The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-06-30
"The Direct Iss ue."

We are happy 10 discover that the ONO statesman
approves the answer which we recently gave to the
Philadelphia North american. In that answer, we dis
avowed the resolutions of the Vermont convention as
being he charts the democratic party of the Union
We repeated the ,osition which we had clearly ex-
pressed in Introductory of the LIST inst We declared
that sit is the ground OF NoN-INTERvENTIoN. But while
this gound as the platform upon that subject
Of the great national democratic party. we cannot pre-
vent nor our province to interfere NEEDLE with,
the local opinions and sentiments of the people"
We retorted upon the Philadelphia American the que
mes which il had propounded, as had the right to
d. in all fair argument We put the question directly to
him:
ave now in turn, ak the American II is in favor OF
the doctrine, forth in the Vermont resolutions! Are
they the chs OF the wing party! Is the American and the
lion Of slavery in this District! Will General Taylor veto
bills containing either both of those provisions? o.
veulon by Congress with saveryl We expect distinct
categorical answers to each Of these questions"
The Philadelphia American affected TO these
qusries, and did not hesitate TO adopt ths Wilmol
Ppviso But it returns to the subject on Monday
last, speaks with contempt of "the two faces OF the
democracy" charges upon them system OF deusion
and management of the democrats OF the North and
the South for the purpose of securing popular votes in
each section of the country, contrasts together the reso
u,ons OF Vermont and Alabama upon the question OF
slavery, and nveghs in the bitterest tems upon the
creation of its own imagination.
Is the North American so shameless in its course to
charge the democracy with tangled invention, which
has been practsed with by its party fol
several years! Does it not know, that whilst the southern
wings have protested scout abolitionsm they have
been most anxious to avail themselves of every combi
nation which the northern wings have solicited with
the abolitonists3 Why them seek palm off this de
vice upon the democratic party when it has been the
familiar policy of its factions9 Has it forgotten
the appeals which Mr. Webster made in 1914 to his
abolition friends Of the middle party Let us recall to
its recollection more modern declaration the more in
genuous one of the New York Tribune, when thrown
into contrast with its hypocritcal cant In speak
ing OF this very Vermont convention, and the charges
which had brought down upon the democrats from the
Liberal sophiss of its party, what says the Tri.
bune
"We do wish TO deny to the congomeraton any
merit which may fairly lay claim The doctrines put
forth in its late Siamese convention with regard TO slavery
the right prohibit me territories and the wrong OF
congressional ntermeddng with 1t in the slave States,
sound and pertinent; BUr THEY ANY OTHER THAN THE
DOCTRINES WHICH THE WHO'S or THE FREE STATES LONG
PRoPoUNpED, CONSISTENTLY MAINTAINED
Has The coalition dons anything more Than renounce the
iocotoco the side, and the abolition on the
other, PLANT THEMSELVES SUBSTANTIALLY ON WING
sRoUNDl That certainly, Ia very well bat is it any
son for giving them control OF the State :"
With another example from one Of the most disn-
guished authorities in the wing church. dismiss the
subject Mr. Webster expresses himself, in speech
which he delivered at Abingdon the 9th of October
iS4s, in the following terms:
Genemen is we'll known that there i. nofhing in bi,
vUyS In he III
middle and northern States Suppose now that all of us
who are wings should go and Join the fee soil party what
would be the result Why, tar nothing could happen
out that the ,chg purity had changed its That would
De all Instead OF being the wing party II would be the
iree-so party We should be all there trarfiy upon IN
nme Ptnciptes upon uiieh zee haze already stood"
Such in fact is the insidious policy to which the wings
have uniformly descended 1t has been their constant
practice to seek coalition with brds of every feather
whether they anti-masons natvsts, abolonsts
or whatever be their character complexion. They
invite all classes and cques into their nets; 80 that th
recruits may give them strength enough to obtain power
and allies TO secure votes and Office So completely hav
they carried out this maxim of tactics, thai of tn
irankest of their set rebuked them in Isl4 for thei
ransgressions and reminded them, in the severes tone
thai honesty is the best policy
The statement in General Taylor's paper that Mr.
Ruc 10 Tor Oh Halo