New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-02-25

Winter. when 70 nominations were TO De made
and no dispensers Of patronage TO De propinated'
ertry FIRE. STATE, eight Of the Stare States AID The
most important Of The Territories we're represented
in q preliminary convention of the Republican
party. is in itself sweeping answer to the mser'
able babble which stigmatizes our objects as
"sectiOnal and our organization as sectional
party. The fact that FRANCIS P. BLAIR, Gen.
Jackson's old COMPLIANT and mouthpiece, now an
independent planter in Maryland, was delegated
to aud presided over this convention, is one OF no
ordinary significance. The paper ne read from
portion of bis constituents, speaks the sentiments
of very numerous and most respectable portion
of the Southern peOple-that portion which, still
clDeing TO tie faith of Washington, Jeder-
son, Madison and Clay regards Slavery as
an evil. not to be Immediately abolished,
but at the same time not TO be voluntarily extend
ed. fthe Miss uri line could now be restored BY
simple popular vote and every Southern elector
could vote without having his ballot known or sus-
pected by his neighbors, believe the South, on a
fair presentment of the question, would give ma
iority for reestablishment of the compact of 1920
And though terrorism rules most of the slavehold-
ing region, so that those who are at heart with W
must howl with the wolves on pain OF suspicion
and prescription, the naked fact that citizens OF
several Slave States chose to attend this Conven'
tion-as volunteers, if you please-and place their
names on its roll of delegates will pave the way for
a freer proclamation of the long repressed anti
Slavery sentiment of the South.
tLa& ~, no 90 /
terday submitted to the Convention, and which
were somewhat Inexperienced by both speakers
and reporters, urged moderation in speech and
in action. l. In order to convince our Southern fell
low citizens that we are animated by no i'll will
toward the South-that we desire, not her injury
nor humiliation BY any means, but her dellverance
from fearful incubus, and her rapid advancement
in all the arts of civilization and peace. If the
Southern people fairly understand us, am sure
we should have a strong if not the strongest party
in every Slave State. Let us endeavOr so to act
az at least to offer no mpediment to the formation
and growth of such party
g Then as to Americanism. | have no sympa-
thy with Natiyism. If a man behaves himself, |
care little whether he was born on this continent
or on that His religion is none of my business;
should it mpel him to do wrong, l would punish
him for the wrong, not for his creed. | preferred
that this Convention should speak out explicitly
on this point But there are many thousands Of good
and true Anti-Nebraska men whom circumstances
have thrown into the ranks of what is styled the
the American party. / want these to act with us
in the great struggle for which we are now pre-
pairing: and would be careful To do or say nothing
which would render such action difficult or embar
RAISING. Such was the purport Of my remarks; l
trust it will commend itself to the approval of calm
observers.
would have preferred that the fixing of time
and place for holding the Presidential Convention
should be left to the National Committee; but
other counses prevailed, and am content. Our
Nominating Convention will meet at Philadelphia
ON Tuesday June 1.-THE 31st anniversary of the
Battle of Bunker Hill. That it will be fully and
ABLY attended, cannot doubt have no guess
no choice, as to who shall be its candidates for
President and Vice-Presidents; but the ntell-
gence, the earnestness, the moral weight, OF this
Convention, assure me tina. they will be capable
and worthy With that am content.
Some twenty or thirty speeches were made at
this Convention-generally of high order-be-
side brief remarks elected by the various incidental
questions arising from time to time. The Obser-
yations of Messrs. Francis p. Blair, John A. King
Joshua r. Giddings, Preston King, Owen LOvejOy,
brother of the Alton Martyr Judge Spalding of
Ohio, Gen. S. NJ. Burroughs, Gov. Bingham of
Mich, and others, were received with decided
favor On the whole, we have had a great Con.
yention, and trust its influence will be perma-
nently felt in the destiny of Kansas and the general
condition Of our country H.G.