Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1848-09-29
THE STATE OF PARTIES IN N. YORK.


We commend to the careful perusal of al
our readers, the following letter from cor.
respondent of the Charleston Mercury. We
think it gives graphic and true account Of
the state of parties in the great Empire State
E1tract of letter from Charleston gentle
man at the North, dated
New York, Sept. IS, 1848.
You ask the state of politics Here are
three parties; one the old Democratic party
under the title of Hunkers. 1hls party MAIN
tains the ancient faith, and adheres to the
Constitution. 1t agrees with Mr.. Polk that.
however false in principle, the ordinance OF
'87 would be simply imperative in Oregon
and his protest renders his approval harmless
The whole Territory is north of the line &C.
cepted by the South. But this party will u
mite with the Democrats of the South in sa-
tisfactory settlement or division of the new
Territories. The second party is the Wing
party proper-Od Federalists, High Tariff,
United States Bank party-respecteblC for
numbers and talents. The tertium qnid-the
third party-is the very dregs of all parties.
They were collected in the common sewer al
Buffalo. Each of the respectable parties con-
tributed a leader-Van Buren, from the Demo
Gratis, and Adams from the Wings. This par
ty, from its leaders, has been baptised the
d" Cabbage and Goldfish patty" To this mele
the negroes and their Abolition friends have
hitched on. 1t is the luckiest thing for both
the legitimate parties that there is such an
outlet for these indictments, especially for the
South, as the more these outcasts abuse the
South, the more the Democrats come to the
defence, and thus the true doctrines are main
~ hold
gle electoral vote The people believe them
a political banditti, and Mr. Van Buren, an out
law, full of spite and venom. The candidates
are thus: The Old State Rights Democrats
adhere 10 Cass as the representative of the
party. Until lately Gen. Taylor was called
the Wing candidate But his nomination al
believed him ignorant, and thought obstinacy
might be what he would think firmness, and
that Wing administration could not control
him. Here, as elsewhere, his private letters
have been the most important They have
assured such men as Webster, Lawrence, and
the like, that Taylor will let Congress have its
own way as to reviving the odious tariff of ~;
and Webster has already limited at some great
change in the fiscal System-in fact the United
States Bank. AS 10 free soil, no one here
questions that Taylor and Fillmore agree that
slavery is an evil, and ought not to be extern
ded, although both will maintain that they
must sustain the States in their present integ-
rity as 10 slavery. This it was that made
Taylor's acceptance of the Charleston nomina-
ton so obnoxious. The friends of Fillmore
say, we can prove that Taylor thinks exactly
as Fillmore does on the slavery question, ana
yet he consents to part company with his
yokefellow on the Wing ticket. They now
denounce Taylor as a two-faced old man; so
tlckled at the idea of being President that he
Is willing TO get any votes that offer, totally
regardless of principles, OF which he boasts he
has but one-that lie thinks as Henry Clay
does. This double dealing and contempt OF
the people, by keeping dark on all the vital
question OF the day, is what the high-minded
honorable Wings object to, and say ii he is
but the ShadOac of Henry Clay, why not have
the substance himself. So palpably weak
and vain an old man may make fool of him
self, but don't let him make fool OF the Whig
party too, and the game is up. A meeting
was held in New York, and Willis Hall, a
distinguished Wing, gave rousing harange
The flame is spreading: New Jersey is up
and circular is spreading, calling on all good
Wings, if they are to be beaten, to fall under
their own flag, and not to be beaten and dis
graced too. Now, then, there are four nags
up TO the starting post. Clay pushes Taylor
Van Buren,, like true fox, will depend upon
crossing the track; Cass will, in all this scuf.
file, beat, if not distance the field. And God
grant he may, say !. and so will say every
friend to the South. Under him the free sol
helesy will droop and wither. The true op
ponents of his administration will be the
Wings on true national questions. Yours
sc. D.