New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-11-22
FROM BOSTON.
Frcu o. Own Correspondent.
BOsTOS. Tuesd

BOsToS, Tuesday, Nov 20, 1855
Tk Daily advertiser does ut Ike your remark,
upon its ridiculous Diuusssr in attacking the Re
publicans of 1855 bseause the Free Sellers ;a 1874
defeated Mr.. Clay by nominating Mr.. Van Buren,.
II protests that the error was of no consequence
so fer Is affecting the argument Of the srtic e
was concerned; and was, moreover, corrected
"in subsequent issue of our paper"
| The first part Of this apology is unquestiOnably
valid, for 40 absurd was The Adrertiseys argument
that mere error Of statement was indeed Of I" no
"consequence" especially "slight error" as
The Adrotiser mildly calls the mstakipg of Mr..
Clay for Mr. Cass, of Mr.. Polk for General
TAYLOR and of Mr. Van Buren, for Mr.. Birney
But "a to the correction or admission
Of error which The Adrertiser pleads have seti-
Gus doubt am diligent reader Of the veneer
able Daily, having studied it with faithful regu-
lsrity for many years-!et reu ember no such cor
rectioD or admission. IL 10 true that toe ponder
Qua articles in which the bluncers occurred have
BE-. since reprinted and in the new edition Birney
has been substituted for Van Buren-but that Is
all / think There has been 10 other notice Of
the error although as The advertiser how admits,
1t afforded food for jokes to the opposition pa
"pers, AID was the subject of several anonymous
" COMMUNICATIONS addressed 10 US.
The Adre,tissT, see, has founda rival, or perhaps
adisciple in The Ezyress of your City. which calls
the Republicans "the old Van Buren Francis AID.
cams Buffalo party of l34S, that elected Polk and
drought Cd the war with Mexico The Express
is as true d Know-NOthiDg az Mr. Ely of this city,
who q few days ago in q letter or speech, forget
which, brought the same charge against the Re
pubIicoDo Mr. lily was the competitor of Gen. VII
son for The United States Senate les' Winter, and
is one of our few original aud sincere Native Amer-
cans bayins been one, | think, in lSA Now,
remember very we'll that immediately after the cleo
lion Of that wear The TRIBUNE severely denounced
the natives Of that day Mr.. Ely's party, for caus
ing the defeat OF Mr. Clay By persistDg 10 voting
for candidate of their own. TLe idea OF charg
ing that defeat upon tie Birney men was not
thought of till at erward. and it is rather anus
ing to hear Mr.. Ely and The Express joining in the
cry at this late day.
The truth ia, the Birney men we're perfectly
justified in refusing to vote for Mr. Clay They
never agreed to vote for him. They declared in
Advance that if he were nominated they would not
vote for bin. They had fixed and well defined
line ofpOlcy supported by reasons, satisfactory at
least.t themselves, and to vote for Mr.. Clay
would have been to depart from that policy and to
abandon the principles which they had cherished
and ayowed for many years There was nothing
in Mr. Clay's position to justify them in putting
aside their policy for that occasion. SO far from
opposiDp the annexation Of Texas, he declared in
bis Alabama letter before the ele,tion that he
"sbould be glad to see it." Besides, the question
of the annexation of Texas was practically settled
before Mr. Polk came into Office John Tyler is
responsible for it so far as any President is respon
sibie. end if Mr. Clay had been elected there can
be no doubt tina. the measure would have been con.
summatsd just as soon,-perhaps sooner,-for Mr.
Clay's lends IN Congress wOul1 have desired to
have it got out Of his way before he entered upon
the government. OLIVER.