New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-07-25

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at Syracuse on the 23d Of September, about three
weeks later than should have been specified in the
call. Every trick, every falsehoOd that can be
hoped to ALLEVIATE some portion of the mighty host
which placed New-YOrk so proudly in the van of
the Republican column last FALL are now in active
service Attempts to class the Republicans as
friends of Fremont and of Seward respectively,
when all whom we know of them are ardent friends
of bOth-to excite jealousy and antagOnism be-
tween. those who were formerly Wings and those
who were DemOcrats-to convince those who came
to us from the "Americans' that we are " For
eign party while the Adopted Citizens are
EXPORTED to regard us as thiny. disguised
Nativists, and leagued with Church-burners
-such are the INSCRIPTIONS tactics by which
foes labOrDg to divide and dsintegrate that
glorious array which gave to Fremont and Dayton
last Fall the heaviest vote ever cast for any can
didate in any State of the Union They should have
been met by an early State Convention, an emphatic
r;aflirmance Of our principles, and the nomination
of commanding ticket. 1t does not become the
Republican party of New York to wait for other
parties to nominate; it should be first in the field,
and thus give direction aud tone to the impending
contest
Skillful efforts will be made to distract us on
questions Of State Policy, but we trust without
success. Our State Works are now 80 nearly COM
peted that to pause in their construction would be
absolute madness. With energy and decent man
acement, the Enlarged Erie Canal should be ready
throughout for navigation early in May next.
Meantime, the State Finances suffering horribly
in two ways-frst, from the incapacity and unre-
liability of the Canals, growing out of their unhn-
ished chaotic condition; secondly, from the vam-
pire suction Of the swarms Of engineers who bur-
row in and fatten upon them. The remedy for
both of these is identical and Obvious-Finish the
Works ut the earliest moment so as to double their
capacity diminish their liability to breaks, and
Get rid of the bloodsuckers now fdtteniug their
progress. But, while the West and the Wing ele
ment of the Republican party. urged the prompt
completion of our State Works. the Democratic
element was equally urgent that no further addition
be made to our State Debt. This, also, was ac-
corded by our last Legislature, in taking
the responsibility Of levying an extra State
Tax to meet the inevitable coat of the
construction. We are thus, if no unfore-
seen obstacle is interposed, to have the
Canals completed at very early day. and to have
no consequent addition to our Debt, the means be-
ing provided by Direct Taxation. For this course
the Constitution left no alternative but stOppage
of the Works, which would have been Is absurd
and ruinOus as for farmer to quit work for want
of funds with his grass all cut and drying in his
| meadows. The Canals must be completed; the
means could not be borrowed; so temporary re-.
sort to increased taxation was inevitable. A weak
or cowardIy ascendency might have tempoIized
and shuiled off this necessity for another year, it
was an act Of courage and Of true wisdom in the
Republicans to meet it so manfully last Winters
| and we believe the People will say so.
We hear Of gentlemen perambulating the State
secure the nomination of this or that friend on
he Republican State Ticket. If the persons so
| commended are the best men that can be induced
to accept the posts to which they aspire, We trust
| they will be nominated; but this mode Of pressing
their claims involves strong presumption that
they are not. lie who goes Delegate to Syracuse
pledged to support A, b, or c. for any desired post
goes thither all enemy Of the Republican party and
| foe to it's continued ascendency. We recognize
no claims TO its nominaton-nO debts to be paid
with its honors-no dilapidated fortunes to be
repaired through its favor. The simple question to
be settled by cur State Convention is" Who are
" the worthy aud qualified Republicans who can
.untedly poll the heaviest vote if this Fall pre-
/" ,epted as Republican candidates for State Off.
! " cen for these men, and no others, are
| entitled TO nomination. And any attempt to
ignore this question, in behalf Of even one indi'
] ,idusl Will assuredy be rebuked and defeated