New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-04-11

Until eh ii perceive WHAT dangers my thSh De in'
mreDt, Whist evils paramount, what good atsaia,bie
by Political effort In short, are content with do
ing wi at seems to us ToDays duties and leaving To-
Morrcws to be discerned in the light OF To Moro"
But we have abundant evidence that very many ara
Otherwise constituted and already tuggiDg hard 20
raise the curtain which Obscures the Political Future
Repeatedly have we been compelled 10 decline the
consideration Of elaborate plans for the ensuing Pres
dental campsign, or TO pledge orr Journal, or
less distinctly to particular course of action with
refere1 &c to that contest Several have already in
duleed 10 the sage aud cafe prophecy that THE TRIB
usE viii act in SO just it has always done and
we have DOW before US. in last Thursday NGtiOHIl
Era az elaborate and a,tenuated leader. which seems
TO have been written 10 good part 70 warn ABSlayery
men against tho influence and bearings Of this paper.
That article closes as follows:
Northern Wigs row appear reckless Of Southern
support They have everything 70 gain nothing 70 lose,
~ opToiton 80 the Nebraska bill They are
honest IN their opposition but clear GIFTED enough 70
that II ui-h6s ground for Teorganzng the Wig party.
That work r going on and tie Free Soers Inlepend
ert Democrats aIe invited TO help them How can they
efsel II Dot he great issue the Nebraska question ami
Gre 10; tic hPs sound uIen tLis How Frse Soil
ors devoted TO Human Freedom, camorGus or union OF
the friends Of Freedom. hesitate al uniting themselves
with The Nhigs Remember tie lesson aIyht you by
tie Radical Democracy Of New York, and By inn
Sl0uTy Uhfg AdminstI alton in 1880!
"Wket them Shall there be united effort ? Shan
the AdmnfTati0n and the Save Power prevail hr0u "a
our dyisiors1 Not At all Let honest Whi,s and Demo
Gratis Unite with you in party Of Freedom They knoE
that you have betrayed the cause OF Human ghts
ouc tbsfyou win not but you knoT that the o,aniza
ions with which they have ected have be'TaTed fl,t
oaufe, do not under'tend s claims. and W. under the
pressure Of the Slave Power, be'ray it sgain.
"Bui If this be asking too much, there i stl mode
in which YOU can make your united efforts I'll against
Slavery in its present movements Maintain yOur dis.
tGc Independent organic alton but sg5ee 10 pr1'e
viii Other ea1zsions in The choice OF candidates per
ecy sound tie Nebraska question and confied in by
ell. Co Dr0fon not Fusion should be tie motto CO.
operation will the defeat in most cases % pro
slavery Nebraska canddstes-;heref,re. perste.
Fusion will 10 DO Iaore, while II viii inevitably result in
plecirg mt Slavery and anti slavery interests az the
mercy Of o pery, which, acting nationally, has never
shown isei any en.itlod u lie app)ba)n OF free
On tie question Of Slavery, than the Democratic
Our Free Soil friends must take care lest they find
themsevs carried os grd t0tc IhigmH an operation
for which The Acr York 1rbare with all its real a.t
slavery spirit and its independence Of party is adni ably
adapted the because it acts from kind OF con
sutioual instinct rather than from cold premedstion.
This pointed aluson inetes the following explana.
tory remarks:
Party organization is the fools tyraut the knaves
ward the clesrsighted PATRIOTS acty for giving ex-
preston and force % his ms:ured convictions The
blind slave of parry who always votes the regular
ticket and never scratches seems 10 Us quite n.
tooal as the selnilled bgot who is immensely in ie
pendent that he either find good eaOugd 70
vote for or so votes that his ballO is h4baay Chased
with the Scattering IL our view the Elective Fran
chse is Nh important and sacred trust 70 be exercised
ro' only conscienciously but wisely We should cot
fulfill It's Obligation by b4bitually voting for the
We deemed the Gtest Of all men for each Office TO be
filed without considering how o,hers were likely to
vote and whether our ballot were to ecHa in making
IN election OF be thrown away.
in other words: While we admit that Circumstances
may occur ia which all the candidates within the pos.
sbIity OF election mag be so bad that true mau csn
vote for none OF tbem but must feel constrained 10
throw his ballot that il viii oaly operate protest
against the elevation of unfit 70 responsible sta
tons, we yet consider this case the exception which
rather proves tie rule than inyalilates IT, For the in
toeen, and conscientious to split themselves up into
dozen little factions each pursuing al ideal but uo'
yet a'taDabe good, is to surrender Power bopecssg
and urquaifedly into tie hands Of Tie iyaorsut The
selfish and unprincipled.
For some year, past, Slavery a1d AMI Slavery have
been rival and intensely hostile powers 10 our Union.
OF these powers cannot believe ths slavery Is III
rinsically the stronger yet cannot shut our eyes
10 the fact that it las hitherto proved itself mmeas-
ur5blJ the wiser. Few be blind 70 tie fact that,
esseltsly. it has sympathy with no confidence in,
cur Five Points ard tie kindred r00keres OF other
great cities; yet it is found steadily cons5rng with
their Delegates in National Conventions and casting Us
vote with theirs in Presidential Elect ons. While
gained AutSlayery has practically contributed 70 tie
Annexation Of Texas the raid On VI ycO ani other Pro
Slavery trim phs, organized Slavery bas nominated
candidates shaped their Platforms. aul elected them
thereon. And it has done this by steadily altering
TO the rule which to the obviously wise oae,
of working with such Implements come 70 hand sLi
never refusing attaioable advantage in the pursuit
Of a greater at present cut OF reach. lsit too
much 70 hop dat this hOmely wisdom may be beaten
into AntSlavery before the life Is be,ten out Of t
Fifteen years ago, Political Init Slavery AZ least in
tie North, acted upon what may be termed the ques-
tOoins policy-that is, The policy Of publicly uterro-
eating the rival Candidates of the great parties as TO
their views on the more important points IN dispute
between itself and Slavery and casting Is vote accord
ing 10 the tenor Of ther respective answers or OF that
silence which is Itself an answer. THIS system made
very good An'sayery men pro TEN out of Sil!ard t
more, the TIVE Eyeretts, and many others, who have
decidedly fallen from grace since the system was aoan
dored Edward E5erett's response was all that could
be desired though be had scarcely twelve years before
been rebuked 50 too servile " a Southern Member n
Congress for defense Of Slavery per and Tor EOlln
teeTiug shoulder his muske and march South 70 put
down any Slave Instruction that might occur. Had
the questioning polio! been persisted 10 to ttis d- We
arc con f1ert thar no such measure Deuras's womb