Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1850-10-24
National Whiggery."

is ABOUT as agreeable 10 the ear, IN these times
that try mems SOULS" as any that could have
been misunderstanding, perhaps, their old
apellative of irrational republicans" Let us
see-'sfederalists, - "Washington benevolent
society men," ''national republicans" "Ad-
ans men," ''Clay whigs," "Tippecanoe and
Tyler too, or hard cider whigs,' Taylor, or
no-party ,rhigs," free soil ~ whigs-and
.Seward" whigs-in which latter category
we must place our neighbor of the Tribune,
and Judging from demonstrations at the late
State election, good portion Of the whig par
ty Of the State, too.
But the national spirit, that broke out in
New York recently, is bound to spread, and
although the Massachusetts wings endeavored
to evade the question and dodge the issue in
their late State Convention, they will soon
have to come to it-"fodder or no fodder -
The Boston Post thus summarily 'shows up
the doings of the Convention
1.-The resolutions are short, and slide over
the slavery matter with great ingenuity The
universal whig party of Massachusetts found
themselves in fix. To come out flat-footed.
and not to approve Webster and the adjustment
would never do To rebuild their old Wilmot
platform, with the New York example before
them, would do quite as badly. And what
course do you think the whig party of Massa-
chusetts are going to takel Why simply. in
the words Of the resolution to watch the pro-
gress of things in New Mexico and Utah. and
it, in the words of Mr.. Kellogg, if any terri
torial Judge should concur with the new tangled
notion that the constitution of the Union guar
antics slavery there, then TO agitate until Con
gress comes down upon them with a Wilmot
The wings passed one resolution that was
significant. They resolved that they were not
local party, but national party But the
staple of the convention speeches and resolu-
tons does not show this, and it requires some
thing besides professions to make it So The
resolution indicates that the wings feel their
tender place, their besetting sin, their want of
that comprehensive policy that has marked
their course as politicians"
In Michigan, too, there is evidently sscrew
loose" The "Sewardtes" were not so sue
cessful, as in New York. The Detroit Free
Press gives the following account of the Con-
vention which lately met at Jackson =
branches of the party are pretty evenly bal
anced. The resolutions, however. evidently
emanated from the old-fashioned side of the
fence, and were, designedlv no doubt so con-
structed as TO be be outrageously obnoxious TO
the friends of tree-soilism and the arch-dema-
gogue Seward. They go the whole length in
proclalmlng the delight of the wings of NIchi-
gan over the passage by Congress of the differ
ent compromise measures, and endorse fully
and emphailcally the course of Clay, Webster,
and Cass, deemlng it duty and pleasure to
record their heartfelt thanks to those of our
statesmen who have recently so boldly stepped
forth in our public councils, and by their firm
ness and patriotism, hushed the storm, and
Gained the waves of disunion''
When these resolutions were reported it is
said that the wrath of the Sewardites was I'M
bounded. Snow, of the Tribune, one OF the
delegates from Wayne, with that frankness and
tearlessness which so eminently distinguish
him, did not hesitate to express his decided
disgust at their antl-aboltlon tone. The I
friends of Austin Blair, the nominee for Attor-
ney General man whom the Advertiser saws |
has been long knoCn 10 the whig party of Mich |
igan (the editor dared not call him whip)-
were especially indignant when they found |
that the man they had nominated was to be so |
The resolutions were reported after yio- |
lent debate in the committee room, and were
finally adopted by the convention, by a vote of
heavyweight 10 t,renfy--a tight fit for the old
fashioned, and tighter one for the defeated
party"
The Buffalo Commercial Advertiser, a whig
print of the Fillmore complexion, comments in
a somewhat similar strain -
The Wing State Convention of Michigan.
which was held on the Oath of September took
high, national and patriotic ground. The fol-
lowing resolution among Others was adopted
'Resolred, That we hail with sincere Joy
the late action of Congress in the passage of
the Utah Bill the California Bill the New
Mexico Territorial Bill, the suppression of the
Slave traffic in the District of Columbia, and
(under the peculiar circumstances of the case)
the Texas Boundary Bill and heartily APP
prove the course of the Administration in the
conception, the conduct, and final sanction of
measures so well calculated to restore harmony
TO the Republic, secure renewed confidence
IN the stability of our Free Institutions, and
extend our commercial and political greatness,
both at home and abroad
This is the only true position for the Wing
party to occupy. To go out of its way to en-
dorse the selfish demagogues or even well
meaning individuals, whose course of action
has been in opposition to the party-to attempt
to interpolate into our creed foreign dogmas-
sectional or irrational, will but sow discord in
our ranks, and open the way for the triumph of
the enemy"
No one can read the above without ioininp
wish with the writer that there will be no at
tempt to 'nteipoIate into our creed foreign dog
mds-sectional or nrationaI'-as if the WHO
party had not for the last ten years been chill
ing and cooing'' with the worst sort of free
soillsm Did not the great Daniel but
short time ago, claim the Uiznot Proriso as
his thunder ! And now we find him, through
his Washington organ, the Republic, attempt
ing to shape new whig policy, as follows,
IN reference to the Seward proceedings in New
York -
This is no Wing agitation. The Wbio
party have entered into no such covenants =
The State of New York has not copspired Tins
TO leopard and destroy the peace and perpetnitv
of the Union. Her people desire the COM
rfencement of no controversy, either in lest or
Sin earnest" that points to its inevitable con-
clusions in the ACKNOWLEDGMENT of this vast re-
ptblic They do not desire that the day when
first New York and California embrace as
members of the same flmily of commonwealth
when their great metropolis from the banks
of the Hudson first halls on the shore of the
Pacific rival as city-should be selected by