New-York daily tribune., 1858-10-04


educated for the last half century; we know that
many parents are Jrunksrds, yagrant' mser-, Grip
pies or incapables, and that the schooling OF their
children poor enough at best, will be utterly neglect
I'd under the voluntary system. AGoyernor OF the
State Of New-York has very little to do with
Slavery. but very much with Education and we
would not support an enemy of Common schools
for that most responsible post though he were
twenty times the Abolitionst that Mr. Smith "a.
Mr. Smith would seem to cherish very loose and
danrerou. notions a. 10 the extent and limitstlons
Of Executive power. He stands pledged, if chosen
Governor. to use the whole military as we'll as civil
power Of his station 10 prevent the return Ot
fugitive 10 Slavery. In other words, he would
place the State 20 far as he should be able. IN an
attitude of notification hostility and rebellion to-
ward the Federal Government-and for what
Would the end justify the anarchy, coniuslon'
boodshed and general misery, sure to result from
such procedure Bear in mind that Mr.. Smith
violent proceeding would not abolish Slavery IN the
South nor any thing Ike il. 1t would be more
likely to attach the shareholders to their nstltu
tion through the indignant sense OF bad faith and
wrong which his act would surely ncite. Slavery
exists-that is a mournful fact-and slayecstching
is one Of our domestic institutions, most un-
lovely in itself and made still more revotng by the
needlessly odous and irritating provisions of the
act Of 1880 We profoundly deplore the
existence of Slavery and the contract to
restore fugtives-we will do our best TO
make an end Of each of these-but 80 long
As they exist We do not regard an occasional slave
hunt on our soil as dcplorablc. On the contrary,
we wish the shareholders would chase one runa
way negro annually in each County of our State,
for We believe this would afford the best practical
answer to the standing doughface query What
have IRE to do with Slavery and would decidedly
hasten the downfall of doughiace ascendency in
the first place aud next of Slavery itself But
Dir. Smiths purpcsed notification would only tend
to Perpetuate both.
MIR. Smiths organs, acting doubtless in the
spirit of their chief are impelled by the deadiest
hatred Of the Republicans, whom they habitually
misrepresent and traduce. Take the following
from Tie Batorio Herald copied and indorsed by
The Siqnol and The Hour and The Nan:
when Mr.. Smith contributing his thousands
OF dollars for bleeding Kansas and supporting FIRE.
mont he an eminent saint IN the Republican cal
endar but since they have abandoned their Abolition
and Temperance platform TO which lie remains true,
they hardly know such man exists. much less that
lie is q candidate for Governor.
Now Mr.. Smith never supported Fremont
never was nor pretended to be a Repubcan-and
the Republicans never abandoned any Abolition or
Temperance Platform, since they never adopted
any. At its first regularly delegated State Conyen-
ton, held at Syracuse in 1855, the Republican
party distinctly and emphatcally refused To- make
Liquor Prohibition part of its PLATFORM and the
fact was proclaimed to the whole State. Each
Republican was left free to favor or oppose Prohi-
bition as to him should seem good; and thus We
have remained to this day. Yet The Hour and The
Man represents Prohibition as originally one of the
cardinal purposes of the Republican organization,
aud proceeds to say:
But how soon is our noble party debauched and
heart .sickencd. We had scarcely put Prohbitory
law in action when the old party leaders got the helm
again. and fell in with the enemies of Temperance ami
erased the ProhbtOry law from the statute-bOok and
again opened the Oodgates of death upon our families.
They were accustomed TO rum alliance that they
could not keep apart from the dTamshops, they fused
ike kindred drops.
This ia utterly unlike the truth. Prohlbitory
law was passed, not as party measure, but mainly
if not wholly by Republican votes including those
of Wings who are now Republicans. 1t was not
ERASED from the statute-bOoh." but broken
down simply and solely by the action of certain
Judges OF the Supreme Court, and = majority of
the Court Of Appeas-erery one Of The Supreme
Court Judges, and all but one cfhe appeal Judges,
beng Democrats. That one (Comstock) was chosen
as an American. but We believe he is now sup
porting Parker. Not one Republican Jadge IA any
Court cOneurrod IN the judgment by rhich Prohibition
uos orerthropn. No action of Republicans in any
way contributed to that result. And yet We are
charged by these Gerrit Smith organs with having
Coalesced and conspired to break down the Pro-
hbitory Law
Such is the spirit in which Mr.. Smith il sup
ported for G0yemor-such are the assertions by
which Republicans are sought to be- detached from
their party and made TO contribute, by throwing
away their votes on Mr.. s. to put the State into
the hands of the party thoroughly devoted To
Rum and slavery. We trust intelligence and good
sense are too general to allow this plot To triumph
Mr. C. Irving, second of the Hon. Sherrsrd
Clemens, who is laid up at this time with a wound