Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1850-11-30
From the Hartford Republican.
Iunker Coalition Party,


Cass. is more natural than strange. The
principle of elective affinity must operate
The IIunkers of the two old parties are all
alike; they stand on the same platform, and
why should they not rush together aud be
formed into party by themselves? AS to
which of the cold iogies" shall be run for
the next Presidency, that is question which
such expert compromisers must "settie"
next winter.
The New York Hunker meeting, held at
Castle Garden, the other day, was intended
TO set this coalition ball in motion. Ii
was the beginning of preparations TO usher
in the new party The whole affair looked
to this end. Witness that most atrocious
pro-savery letter, which Daniel Webster
sent to the meeting. Witness the following
resolution passed at that meetng:-
Resolved, That we regard our obligations
to the Constitution and the Union MS superb
or to the ties of any of the political parties
to which we may hitherto have belonged,
and that on all future occasions we will range
ourselves under the banners OF that party
whose principles aud practice are most cal
culuted to uphold the Constitution aud to
pcrpetuatc our glorious Union.
Here is distinct pledge TO form the new
party. The resolutions passed on the occa-
sion, were sent To Daniel Webster in advance.
Thgt above quoted is the last Of the series.
Webster endorcud it, ihus:-
"Gcnilcmcn,-l am led TO the adoption OF
your last resolutions, in an especial aud en-
platte manuer, 10y every dictate OF my un-
derstauding. and | EMBRACE 1T WITH
FULL PURPOSE OF HEART AND
MIND. Its sentiment is my sentiment.-
With you, ! declare that range myself un-
a. al.
pies and practice are most calculated TO up
hold the Constitution, and TO pcrpetuate our
glorious Union."
Witness the following extracts of the
speeches, delivered at the meeting. Mr.. j..
W. Gerard, says;-
al have been wlig all my life but il
that old party--the old national Wing party
lis to he poisoned by abolition feelings, l
swear then TO support it no longer, if it
should break into ten thousand ifagments.-
(cheers.) II | stand alone, will pluck from
unworthy hands the old wlig banner, and
stand or fall by it. They who shall give
countenance TO aboliiionism win be the 10
serters of whig principles. Not l. No(my
fellow citizens, let us discard this uniIoly al
lance let us cut down these agitators as
cumbercrs of the ground, even If the party
is to be buried in their ruins"
Again, said he,-
"If the whig party, 10 which belong,
will throw overheard these abolition agita-
tors, will fight for them, and stick 10y them
as long as they last. If they will not do so,
| will 90 over to the hall of ST. Tammany-
(cheers( (-and put buck tail on my hat
prolonged aud enthusiastic cheering.) And
| will WELD it for St. Tammany, and under
it | will fight for the compromises of the
Constitution and for the Union"
Mr.. Charles O'Conner, n leading Demo
crat, not TO be outdone in generosity, took
this ground:-
:" MIR. O'Conncr advised all present not TO
vote for an abolitionist, aud declared that he,
himself, would rather even vote for hyp0-
critc, who pretended not to be an aboiiionist,
than for a man who openly avowed himself
10 be one. lie was prepared 10 vote for
national whig in preference to any free soil
democrat. Loud cheers and waving of hats
for several minutes; Jefferson said we were
all republicans, and all iederalsts. lie Mr..
O'Conner) said we were all democrats-all
whigs."
The plan was to begin in New York, by
taking two candidates from the democratic
State ticket, and three from the wing ticket,
and also work on the whig side in New York
will show how much they accomplished.
Meanwhile, Daniel Webster was up in
New Hampshire, dawdllng with Isaac Hill,
Moses Norris, and various other old Hunk
or fogies in that State. AT the Franklin din
ner, he made speech, in which he said,
nIluding to his pro-slavery labors in the Sen
ate =
"IIe stood forth alone and unsupported
from New England to strike a blow at all
hazards for the preservation of the Union.-
His friend from New Hampshire, Senator
Norris, was the first TO step forward with
him into the breach, and he would here OBJ
serve, that towards those he acted with, the
Senator from Michigan, Mr.. Cass, the Sena-
tor from Indiana, Mr.. Bright, the Senator
from Illinois, MIR. Douglass, the Senator from
Mississippi, Mr.. Foote, aud others, he could
ntper again entertain that feeling Of political
opposition t0hieh he had JormerigJeE the ancient
ttled iCds at an end, aud hereafter he should
greet those gentlemen with feelings OF the
most sincere esteem and warmcst friendship.
II was the same feeling which men have who
fought side by side together through some
bloody combat, after the battle is over they
become forever endeGred 10 each other, if
only for the common dangers aud hardships
they passed through"
The reasons Tor this New Party which Is
trying TO get birth, are obvious. The "Na-
tional" hopes of the old party organizations,
are dying of deiirilm tremenS. The Southern
wing OF the National Democracy is com
pletely shattered. Nothing on earth can re-
store it aud bring il into line for the cam
paign of 1852. Then see how it is in Mich
igan and the Northwest. We know how it
is in New York and elsewhere East In the
South the "Nationa" wing party stands firm
aud is gathering strength. 1t supports the
administration aud gets a great many demo-
Gratis TO helpt. But, in the North, the wing
party is broken. The Northern elections do
not support the administration.