New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-09-21

crushed out; and be held, for the preservation
of liberty, that our patriotism ought to rise
above party [What a severe slap at the
" majority Of the Convention i so far as the
{" support of the present Administration in all
" its just measures is concerned" Now, Mr.
Davis did not, in his speech, point ont any unjust
measures of the Administration; and as the pre-
sumption is that he would have done so, If any
had occurred to his mind, we think we have
a right to ask him what his grounds OF oppcsi-
ton to the Administration are. He must have
some for he is candidate in hostility to tho
Government If be has reasons for his hostility,
let us have them If be has none, why is he a
candidate? Now, let us go to the resolutions
to the Platform upon which Dir. Isaac Davis is re-
clinng. lie is a sensible man, we believe, and
if we had him on the stand under oath, and
were permitted to subject him to one of those
unlimited cross.examinatlons which lawyers love
50 well, we would put into bis hand the res0lIl-
tons of this Convention, and would ash him'
Do you believe, Mr.. Davis, that the National
Administration wishes to interfere with the right
of every State to regulate its domestic affairs IN
its own way? with the freedom of the press
with the right of personal liberty with the right
of trial by jury Oh, you do not Well, your
| Convention is of the same mind. Your delegates
say that they do not believe that the Admins
| tration will do anything OF the kind. oh, no
| not all Then, where was the necessity OF say
| ing anything, and of this specification Of high
crimes and misdemeanors which delegates did
not believe the Administration world commit
Suppose that they had passed the following reso'
luton concerning you and your nomination, Nj
Isaac Davis:
crnor is IN The belief that viii embczzle the pnbc
iund'-th.t he will not ke bh6e'las he VIII ot aPo.P'
quite any knEgne,s whatever and that houid he 10
srpoin bscignafds to Office tell os knavc
the Lord ioefendD, hereby Caution him that Our
supper; will be wisndra~n
There, Mr.. Davis, how would you like TO
20 to the people with backing of that variety?
But let us descend from the platform TO the
benches, and see of what materials this Conven-
ton was composed. There was certain dele
gate, Samuel Wells of Boston. who was moved
| in his serene mind to offer resolution recon-
mending a sort of Hartford Convention to con-
sist of delegates from the New-Eneland States,
| 10 suggest Constitutional Amendments, "furnlsh-
ing ample guarantees of protection to the rights
of the South, so that the States now in arms
against the Government may be induced to re-
turn to their allegiance to the Constitution"
| We do not know Mr.. Wells and we do not
want to know him; for in spite of his name, We
do not believe that be is very deep At any rate, the
bucket came up empty on this occasion. GentlemeL
| rose at once TO protest against committing the
| Convention to any such absurdty, and well they
might. Delegates had just voted with entire
unanimty that the rebellion must be "crushed'
| and the war vigorously prosecutedi" and 10
the astuto Wells proposes to substitute compro.
mise for crushing, Constitutional Amendments
for campaigns ard Cannon for gunpoHder!
| Wei, now, what did this wise Convention do
with this resolution Rejected it, of course, for
they could not do otherwise without writing
themsel ,es down forever and forever, asses. But
will the intelligent reader believe that upon the
question of indefinitely postponing this idiOtc
resolution, one hundred and twenty-five delegates,
actually and without joke, voted in the mega
| tive A change Of five votes would have given
| Mr.. Wells the ignomiBy Of success.
But il We Republicans did not get any cakes
| in this precious Democratic Convention, the
| Constitutional Union party-our old friends the
! Bcll-Eyeretts-dd not get any ale. Com
nittee of this party sent 10 the Convention =" q
! communication proposing union of al parties
in dominating State officers" II was mild
| and modest suggestion, aud such as became
minimum psrty--but how was il treated With
ccldness equivalent to contempt. Oliver
! Stevens told the Democrats that the communi-
| cation was entitled to respectful considera-
tons" and so it was referred to the Committee
| on Resolutions, from which time the poor thing
was no more heard of than if it had not been
sent at oil 1t might as well have been buried
| in tho deep bosom OF the ocean. I" BE of about
! " YOU business ~ said this Democratic body to
the ill.treated Bell-Everetts; eve will have
(" nothing to do with you" We have heard Of
eccentric people who, when in the article of
death, desired to be left entirely alone, 80 that
the serenity Of their passing might not be dis
turbed by a rustic or a whisper The De-
mocracy Of Massachusetts have evidently
prejudice in favor of this quiet style of exit.
Let them be gratifed Who wants an
entangliug alliance with the sepulcherl The
high-minded and honorable men of the late
Democratic party will take care Of themselves.
Let the residuum go out Of sight and to the
bottom where it belongs!
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Tie n. y. Leader has brought against Gen.
Tyler of Connecticut three distinct and serious