New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-06-28
uNION FOR FREEDOM.


shsres and approves that determined resistance
to Slavery Extension, and that resolve to restore
the Missouri Prohibition which are the cardinal
points in the creed Of the Anti-Nebraska or Re-
publican party. But in all this our contemporary
can see no reason for abandoning the Wing Or
gsnization and enlistipg in new one.
To us the reason for this course is simple and
conclusive. The Wing party is powerless in
every State Of the Unicn, broken up in one To-
cality By the withdrawal Of its members to join
the Doughiace Know. Nothings, and in another
by their combination with the Republicans. To
persist in being nothing but Wing is therefore
practically to throw away votes and influence at
time when every vote is needed as never be-
fore since the Union was organized The ggan-
tic scheme Of the Black Power to gain the per-
petual and entire control Of the Government,
and to u it in the exclusive interest Of Slavery,
can only be defeated by the combination of all
men who are hostile to that scheme. 1t can
only be defeated by joining all efforts without
regard to previous party names or party
differences. We cannot cay that the Wing
party is hostile to Slavery Extension, and that
we might remain in its ranks without violating
any principle. Indeed, in our view, such
course would be a violation of an imperative
principle and solemn duty; the principle of
fidelity to Freedom and to the coCntry's honor
the duty of choosing among Of all paths of con-
scientious action that which will most certainly
lead to the good we wish to accomplish. BY
persistipg in calling ourselves Wings and in
maintaining small political organization under
that name, we DO but divide the forces of Free
dom at the moment of Freedom sutmOst need and
expose her sacred cause to the calamity of utter
and enduring defeat. Why should We thus
separate ourselves from the great mass of our
fellow citizens, whose feelings, whose hopes aud
whose resOlTes are the same as ours on this one
vital and all-absorbng issue! IL the country
were threatened with invasion from abroad, we
should hardly pause ss we rushed to its defense,
TO ascertain whether we were marching in
Wing regiment or whether the comrades at
whose side We battled had their cartridges
charged with Wing or Democratic powder.
Quite as little, in enlisting to repel the stu
more degrading and intolerable invasion which
the negro Oligarcby has undertaken against
Freedom, can We scruple to fight with tho men
we find marshaled for the contest because
large proportion of them have not heretofore
agreed with us on all points of opinion. Enough
that the Republic is in danger, and that these
are her defenders. We have no care for names;
we ask nothing about other issues; but taking
our place in the ranks we mean to fight on till
the victory is won and peace secured.
The Commercial will now understand that we
intended to do it no injustice in saying that it
had declared for adhesion to the Wing party
under all circumstances and in whatever emer-
eency. Certainly, it would be difficult to con-
ceiye of crisis more difficult and dangerous
thap the present. If ever a body of freemen
were called on to lay aside all minor differences
and to unite for high, patriotic end, 1t is the
men who are earnestly opposed to the Kansas
n. braska legislation. That legislation has not
vet hsd it's full effect. No new Slave States
hay , vet been admitted into the Union from that
ancient domain of Freedom. The SUBJECTS yet
within the control Of the people. The
Missouri Prohibition may be restored, and
this enormous wrong may be repaired. If this is
not done, Slavery becomes the supreme aud all
controlling power of the country. All else must
then bow down to it, and the dream of the
Oligarchy, no Freedom outside the Free States will
be realized. Such are the circumstances in
which we are now placed, such the questions
for US to decide one way or the other Aud we
say that they who in such case refuse to aban-
don old political associations in order to per-
form the great duty of the crisis will never be
ready to abandon them in any event that can be
imagined. They who insist on remaining Wings
now. and who refuse TO act with the great Anti
Nebraska or Republican party that has so tri-
umphantly carried the late elections in so many
States, must remain Wings to the end, even
though the cause of Freedom should be ire
trieyably lost by their so doing.