New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-04-20
tAey seem 10 be constantly isborng TO secure she nomi

they seem 70 be constantly laborng 10 secure she nom
nation Of man who may secure the support Of osn-
ssrvaiive," Anti Republican extraneoas vosen nm
seem never TO dream Of any danger OF l9eios 3" ~
Republican side. entrest every w The arcumeut
ChicsRo Convention to give this point OF tee ny
HE candid and unbiased consioeranons 49, n, snch
mits himself beseech them TO consder Inv so,s sbsn
temporizDg policy they may ess s tbs CONVENTION il
10 mite and consolidate our own orgah'La.on, nv
then 90 before the people OF all parties, "
their intelligence and relying upon the tSoroush canvass
PA Saccs,;on msiorty would approve our princ-
les thev would raIurally vote oar Eeket But ii we
hond fail TO get the appreciation OF majority, we are
doomed to smother defeat Tor al thd1 can zee, O1ga
the nropa0andists and their doughfaced allies will al
low us TO steal march upon them. 1t Is tmpossibe
70 gain the election unless the people are really in ia
And now the availability of Mr.. Seward becomes
apparent. Every opponent Of the Slave Power, every
friend Of Freedom and Free Labor every advocate Of
protection to American industry-because Seward is
well known protecuonist-would fly TO his support.
Ii would unite all the hosts of freedom and protection,
with one loud acclaim, from the st. Johns 10 San
FJsncieco.
There would be no need Of telling our own men
who our candidate is There would be time lost In
assuring associates that our candidate ia COM
petent and reliable, as we should have TO do II some
ore should be nominated. Every man would DO ready
to organize and prepare for the contest and appeal
10 the Of the country from the hands OF
the spoilers
There are thousands of men in Pennsylvania who
can never be induced to go to the polls unless tns
rebgiOus denominations, of rigid and peculiar creeds
not generally known in other States Their creeds and
religious doctrines make them Auti-Savery IN senr-
men,s. They are, however, generally svefse to pol
itics AID most Of them vote unless there is
great principle at stake and unless they knop the can
oidate to be sound on certain principles nav msn
to them unknown they generally refuse to sup
port, leet they shou make mistake But they are
| generally acquainted with the pane and character
| Of Mr.. Seward. They regard him as pure and
/ upright man, and would generally vote for him
| from a sense of duty. They wonld also support
| any other Republican 50 well and so favorably
known TO them but Seward s their first choice This
class comprise no less than 25 600 TO $4,000 voes scat
tered all the south eastern and interior counties
Should a man to them unknown be nominated no
earthly power could induce them 10 to the polls.
| tubmit that this item alone is worthy the serious
consideration Of the Convention If we lose this vote,
where and how shall we be certain to gain enough to
| cOmpeI Fate the loesl -
| can speak only for Pennsylvania After carefully
weighing and mparing all the facis and arguments
in Eecsse am forced 10 the conclusion that Sc ward
is the strongest man IL Pennsylvania. 1 am aware
that some nid Republicans differ from me, and that
some eottonized "AmeTicans" swear hard 1t Mr..
Seward Mary Of them would probably vote against
him. So they will sgainst any one that we can nomi-
nate But ibe great macs OF them--those who are
sincerely detirous of defeating the Sham Democracy
would soon become reconciled. Mr.. Stewards com.
mandng and superior talents the uDspottet purity Of
his public and private character, the uniform con-
sisepcy of his long and eventfnl public life, and his
wel-known dev otOn TO the Protective policy, would
coon satisfy every here who is not determined TO
Dd some p1etsnse to play into the hands of the De-
| mocracy. -
AS 10 the "National Union" affair, it will not hurt
| us much here. The people remember the Fillmore
trick Of Sc spd predict that they cansot be caught
10 the trap the second time Let the Convention
L h. 10 axiGa Gf ha m Gt
boldly put forward the great captain of organiza
| ton erunciae our principle plainly and explicitly,
thst be who Ems may read, and our victory III No
vember will not only be complete but permanent.