New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-06-14
Wing Principle, at Philadelphia.

gate from the Datchess aud Putnam District o'
tbs state. setting forth the systematic 'oppfes-
.ion in the late National saughtsr-House 10 Pm.-
ndelpbia. Of everything approaching q frank and
manly avoyyal OF cardinal WING Principles cannot
fail % arrest general attention. Whatever tie
People NAV see iif % do with regard 90 tie Mont
nations Of that body, we entreat them not o. judge
the WHY'S ~ home by the conduct %. their Dele
gates in said Convention. The great mess Oh ne
Wings are neither ashamed Of their Principles nor
afraid 70 ask popular verdict upon them. Inel
desire success Lecause Of those Principles i'r me
sake Of those Principles Unless they are % be
advanced thereby, n triumph IS no triumph 70 the
ereatuass Of the party. The Protection o. nome
Industr, by Discriminating Duties the vigorous
and .v,tenat,c prosecution oil River and HarOor
In,royements the Distribution OF tie Proceeds OF
psblie Land Sales among tie several States so
that they shall not DC expended and eaten up As
fast a. they accrue, bat remain a resource ana
blessing 70 ali future generaaonsi nostIlly 20 R1
Wars Of Aggression and % aA Acquisitions '' Ter
ritorv by force oil arns-theso are cherished oy me
great mass Of the Wing party as their distinc'i'e
ard vital Principles, for which bat not ~ "nicn
they are willing % make any reasonable sacFihce'
4 WING victory which did not establish their as
oepdancy would be the play Of Hamlet with the
part OF Hamlet omitted.
The Question Of Extension or 10 Extension OF
Slave Territory is not go clearly party one and
NAV with more reason be deemed out Of place IN
Convention Of Wing Delegates from all the states
Of the Union. To entertain and pronounce upon IL
woaH surely cause excitement aud prooooy a.
vision Yet it opcn not 20 be 20. II our Govern
meat and our Party arc bound to respect aad up
hold Slavery on soil where it has been legally es-
,abshsd it is equally bound, ia fairness aud JUS
tice. TO cherish anl maintain Freedom Oh Free
Soil. That is bad Conservatism which conseves
tie evil and overrules tic good. Freedom Is nat
ural, Slavery fictitious; Freedom everywhere ex
lists OF course, save where Slavery has been esteb-
Hshed BY positive law, enacted b. competeht au-
thority Now the question OF Free Of Slave Tor
r,ory can no longer be put aside an abstraction;
BY no action Of the Wing party, il is directly upon
us the Territory conquered the 7 eaty atited
and Freedom or Slavery must reap the benefit.
Why, then, should not Southern Wings unite w.ih
Nothern on TIC basis Of tie Stair 4ro '-o leaving
Slavery and Freedom, so lar as tho action OF the
FEDERAL Government is concerned, exactly as It
finds themR Can the South fairly ask more i
it does, can the North honorably conceie it
Nov we know bat one Southern WAis who
desires the Extension OF Slavery, or resords such
Extension as d benefit to the South yet all ask
the Wings Of the North 10 keep silence on this
subject aud stand under the impuiation however
unlonndedl Of supporting a candidate for President
wh3 favors the Extension. Is this reasonable
"a will limo Q &
our Southern friends must seem, however un-
reasonably as ultra in their devotion 20 Slavery as
their opponents eau be, must we not stand n Ike
manner inaexiby for Freedom How does this
question Of Extending Slavery differ IN essence
from that Of Annexing Texas
We admit the FEASIBILITY Of tine suggestion
that the Wing party was formed prior 10 the ar's-
ing Of any question respecting Slavery Extension,
aud that, as this was not contemplated IN its ior-
nation 50 It may be fairly left aside from party
sction and party profession. And yet we insist
that, in view Of the utter abasemeut OF Cas- & Co.
% the unreasonable exactious OF the Slavery Pro
paganda, it wcaid have been wise policy in the
Whig Convention, hayin- nominated a candidate
for President iroil the far South, to have framed
and adopteda resolution respecting Free Territory
which would have been just and satisfactory TO
the North. With this, every remaining difficulty
could have been surmounted
The late Baltimore Convention put forth as -
declaration Of Principles rehash Of the reso.u-
tons passed BY its predecessor four years aeo-a
string OF poor, tame, negative equivocatine asser
tons; tho Philadelphia Convention adjourned
without passing any Resolutions at all. So says
Mr.. Platt; aud, though we supposed it did pass
Mr.. billiards resolution, approving the principles
set forth by Gen. Taylor ia his Allison letter, we
presume Mr. P is right, as usual We cannot con.
slider this even temporarily exped.ent If Gen.
Taylor is half so popular as bis friends pronounce
HIM, he can be elected on Wing principles. Il De
is not, he viii want tic votes OF those who care
little for men but vote for Wing principles TO en-.
sure his election. Can any sound WING believe
that his chance would have been impaired bad the
whis National Convention frankly met the more
material propositions OF It's Baltimore antagonist
for instance thus.
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