Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1849-04-20
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The following straightforward and manly
remarks. upon the election in Connecticut, we
find in the New Haven tcs.l columbian Re-
gister, of the 18th instant. II shows how it,
lie grounds there IS for The charge Of coalition
between the Democrats and Free Sellers; and
above all, what little right the Federalists of
the South have TO complain if the poisoned
cha ice is applied 10 their own lips, if. in their
Iattempt 10 deceive others. they have over
reached themselves, Let them bear il as they
best can. The honest of neither party will
be very apt TO sympathize with them -
Our Late Election. whig presses
in other States. North and South, seem puz-
zled in trying 10 account for the free soil vote
having been thrown upon three OF the demo-
cratic candidates for Congress in the late cleo
| tion. There is no mystery about this result
The free soil party feel that they have been
cheated and abused by the wings. and there
fore very naturally now prefer the democrats.
| fer the democrats, with whom they do not
agree on some points, but who have always
acted honorably and above-board. both to
| friends aid foes. rather than the double faced
and tricky leaders of the wings, who are eve
ry thing by turns and nothing long. Nothing
could disgust honest men among the free soil
party more than the course of Truman Smith,
to whom the wings delegated their principles
and party power, and whom they stationed at
Washington, that he might the more extern
sively operate during the Presidential canvass
Here, the whig IS Dctator" assured them that
Gen. Taylor was more of a free soil man than
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well as interest, to draw away democratic
votes from the latter, and indirectly, if not di-
rectly, promote the success OF the whig cause;
while he was at the same time scattering pro-
slavery documents under his official frank over
the whole Southern country, warning the
Shareholders against Cass, as dangerous man
10 their peculiar interests. But, say the wings,
the free soilers in Connecticut came over to
the support of the democratic Congress candi-
dates, instead of the democrats going over 10
them, though two of the three democrats
whom they went for were on the Cass electo-
raj ticket only six months ago-and this they
say, was abandoning their principles. Now
we think it quite probable that those who
thus voted, had attentively read one Of the
pamphlets that Truman Smith ranked to Ala.
bama, during the Presidential election, and
which went TO show that Gen. Cas- was more
of free soil man even than Millard Fillmore
who was elected Vice President on the whg
ticket. by southern whig votes; and it may be
that the reasoning of that pamphlet was the
turning point in their minds, and determined
them on the whole to go for those who had
been electoral candidates on the Cass ticket
rather than their opponents. If j, was SO
who can charge them with inconsistency p
They hold the endorsement of the Hon. Tru
man Smith frank on the very pamphlet thai
iuslifes their vote, and when that is so, it is
time for Northern whiggery to shut lis mouth
as to their course.
"Again, we see that in some parts of The
Southern country, the whig presses OF tina
region abuse the Northern democrats for re-
ceiving free soil votes, and call it a coalition
That wing of the whig party should be the
very las, to start such complaint. No mer
could go further to promote such coalition
on the part of the wings, than they did wheF
striving for the Presidency, though preten ting
among their own people all the while to hoIC
free soil in adherence. They patronzed tht
efforts OF Truman Smith, in the North, repre-.
senting that Gen. Taylor, if elected, would ia
vor free soil principles, while they gave tht
opposite assurances TO the Southern people
They were then, as they have been for the
last ten years, eager TO avail themselves Of ths
abolition votes, whenever they could be go
at the North for whig candidates. But now
that their double dealing has been exposed
and the trick has failed, they roll up the
eyes in amazement, that those whom the
wish 10 dupe will have nothing to do witt
them. If it has been right in Southern whig
10 avail themselves OF free soil support wher
ever they could get it, how can il be wrong
now for Northern democrats and free soiIer
TO vote together: :"