The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-10-15
THE DAILY UNION

purpose, dnQ WulCn must Citncf Uo posocu Win
design Of deceiving the antl-ssyery party by prom
ising much aud doing nothing, or IL carried into
practce must place the wing party on the precise
platform mqrked out for them by Mr. Sumner.
This was the crisis in which the wing party Of
Massachusetts bound TO take their position un-
equyoeally upon the integrity Of Inc linton, TO define
their national measures distinct from the agitation
OF the repeal Of slavery in the States where by the
constitution and laws il exists, subject only 10 the
independent action Of those States.
That they have OF done Is avowed in their
resolutions, and instead ofrepudiating MI summers
platform they have attempted TO reashon II little
and give slightly different eolorlng to the exterior,
and then step upon il themselves, and demand the
adhesion OF the whole ant-slayeTy party as COM
ponent part Of the national wing party IN It's new
form Of organization and action.
This new phase OF the wing party leaders in
Massachusetts,, whose influence has heretofore con-
troled the wing organization and policy throughout
the Union, will compel the wings IN other States
and especially IN the south, either TO repudaie their
Massachusetts brethren, and leave them TO stand
where Mr.. Charles Sumner proposed they should
stand alone, or to identify themselves with this
movement in which emancipation is TO be the corner
stone Of the new edfce
To demonstrate that we do not oyerstae this
position, let the involved and somewhat clumsy
resolutions adopted by the majority Of the eonven-
lion be dlssected.
First They declare that "the wings Of Maasa-
ehusets pledge themselves to present as firm front
Of opposition to the institutions Of slavery is con-
sistent with our allegiance TO the constitution and
our duties as members Of the conederacy."
Second. They resolve that "the wings Of Massa-
chusetts will all constitutional and proper means
to restrain the already preponderaung influence OF
sayeholding interests in the national legislaon; TO
defeat all measures calculated to uphold slavery, and
promote all constitutional measures for It's over
throw
Third. These resolves are followed by long
homiy addressed TO the liberty party, TO satisfy
then that they must join The whig party In order
TO cary out their purpose ofabolshing slavery IN
the States.
Alter enumeratng the evils orthe tariff, the Mex
can war, slavery, &c the wing convention asks,
through its resolutions, "where we TO look for
remedy out OF the ranks Of the wing party, or IN
any combination formed against the great wing
party"
Then comes a running rectaliye accompanying
the resolutions, in which there is rather ludicrous
combination ofeoaxing and scolding the antislayery
party for keeping up a separate organization, when
the wings really anxious 10 do all their po-
ucal Jobs for them for nolhing-but their votes!
The liberty party are told that by not voting for
Henry Clay they really elected Mr.. Polk, and they
really annexed Texas; and the wings are sorely
grieyed and astonished to think that the antisayery
men were so fsithless to themselves az not TO vote
for wing Shareholder for President in order to abo
| ish slavery, and for Henry Clay, who had declared
he should be glad TO Texas annexed, IN order 10
prevent the annexation OF Texas
| Such an Inconsistency this, says the reporter
| Of the wing resolutions, surely ought TO make a
deep impression on the minds Of the anti-slayery
party! Aud he then goes on to tell them (and here
the plth Of the matter) that 'the organization of
the liberty party, IN opposition to The wings, has
had effect but TO insure the defeat Of those great
ends which thai party have in views" that WILDER
force and ClaTkson did not act thus IN bringing the
| nDlltlcel of The decree the emancDa-
ton Of the slaves in the colonies and that It would
be much wiser for those most devoted 10 the great
interests of humanity (meaning abolition) to remain
united with persons who hold the like general SEN
uments, (msanng the wings who agree with the
liberty party on sayery,) instead OF indirectly CO.
operating with the democratic party, (meanng by
| running third candidates for Office.)
Mr.. Stevenson and the Massachusetts, convention
then 90 on to say that the liberty party and the
wings agree on all national question, and, in the
| main, on all questions touching domestic slavery
| while the northern democracy is a party which
processes to do nothing, and to care nothing, for
human liberty, (mesning sbolition.) And that afe'
mature reflection, they fully persuaded that 'l
| is to the success Of the wing party alone that all
must look for any good they desire to obtain for the
interests Of the country, or the interests OF human
ty," which is palpably saying that al who desire
the repeal of the tariff and the abolition Of slavery
must rely the success of the wing party for the
contamination of their wishes.
| And all this coaxing and wheedng and scoldins
and rebukng of the aboli'ionists, winds up by way
| Of improvements with resolution, "congratuatIne
their brethren in New Hampshire" (the Hale aboli
tionsls) their recent trumphs, (among others the
election Of Mr.. Cey, the abolition candidate, to thu
United States Senate, and looking with confidence Il
the time when all great questions interesting Il
humanity, &c, all New England shall be Of on,
heart and one mind and when northern subservien
Cyl called elsewhere "the patriotism of northern de
| n,br - shall he heard af n n
We have thus given fair and full exposition o
the anti-slavery views Of the Massachusetts wing
convention, and we put it to the country whether
national party can stand on this narrow, sectiona
baslsi The wings of the other Safes must nov
eli her repudiate this platform erected for them, oil
they must be held responsible for direct amalga
nation with political abolitionism and It's legitimate
tendencies, DIsUNtoN.
The qualification in one or two Of the resolutions
of constitutional measures" is vague and unmean
ing, and gives restriction to the whole tenor of thu
| proposition which the wings directly make to thu
aboliGonists, to combine with them in breaking
down the northern democracy, in its patriotic adhe
renee to the compromises and guarantees OF the con-
sttution our fathers framed 1t.
| And even these concessions do not satisfy thu
anii-sllvery party, nor 90 far enough for the pur
poses of Mr.. Sumner and two-ffths of the whig
convention who went with him; and having gont
thus far there is but step more to take, and The
wings and abolitionsts Of New England will form
but one party, with Mr. Summers watchwords fol
their rally "the repeal Of the tariff and the repeal
slavery" And when that step is taken, there is Blu
one plunge more, and that inevitable, into "that gul
of disur,ion" which Mr.. Webster once so thrilingly
described in the fervor of patriotic eoquence, bu
which his friends and supporters in Massachusetts
now seem to look upon at least with complacency
if not with longing desire.
| Where will this endi should now be asked of hi,
conscience his allegiance and his hopes of the glory
and durability of free institutions and national pros
perity, by every citizen who loves his country.