New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-07-18
rs SUCCESS IN 1850 A DUTY
.,rs FOR REPUBLICANS TO CONSIDER
IN, HON. SCHUYLER coLFAH.

,.t.n has groaDed under for Inc past se"ch' ""a'"
.over il with such dishonor, end 30 tsrnlsh us es
s,teheon that the title Of ian American clt'Zea
would lose the proud distinction II once i"'S'
and 90 far az the rights Of freedom are cono7'"'o'
Che united power Of all three branches OF INC 00'
meut, Executive, Legislative s'a J'u,o'a'' -
~ them have been for years for their cVer'nIo"'
-.,n n,oh.blv. by 1885, have accompanied thsn
,;.'.,on III. evident enough TO 1atcbiul o. |
. ., the polit,cai current. that the Democracy |
,e.oved possible, TO be united Ia iSt-that the
mn.u a anger Of defeat VIII alarm the Earring iSc
tons in their rake INTO an assn he'noDy ~ 'Ge
sndeay,rs 10 prevent the scepter OF power passing
am theu-that the most moderate SJutbern man,
whom the Ohgs,chy believe or k,oS tha, they can
sse, viii probably be presented 81 their caoa,aae-
Xssi the iuieI0ed plans VI the leaders VIII De KEEP "a
fke hack oupd and pretended moderation feisned
but thai if victory is again Won by these hypocfiu-
cal professions, as it was by ther ropa,a!
SsyerelgLty and Fair Play-to Kansas sseeVera-
Ssss 10 is56, they win see. to it that, be.
fsre another Presidential election, the new
f.stpesses Of Slavery shall be so fored az 10 De tui-
prt enable. We are only reading the tuuIe IRON Tue
Eock OF the Pass. In 1852 they carried PIERCE INTO
the Presidential chair on their professions 'na'
sUtaon should never b. renewed 10 Congress on any
MT, n whatever" ard the chief feature OF MS al
fathless u ali ia pledges, wastne repeai
Of The Missouri Compromise, ana tne reign Oh teIo',
Cf prosecutions and persecutioDe IN hansas STRIVING "
s,onsy he or. indces Of settlers against an ins1u-
thev hated When the people were reaoy 10 pro-
Judy ment Gen. Pierce IN looo the sasecious
kacers Of the party, having finished tnen use vi hiul
threw him oyeIb board and nominated MI buehahan 10
L., .,eao who was commended 10 the people as CON-
staesnaD, pledged to justice 10 hahsss JUS
~ ALI sections VI the Unon who wac out Oi the country
when the Missouri Compromise was Iepeaieu, auu
npd upaus sioBaby AVOID the errors oi ms pfedece5
s1r The ueope cULhded III them agaI-eected nun
and Lecou ptou, bred Scottish, the reopemng OF the
SlsyeiIaGe, the Stringent execution O ouous la"s az
ehs North while Southern men, taken IN the very act of
,,.cx 90 free. a. vast netioDal debt of TWO hundred
n,i,hcus proposed Tor the Strengthening OF tue
Slave Poger-tbesc the striking features OF me Az
uiLiitration. Could any man on either election day
1859 OF ls5C-have predicted the mOnstrous ouTage7
vb,eh Democratic sue, those days vas " give
bth to So also III 1860, although their lear Vi deeat
will probably compel the Democratic Leaders osu
over and then desgns, their success wi" new
tabiy result in longer AID more alarming suuos III 'e"
Pros avery decent. Thousands VIII not Dehe'e,a az
IL past years they refused to believe tl the onsalcny
again remove the vail and strike. But when they see
tss Lennon case between New-lOrk and fngiDlastlu
psndipg unds clded il the United States Supreme Court
which has proved ITSELF in the bred Scott case, ready
G,r snv desired political decslonw1eD they reflect
that that case inv the night OF slavehUlders 10
bring Their slaves into Free States without let or mn
drsLce and that that Court has already prepared the
NAV by deciding that the Constitution of the Cneu
States which OF course oveIrides all State COnstitu
tonsl gives this Unrestricted privilege III the Terrific
ries-wheD they Zee the Democratic ehOIts 10 repeal
our neutrality laws, which would make our nag The
Hsg of every bandit on every sea-when they hear
the demands of Conventions III that section, whose de-
ands the present Democratic party never dare To "
more, that all laws pronibitDg the infamous ana &C
cured slave-trade shall be only nuihed as they
are now but also repesled-when they have already
heard the appeal OF a Democratic President that he
should be clothed with the war-makiDg power ana |
the key Of the Treasury also placed in ms haod u
sequlrc by the sword the purse more slave Terri
tory the people will learn after 1860 If they give TINS
party lease II power that e leaders VIII fdthon
poiounder depths of political mquity than ever be-
kre.
We hold then that success is duty which we owe |
not only to Republican principle but to Our age ana
COUNTY, and that any cOncetsOn, snort ot prluclple
necessary to insure that success IL not only Wise ana
expedlent, but also patriotic and obligatory
ftOtp shall that ShcceSs Re assured
We counsel 10 surrender Of principle, no ABANDON |
dopn,eut of our organization overture 10 unite WITH
apy uo,tou Of the Oppos,too who may profess to be
more PIo.SlaveTy than the Democracy themselves; |
but we Totes II IL can be avoided, against There De-
ing ny ain as 1856, division OF the Oppostloh III
the States wbich TO decide the Pfesdentlal con.
test; and renewal, thereby of the lease oil ht9sed
power which our opponents have thus oo'aineu' hun.
dieds of thousands of voers not Yet ehroei III oui
ranks sympatbize with III our desire 10 prevent the
extension oi Slavery bevond its present hunts and, to
be more particular, alude To those men ul woom
Horace +. Clark, Haskn. Hickman, Brodrflck, &C. |
.,s the type ON tine hand ana Edward Bates john
Bell 10, Morris aud Washington Hunt are the type on
the other. Shall we foster auo promote thelr union
with us IN the work of overthrowiDg the Democracy
or shS repel all unlon and from an overeStima'e
perhaps VI our strength, bazaId success that
with wise counsels is already IN our grasp
We offer somewhat from those ardent cotempo-
"Rspesentstive Man." whether popular or unpopu-
lar and who iusist that tins must be done, even II
We are DEF, sed." We do agree With them IN declar-
hg that We shall so for no man who does not prefer
Free Labor and It's extension, to Slave Labor aud ts
extension; who, though mindful OF the lnparti4uy
which sh, cnaract, the Executive of tue whole
Union viii not fail 10 Iebuke all new plots for making
the Government the propaganda OF Slavery, and
compel promptly and efficiently the suppression OF
that horrible siaye-trade which the Whole civilized
world has banned es Infamous, pra,ca, and accursed.
But IN h R-pubhcsn National Convention, II any man
could be founo, North, South, East or West whose
htsgnty whose lie and whore avowai-, rendered
hun vi queshonably safe upon these questions aud
who could YET poll one, two OF three hunde thousand
votes u.ore than any else, we believe It would be
both WISDOM ana duty, Patrotism and policy, to nomi-
nate HIM by accanalon, AMI thus render the contest
An assured RS tom It's very opening. la word,
ii h,roc OLD Zsck Taylor were aive, although he
might not he technically straight Republican, we
sboulo ue., cheeriuly vote for hun for President as
did once before.
but 10 this suotner class of obiectors reply, " we
shave Republican majority elected TO Congress
" and have thus proved our power 10 elect any one
eve pl, Bat TO this answer, that OF the -four
battle. ground States, two Of them, New Jersey and
Penn sy AHA, we're ,rned las, Fall only by union
of he Opposiiior and the Republican senator gained
in the former Stare the fut of tlst union, but
winch a straight Republican issue would inevitably
have thrown awsy. Aud Indiana and ILLINOIS, the
other two, really about drawn battles, though
in each of ,hese States had the aid of te Y
thousand votes outside ranks. Nor Is It lit
orally true that the Republicans have secured =
majority in Congress. Even with the two members
from Mipbeso's, whom We hope for, the House can
cL,y be organized by the plurality rule as IN 1882 or
BY a union Of the Opposition Dat of 2S7 members
li9 Is a sjor,ty; and there elected thus far lOi
Republicans, North Auencass, who viii probably
vote with them Carter ana Bnggs of NewlOik, Nixon
ard Sirai,on oi New jersey, aud JOY Morris, Nenee,
N,lwara ard " cod OF Pa, all elected On Union tick
etsl and eight Auu-Lecompton Democrats DAVIS OF