The daily union., 1846-10-30
WING WAR UPON THE COMPROMISES
OF THE CONSTITUTION

and cheered on by the national whig organ al
washington,) are now fercey engaged in a traitor
Gus opposition to their eoantvys upon the pub.
lie enemy in order the more effectively to carry on
their o0 partisan ,ear against the safety Of the south
and the compromises Of the constitution. q.
To interfere in and disturb the system Of slavery
through the action Of national party politics, has
now become the ayowed policy Of the wings at
the north. The proofs Of this overwhelming.
The address Of the wings of New York city, which
We have published, censures and denouness the
Mexican war on the utterly false pretence that it is
waged for the extension Of slavery. In Maine,
New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Ohio, Hud-
son, Hale, Giddngs, and Bebb stump and carry
those States for the wings on anti-savery prnci.
Piles. The wings of Massachusetts, in their State
convention, are proceeding to consummate their
union with the abolilionists by solemnly declaring
in resolution unanimously adopted by the conyen-
ton, "that the LIBERTY PARTY Is FORMED
MAINLY FROM THE WHIG, AND AGREES
WITH THE WING ON ALL NATIONAL
POLITICAL QUESTIONS, and in the main, on
ALL QUESTIONS TOUCHING HUMAN
FREEDOM" And this declaration is adopted by
the whig convention on the very same day in which
Mr.. Sumner, appearing as the champion and advo-
cate Of the "libery partyn wings, made for them,
in the convention, the following statement of
their principles on the subject ofslayery;
81 assume, then, thatit is the duty of the wings,
representing the higher sepments of the communi-
y and the principles Of their fathers, to express
themselves openly and distinctly, and soemnly
against slavery, not only against il farther extension
hff q Ik5uA AJgE
CONSTITUTIONS AND LAWS Oy rHE unOs.".
"Certany to labor in this cause is FAR higher and
nober thar TO strive merely for repeal Of the tariff
| which was once mentioned as the toesn that was 10
rally the wings. REPEAL OF SLAVERY UNDER rHE
CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF rHE UNrEp STATES, Is
| a more Christian and more potent walchword, be-.
cause II emboties a higher sentiment, and a more
commanding duty"
The sense Of all this is plain enough; but more
proof to the point is abundant, il more be de-
sired. The nominating resolution OF the whig con-
vention of Massachusetts, expressly declares that
that Stale convention ~ was convened to recon-
mend to the people Of the Snte OF Massachusetts,
among other objects, measures for the "restrie-
tion Of slavery" Their candidate replies in the
same spirit. He says: "If the word slave is not
permitted to darken the pages of the coustitu-
tion, siapery has darksnsd our councils, and OPP
pressed country. Slavery, and the evil arising from
it in oil its forms, must and will be fully and
freely discussed and Investigated, for by its abuse
the country has been unjusty governed. And,
while we submit TO the unfortunate constitutional
compact, and though we endure for a season the
abuse and extension Of that power such endurance
i not be permanent and further oppression will not
be endured and must be limited and restricted by the
constitution"
Such declnrationsIas as these-snd the records Of
whig conventions, and the columns Of whg journals
at the north, are filed with them-leave no shadow
Of doubt that the wings Of that section are band
ing together to make upon the institution of slav
cry, through their national party organization and
action. Opposition to the with Mexico on
anti-savery grounds, is manifestly a part of this
plan. #. ..u. ' "n.EE . ."
That such a course is open war upon the federal
constitution, is point too plain to be argued.
That the constitutional compact between the
States leaves to each Of them the exclusive keeping
of its own municipal institutions; that Of all these
local and peculiar interests slavery is the most sem
sitive, difficult, and delicate, touching at once the
property, the safety, and the lives of the people
Of the SOUTH and south that in the formation Of
the constitution this question found to be, of all
others, the most difficult of adjustment that it was
finally adjusted on the principle of compromise first
ly allowing to the slavehoding States specified de-
gree of representative influence for their slaves and
charging them in the ratio with an increase of
the burden Of direct iaraiion whenever direct taxes
should be laid-and, secondly, providing for the
restitution of slave property in Of escape from
State to another that this gives Congress no pow
to interfere with slavery in the District of Colum-
bia or in the removal of slaves from one slaveholdng
State to anoher that upon orbearance, according to
the spirit Of the compromise, from tho exercise of
any such power by Congress- leaving to those States
alone exclusively to manage what most concerns
them and what they best understand-that upon
such forbearance depends the preservation of the
Union; and that any such introduction whatever
of the subject of slavery into our national
legislation, is thus plainly ut war with the whole
spirit and purpose of the constitution; and, finally
that any such fanatical partisan interference with
slavery, must, in its results, even though it should
PROSTATE the constitution, miseraby defeat its own
ends Of advantage to the slave by increasing the RI
gor Of the slave policy in the States, in order 10 re-
press the dangers which such agitation creates all
this, we supposed to be assumed as asbeonging the
first elements Of any just view of the system Of sa
very as i exists under the guarantees Of The federal
constitution. ,, y, agi asta5 huoa % rS6noG n
Inopposition to all this, the wings Of the north
are ralying as party 70 make the repeal Of slavery
their watchword, and TO oydrect federal legislation
against that institution. The national whig organ
at Washington, pauses moment IN the midst Of its
aitorous advocacy Of Mexican interests to approve
and endorse the resolutions declaring this purpose Of
the wings, and to caumniate the opinions and gar.
Bile the writings Of Jefferson, in order to give to this
reckless and suicidal policy of its whg allics the ad
vocary Of his great example. Even in its arti.
Gle Of this morning, that journal, in opposition
to allthe evidence which we have spread before
our readers of its entire poryersion of Mr. JeGer-
sons sentiments, yet claims that it gave his
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