The Daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1845-1850, 1848-08-31

number OF democrats to rescue the measure from de,
feat So
Some OF the Southern Wings not yet quite right on
thal question: Pray, show US ONE, that is.
MI Calhoun in his recent Charleston speech express
es MS greatest fears TO be- in the position and steug tn
OF tie great"ree soil" movement which he terms q
mighty party, party above and beyond the Presden'
cy parry that has aside both the candidates of the
old parties and nominated the representative of their
free soil principles, Mr. Van Buren,, who formerly
the President ofthe United States. Such man would
never have consented to be placed in that position
less ne was convinced there was FIRM FOUNDATION
for the movement, and that the North had determn
ed to rally on tis great question of sectional suprema
cy."
That is the aspect IN which the question is viewed by
the great statesman Of the South. Who is closely
interested, who SO able 10 ioTm correct view of the
matter, as he He knoOS there is nothing 10 be
feared from than the other of the old parties
constituted; that Northern Democrats and Northern
Wings have alike risen in rebellion TO Southern dom>
inaon-and what most gals him is, that both unit
ing in support of the great Northern statesman who
ostracised by his party because hewould not bow low
enough to the South. The Buffalo movement has caus
ed the great CONSERVATION in which the Savocrats are
now thrown, and the very thing which forced
through Congress the Wimot Proviso The late South
Carolina meeting which nominated TAYLOR 81 BUTLER
for the Presidency and Vice Presidency as the surest
instruments to extend Southern rights, directed the
great volume of their indg nation this free soil
movement, calling il the immediate cause of their
alarm, lest other defeats than in Congress should
await them-one great one at the polls. MIR Calhoun
thinks the ''Free Soil" party will be most powerful
one" and if defeated will triumph at the pos in
the Presidential contest of 1852 In which case he be.
means the fallen fortunes of the 'pecuar institution
What greater nducement could we have to PRESS oN9
But, the inconsistency Of calling the Wilmot Proy-
Wing principle, since the recent Taylorzation of
the party, is loo apparent to be thought OF for moment
Why 1t is Of the very first things that struck
from The creed Of the party, Immediately upon its as
sembling at PhIade'pma-"not ten votes being in its
favor!" in that immense Convention. Talk no more
now about the Wing principle Oflhe Wimot Provso.
The Macon tGeorgia) Republican, staunch Wing pa
per, explains the matter rightly, as follows:
"a resolution was introduced into the Wing
National Convention, recognizing and adopting
the Wilmot Proviso but it was rejected almost
unanimously, without discussion. 1t was treated
10 stranger-as a thing entirely OUT OF
PLACE. The only wonder is, hoac it came
there-being, as it is, bantling of Locofoco
paternity. B The thing was generated and
warmed into life by the Democracy. nursed and
sustained by its natural parent, and of course
possessed no affinity Nth Whiggery-and CON-
sEoUENTLY it was HOOTED OUT OF THE
CONVENTION.".a
Remember, here, that the bargain made betore>
hand, between the Northern and Southern Delegates
that the motion for the expulsion OF the Provso shout
| be made BY Northern member, so as thus more eff
feclually to give Northern sanction to this "PURI-
| FlCATlON of the Wing creed. Could party
thus completely disrobed of all utilization with this
principles have had any efficient agency toward passing
the Proviso! Ii is absurd. The cause existed IN the
PEOPLE of the North, rising in contempt of party
and putting up FREE SOIL candidate for the
Presidency. c.
! CORRESPONDENCE OF THE SPY