The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-05-10

The proposition virtually contenpates tia transfer OF
The republicans 10 the old wing ground II carried out
party upoer controlled by
yatye usaqos That M the slavery question would be ig
noed eyaeed or ana spun men ~ WINTHROP
ri lnorc Bates and Bolts would DO restored 70 power
The COUNT favored once with whig party, Just
ike this aud what did II accomplish for freedo M How
rnapy words in behalf OF human rights did utter IN inc
Corgiess OF the Untei Sates2 MD prevent the annex
a,jon of Texas with slavery Did " prevent thn war
against Mexico to extend toe OF slavery Did pre-
vent the passage tho Fugiuvo Slave BILL the abandon
ept of the pIoyso tho repeal Of the Missouri Comaso
mse2 Was 1t able to save anti slavery men from po-
lics proscripopY Did not, with the hue and cry Of
grand opposition rally, elect john ~ Ter, who committed
hmser the Texas annexation policy Oid not the wings
C. Calhoun Secretary Of Stase and did not the wing
press applaud the aypontmeat-a man VINO rested the
whole policy OF annexation On pro slavery grounds
and advocated before the world the institution Of
negro slavery Did not that party, with the same hue
aud cry for grand rally OF the opposition, elect Mlard
Fillmore to whose whie cabinet and ADMINISTRATION We
the passage Of the Fugitive Blacks Act aud the
abandonment VI the anti slavery policy OF the ordinance
OF l7sI9 Did ret that party, ut Baltimore 10 1882 swear
by the compromise Of 1850, and Mr. Greeley vote
for The Of the platform white split ne upon tho
platform tscf? Did the wings OF the Soutn 10 this
struggle Of 1884 concerning the Missouri Compromise,
deeer their Northern associates unite with pro slavery
democrats carry the repea Did they not, together
with conservative wings OF tue North, az they are called
in 1866, unite in support OF Willard Fillmore thereby do
feeuns The republicans aud e!ectog James Bachans
And now The proposition cooly made, TO 60 back to
all this .walowine m tue wne" TO reconstruct ma
tonal whlg party with the able, wonderfully
efficient policy, which marked the career Of national
whggery from 1saO 70 1854
What could have prompted the Tribune al such mo-
mtnt TO assume that third party existence whose
prejudCss must bc ccasuted that the republican party
could not win by adhee 70 It's own orgaozi
ton and policy that wings, Kuow Nothngs
Shareholders and pro slavery men must be conclliated
and republicans must oreso, necessary, their own
gan,zston their prncpIes their men, for the sake Of
uniting with those oscordant casees aud for ming great
opposition, weak enough 70 forswear all principle strong
nf of Thar ~
We have sad enough IN show the utter repunaoce OF
such policy to prncpie remark more and No
the 1yitune ia impraccabie. SUCH combination as
II recomme nds never be formed Ths black de no
c.acy is still strong throughout the free States See II
casting only two thousand fewer than the repub
enlightened Connecticut Ia nearly all the free
Stats the adhesion Of the earnest anti slavery to
the republican party that the scale against it's anita
gonist partial disafcciou Of this element would
the state Of things Let the politicians beware no
they te with the conscences OF men who care for no
but that of the right OG both sides OF the great
question large bodies of men, entertaining decided
Convictions who detest trckery and compromse. Lst
such opposition be ormed the Tribune vanity
sels and e, Bates Bolts or Bell the nominee the etgma
OF abolition attached the ticket would drive every pro
slavery in the South toto the ranks OF the slave de-
moracy and thus ALLEVIATE every Southern State, while
the Of pro slavery would disgust and drive Off every
anti slavery the free States thereby restoring
democracy IN them to power On the other hand, let
Chase, Seward Banks be the candidate and what
resolutions you please, ignore, evaae or mystify real
issues as you may does any man in his senses believe
sbRfe ootVo Cou'd NC C6ffeVf uoe5
not every man In his seoses SEQ that policy dsio
genuous would inevitably hazard the Of the ticket
in he free S'a,esY Let De honest manly consistent
We shall be pleased 70 have the co operation Of
the conservatives and old wings, whom the Eri
lune is SO concerned for; but II, when the
lines drawn between slavery-propig a tng
democracy and slavery restricting republican
payty, they prefer tho of the for
mer, then know they would be satisfied
with nothing short OF the total surrender Of repnbi
principles the disoganz Of the republican party
and ,he adoption Of the same policy in relation to slavery
that has given it its present mastery in the country II,
the contrary they sincere in their desire TO the
black democracy overthrown let them unite WITH
Only party whose moral pewcr and numerical force
Sufficient for the achievement of that end and let the
Tribune reconsider its ground and ponder we'll the ques
ton, whether its cOuuse3 ot calculated TO raise
pecta among conservatives and Old wings that must
TO naught and 10 discussion and dstrust among
republicans unayorable to united and decided action