Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1850-11-23
PROM THE BOSTON DAILY ADVERTISER OF THURSDAY.
THE PRINCIPLES OF THE WING PARTY.

"We have already ssid that election tued chiefly
upon national and personal issues and upon those issues
the verdict Of the people has been against the Wings There
appears to be renewed determination the part Of
tain Wing papers in this city to persist in the tden
and to commit tie WAgs still strongly to The prong
side, and thus render the invincble Wing party Of
Massachusetts, poor and hopeless minority We shall fol-
ioc such lead shall silently this work Of POI
liiical Generalization 80 on. ne proclaim undying
opposition IT, The heaas and the hearts Of the Whigs Of
Massachusetts against it. and if they but act up their
true impulses they UN sdre Themselves and the party from
political annihlaon. While individuals may be looking
round TO the horoscope Of party and searching the
bspsmal record for name shall hold On the
old Wing pary and adhere, with renewed love, the old
Wing identified with the march Of free prin
cpes for century and half and embalmed in the hearts
ofour people, with all that good and great in political
annals. 52ae
g The sleeping drought which applied to Supply the
energies Of the Wings and make them give passive
dence to the course things were taking, ,cas the cry that
Congress had passed certain peace measures which would
give quiet to the nation 1t will be remembered that This
paper recer believed in the efficacy of those measures taken
tohole, yet they passed While they cere before Con,
gress opposed Of them, the double ground
sssy sOoa9 Be sasat:faec,y 70 hs people Of the Jse
We frequently stated that instead Of giving quiet the
try they would aggvste the existing of disquiet
Their effect thus far has been eray ,chat predicted
Modification Is more rampant than ercr IN the South and
FORE The fugitive slave law added the number of
bleeding wounds and will become Of direfu import than
those previously named in the catalogue lii law that
can be eorcedi the free States tcithout irritating
and erasperating the people. While it remains law,
every attempt to enforce 1t will erment in the COM
munty and every failure carry its provisions will give
the agator in the South fuet feed the flame South
en discomfort, and warm into life the sectional asperi
ties Of the people Of the slave States In Congress the ques
ton of repeal cannot be wnked out Of sight It will come
up; it will be discussed, and it will trust be carried;
but cannot be done without creating discomfort and heart
buniDgs The passage Of that law will prove has been
often predicted the fruitful mother Of sectional anmosss
It will be observed that in this appeal to the Wings for
their future cooperation, all consideration Of naional and
personal issues is expressly dsavowed By personal issues
must be intended the support Of the present National Admin
staon particularly President FILLMoRE and Mr. WEBSTER
as other personal issues offensive the Atlas have been
taken by any portion Of the Wing press during the late
The purpo Of the above declaration therefore, is
that the Wing papers Of this city which persist in defending
the Administration and the peace OF the last ses
sion, in the opinion Of the Atlas, committing the Wings
still more strongly to the wrong side and thereby destroying
the Wing party Of Massachusetts The Atlas declares that
it will follow such lead proclaims undying opposi-
ton to it and appeals to the Wings Of Massachusetts, as
they would themselves and the party, dsayow it,
We have here also the boast of the Atlas that it never be-
eved in the efficacy Of the peace measures and that OPP
posed Of them the double ground that they would be
unsatisfactory to the people Of the free States and would not
satisfy the Nufers Of the South. It very true and this
was one Of the anomalies Of the case that these peace mea
opposed with equal obsnacy by Free Sellers
of the North and the Nul6ers Of the South. This how
does prove that they have tended to Cancellation
and peace. Every day information from the South is prov
ing that these peace have served the very pu
pose for which they designed in disarming hostility to
the Union and quelng nuifcation. Even the Nashville
Convention has adjourned sine de- with the single opposing
vote Of the State Of Tennessee, and that with but partial
representation. Secession is dsavowed almost every WHERE
and threats Of notification found where in the re-
solutions Of the Aboonists Of the North. So far from multi
fcaon being rampant than the South the facts
to which we have alluded entirely dsprove IT. and if anti
slavery at tho North active than BEFORE is because
Il has found apoogst and advocates the assertions
above quoted therefore, find proof Of the wisdom Of
the Atlas in opposing the peace measures vefcaon Of
i prediction Of their failure, and argument to induce the
Wings to abandon tho Administration in support Of those
measures or to separate themselves from the Wing party
the Union. a1rat
The Atlas insists that the fugitive slave law sss law
which never DO enforced on the free States without r
atng and exasperang the people," It does not go 80 far
q 70 assert that will not be enforced but does its best 10
increase the evaporation Of the people sganst it, by repre-
senng i to be law which ought be enforced with
out even abiding to that provision Of the Constitution which
gives to the people Of the South the promise of such remedy
~ MIG c-uOHvehy en0f saves IL attempts also
virtually to enlist the Wing party Of Massachusetts in oppos-
ton to that law, and consequently pledge them to denial
to the South Of the benefits Of that constitutional provision
cannot be denied that general resistance to the nr
tive slave law in the free States render il urstoy
cay i that resistance should be encouraged BY the gener.
consent Of the Wing party Of Massachusetts, and an attempt
70 aan repeal Of the law by all the methods Of agitation
which can be brought to bear upon it, would naturally add
ei the fame Of discomfort in the South and increase the
OF the people Of the slave States But we incline
70 the OPINION that the anticipation Of these results from
ure % enforce the law in its true spirit until il sha be
modned oy Congres in the ordinary mode Of Iessaton
"nous resort to all the agitation and
winch can DO brought into practice is more
gument for siding with those who support The Ia. ,h.n la
those who oppose it. and for aiding in Il. .x.c,
than in the attempts to repeal il.
We orbear to dwell further, present. upo h. ,,,..
We take the occasion to auds briefly 70 tho rsm.t - -.
Atlas Of yesterday the Massachusetts, Law Of Ia4a AA
prohibits shers and other State officers from .d;n. o;.,-
in the execution Of the Of Congress Of l7s3 upds, 49,,
penalties and to remark that the exstence Of th,, H.
and other laws Of that description alone created the necesv
for the fugitive slave Law Of the last session The AsIss en-
peas to the records Of the Legislature prove that that s~
passed when Marcus Morton Governor Of the Common
wealth. was quite unnecessary appeal this authority
We did not say that was the Get Of whig Legssurs
and stated in direct that was approved BY Marcus