Year: 1859

There are two radically diverse ways OF support
ing and serving great cause-we trust we may
not invidiousy distinguish them as tue large way
and the small one. The hitter is tenacious Of forms,
of ss.words, of the letter that killeth;" while
the former looks mainly to results, and vallle'
forms, passwords and party badges only as they
eonduce TO practical ends. We perceive that these
rival methods, through their supporters, are des-
tined TO come into collision in the choice of the
Presidential candidates Of the Opposition in 1860.


Whether THE TRIBUNE is or is not sincerely
Anti.Slavery, 10 question which we need not at
this dsy discuss; yet it is certain that If to be
Anti Slavery it is necessary to have no other pTin
ciple, DO ether purpose than Anti-Savery, We must
come short of the standard. For we earnestly
and actively favor the Protection of Home Indus
try; We desire to see part of the annual Revenue
of the Federal Government devoted to the In
proyeu,ent of the accessibility and security of our
inland as well as seabosrd Harbors, and of the
navigation of our great Rivers; and we hope to
see Efficient Federal aid given to the construction
of q Railroad connecting the navsable waters of
the Mississippi with those of the Pacific. We
cheerfully fraternize and act with our Free-Trade
and anti. Improvement fellow-citzens who oppose
the Extension Of Slavery; but we do so only on
the pstform of our equal right to our several opn-
ions on all the questions with regard to which we
differ Whenever it shall be deemed requisite to
constitute the Republican party on narrower
basis than THE some Of US will have to take the
outside But we see not why there should not
continue to be room and equal standing for all.


We do not regard the Republican as essentialya
secsionsl party-we are not willing that it shall
continue even to seem such. We believe that its
objects and principles, fairly expounded and fully
understood, must commend themselves to large
proportion Of the best citizens Of the Slave States
as they did in the days Of Washington and Jefer.
son. And we wish so to act and speak that this
portion of the Southern people shal be encouraged
to openly array themselves under the Republican
banner.


To this end, we propose to fight the next Presi
Dental battle on the platform of essential and
genuine Conseryatism-antiF' F'Iibuster, anti. Cuba
stealing anti Slavery Extension. We protest
against further allowing that party whose preten-
sons and policy tend constantly TO imbroil us in
diplomatic contentious which must result in a des-
perate and bloody war with maritime Europe to
draw to itself the sufirages of the wealthy timid,
and mercaI tile classes, even by the help Of such
unprincipled organs as The Journal Of Commerce
The Filibustering Cuba-stealiDg Slavery
ing party has no right to the votes Of those classes
and cannot much longer retain them without the
aid of uncommon stupidity and wrong. headed man.
sgement Oh the part of the Republicans. The
l.x.~ Cx;., llS Y shVs of nur ~
and their brethren in other cities, ought TO be with
us, not again,t US, in the contest of 1850. To
secure this, no sacrifice of principle is requisite
but only q fair exhibition of principle. Ii will
suffice that the Republican party shall not make
hedgehog of itself and present the most repulsve
spines in stead Of an open and welcoming hand to
those who may with peaceful intent draw nigh to
il. Whoever has the least knowledge of human
nature cannot need TO have the folly, the madness,
Of the porcupine attitude pointed out to him.


The American party is dead. You cannot fright
en- with it's specter any but the NEST imorous, the
silhest ghost seer. But there are half q million
voters who formerly belonged to that party who
do not mean TO have their fingers used in 1850 TO
pull the chestnuts out Of the fire for the benefit Of
the Lecompton Democracy. We want them TO
vote with us-is there anything wrong in that
Amazing IS il may seem, We do not expect nor
seek to win their votes by telling them that We
would under no circumstances vote for one OF
them. On the contrary as we heartily supported
for Speaker in the last Congress Mr.. Banks, who
had been elected TO the House Is an American, not
as Republican, so we would cheerfuly vote in
1850 for one who has been sn American, provided
be is openly and firmly opposed to the Extension
of Slavery and pledged to use TIE power given him
by his election 10 prevent such Extension. Who
ever is anti Filibuster, anti-C Cuba stealing, anti
Slavey.eItending, is - good enough Republican for
us-ss good Is Washington WA. and We wan. no
better. If the Sham Democracy are beaten in
1850, the struggle for and against Slavery EIten-
.ion will be virtually coneladed. We shall have
Kansas, Nebrasks, Dakota, New-Mexico and Ar
zona added to the number of Free States during
tie ensuing Presidential term. After that, let
Mitchell & Co. agitAte for the reOpening Of the
Slave Trade and those who viii clamor and plot
for tie acquisition Of more territory on which to
plant Slavery. We shall have hook in the jaw
of the Pro- Slavery leviathsn from which he will
not easily free himself.


OF course, others viii speak and act for them
selves. We have never Assumed 70 speak for any
Republicans but those who, seeing as We do, have