The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-10-20
Address Of tho WING Convention at utlca


o THE WINGS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK -
FELLOW CITIZENS The occasion which has
called US together, renders brief communication
OF our views and principles TO our constituents,
necessary and proper. The whig party of this st ate
and ct The nation, has been in peril The preserva-
uon az IFS purity. Integrity and usefulness, oh
jects dear to you and US. They can be IN iintainsd
only by an adherence to its nationality. Local and
sectional parties can be useful only for local and
temporary purposes. The wing party, of which we
are members, was organized and has been held
together for the establishment of great principles
and The accomplishment of noble and beneticent
meafures, co-eXtensive in their end and aim with
our country. Through long series of years, in
days of darkness and trial, through alternate
seasons 81 prosperity and adversely, the political
brethren who compose il, The wings of the North,
the south, and the West, have stood shoulder to
shoulder, and done battle valiantly together in
common cause. In our ranks, are time hOnored
vetersns who have borne the burden and brunt of
many coLtest-who have shared victory and de-
feat together; and young men, who emulate the
virtues ano well-earned distinctions of those who
have preceded them, and burning with ardor
to be led on under the same banners .A.sA GOOD
remains 10 be accomplished by the cont:-repoe o.
cur association, and We must not be divided now;
ard least and last of all, may the wing party ofthe
nation be divided by geogrsphical lines. AS wings
oil the North, we can mot surrender our claim TO
live and die In the same national party wiis Clay
and ittsrden, Bell and Mangum, Stanley and
Gentry" and a host Of others hike them, for they
have ever been and still are, among the truest,
Doblesf. most devoted and self sacrificing wings Of
The Union. Az wings of New York and wings OF the
Union, we can peyer consent TO be separated from
trt bren oftbe South and West. "Sink or swim,
live or die, survive or perish; our hearts aud
hands shall always be with them" As we have
done in tines past so in the future we desire TO
rally with them around the Constitution and the
Union. Most deeply do we regret that any cause
Of arrangement should have arisen between them
and Us, and our prayer s, that all occasions of diff
ference may be taken away, al disputes adjusted,
ard ali divisions speedily healed. While we should
much dep!ore division OF the wing party Of New
York, We should regret still more 10 see the Ma
tunsl Whig Party rent IN twain.
But paramount to every other consideration, is
the preservation Of the Union of the Sta.es, with
the republican institutions inherited BY US from our
Revolutionary fathers, emo which We are bound to
treDsmt unimpaired es precious legacy to our
posiefity. On II depend The best hopes of our
selves and our children, and the emily hopes Of the
down tTodden and Oppressed OF all othsr nations.
It's value to tho American people, and 20 each one
Of you end of US, cannot be measured OF told.
There Is sacrifice of blood or treasure nor any
other earthly sacrifice, that should be viii
ling make for IL, for IL 10 above all price. For
| wisdom and excellence, the American Constiiu-
ton has had no parallel IN the history Of the
world IL is useless to disgulse conceal that the
union Of the States has been in less peril, than
the union and harmony Of the vhig party. In the
spirit of compromise concession ard cancellation
IL was founded, and in the spirit il must be
preserved. AS a party we cen have no higher OBJ.
jecis in view, than the preservation Of the Union,
aud all other objects must be made subservient to
that Not a tie nor thread that binds IL together,
must be severed or even weakened.
The causes which have threatened the disruption
Of our party and OF the Union, are known ca you
all. We do not propose to dwell upon them here.
Suffice II 10 say, they arose Inany out OF the ac-
grisiIoa ofterrtory from Mexico by the treaty Of
Guadalupe Tidalgo, which acquisition 10 our judg-
me nj was consequent upon the annexation OF Texas.
| To that annexation, to the war with Me xco, and
the acquisition Of territory from her, and to the ex-
ttnson Of slavery into it, as wings We are opposed
But all these matters which belong now to the
history Of the past. Texas 10 one of the States Of
the Union, well as her younger sister Califor-
mia, the war is ended, the territory has been ac-
| CURED, its boundaries defined, ard governments
| extended over II California " free by her consti-
tuition; we believe that New Mexico and Utah have
sufficient gnarenties for freedom In the nature OF
their soil and climate, In the Mexican laws still in
force ever them, and in the character and senti-
merits of their Inhabitants. After the mos, stormy
session 81 Congress since the establishment OF our
| government, after an exhibition Of passions and
ie, logs In the halls OF the two houses, before
which the friends Of our institutions may we'll re-
coil. and which we de sire never 10 see repe atet
after an excitement North and South, which has
rot only ebgepdered ftehpgs of hostility aud bitter
hatred between the ~ opls OF the two sections hat
has come well nigh srraying them in deadly cor
fici sgairs each other and caused the pillars Of
the Union 10 iremble the question OF the extension
Of slavery has been adjusted aud settled, and in
| that settlement we are prepared, and we deem IL
| our duty ss friends IF our country to acquiesce.
The adoption Of measures 81 peace by Congge a.,
! was brought about upon the recommendation 81 q
| faithful and honor con ~ New YOfk, sustained
by The able and patriotic councillors he has called
| around him, BY the wisdom and clcqneEce and
| self sacrificing patriotism Of Senators and Repre-.
seDtniiv,s from all sections Of the country, whose
/ conduct in throwing themselves into the breach
1 between ne North and the South, and avertIng tie