Western union. (City of Hannibal, Mo.) 1850-1851, 1850-11-14
Abolition of Party Lines.

sSeue's WV s"sH W 6oS'""S nv sho scss 1uee-
ton for the next Presidential campaign. The
first is taken from the correspondence Of the
Baltimore Sun, dated at Savannah, Ca, October
49,
There seems 10 be Q complete abolition OF
old party lines. New political combinations
are being formed, and men who have been sep.
arated for twenty years are uniting, some for
the preservation ofthe Union, and others for its
destruction. The names Of Wing and Demo.
crat will disappear for some years to come, es.
pacially in Georgia. The test of faith will
hereafter be Union or Disunion. But order
comes out Of confusion, and powerful party
will spring out Of these new combinations, q
Union party, which will carry everything be-
fore il. Cannot such a party be found al the
Norlhp Ifthere could Self the conservative,
reAec!ing men Of the Northern States, who love
the Union and deprecate its disruption, would
unite with the Union men Of the South. the ag-
itstion would be stopped, harmony restored,
and the country saved from the evils of strife
and demagoguisn. A tempest il brewing at
the South which the course Of the Northern OBJ
ponents the fugitive law threatens 10 increase.
1t will pass over after q few fierce gusts aid
electrical discharges, but not without damage
Some, at least, Of the barriers and oI.works Of
fathers OF the Revolution have erected in every
man's bosom, will be proslrated in the dust
Let the Union Wings and the Union Demo
Gratis the North put down Seward and Van
Buren,. Let them dircountenance agitation and
stand by the late action Of Congress, especially
the fugitive slave law, and all will be WE'LL
| am satisfied from recent developments that
there are not men enough in the republic to
save the Union il that law is repealed. This
is not threat but a fact.
:, AT vast gathering fthe Union men at New
York on the 3lst ult.. 'the Union first, ond par
ty interests afterward," was among the notices
which decorated the interior walls Of the build.
ing, and this sentiment was responded to again
and again with enthusiastic cheers.
We give one Of the resolutions passed by this
"Union Meeting"
8. RESOLVED, That we regard our obligations
to the Constitution and the Union rs superior 10
the tie. Of the political nar'ias tc :.h:ca we
may hitherto have belonged. and that on all flu
ture occasions we will range ourselves under
the banner. Of that party whose principles and
practice are most calculated 10 uphold the Con-
sti,ution and perpetuate our glorious Union.
) To this sentiment, Daniel Webster. in q let
ter TO the meeting. responds, as follows:
Gentlemen, am led to the adoption of your
last resolution, in an especial and emphatic
manner. by every dictate Of my under standing,
; ant embrace it with full purpose of heart and
mind. Its sentiment is my sentiment With
= you declare that | range myself under the
banners Of that party whose principles and
practice ore most calculated 10 uphold the Con-
stituton, and to perpetuate our glorious I'm
ion"
A correspondent OF the National Intelligent
Ger, writing under the head of Union or con =
SCI, tive ass ocia.ions. says:
Messrs. Editors: have some here seen the
scheme proposed of a defensive association Of
!, the Conservative and Union friends of tie coun.
try against the ultra and disorganizng move
nents aud doctrines Of sectional agtators; and,
after the most mature reflection. | have no
dvubt that il would not only DO the ,st effec
> tual as u remedy for the evils Of the times, but
the most practicable, under all the crcumstan-
cts.
r The time has come, when j. is the duty Of
Democi ats and Wings to make common cause
T. against the aboltionists. They are pirates up
on the sea Of politics, and should be made 10
walk the plank the moment they fall into the
hands Of either Of the parties who are waging
wpr, according to the code OF civilization.-N.
c Louis Times
- Just our opinion.-Intel.
u. Well said, Mr.. Democrat, and we'll responded
to, Mr. Whig. metropolitan.
+ We conclude " it'll the following extract from
S communication in las. Saturday, Repubh-
!, can.
Nor. trust. can there DO any more question
that in this great struggle. the South will find
no Uncomfortable portion of.he North with it.
{; The crisis may demand the disruption of the
= present party ties. 1t may demand that a call
: shall be made upon the highest political wi'.
/ dom Of the nation, without regard to those ties.
The triumph OF Abolitionism--in the shape
to which il has now come would, Of course
:, great leaders who have hither,o belonged TO
hostile camps. A great Union party-for,
i fear that our Union, even, must hereafter rely
3 for its support upon q party-may DO neces
sary. TO this party, pledged to such prihci
, Piles as carried through the great measures Of
the recent session Of Congress, every enemy Of
A5oli,ionism-in other words, every friend TO
the stability Of our institutions under the pro.
lection Of the Union-may DO expected to adj
here. l have said that such q party may be
necessary. l am probably warranted in saying
, that such party is inevitab!e-if the Union is
to be preserved.
Yet another voice:
We now appeal to the Union to know il we
; shall call upon 'phe body Of the country" to
unite in an efiectual eXtinguishment of flame
which, suppressed but for an hour under the
patriotic efforts ofall is bursting forth with re.
nswed iierceness? Shall we suspend political