New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-10-03

practicable: but il was wise to offer to a.l parties
Of vi nom any hope could be entertained fair oP-
portunity to pIsce itself in line with public senti-
meht on tie absorbing question. That tire sofe
CONVENTION failed to do this is due simply to the
influence and exertons of office holders.
Well: the Wing Convention met and passed as
noble resolves as any friend Of Freedom could
have reasonably expected. 1t is easy to cayiI on
this eide or on that; but the New-fOrk Wing
Platform laid down at Syracuse on the Goth Of
Sept last could hardly have been improved.
Especially that resolve which invites the CO.
operation of all the friends Of Freedom on terms
of equality and fraternity is worthy of al ac-
ceptstion.
We wish the Convention had proceeded to
frame ticket in the spirit of this resolve; ou'
perhaps that was too much to expect at this time
Revolutions are not the work of minutes they
have their stages of progress, which cannot DO
precipitsted. And we believe 1t may DC iai'i!
.,id that the ticket nominated by the u'ss az
Syracuse contains no name which ought 10 DC o'-
ro,iou. 70 sny advocate Of Universal Freedom.
We did not attend the Auburn Conventions anu
conld not have done so without brayIng injurious
mi.spprehension. We did think, and stili THINK
h,, wben the Democratic advocates OF Liquor
Prohibition and opponents of the Nebraska
Iniauity so cordially adopted our nominee for
Governor and in turn presented for the second
Mace the name of so pure and unexceptionable
man as Bradford Il. Wood-a man who can
show honorable scars received during years
of self sacrificing struggle for Temperance aud
Freedom-that their request should have been
acceded to. Especially in the Temperance
State Convention. it is hard now to under
tsnd how a new convert, IS Dir. Raymond con-
fessedly il, could have been preferred to such
faithful and efficient veteran in the cause. The
pretense set up that if Raymond were net
nominated Ludlow would be elected is absurd.
Ludlow has several chances to be struck with
lightning TO ore to be chosen Lieutenant. Cover
nor. He will be beaten many thousands by
Elijah Ford the Hard candidate, who is said to
be pledged and active Temperate man. Under
all the circumstances, We must regard the choice
of the Auburn Conventions however well IN
tended az @ damaging blow to the cause OF lem
persnce and Mon for Freedom. But had we
gone TO Auburn to urge these views, we should
have been accused Of acting thus through jealousy
or hostility toward the Editor OF a rival Journal
The decision of those Conventions though ia
10 manner advised or impelled by US, relieves us
from personal embarrassment We could not
have urged the Anti-Nebraska Convention to
adopt the entire Wing ticket to the exclusion OF a
capable and worthy candidate urged by the Free
Democrats; we could not have asked Temper
ance Convention TO nominate Henry j. Raymond
as Maine Law candidate over the head of Brad
ford X. Wood But, these nominations having
been made, We can and shall support and vote for
them most heartily, in the firm belief that Dir.
RAYMOND, as we'll as Mr. Clark, will proyea faith
full and efficient champion as well Of Liquor Pro-
hbtion as of Slavery Restriction. We believe
this. under existing circumstances, to be the path
of duty. and therefore invite those who agree
with us on general grounds to unite in walking
therein. We cannot ask the Free Democrats to
withdraw or abandon their ticket, nor do We be-
lieve that necessary. We do not appeal especially
to Wings, for We consider the Wing party thing
of the past and hope soon to see at least all the
nominally Free States organized and moving on to
triumph under a banner bearing on its folds the
REPUBLICAN name, and consecrated to the adj
vancement Of Temperance and Freedom. To
such 40 share with us these hopes, these aspira
tons, we have thus frankly unfoded the chart Of
our own course, asking them to use it if they
tbiDk proper in directing theirs.