New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-03-09
POLITICAL.

The Indepoadent, in an article on Parties and
Candidate" which concludes with the prediction that
Mir. Seward viii be nominated and elected has the
follow ing observations respecting Judge b 4es Of Ms
sour:
owe do not at all believe that judge Bates will
cive the domination at Chicago for the Office of Pres
i6eut; nor DO We the whole desire thss he edould
be thus dominated. We are, therefore, the free
to say thst We know him pers0p1y, as well as by his
public reputation; and that there Ii 10 better man tha
he-nOne 10 whose religious fidelity ana ta1-5ghted
patriotism and manly Independence OF spft the sretI
trust of the Presidency could be ore safely COM
as;ted To MS the objection that he vas not member
OF the Rep lbcan party in 1886 is Of no weight. 1t 10
enough that on the great question OF the dsy-the
question Of Slavery related to the Federal Govern
Tnent ard she Federal Const tuoa-he taks5-2s sdch
8 man cannot but tai e--the right side Hs holds the
old doctrine in regard to Savery-he doctrine OF the
Revolution and OF the Ordinance Of l7SI-tbe doe.rlne
of Washington and Franklin, Of Jefferson and Nj an
son. in The days when Virginia had not(yet been de-
graced into "tbe slave coast OF ADerlca-the doc.
frine of Roger Sherman and Oliver Ellsworth aud
John jaw He has doue long Sgo what W lshi1gtOu
did only in bis last will and es aueut-he has enaq
cpa 60 bis own slaves canscisCce sake aud for the
cake Of the testimony which ne thereby gave agansi
the ., stem of Slavery. We do Lot ask whether ne
agrees With every point-t is enough for us TO
know that he is heartily opposed as We are TO the
new, deuoraliziDg, and revolutionary policy repre-
seutso bv whoever may be made the c,ndd4ie Of the
Democratic party. And the couGtry ought To now Ia
aalval cas- know-that be will not consent 70 be
used by any third party as a means OF adrg the
Charleston candidate.
The National Republican Committee in changing
the time for hOoing tie Chicago Convention, fixed
upon tie 10th day of May az the lme This day hap
pens TO be che birthday Of William Il. Seward.
--Parson Brownlow, being asked what will be his
position in the Presidential contest, sIys:
owe will be fighting both nominees, and as friend
10 be Son and the Union, deprs eating the election OF
either. For the sesame reason that sc eatnot sup
port or coun'enapce the Black Republican ticket, we
cannot 81 notion the Democrat ticket Both OF these
candidates. must and will stand upon the platform OF
Slavery agitatlOn-2 mere ABSTRACT n-and nel-her Is
eDped ~ the respect snd nee OF the irends OF
ths UIiOn. We cannot tel, in advance, who Wit be
nominated bv he Republicans at Chicago, or the Dem
ocrats at Charleston. The pres umptOn II, however,
that Seward and Douglas viii be the nominees We
cannot O. IN eDance Se ward became he scouudr9l
and aSoyrs II. We cannot eOuptenaoce Douglas, be-
cause be Il q scOuDdTe and deniee H.. We believe the
Union, conservative men, North aud South, VIII run
better and safe ticket tnan either OF these P4ue'
named, ard we expect to support that ticket. 1t we
are not understood IL lie not becaDse we sex to
dn euise Our position but because we have not sense
enough forth ideas language to express
them.
-Gea Henry ID. Foster the Democratic NOMINEES
Cor Gyeynor Of Pennsylvania has been siHgularly
Fortunate 10 his efforts to obtain public Office. lie ran
for Csusl Commissioner in 1916, and defe4ed by
j NJ.
thousand majority In 1856, and agaiu 10 1857, he
turned up az candidate for the United States Senate
iut was defeated in one 10y Senator Biser and IN
she other 10y John w. Forney. In 1853, Gen. Foster
ran for Congress in his district, which il strongly
Democratic and was defeated by John COvode to the
tune Of eleven hundred.
The KnorviHe Register thus speaks Of the North
EN- Democray:
They show rot only dspositi IN TO bind us hand
and foci 10 seize the Legislative, Executive, and Ju
dietary Departments Of this Government Out 70 tnrus
down cur thrOats the most obnoxious OF all Nofthern
Democratic statesmen. Worse toan all tns, IKE hye
pas thew have gone down into the tomb of the old
Nbig party robbed the Of Its grave clothes TO
enrich their eaDddate in other words, have stoan the
principles of that patty and arc seeking TO engrAft
them on the Den ocralic creed"
"A Douglas delegation 10 Charleston has been
elected in Assumption La tue largest sugar aud saVe
nar;sh in that State. Resolutions expressing conf
Sence in Mr. Taylor, their representative in Congress-
were adopted.
TIE Charleston Convention will vote by States,
each State casting as many votes as IN the electoral
college; but by resolution adopted at Cincinnati the
Convention will be composed Of twice as many del
seates voters. Classified into Free and Slave Saes,
the former will send 366 against $40 from the aitAT,
Beside tbese the members Of the National Democratic
Executive Committee have seats on the floor Of the
Convection but no votes. They are 80 in number.
Moreover it Is customary TO ad nit distinguished mem
bers Of the party TO the floor OF the house az courtesy
that the Convention VIII be composed Of abou. go
members
n 4 g.A Al. l.