New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-04-27

ia disssu ing members, fraud on the publc who
are authorized by il to regard said party as united
in a conviction or prrpose which is really that Of
faction, not Of the wh,le party. Such a Platform
reminds u, of the onecaote of an Eog'isb Church
man who was asked il he bad ever known a person
Who really believed al that ia contained 10 the
xxx Articles Of his Church: To which be
made apsu or thst he bad known every one Of them
TO BIZ believed, but not al BY toe ssuo person.
In the light of thee evident truths, consider the
performance rev going forward at Charles on.
The representatives. Of the Slave States are working
desperately to force upon the Democratic National
Convention an assertion or ineorsement their new
doctrine that any STAKEHOLDER who chooses to take
slave or sayes into aty Federal Territory is &C.
titled to Federal protection in his asserted right OF
property in said slave or slaves That is TO say
II the slave refuses to work or TO render imphcls
obedie1ce, or runs away, tho Federal Government
must provide for his subjugaton or recapture ast
case may be. Lesr,e claims Pdmp as his proper"
at P,k.'s Peak, because he was 30 accounted Id
Alabsms, whence they came; Pomp dtmurs aua
insists that he will work Tor Legree 'or fair wages
Lot Otherwise; ~bereupon Lesree call' On Uocle
Sam to enforce his claim of work without wages
against Pcmp; ard the Chvalry say the Demo-
cratic party must back this demand.
Now, the point TO which we would call attention
is OF the Dyaldty and inquity Of Legrees preten-
sioD Let that pass for the present WeconPlal tnas
Messrs. Barhsdsle, Browne, Perry, Waller o. 70
insist on making The Democratic party say ITS creed
fhaU srA
on making creed for the party, not merely &C.
claripe the creed it actually holds Individuals
may hold to the Slave Code; they may De iii you
will majority Of the Democratic party; but
the party as such believes nothing of the sort. ut
did, Col Richardson would not be leader 10 the
Convention, ard Judge Douglas would net be
prominent candidate before it for the Presidential
non nation.
Now suppose the Douglas men, or some OF them,
should weakly sey-hke Henry Nv. OF France, VINO
thought kiosdom should not be lost for mass
This Slave Code is sn abstraction: let us give
"tbem the least that will satisfy them, and SO AVOID
ga row and bolt" our objection is not 1T all
weakened. 1t would still be q party profession OF
what the party does not really beeve-a corporate
lie, told 10 elect slJlstef emu
Such lies ere not abstrac'iors-they are great
practical mischieis. Hundreds of thousands OF
eager heated, ignorant psrtsans will, ether blndly
or for party q sake gulp down the abOmnable dose,
and even tn to fai cy they Ike the taste OF 1t.
Hundreds of thousands will adopt the Lew creed IN
profound Inconsistencies that it d fters materially
from tie old one. T1us the baleful falsehood OF
In
1861.
We commend these considerations to those who
ore intent on fastening allsOrts of addenda On the
Republican Platform at Chicago, bat especially
to tlose who insist upon having q Protective Paok
in the Platform Now, ifthere be any more devoted,
unfjncbpg, undoubIing Plott ctionist than We are,
bis superiority must consist in ability, not ZEAL not
thorous hness of conviction. We never missed an
opportunity nor gIudged Effort to secure the tn.
umph of Protection. That nne-tenths of the Re-
publican are with US on this point we do not doubt;
but it is equally clear that some Republicans are
spaintt u.s. And they have just as perfect right
to their convictions as if they were majority.
Nay it would be unfar and tyrannical to make
them, by resolve, at Chicago seem TO affirm or
uphold what they do not really believe. They
are not the men to be transformed from Free
Traders into PIotectionists by such a courses they
are far moe likely 10 be steeled against argument,
against conviction. We, the overwhelming ma
jority of Republicans, can well afford to let them
alone while they let US alone. We have perfect
right to act on our own convictions in the premises,
30 long as We leave them at perfect liberty to act
upon theirs. We most undOubtogy believe that
the triumph of the Republicans will secure benef-
cent reyison Of the Tariff; but to attempt to make
our few Fee Trade Republicans profess faith adj
verte to their own is to hazard both the triumph
and its expected fruits.
The conclusion Of the whole matter is this:
Whenever there is a question of putting in or lsav
ing out plank in Platform, it should be decided
in favor of leaving out. A tenet mposed by the
majority on the minority of apsrty is nlll; its i'm
position is usurpation--an act of tyr@eny., How
much more, then, is such impo,itiOn t6fbe depre-
Gated when it is minority which imposes the dog
ma on majority