The daily union., 1846-10-22
wHiG ARoLITIoNIZING.


few months in New England, and in at least one
other influential northern State leave no doubt that
the wings Of those sections are fast resolving TO
.dopt substantially abolition doctrines, and to make
common cause with the professed aboliuonists'
Thus to the wings in other parts OF the country Is
presented one Of the very grayest questions which
can arise in our national politics. They are re-
ouired TO decide in the premises whether they will
rsnounee the aid and fellowship Of the northern d.
vision Of their party whether they will quit their
hold upon the guarantees of the constitution, and
place their property and their institutions at the
mercy Of frantic political fanaticism.
The leaning of the whig party in New England
towards abolition is not merely an affair OF to-day
In 1874, the whig orators-and Mr.. Webster prom
insnt among them-urged every form Of appeal up
on the minds Of the abolitionists to induce them,
while retaining their doctrines and purposes, TO
drop their separate party organization, and, OF
course, rally under the whig banner The
abolitionists throughout the north were most
perseysringly eoaxed to vote for Mr. Cay
and their obstinacy was numerically abused
wherever they persisted in casting their votes FOR
Birney The democratic party made no such appeal 10
the abolhonisis This fact, of ITSELF is most signh-
cant in its bearing upon the respective tendencies OF
the two great parties at the NORTH.
Then came up the Hale secession in New HamP-
SHIRE. John p Hale apostatized from his party on
the Texas question, avowedy on ant-slayery
grounds On those grounds the wings received him
so far into their communion to join with his own
followers, and elect him to the Senate Of the United
States. Thus he became marked as man who,
for abolitionist views and purposes, had given up
his old party associations. And forthwith he was
polirically lionis.d 1--WE know no other term which
can express the facD by the wings throughout New
England In the first place, he was sent for by the
wings Of Maine TO stump the State on their side
And, in connexion with Hudson, of Massachusetts,
and Giddings, of Ohio both Of whom were also upon
the ground by special invitation he performed this
patriotic duty. Then the wings Of Boston, Tin gen.
era not much accustomed to send out Of their own
precincts tor supply of defamation, could not re-
sst the eclat Of Hales labors in Maine, and so in-
vited him to expound his doctrines 10 the good Peo-
pie of Boston. The occasion 'came off " in old
Faneuil Hall, where Hale appeared before vast
assemblagc, over which the whig mayor presided,
and there he RECALLED his audience with highly
favored banquet ofabolitionist eoquence, which was
dcyoured with eagerness, swallowed without effort,
and cheered to the echo. The speaker inveighed in
the roundest terms against slavery, save-hoding,
the extension of slavery and all things thereto per-
tanning; and then he and his audience parted from
each other on terms Of the highest mutual satisfac
ton. .
Then came the Massachusetts whig State conven-
ton. We have already spoken at length Off, pro-
ceedings. They show plainly enough that "young
Massachusetts," has fairly got head of his own,
and will shake it. The opening address Of the pres
ident, Hudson, (then fresh from his coadiutorship
with Giddings,) which lugged the whole subject Of
slavery at into convention, called merely for
State purposes; the resolved and well-deliberated
abolition speeches of Mr.. Sumner and his CO ora
tors, who appeared in response to the call of the
dtory; the adopted resolutions cautiously worded,
indeed, but yet so framed as TO mean all that might
prove convenient afterwards; the rejected resolutions
with their rank loud-spoken abolitonis, sustained
by 80 votes out of little more than 200, and so ad-
mrably fitted for a by-way circulation throughout
the State, for the purpose of showing all doubters
how sound and staunch the abolition feeling of the
convention really was all these indications taken in
connexion with the of the leading whg jour
nalsi Boston--the Courier proclaiming the Union
to be worthless and the Daily Wing, originally es-
tablshed and always laborng fervently to bring the
wings safe into the abolition fod-a these things
showed conclusively that the wings of Massachu-
setts were ripe and ready for political abolition
ism. l laiu ..a mr
The whig organ at Washington thought these pro.
ceedings rather stronger than was prudent, and
looking round for something to break the shock of
them, could find nothing else but the very qualified
disclaimer ofthe Boston Advertiser, and therefore
paraded this, SOLITARY and aione," before its read
ers. Ea /
But the abolitionist contagion in the whig ranks
is not confined to New England. Here is one of
the appeals with which Mr.. Bebb, the newly elected
whig governor of Ohio, came before his whig fel-
record, so that the wings Of the south, who may
probably at the moment when they first see it, be
rejoicing at Mr.. Bebb's election, may know pre-
cisely how much occasion they have IN that event
for selfcongratulation. Here is the document:
"ur Bebbs address the subject Of The Black La,os
"MY coUNTRYmEN: II there is any one subject
that absorbs my time and attention more than an
other, il is the ABRoGATToN OF THE LAWS
MAKING A DISTINCTION ON ACCOUNT
OF COLOR. My counuymen--my liberty friends
Ito yon appeal for assistance TO carry out this
great reform. II is reform which, above all others,
should meet and does meet the attention Of every
true American.
"Why should we deny to our colored brethren
those rights and immuntes that are granted to uss
IL is declared in the declaration ondependence that
ALL MEN are born free and equal, and being equal all
nnn, whether black or ichiie, should have the same
rights guaranteed to them by the laws Of our State.
The laws by which NEGRO CHILDREN are pre-
vented from enjoying the benefits of our common
school, and being placed on par with white chill
dren, should be repealed. The law that compels
negroes to give security for their good behavior,
should be repealed The law that prevents them
from giving testimony in our courts, should be re-
pealed. In word ALL LAWS making distinction
on account Of color should be repealed. These laws
would have been repealed by the last Legislature,
but after considering that the issue had never been
before the people, il thought best to defer the