New-York daily tribune., 1856-06-06

| for Governor OF Llinos. we OciAp'o NJ ~ '''"'
| Rcbard.on Douglass Nebraska lieutenant IN
the House, and late candidate for Speaker BY at
| least 5000 votes.
There remain then-in case the Anti-Nebraska
hos. should dec de to make ts stand on its second
| line instead Of its frst-tbe names of Judge
| NIEAN and Col FREMONT from which stiad
dard ear, r lie to be selected. Let them be care
| fully considered.
Judge MLEAN is q statesman Of the rpest
expertr ce the amplest capacity, the most spotess
int, ari,, He has been more than forty years 10
tie public service as Member of Congress, Post
master. General, and Justice of the Supreme Court,
and Via never yet accused Of either taking dollar
from the Treasury himself, or helping any one else
| to take one, which was not honestly due. A Re-
publican of the day and school of Madison, be en-
joy cd the confidence and was distinguished by tne
favor, of Monroe, Adams Jackson and Harrison.
II elected President, his administration will be dis
tinguished by vigor, purity and ability. II noni-
mated at Phadelpbis, VS. shall give him most
hearty aid untirug support. Yet we DO not favor
bis nomination, for these reasons:
l. He isl Justice Of the Supreme Court and
the judges of that Court ougit to be lifted above
even the suspicion of looking to the Presidency or
aoy oher public trust than that they already hold
That Court has palpably sunk in the public conf
dence fer the la,t twenty years if it gets to be
nursery Of Presidential aspirations t will soo1
divest itself of the little public respect it.
9. In Gaze Judge M,Lean is nominated, he must
either re,ieD, and allow his place to be filled by
some juritcoDsut of the genus and caliber OF Pugh
or hold over and be at the same time dispensing
Justice from the Supreme Bench and running for
President, which is Mt goodlooking
3. Our steadfast Anti. Slavery men of ten years
eaperie Dee thiuk they have felt his shoulder pre,s
ing against them during their late cycle of depres-
sion and disiavor. This complaint reaches us
especially from Ohio where be would probably
lose more Anti Slavery votes than any other man
We could nominate.
a. S, me of his decisions in Slave cases-the Van
Zspt especislly-leaned very hard against the
rights of Humanity, and would be Used against him
in the canvass. We have no doubt that they were
exactly accOrdant with his sense of constitutional
obligation, but they indicate strong bias toward
Pro- Slavery interpretations of the Federal pact
which are l,ss current TO- day than they have beens
S. We don't happen to know any professedly
AntiNebraska man of consequence who was I'M
sound or shaky in the long contest for Speaker who
is MT new for MLean
Such are in outline our reasons for not preferrlng
Judge M'Leans nomination. We are aware that
they are quite as strODg reasons with Others Tor
their opposite conclusion. And it is but just to
add that we know Judge NJ. to be sincerely heart
lily hostile to the policy iuaugurated in the passage
Of the Kansas. Nebraska bill and we have no doubt
that elected President he will do all that he dee rs
constitutional to rescue Free Kansas from the Ruf'
fans now ruihlessly trampDg her under their feet
In case the Philadelphia Convention shall be
broueh. to q choice between Judge MLesn and
Col Fremont for the Presidency we prefer the
domination of Col. Fremont for these reasons
!. He lie a young man; and the brunt fthe s.rug
gle for Free Kansas must devolse mainly on those
of our countpmen who have never yet been active
y. prominently engaged in political cone' s. These
will naturally be attached to and sympathize with
one of themselves.
9. Though young and born poor, he has done
more service, braved more peril, and achieved
more reputation, than any man of his years now
living. That must be a very dark and squat log
cabin into which the fame of Col. Fremont has not
p'Detrsted ere this.
3. Though never partisan, Col. Fremont has
hitherto ranked with the Democratic party, which
We consider desirable in our candidate We want
the issue of Slavery Extension or Restriction pre-
sented as simply and squarely as possible. If the
demsgogues can persuade even the most stupid and
besoited Of their babtual devOtees TO believe Anti
Noh,osL.;s,p q . Wbio trirk they will MAKE sOme
votes TO which they have no moral right. Let the
rival candidates be both DemOcrats-one for Free
Kansas, and the other for the Border Ruffians-and
the case will be pretty clear.
a. Col. FremoDts name is the spontaneous sug-
gestcn and first choice OF Francis P. Blair, N. L.
Banks, jr, aud John Wentworth, with the great
mass Of The old Jackson and Van Buren, Democrats
now cooperating in the Anti-Nebraska movement.
We have great faith in the sagacity of these men,
and their knowledge Of the political art of war.
5. COL Fremont was one Of the men who BY
PROMPT and determined action at the critical mo-
ment made California Free State. For so doing,
the Cbiyslry" promptly elected him from the
Senate. He was among the first to sympa.hize
actively with Free Kansas In her trials and perils,
ard is the choice of her leaders and her journals
leaders row fugitive or in prison, and journals now
crushed under the feet of the Border Ruff ,ns
Their preference, however, is none the less :lgni-
cant.
g. He has done nothing 10 render himself justly
obnoxious either to " Americans" or Adopted Cit
zebs.
7. We believe he could carry California and