New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-09-24
POLITICAL INTELLIGENCE.
A VOICE FROM KENTUCKY.


bieb we are identified 10 state the leading motives
which induce us 10 cast our for Lincoln ana Ham
lin. the candidates of the Republican party ana on
neeeuting an Electoral Ticket for your suifages we
also desire 20 lay before you the grounds upon which
we solcit yonr cooperation.
Tn the name of Freedom best secured by Its consist
ant exercise and in the of TRUTH bsst attained
nv untramneled investigation, we ask dispassionate
hearing.
This polti al field is now occupied by four parties
alike bos,ie 10 our orgsuizsiion-parties with whom
I'VE cannot affiliate becsuse our political convictions are
utterly opposed TO their svo@ed oeJects
W. cannot affiliate with the BreckiI ridge party, be-
osrse II bestoWs It's inequalities appreciation upon the
-aasn. Adnistr aton seehs to continue its abuses,
and REGARDS it's succes paramount TO the preservation
of the Union itself We condemn this Administration,
for we hold that it has used the treasures and energies
of the country not for the benefit Of that country, bat
for the promotion of partisan interests-that
bas introduced system of Official discipline dangerous
10 the Liberties of the people, Pernicious to the proper
performance OF public duties tending to the destracnon
of that Independence OF individual Judgment so essen
tal 10 the preservation Of our nstutions-that, In
time of peace 1t has plunged the nation into debt OF
near eighty millions, without showing therefor any
other equivalent than army Of contractors and hire
Hngs ready 70 90 the OldC ing OF central poWef-uhI
Il has attempted in wildu disregard of justice and
the enlightened sentiment Of the sge to force Slavery
upon an unwilling psople-thst it has up stan
daId of national conduct not the great principles
which our Government is founded, but unqualified
subseyency the extreme pretensOns of mere class
interestthst it has in s servty to this interest con-
pved to interpoate partisan doctrines into the Federal
Con sti!ution doctrines which, in the language of Hen
~ Clay, were 50 irTeconcsbe to his comprehension,
or to any reason which he possessed that he did not
know how TO meet them"
We cannot associate with the Douglas party, because
II inauRurated tie with the breach of the Public
Faith of great people by abrogauOg the tms-honored
Missouri Compromise, that pe.ce-oOmpsc entered into
bv the mss er-Dinds Tever.d 10 history, and
ouiesotd in for third of century; because ii seeks
to remove from the nso al control the Territories be-
longing 10 the nation because it boasts Of It's nder
spce As TO whether broad donsius are 10 be de-
voted 80 Freedom Slavery. Its champion at one
tine does not care whether Slavery ia voted up or
voted down. and another time roices the fact
that through the operation of his principle Slavery has
been nc ed from Rio Grande TO the Gulf Of CAL
ifornia over territory five times large tle State
of NewYork, and not only up 10 S6o 3V but up TO 49,
North latitude. he at one lime exhors the people 10
dutifu obtdipDce to the bred Scott Decision and at
another suggests a mode of cunringly evadiog the
same, unfrs9y legislation is proposed as an SntdQte
to friendly deci,iOn. We oppose this party because
it strives settle great national question, not by the
enlghted Judgment Of the National Council but by the
trial Of the physical strength of accidental and tram
sieD pOpula ion notify the civilized method Of peacea-
bic egatiOn batby barbaIous appeal to bloody ttrug
glss-because il does not well defined princi-
pes intended to be understood but hopes
to succeed by arul equyOcaioDs intended
to mislesd
We cannot unite with the Bell party, since
TO solve the pr ssng questions Of tue day by ignoring
them 1t processes ami .ble neutrality when en-
ereeic opposition is called for Shen sacred compacls
are violently broken Constitution of couu-
try is boldly changed by patirsn constructions And,
turning from the vague geDeraies of i,s so-cailed
platform 10 the record of the public OF its candl
dates we find them holding views strictly antagonstic
to cath other Mr. Bell ION oppOs ion to our own Hen
~ Clay voted for the sbrogatn of the Mexican laws
prohibiting Slavery, and adv Gates is extension Mr.
Everett declares that ex eOslou would be con
demped before the civilized world, and would present
us fe-convctsd of tue emo crime of having vol
unfairly given The greatest possible enlargement to an
evil" MIR. Clay pr Dounced a. absurd, but Mr. Bell
recognized that the tight bold slaves 10 the Terri o.
ries Is guaranteed by Constitution, aid Mr. Ever
EFT utterly repuoates this doctrine. The polite silence
of its platform and the cObraeiy of sentiments dis
closed by the cord of its candidates. make this party
unworthy Of our support.
The Abolition parry, With Geriit Smith as its candi
date proc!ams the reasonable design of snbverting
the CONSTITUTION and substituting therefor its own ex-
travseant vagaIiss With this we can have no sym
patty whatever.
For these prominent reasons and for others not ess
importsnt, but not pressing we deem it our duty W
oppose these UT parties aud viii nos pass to re
view of the principles and tendencies Of the Repubi-
can party for whose success solicit your votes.
The RI olican party prOclams its firm attachment
to the Union of Ststes and holds 10 adherence
all schemes Of Disunion, come from what source they
may. 1t pledges its honor to tue maintenance Of the
soyereen gct of each State to control its own domes-
Tic institutions exclusively Holding With the trainers
Of the Ordnance of 1857 reenscted 10 1889 by the lint
Congress under the COnstt1ioD and with the suthors
Of the Missouri Compromise that Slavery is social
and political evil Congress has the constitutional
DO yer TO prevent lie extension into Territories where
il does noG exist; and that laying the fou IDA
TORS Of new societss, il should not be incorporated
among their elements propose national control OF The
national domain f the purpose Of confDing the ias
tuition OF Slavery 10 ts present limits In pressing ois
policy TO contamination, bat endsavor TO realize
the hopee Of our Revolutionary Fathers in demanding
that the public domain shall be protected from the
curse Of Human Bondage we but ientify ourselves
with Washington, with JeHefson, with Madison, and
their eotemporaries When we ask that masters shall
be prohibited from carrying their slaves into Terri
tories we do not discriminate between sections of our
countrv but include all Knasters whe,be, coro;no