New-York daily tribune., 1858-07-19

b.,;,-. NJ. Weed Wa AS deceived With regard -
ore other Uister County mac who likew;se achieved
Distinction and respcnsible trust through his pT-
tally. Thee exceptions prove him fslheie; they
do rot di,prove the fact that hs preferences h'7e
seuerally been vel grounded and bis deciion' n.
PEELED BY uJsslfst AID elevated considerations.
Ard we think ne i, rot fsry justified In saying that
"Ir 1857, Sc or opponents unite IN aft rfaiay, We
we're thrown oveibosid oy the Repu6hc:n st''e
ConveItioI. NJ to be otnied tos. fr we hfs.
tine in ttiIty f0ul yesrs tae s,;-sting oi o's1e
Convection q Our party ~as ois"n ID
We krow 30 facts tbst wsrrsut this syermsnt.
Several of the Candidates nominated BY tina. Con-
yertor were snd are regarded as devoted perOnsl
and political frisud, of the Editor OF The Journal;
We Lpow 70 one Of them who WAS then regarded ss
bis adversary Nor 90 We believe that his advice
or recomme Ddssiop, though Il might not hare beei
40 conclusive 30 with some previous Conventions
would bave failed in sry instance to Command the
respectful aud even favorable regard Of the last
Republican Stsie Ccrseut.on
One i3es, however, wss prominent If not con-
trolling II the mid, Of rlsjofitJ Of that Cenyei-
tiO1-ibs .6ea Of direct and ex,erminstipg warfare
uroD Oficisl Corruption. They believed, whether
correctly or OtLeIHise, that the State bsd been
pluneend in Canal Contracts and Otherwise,
through ,he ccnJi5arse o. certain Of Der Own func
tionsries whose imperative duty il was to prevent
such Ieculstion. They believed that ,bbing sud
sms,sDg wealth through the arts BY which legis.-
ton is Influenced to subserys per,orsl ends, hsd
attained q magnitude aud balefuI pCtepcy which
Terdertd open var upor item az imperative neoes-
,iiy, and that the Republican party, then fally in
power in cur State, were required to initiste and
l1heIiby prosecute tlst wsrfare. These con7ic-
tom, a,d not tOstliy OF syerson TO any mao, con-
trolled that G D7tntioD; and simple assurance
from the Edtos q Tie Jorraai that he sympatbized
with them, srd would unite in the formation Of
ticket composed wholly Of persons never connected
with or suspected OF prohtipg By the banefo prsc-
tices 80 generally reprehended would have caused
'he "latcb string" Of that Convention to be most
cordially held out to him. II Disconcepton pre-
cudsd such cordiality, We think the fault was not
on The side of the Convention.
We have spoken freely, because franknes' is dc
tated oy the most urgent considerations Of public
duty. Another Republican State Convention will
soon assemble a1d important, far.reaching con.e-
quences hang upon its deliberations. Wehope to see
all the opponent. of Slavery Extension fairly repre-
sented in that Convention; We desire that all shall
be fully heard, ard that a ticket shall be formed
which will give satisfaction to a1d excite the en-.
thusiasm of ALL Let it be simply agreed before
band that the stch string" of that Convention is
not to be drawn in agsinst any opponents of the
Leeompton freud and Of ths impulse in which it
origiDated-that ticket is to be framed in which
'll shall be fairly represented, and which shall be
D6elibly opposed to oil maprer Of jobbery and
money making through official csDnivance or favor,
nd we tha aeain be not merely united and DOM
nsnt pnuty, but triumphant by Of least fty thou
and majority.