il on record for the
purpose OF preserving the evidence Of the basis upon
which the new fusion movement rests
NOW We ask candid gnpreiudiced minds If they
suppose these measures, here enumerated az part
Oh Tire programme can be carried out ard stil pre-
serve the union and harmony Of these States? Look
FOR instance at the proposition TO iptcrct the right
OF the slave s'aes 70 send their slaves from one
State 10 another, by sea on the southern coa@t.
Does any sane man suppose such a ueas1re could
he adopted without doing violence to the rQhts and
nsusges oil the south! I'D they ever imagine they
were giving any such authority 10 Congress, LooE
indeed st the gpirt Of the whole nroofrn,noi u.,,