Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1846-10-01
slavery and the North.

ponents. We do not intend TO claim for ourselves eG.
cmpion from the force OF this remark, though we may be
permitted to say, that, whenever NO have been. or may
hereafter DO. satisfied that VIC have been betrayed into an
act Of injustice towards our political antagonists, We have
been not less prompt, nor shall we be hereafter, in making
every a,onement in our power. The Standard OF yesier-
day. in its leading editorial, on the recent proceedings OF
the Wing Convention in Massachusetts, makes the follow
ing remarks;
ave- will not. as some of our contemporaries have
done, avail ourselves OF the opportunity afforded by the
recent coalition between the Aboiuonists and the Wings
Of the North. 70 accuse the whole Wing party OF eniei-
taining views inimical TO our Southern institutions. We
know nothing in the political principles OF the Wing party,
much as we oppose them upon the score OF policy, that
would justify such a charge; and We honestly believe that
the coalition ct the North is ono brought about by the su-
perior activity Of the Wing party; and VIC much fear that
it Is a -consummauon that the Democrats OF that region
chiefly regret. because they themselves were not the bene
tciaues 81 the arrangement. lhe AbOhuoniss arc .
powerful party, and the Whigs and Democrats at the
North, lew Of whom have any sympathy with our Peeu.
liar feeling, upon this subject, court their aid with equal
assiduIty."
That these remarks are, in the main, Just, no one who
has watched the course OF events in the Northern States can
Tor 4 moment question. Its obvious that, without dis;ine-
ton OF party, the people Of the non-slayeholding States are
hostile TO the institution OF slavery. But 1t IS duo to the
great body Of both parties in those States TO say, at the same
time, that they alike admit the exclusive right Of the slave
holding States to regulate and eontrol. that institution with
in their respective limits, and that they equally Iselaim all
intention OF interfering directly with the subject Of Slavery
within hose consiiiuuonally defined boundaries. They
assert, however, the power Of Congress TO abolish slavery
in the District of Columbia and in the Territories, and, as
the vote upon the amendment proposed by Mr.. wilmoi to
the Two Million Bill at the last session OF Congress proves,
their determination also 10 oppose hereafter the acquisition
Of additional Slave territory, and the admission OF new
slaveholding States into the Union. To this extent the re-
solutions OF the Massachusetts Wing Convention go and
no farther. 1t places the Wing party, IN that State, upon
the same platform with those members Of Congress, con-
shutting nearly the entire non-sayeholding representation
OF both parties, who. at the las, session, voted for and car
ned wiImors amendment and it is not 10 be doubted,
the ref fore, that, whenever the question shall again arise be
fore that body, either upon the acquisition Of new territory,
or the admission Of new States into the Union, the non
slavehodins members, with almost entire unanimity, will
be found arrayed, as they were on the Missouri Question
and on Wilmors amendment, against the South. II is not
improbable that we shall before long have an opportunity
OF testing the accuracy Of this assumption II, for exam
pie, the war now in progress against Mexico shall resultin
the cession to the L.. States of the region bordering upon
Texas, extending from the mouth TO the source OF the Rio
GTande, and embracing territory extensive enough 10 form
three or four States. its AsSENATIoN will unquestonably be
resisted by the North. una uOee, unless 1t be accompanied
by an express prohibition Of slavery within its limits. Not
even the simultaneous acquisition Of California as a non
slayeholding territory will Tempt them To the abandonment,
OF a position, whlch ihey are lnouceu 10 assume more by
political than by PhilanthrOpic considerations. As we have
heretofore had occasion TO remark, although "THE BALANCE
OF POWER" a. used by NJ. Guizot, is a ridiculous term, il
has a tangible and significant meaning in its application to
the relations between the North and The South. Its, there.
fore, with a large number Of the most influential Northern
statesmen and politicians, not 30 much an ayersiont TO Slavery |
IN It's social and moral aspects, as in lie political, tina; they
are induced 10 assume this antagonist position to the South.
The whole tenor Of their Trades against "Ihe Slave Power"
indeed, is based upon their jealousy Of Southern ascen.
dancy in the public councils. This is the foundation OF all
their appeals to the passions and ~preJudiees Of he Northern
people. They point to the unequal distribution Of federal
patronage, alleging that Southern men receive more Than
then due proportion Of the lucrative and honorable Offices
IN the gift OF the Administration. They refer to the policy
Of the Go,erpment, shaped, as they allege, by Southern
politicians, who so use the power confded to their hands.
a. TO PROSTATE Northern and Western interests and to de.
feat great measures upon which the prosperity Of those
sections Of the Uaion materially depend. This constitutes
the msrked aud important disineton-s distinction too
often lOs, sight Of in the Souia-bs;ween the ASrl.SLAvr-
n POLITICIANS and the FAslrcaL ABourloNisTs Of the
North. Our neighbor Of the Standard, IN the foregoing
paragraph, fsls into this erf1-, when he speaks Of " the
recent coalition between the Aboiuonists and the Whigs |
Of the North" There has been, as we defeT6nualIy con
oeiye, no such coalition; nor do We believe that the Tesolu.
ions Of that Convention, highly Objectionable as We re-
gard hem, will lead 20 such . coalition. The Wing Con
veuuOls OF vermont and d Name went quite as lar a.
that Of Massachusetts; bu, the Abohfonufs,-,by which
term VIC mean that class Of men who regard Slavery As Q
sa or a dye deeper and more mortal than robbery and
murder, which we fear some Of them commit without re
morse, even with denuneiauons Of Slave holders warm
from their lps,)-the Aboliuonists Of those States, 50 far
from being c9neihated by this I'VE have no do1b, intended
baii. proceeded 70 nominate and 70 vote for their own can.
ddstes-upudiaung both the Wing and Democratic TIC
ket., o. falling equally short Of their elevated ideas Of
morality and virtue! In Massachusetts, we 5hsl. see d
similar resuIt-iho0gh It - not 70 Be denied that in tho
Convention recently held in that STATE, O portion Of il.
members, men Of distinction and talent, heretofore regarded
o. leading Wings, and e.chewing the speculation Of Aber.
fionists. as well as association with the monRrel crew o.
"bluc spirits and black, white spirits and grey" Of which
That Infamous faction u mainly constituted, endeayoured,
bat in vain, to 90 a step beyond the ground heretofore
assumed BY those who have refused 10 fblemize with
Lloyd Garrison. Wendell Phillips, Abby Foster and
Stephen Douglass. The Brston Daily Wing, and We
lhs Cesssr aisJ, j. fast sinking to that degraded
.e,el. The former, indeed, though Decorating the
' WING" name. By assuming a tile to which IL bas
Just pretsnsion, - already an undisguisod Abolition pa-
per -and fhould be % regarded whenever it H. referred 70
al ell. IL may concur with the Wing party IN some Of IL
leading principles, a. James g. Bifnoy, the Abolition can
didate for the Presidency IN 1874, does with the Dsmocra.
tic pauy-Jut t b., nevertheless, no more entitled to the
name Of Wing than Birney is 10 that Of Democrat The
zone lutu ~ uuNiE .IAfIhHt VIC UuffufH ui winch 10 daily
dishos up 10 is readers, asif vice aud crime, restitution
and misery, were the peculiar aud exclusive Offspring Of
that institution. The Boston editor lorgeis that he b. him.
cell surrounded by saves-THE sLhvEs o. NECESSITY. the
laws Of which are not Ices ineEorb.s, no. be- chains less
CALLING. than those upon the statute books OF the South
while practically rg fruits are Tor more biuer to the taste u
those who arc compelled 10 partako OF riem. These PEG.
pie, otemsly carrying in heir hands d telescope. with which
60 SPY out the faults Of their distant ~neighhofs, disdain the
more appropriate duty Of using tio.r natural vision Ia de-.
tect tho social end moral evils by which they are surround
cd, aud ho offensive stencil Of which "smeus TO heaven"
Boz va did not intend 10 compare notes with these Mo
dern Phadsoos. who. filed with all manner Of evil, thsnk
God thatthoy are not o. other mcu-oven o. wa poor Pub.
hcsus Of the South. Let them take heed. lest 1t be aid 10
hem, (" hisman, even though a stakeholder, shall 90 down
20 be house iusuhcd rather ihsn thou ?"
az Tho ST. Louis Republican states that tho amount Of
money requisite TO pay Of the regiment Of Missouri yolun-
teefs recently assembled 81 Fort Leavonworh BY order Of
che President ssd who were dismissed bs soon o. They we're
assembled, will BE- nearly siOO.OOO-a sum absolutely
throsn away by this economical and savacioua Admins