New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-01-18
THE PRESIDENCY.
Bolts AND BATES.

T.
SIR: In your issue of NV. %, viii De feund
communication from Richmond Va, the signature
Of "spes," recommending John NJ. Bots a. isePuo'
Bsn csDGdars for the Presidency; ard 80 far as the
recommendation of Mr.. Boas goes, there eAi''s ho
reason for cri,icisiug the communication
Mr.. Bolts IA unQuestionably man Of ability ana
deserves well of the country for his manly opposition
70 thai most Hscrant outrage the repeal Of the MIS-
.aD,; Comnrcmi.e. He posseeses in an eminent de-
gree pluck. a quality which all men sdHire, and
~hich comnarativelS few possess The writer of ths
and Mr. Bolts fought under the flag thr0ug Oh the
disastrous campaign of 1874, and If he shall be our
staudard-bearer in 1850 npon Republican platform,
the old guard will rally heartily 70 hrs support 10
mucL therefore said by "Spes" Of MIR. Bolts, many
Republicans can heartily unite =,
But not satisfied with giving the reasons for his
preference be teeks regret to see 80 nure t1e pros
peots of another man, who, equally honorable, true
spd wo'lhy as Mr.. Bots, is now being extensively
looked to hy all sections the man for the hour'
refer Ia Edward Bates Of Missouri. Says SpeS
al, sr;on @e, h. an sEresmet that the
0ppo,sson ste he pel'heI PrcSsyeIy nor mo-; an 2
cer thAs have nomination Of dnsu,heo soehe
tep,len urged by the Correspondents o. b
Kid la. foI lie object the abolition Of slavery ~ ms SVn
ave ip,'iret su see at glance the nomination.
81 Southern UGH reahonsr and WIN hcn oJe1T
,s,sinlv sconai domination would the selection
Sumrer Giddings ~
OF course it mus he conceded that M Bates is re-
ferred 10 10 these stlstures and a. on former O'c
sep had through your columns, gwen soms reasons
WIN Mr. Bates occupied position strongly recon-
penSipg him 20 the favorable consideration OF toe ne
rpbl caa larty IL seems than probable thht
am ore of the correspondents talluded 10 by Spes
TIE views the rein set forth were substantially these:
Thu however nailonsl the platform OF lhs party
might be- sectional ticket was h'gI'y unoeslrao'ei
thst suob ticket wonld meet win strata OF oPpoIi,
bon uprtaso ING hut 20 Sertu, ao1 Its triumph w"ulo
Re ,ery plbeInatical that the plan road TO success
law in the nomination of men who could combine AZ
an. elements If opposition to the present dynasty, not
only in States cesrly Republican, out a'S3 10
vAhis New-Jereey, lllinOis Indiana, missouri, snd
delaware pesrly AL Of which, witch snch candldate
MIGHT ,e carried and several of which must be carried
aud that Mr.. Bates, pure 10 character, eminent I'D
ability fortunate in location, and agreeing with tue
Rennbcan arty IN iis fundamental principles, seemed
70 be peculiar the man. As torther reason ~ was
p,y.d that his uomiba'ion woulo HnqnesuoDahly a'd
the FreeLaNCr movement IN Missouri noNee uSI
that IL working out silently but surely, peaceaole
solution by la Efl aud constitutional means, oi the
problem OF Slavery and is des'ioed TO demonstrate 10
o4l or border States the superiority OF Freedom o er
SLAVERY q demonstration that will 90 more Tor the
esuse Of Free dom than thousand victories III ali he
Free States eombiUed and that If the Repn6liG an
psny. by his nomination, could indirectly AID that
1ovepeit IT was It's bgl duty 20 do TO.
Ind, e then ofni, surprise ~beu Saw these reasons
ebarae erzed b. secioI al by"Spes, and that NJ t
nominated for "suCb reasons would he as seetl IN
al" a candidate as "GiCdngs or Sumner NOV,
"Sectio ali,ln" in my Opini0n determines nothing
ss ~ whether the doctrine bt right wrong. party
nav be veIy national in faith bat sectional IN location;
but with refecli men principles not ioctop de't r,n
ire its t1ne position Luther when be nailed his oele'
b,steo theses "a the cat Jedral door, clearly Sec
tiora to, The truths he enuuciated were eternal and
universal.
receive their opinions fem the outside, nay be stag
geIed at sect onaP parry; rehecung, thnSing men,
never But your correspondent evidently uses the
word IN 81 odiOus sense but how the nomination NJ
Ret f,rf he 4
obnoxious ~ the charLe of "sectionssm IN any sneh
sense RAISES my comprehension. If "Spet' faithfully
n reTreteIts bic own candidate, he must believe thai
~ Freedom is preferable to Slavery, much Zoe the
M matter az for the slave both upon political am eco
nonic erouuds leaving Of course every State 10 deCld
for itself when aud hOw it shall be brought about.
Mr.. Claws Ian all know was gradual emanci
patton: and writing To Rtchard PrfRdIe, under tate
February H. 1872 after sayiUg that the institution
great evil 10 both races he declares un
" deItasing 10 Jujge for any other State It was IN,
opinion in 1879, that Kentucky was in a state to al
" nit of The gradual emancipation of her elaves, anC
chow deeply do lament that q system with that OBJ
jeet bid not beea established. Had it been, the
State would nov be rid Of all slaves. Ny opinion
has nefer chGRg'd, and have frequently publicly
ga pressed il. should be 81 happy if what was
- I'M raccab e at that epoch could now DO accom-
plshed'
II Missouri this struggle is now going on, and no
Republican mach Iess one who ever heard the clarion
DOies Of gallant H.uy Clay, clarHm ct reaerabtie
EOEcn, ELOUld besita'e one moment ia mpttly with
the BOvement. 10 common with thousands Of Repub-
hcale who recognize 70 lie fullest extent the doctrine
hat each State its own sole srber npon the subject
OF Slavery; that man, party Or Sate can or ought
10 invade this right disoOuntenaDciUg thoroughly all
Fsids from the Free INTO the Slave States, US lately
at Harpers Ferry, yet IN the struggle IN Mis-
SouIi, must aud righculy may sympathize, and do
what CAD, Indirectly though legally and consttu
aaoDally IL haste freeGUn,'s triumph there.
and the is the "seejUnalsm" which ." SPECS can
got tolerate ust be UIl reconsider the matter for
biz otherwise candid c03I, unnictiUn leads me 10 be-
6eve thai bis " her seoOn ihOuEbt will materially
va, from his hs,. II b me just here, that
f. extracts from the fathers may not he inappropriate
especially froga the fahere Of Virginia sho wing how
very sst'iunkl' they were as Ou thls subject.
Saw asingtun: On lIy say that there Is not
I" living bO wishes more sincerely than do 70
plan adopted for the ahof ton OF II slavery.
Says Jefferson: The abolition of domestic Slavery
"s The greatest object Of desire Ia tbese Colonies,
where 1t was unhaPpily inrodue ed in their infant
estate"
Saws Monroe: /" We have foun that this evil
,SsveIy) has pTeyed upon the W.. ~ vitas OF the
Union; hss been prejudca TO all ID, States IN which
il Las existed
If % agree with such sentiments, ana 40 far as law
fol ad in carrying them ont be se 't'onai,' then
sseiiOrssm urt aid Jue aad It's oppoI tie, by what
syer pane CALF q. is wi just AMI untrue. -
Cletelahd Ohi9, JGn. 5. 1860. REP obLlNAN'
arm CAV THE ppEpIf NEAIIAI