Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1846-10-31
WE SHALL SEE.

WE SHALL SEE.
The Editor of the Washington Union, renow ned
for professional strategy, has been for some time
laboriously engaged in trying to frghten Southern
Wings into the Locofoco net, by persuading them
that the Wings of the North have Ito use his favor
lite fgure) !" thrown themselves into the arms Of the
Abolitionsts y but the Richmond Standard de-
cided Democratic paper, very frankly says that the
Democrats court the aid of the Aboitionsts quite as
much as the Wings that if the latter obtain more
of their votes than the Locofocos, is altogether
account of the superior activity Of the Wings; y" and
we much fear,' adds the Standard, (" thai is a con-
summation that the Democrats of that region chiefly
regret, because they themselves not the bene-
ficaries of the arrangement"
We do not remember that the Union ever object
ed to an Abolition candidate for Office in the North,
when he happened to be Democrat and it even
now rejoices in the reelection Of Mr.. WLMoT, Of
Pennsylvania, the member who moved the anti-sla-
very clause the two million bill of last session of
Congress. The Richmond Wing very truly re-
marks that the Abolition excitement has been en-
ployed at different times by both parties, as scare
crow to alright the South In connexion with this
subject we cite the following passage from the
Washington correspondence of the Charleston
Courier
The cry against the extension of slavery that has been
raised by and in Pennsy does appear
ed with politics. Some who join in se doubt nuenc-
ed by resentment at the destruction of the protective Tariff
but Pennsylvania has always been when acting independent
y Of party Influences hostile to the institution of slavery
That she has sometimes with the South questions
connected with slavery owing to her party connexon
with the South But the serious movement of Mr.. Wmot
has reference to the tariff parties He free trade
man, and voted for the tariff, and Democrat. One
of the ablest papers in Pennsylvania neutral and ndepen
dent paper, (the Ledger leaning to Democracy and adj
Of free trade and in favor Of the annexation of Texas
presents itself the champion Of the proposed restriction of
the further extension of slavery calls emphacaly upon
Pennsylvania to do her duty this question
Another distinguished free trade paper which advocated
the annexation of Texas strongly supports the proposition of
Mr. Wilmo and procams individual liberty the great p-
cpc of the nineteenth century All these indications
the tumu have in Congress the session.
whenever the question of the acquisition Of Mexican territory
shall come up"
Let us adduce another case, and one much more
in point. The Union is very anxious for the sue
cess of Mr.. GARDINER, the present Locofoco Lieu
tenant Governor of New York, and a candidate
with Governor WRIGHT) for reelection. But how
does he stand in regard to the Abolition faint which
the Union lately imputed, with many exclama-
tons of horror, to Governor BEBB of Ohio We
give Mr.. GARDENERS own declarations. In 1898,
when he was candidate for State Senator in the
eighth district OF New York, he was Intercepted
by the Anti-slavery men of that district on various
subjects connected with the African race, and re-
sponded in regard to black suffrage as follows:
:" ROCHESTER, Der. It, 1888.
"Second Question-sAre you in favor OF
extending the elective franchise the coored man. the
as the white y
"I answer YES. am sensible that the social condition
of the blacks will naturally make them dependant the
weather. class of citizens and this class, with individual
cepons however respectable and however honest in their
views the class by whom the battle for popular rights
is TO be fought and > do not deem
their numbers influence in this State cent justify
us in withholding from them the right of suffrage There
should exception 10 the doctrine of equal rights uh-
strong necessity and that necessity do not conceive
to erist in The present case
Very respectfully, your felow-citzen,
"a. GARDINER.
To Messrs. w. w. Reid, &C., and G. o. Shepard Secre-
tary Of the Ant-savery Society of Genesce county"
Now, here is a case on which we shall expect to
see the indignation of the Union poured out in
burning torrents, because the offender belongs to its
own party; and the mpartiality Of the Union is as
noted as its independence and frankness.