New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-08-11

Mr. Cent Smith, in ais FIRST balletin lookiog I'M
medSt, Is to TIE Goyernorship, accused The RePab-
hcan patty of treacbeIy to the csase Of Liquor
Prohibition. We responded tha. a petty could
rot well 10 uufa.thfnl to p principle which i had
never adopted ner profesced. We happened to
know that ,he question CT n.akine Prohibition one
of tie plsaLs Of TIE Republican Platform came up
in the Republican state Convention of 1e5s--the
first toeIsbly full and regularly deiegated Stste
Convention the Republicans ever held-snd that 1t
was thtle distinctly voted down frat IN the Plat
form Comm ttee, next in the fall Convention. Pills
vote wns mm, lets'y blozored throughout the
State s1d commentea on in nearly eve:y Journal, 80
that every Eltctor who may airy be supposed to-
know anything mus. know that, whle yers rnaoy
Republican, NE PIohibitiotists, the Republican
party is neither for Ger against prohisition-tas,
in fact token no portion ths subject, but Leaves
lie every msnbsr free 20 he for sgaisst Prohibi
ton as re shsil prefer. Ia his letter accepting toe
Syracuse domination, Mr. Smith re.IIas 10 .he
charge in iae folowipg terms;
81 laye this mcmen, tia, vesy iniucatial
nswspepe- of the Ciiv CT Nes -ToIk charges with
vert IS fairrets "a d 'tiutn for hoidng thss the
Republican party hes proved unisitbiuI to 'Prchbi.
ton 1t ado thst the party never coCmted it1elt
10 'PfolilitiCr. BIT ust IN that commtta c:n-
siss it's IA fsttfuuees. II is rot eno4eh that many
Republican Judges Eid legislators are in favor OF pro-
bib.t'rg tue traffic in maddenrg or-!ks. t2'L the
Rer ut lean party shs uch, have adopted Ptohi-
biion az ne Ct lis usssuIes, L fairly 10 he fsss,ted
not as SSe friend bEI TIE enemy OF Prohibition.
is tbs be ssuad logic, then the Republican
patty nay sso be regarded mot as the friend, bat
''tha tIemy Of ChIistiMi,y, ProtestaLSism, Pzo-
tec.;on to Home Industry. Peace, ard every otter
! cause to which ii has ROT distinctly committed L.
sells If at is rot enough" that \ msprity Of It's
mesbtIs are for Temperance ard against the
Liquor TTsstc, ueither is il eaeash that taey are
| Oi stisr., PyotestlIts Protectiorists and Peace
men. 1t Is not committed as party 10 any vi
thee causes and 'just in that nea comaittal coz
sists lie anfsitAiuuess The parallel runs or all
| fouIs.
But Tie Aibssy Alias, which hss, in csasicus
Way, been one of the chief promoters Of Tia Smith
non ination, thus improves on Mr.. Smiths i'm
psschnelt:
I've co I OF regard the battle which the RspubIi
osrs fight IN the name Of Temperance and Freedom
IS fair cne. They cry out Temperance, and adrO
oate Animated HcEse " dr'k they proclaim Free
dom, AID vote for eternal Saveiy.'
Before TIE canvass now opening .hsll hay,
closed, tie managers Of The Atlas will be leyyiu!
contributions on the liquor sellers aid gathering u,
all tie votes they can control, on their confident a,
sumption that tie Repub,,,ans, so far from aayo
cstirg an Unlimited license to diink, are com
mittel to a PrChibitory Law They who talk 9
Prohibition SIS Political cry have themselves bee
usirg TIE question to make patty cSital on. of til
Liquor Interest ever since Prohibition was sr.
suggested.