The Democratic pioneer. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1845-1853, 1847-09-10
From the Daily Ohio Statesman.
Row inthe Wh's- 4 Dol tion Camp.

An, one who eau see an inch befort
his nose, plainly discovers TINT the ap-
preaching canvass for President, viz Az,
must bting about crisis ia the Wing aud
abolition ranks. IN lSil they worked
kindli together on the Texas question
at,least where they did not go swimming
" together, few iioorbacks aud Birn.
ey furgeries did up the work, and all the
whig -aboli itiouisis, with few eXcep ions,
voted for Mr. Clay aud ilr. Frelnshuy-
ser.
Since then new elephant has worked
Itself into lie ranks. Wleusllr. Wl,no
introduced bis proUiso into Congress tie
northern wings seized upon il to fan a
northern fame, aud gain, if possible,
some political advantage b, sectional
feeling, knowing, as they did the uniyer
sal feeling in the Tree States against sla.
every, on principle. This all d,d very well
until tie approaching Presidential eIec
lion II lsi5. That ,snow almost in sight
and4e,ery honr INCREASES the public "
,erest ia relation to il. To e. into a
nationai Convention with Clay, Critten-
den, Cla,lJn, Iierriep, Rovcrdy Johnson,
Bolts. Rives, Archer, and host Vi other
southern map, who are the real leaders OF
the Wig party, with the Wilinot pr0yIso
outteir banners, would have been the
sah Q thing as dissUlviug iheir party AT
once, and depriving them also of all hope
terror purposes. All at once they are
brought 10 .fuH stop. They nust either
drop tie Whine, prosiso or dissolve their
party.
From this dilemma they attempt an es
cape without observed by IT, cir abolition
allies! But the aboitionists are nut to
be soft scudered nor Roorbacked again,
il seems; tLcy have nailed the Wlmol
proyiso to their mast, and are determin-
ed that the mhigs shall either 90 om oil
their party or keep om eta Nltioaat Goa
ceaiioA! The southern whgs Will no
more mee tie northera wings il a Ma.
tional Convention, Win HE Wllmot pro,
viso IS a question to be discussed, than |
would the northern wings or any other
northera men meet the south on a propo- |
States, and make il au hsle at a p,esi-
denllal election.
jnN a.
question new stands between the two
ends Of tho whig party, we cory the fol
lowing article from the .NoraiBg Herald, !
Of lCncinna ii, of yesterday mornlng,
"TnE WHlGs And WlLMor pRoyIso.-
When the WIlmot Proyiso was presented
Tor the consideration Of Congress, ia the
last two sessions, il was suppor'e ed BY the
unanimous vote uf the northern wings -
Two OF the same party, in Congress, rep
resenliDg Slave S ates, consistent with
the repeated declarations of slave holders
themselves, that slavery was an evil, vol
ed against its extension. As matter of
course, the wigs took great credit to
themselves for their stand, and triumph |
sntly pointed TO it, as proof that they |
were in reality the true Liberty party.
Who would have thought that before
another Congress had met, they, the i'm
maculate, would have abandoned this
ground! No one could have pre- icted II,
except one, who, By previous obseIys ion
OF its course, had satisfied himself Of It's
thorough aud iGcutabie sei,ilily. Tie
fast Las row become appsren'. The
wings at the instigalion of slave holders,
and for the pur pose Ct preserving their
confidence, have agreed, as far as ma.
jority oftheir presses can commit them,
TO abandon ever issue which touches the
question oil slavery, and substitute for it
ou which they have adopted for the pro-
lection oil their institutions. AT the
word Of command, they have dropped tie
cry of'No mere slave territory and have
raised a deceptive halloo in,fAyor OF No
more territory
The origin Of ths change is enoush to
condemn il. /! is a siaveholIing meas
ure, and we know enough Of the slave
power Of this country, 10 know that
while il has made and unmade the issues
OF our politics, il has always acted with
selfish and exclusive regard to its own
political predominance.
"It is to be rccollected too that it does
not beg n to cover the ground Oregon is
Jet without government, x bill, ex-
cluding slavery from that free but ungov
erned domain, has twice failed. aud iaii
ed through the efforts of Mr.. Berrien. the
author Of this new Whiggery. Shall tue
Wilmot Proyiso be applied to Oregoul-
Have not Shareholders shorn us Of enough
there already. by tamely surrendering
what il they had supposed could have