The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-10-03
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The National lnleligencer ~ not content with
taking sides with foreign powers against lis own
country II not content with inspindng the Mex
leans al this moment against the United States, and
furnishing them with eounienanee and COM
fort Its now shainslessly employed In sowing the
seeds ofdistraction in our own eounlry-in setting
the north against the southland encouraging the
wings TO unite with the aboliiionis's, who are
striking down the compromises Of the constitutions
who are interfering with the municipal regulations
and the peculiar Institutions of other States, and
who would sacrifice the Union itself to their fanat
eism.
Under the above caption--( which we copy, be-
cause, in view Of the recent demonstrations Of the
whig party in New England, we shall have some
thing TO say upon the topic the National Intel
ligencer gives uS this morning a column Of sditO-
rial disquisition opening with very rare piece Of
cool assurance, and closing with two most extraor-
binary positions.
The lnlelligencer absolutely has the assurance TO
say tblt the democratic party is given to ''plying
the public ereduty alternately with humbugs and with
bugbearsl" The Intelgeneer shys this just after
il has led of its wing friends in raising the short
lived Outburst Of panic eamor against the new tariff
which has, at this very moment, exploded into rid-
eule For the organ Of the wings, just at this point
Of time to charge its opponents with "plying the
public ereduhty with bugbeurs," is surely to sound
the very highest note in the whole gamut Of poll i
cal audacity. But the two statements which con-
tinus and close the Intelligeneers article, are
worthy Of its commencement These statements
are
lst That the editor Of this paper, being himself
almost an nbolitionist, accused Mr.. Benjamin Wat.
kns Leigh Of being also an abolirionist; and
ID. That the wings Of Massachusetts,, in spite Of
the aboonist spirit their convention are not
moving on towards political abolition, because the
Boston Daily Advertiser disayows any such purpose
The declaration Of that single journal, il seems, Eek
plodes" the whole "rretence.''
When the editor Of this paper sees any necessity
or any occasion to defend himself from the charge
of seeking to destroy or to impair in any degree the
right OF property in slaves; or TO emancipate one
without the consent Of the owner; to NEEDLE with
this guaranteed institution ony other State, and
thus to break down any OF the provisions or eompro
misses Of the constitution with without the aid OF
the federal government; when this charge shall be
brought against him in any shape requiring de-
fence he viii enter upon that defence and discuss
that question with the IntelligenceI but not till
then. .m. .-... "
In the same manner, when the Intelligencer shall
have rakcd up any materials at all deserving reply
to sustain its implied charge-that the democratic
party the north is inclined to abolitionism, to
disturb the institutions of the south-then and not
ill then, we will reply also to that accusation.
Meantime, we content ourselves, with saying, upon
this first of the Intelgencer's two extraordinary
statements, that IL is not true that we have accused
Mr.. Benjamin Watkins Leigh of being an abolition
ist. The Intelligencer Mistakes and misstatos the
fact So much in justice to Mr.. Leigh.
But the other statement Of the lntelligencer is
entitled to more consideration. We demand better
authority than the single declaration of the Boston
Advertiser, to convince us that the recent wing
movements in Massachusetts do not look and tend
directly and very strongly to political abolition.
We are not satisfied with the Advertisers disa-
vowal, and we will briefly give the reasons why we
not satisfied.
lst. We find the President of the wing State con-
venton in Massachusetts,, in his opening address,
b'HSibS the SUBJECT VI BldNtEy DcioEt bOuy,
without the slightest necessity, fit occasion for
doing so, in the following Words "Wih slupsryin e
STATES do nothing; but ont Of them zoe al least
say 10 that Institution as Jehopah Of old said 10 the
isrs thus far shall thou go and farther, and here shall
thy proud pares be Stayed" .a4 u.
3D. We find the convention resolving, as party
in the nation, to oppose the whole institution Of
slavery; to limit that opposition only by their ale
glance to the constitutions; ''lo promote all constit,-
tona measures for it's overthrow" and "to oppose,
at oil times, any further addition Of slavehoding
States to this Union, out Of whatever territory
formed" ......... A.. -....... .--..
Sd. We find the whigconveniion inviting the abb
olltionsts to ''renain uni,sd' with the wings, ex
pressly the ground that they "hod The like general
senmsnts;" and, further, we find the convention ex
pressy declaring that ''the liberty party is formed
mainly from the whig and agrees with the wing on
all national political questions, and in the main,
all questions touching human freedom I" s.'.
4th. Such being the declarations solemnly adopt
ed by the whole wing convention, without opposi.
ton, we find four-ffths Of the public speaking Of
that body to come from those who considered that
these declarations not strong enough, and who
wished TO add TO them other declarations professcd
iy ofthe strongest abolitionist spirit.
9Th. We find these speakers, and their additional
abolition resolutions, sustained by almost one-half
of the votes Of the convention. ~. s#HE#
To the array of proof, of which these facts con-
s,itutc only part, the Intellgencer offsets nothing
save the single declaration Of the Boston Advertiser
This offset standing alone, is, as we say, entirely
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