The daily national Whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1849, 1849-05-25
THE MEErINa OF EXTREMES.

The Nullifers Of the South and the Adolf
tionists Of the North, agreeing in nothing |
else, mutually hostile in everything else,
are clamoring together in most discordant
unison for neutrality-suspicious. over
throw of the Constitution--the dismember-
ment of the Republic. Worthy allies, fit
coadjutors, IN such cause.
We quote from both quarters some expo
stions Of views and opinions illustrative Of
the two movements. The Columbia g. |
C.) Telegraph says:
A continuance in the Union as it is,
will ruin us politically and pecuniarily, and
corrupt us morally. We cannot remain SO
intimately connected with any people, with
out partaking Of their vices or, in other
words, I'VE cannot touch filth without being
defled.' In the event Of secession, the
South, profting by the experience Of the
past, with common interest binding them
together with hooks Of steel, with free trade
with all the world, and her peculiar institu-
tons undisturbed, may unite in Southern
Confederacy without convusion, and pursue
her manifest destiny, her onward march to
greatness and glory, the admiration il not
the envy Of the world.n
In accordance with such views as these,
the people of South Carolina, or some Of
them, are holding meetings preparatory to
an organized resistance or concerted Sc
cession in case the Wilmot Proviso should
be adopted by Congress, Why they re-
manned quiet when the Oregon Territorial
bill, which contained the Proviso, was sign
ed by Mr.. Polk, we are not told. Nor are
we told what they will do if it should so
happen that the Proviso question in Califor-
MIA and New Mexico were to settle itself
without the intervention Of Congress In
such an event, unless some escape-pipe or
safety-valve were provided, there might be
dangerous dispersion Of accumulated wrath
and patriotism. But let US hope for the
best.
To that other tale, "told by an IDIOT"
the reader may now turn. The Abolitionists
have recently met in their Annual Conven-
ton in New York, where, among other reso-
lutions offered BY Edmund Quincy, the fol-
lowig were adopted:
"Resolred, That that which is giving
strength, extension, and perpetuty to slave
ry--to wit THE uNION--on being
overthrow by a peaceful withdrawal from it
by the Notwithstanding States, for consci-
ence-sake and Tor self-preservation, must ne
cessarily weaken, limit, and speedily extir-
pate slavery from the American SOIL There
fore,
"Resolrsd, That the motto Of every
Christian and Of every Patriot should be
No union with shareholders, either relgi-
ously politically
"Resoired, That tins is not question Of
expediency, on which action may be inno-
Gently deferred 'tta more convenient sea-
son. but one Of absolute morality--of obedi-
ence to God and fidelity to mankind-to be
met and carried out 10 the letter without de-
lay.o
In support Of these resolutions many
speeches were made, some Of them quite as
eloquent as any of the recent specimens of
South Carolina oratory. Indeed we are not
sure but that Mr.. Wendell Phillips IS all Fad
Of any Of Mr.. Calhoun's disciples in the way
Of bold fallacy and impassioned rhetorc-to
say nothing Of zeal in the cause Of disunion.
MIR. Phillips comes to the point without blink
ing it, thus:
We confess thai IRE intend to tram
pile under foot the constitution Of this coun-
fry; zee call upon you to do ikepise
Shall ! tell you why? You can never make
revolution in this matter until you make
the common sense and the consciences of the
people superior to their statute book until
you arraign against the despotism Of the
majority the conscientious convictions Of
the mass Of the minority, whatever il be.
Our Society tests like pyramid on its
broadcast basis. There is law on
the statute book that bids you return the flu
gitive slave to his master. Every man feels
it to be wrong, and shrinks from carrying it
into execution. Still that devil Of the Ame-
rican character-if there is no other-com-
promise-that devil to which has been sacri-
feed the morality, the logic, the literature,
and the intellect ofthe American people, OBJ
structs our way
The subjoined additional extract from the
speech Of Mr. Phillips is commended to the
special notice Of the Washington Union
the hrst paragraph particularly It may aid
the Union in that definition Of CHE Democ-
racyo which we hope soon TO see it attempt.
Mr. Phillips speaks Of the Democratic party
with the AIR oil man who knows what he is
talking about He expects to act with that
party, or rather he exults that the Demo-
cratic party will have 10 act with him. The
Union must know that this calculation Is ba-
sed upon facts-upon facts palpable and no
torious. IL must know, or II ought to know,
that the union between the Barnburners and
Hunkers has utterly denationalized the party
which, under the name Of the Democratic
party, elected Mr.. Polk to the Presidency
But letus hear Mr. Phillips--there may not
be many opportunities for enjoying that
pleasure:
"That is the error Of American politics.
We have forced the Democratic party out Of
the field, the original ally Of the slave power.
We have sent the Wings into an alliance
with Southern Shareholders; il is a natural
alliance 1t is tn Lords Of the Lash and
the Lords Of the Loom associated. ZAP
plause and Kisses. 1t is the capital OF the