Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1848-10-27
THE DIFFERENCE

If any additional testimony was needed to
convince us that the Federal party Of the North
are, 10 man, Free Sellers in principle, and
that from the Democrats of the North can the
South alone expect to receive fair play in the
adjustment of the slavery question, two ad-
Boston papers, would ciinch the nail. The
one address emanates from g the Democratic
State Central Committee of Massachusetts"
and the other from :" the Wing State Conven-
ton of Massachusetts, The Democratic
address" takes precisely the same grounds
on the question of slavery that are set forth in
Gen. Cass' Nicholson letter, whilst the Wing
"address" takes the =" Free Soil" ground in
all its length and breadth. We wish our space
would permit US to give eopious extracts from
these two addresses We have only room
for one short specimen from the Federal ad-
dress, and say with the Trojan, Sab uno d1scc
omneS.'
Extract from the address of the Wing State
Convention Ct Massachusetts,, Sept. / 3, 1913.
"The Wing Platform-Whigs, the True
and Original Free Soil Party.''
But, fellow citizens, we address you not on
" as Wings, but as Northern Wings, as Mas
sachusetts Wings We stand where our Clio.
rious Commonwealth has always stood, on the
platform Of free labor, a free press, and free
SOIL The Wings of the North, and especial
ly the Wings of Massachusetts, may rightful-
Iy claim the appelIation of the Free Soil par
ty. Our Wing delegation in Congress, for
more than quarter of century, have been
uniform in resisting the extension of slavery
In 1896, when Arkansas was admitted into
the Union, the voice of Massachusetts was
heard against the slave feature of her Consti-
tuition The late and lamented Adams moved
TO amend the bill, and our present worthy
Chief Magistrate, Gov. Briggs, used this en-
phatic language on the floor of the House, on
that occasion -" never can consent, with
the views now entertain, 10 give vote or do
any other act which shall sanction the prlnci-
pie or extend the existence of slavery. In the
deep conviction of my heart, believe it to be
politically and morally wrong"
And these are the allies of North Carolina
Wings, in the support of Taylor and Fillmore
for the Presidency and Vice Presidency!
THE VOTE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
In Justice TO the gallant Palmetto State who
has been so slandered by the Wings, who
have most impudentIy said that she would
vote for Taylor and Fillmore, and in justice to
ourselves, who have always maintained that
she would vote for Cass and Butler, we clip
the following short article from the Charles.
ton Mercury of Saturday last, which, from
the source from which it emanates, may be i'm.
plicitly relied on - T..
SOUTH OLROLING ELEcTIox.-It will 10
collected that communication appeared in the
Courier few days previous to the election, pre-.
dieting large return of Taylor men to the Legis
: lature. Here, where its extravaganza under.
> stood, it only provoked ridicuIe but the Taylor
presses, North and South, seized it with avidity
and it was paraded as undoubted evidence thai
the State sure for Taylor. But as an i'm
provemcnt on this. it is now going the rounds, no,
as prophecy, but as history-as the actual result
of the election. The Richmond Wing we believe
is entitled to the credit of this ingenious transfer
> nation. Here is its paragraph:
"'SOUTH CARoLINA.-In the grand avalanche
which is about to sweep over the land, we should
not at all be surprised to hear that South Carroll
ma had been carried away like the rest. From the
Charleston Courier we learn that she has elected
to her Legislature rs Cass men, 50 Taylor men
and % men who not pledged to vote for Cass
. but are pledged to nobody else. A combination Of
these latter with Gen. Taylors friends. will give
him the electoral vote of that State. If it should
1 not be thrown away on Mr.. Calhoun, such, we
r have doubt, will be the result. At any rate il
T.. seems to be reduced to certain that Cass can
S not get it.
"The last paper in which we have seen this
veritable paragraph is the Augusta Chronicle
whose means of information should have taught
him its utter incorrectness. The returns from
: nearly the entire State have been published anc
1 where Taylor men have been elected they have
been SO designated. We think we speak within
y bounds when we express the opinion, that of tn.
i one hundred and sixty-eight members Of our LIE
gisature, not more than thirty will vote for ths
Taylor Electoral ticket, if indeed such ticket il
voted for at ALL"