New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-08-22
WHO Ia CHRATEDs

The Troy Whig is journal with which we had
formerly been so happy as generally to agree, and
though of late it has been our fortune to differ from
it politically, we have seen no reason to withdraw
our confidence in it's general fairness and honesty.
We have believed it misled or misjudging, not de-
ceitfuI or assembling. Yet in its last issue, we
read:
Mapy who but recently looked with entire d4vor any
combination with party willing 10 adopt any and
all honorable EeeoyaPoes for John Bell and
Edoard Everett The Of Neg York 1.-THE tickle. nom
mated Thursday be eleeedand there great confidence
that ewYork viii give nominees TIN IA
the Electoral College"
When The Wing said this it had not of course
seen the explicit assertions Of Mr.. Ottendorfer-
himself an Elector on that very ticket-that not
one Of those ten Electors s0ould if chosen pOte for
Bell and Eo,rett, but eoery one Of them for Douglas
and Johnson But that statement is now before
the public, and is being used to secure German
and Irish votes for that ticket, while The Whig'S
conflicting assertion is employed to obtain Ameri-
can and Wing votes for the same.
Is this kind of business in which TIE Wig is
willing to be engaged Does it feel that such is
the way in which honorable aud just men, who
have characters to support and regulations to
maintain, conduct political contests Nobody
doubts the right of Messrs Kent, Burrows & Co.
to be for Douglas or for Bell; but they cannot be
for both. Will The Wig ascertain and publish
the facts2 Mr. James Kidd, one of these am
phibious Electors, may be found within few
minutes ride of The Wig Office. The Wing says
he is for Bell The Stats Zeitung says he is for
and ~ fba Lott
right. But whichever of them may be his choice,
he certainly is not for both and, if the editor of
The Wing will only ask him, he must plainly de-
clare for whom, if chosen ElectOr, he intends to
cast bis vote. Will The Wing promptly inquire
aud report
The Sun, of our city, though not party paper,
has steadily sympathized with Mr.. Douglas
throughout bis past struggles, and has done very
much to commend him to popular favor. 1t is,
we presume, for Douglas now; aud it protests
against the Syracuse juggle, because it realizes
that it is losing him the only solid strength he ever
had. 1t now says:
"The singular coalition formed at Syracuse between the
Douglas and the leaders of the party in this
tate has already given rise TO controversy which threatens
impair its value. The BeEyeTett wSh
pltced
the Douglas Electoral Tcket and from side they ceve the
answer that should the ticket be elected the BenEveret
Electors will be free TO vote for their proper candidates
But the Douglas who have also been questioned TO the
Of the fusion give different They say that the
electoral ticket made up purely In the interest Of Mr. Doug
as and that the union formed the distinct understand
Dg that every vote given for the ticket should count for Douglas
nd Johnson.
1--WE cannot tell which right but looks II there
we're some deception practced thus The Ezpress Of
he
Ipessly declares that the Bell and Everett electors
ion the Douglas ticket win, II elected, vote for Bell
and Everett in the Electoral College, while Mr. Often.
derer Of the Douglas Electors, and the editor Of
be Sad ZeH0 with emphasis that each one OF the
eetors Is not only pledged by the resolution OF the ConVen
ton to the support Of Douglas and johnson with all bis heart
and hand but required specially and individually 10 give his
consent and willingness to do aud II be viii not the Demo
cratic Committee il authorized fill his place with another
name
No one who knows Mr. Ottendofsr win doubt his word
Ia entire conviction Of the truth Of what he and yet he
sy not know al that snsped syracuse previous the
eeng OF the Convention AT any rate the controversy has