The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-10-21
From the .Ne,c York Evening Post.

THE UTICA CoNvENTIoN.-The National Whie
Convention, WHICH assembled yesterday at Utica
made prompt work with the business before it
ransacting it all in three sessions, held on the
same day. and adjourning last evening in good
order. A report of its final proceedings will be
found in this sheet. The principal thing they had
to do, was to execute a feat, the idea of which is
borrowed from all extravaganza now performing
at Niblo's
In that piece entitled the Green Monster, a rest.
less disorganzer and misChef-maker, called the
White Knight, finishes his career, by crawling, OF
monster, who, with great composure, chews him
up and swallows him. Yesterday the national
Wings verified the prediction which we made the
other day, by plunging, Of their own accord, down
the throat OF the Seward faction. Clearly as we
foresaw that they would do this, we must confess
that the alucrity they have shown has little sur
prsed us.
They adopted set Of resolutions, very family
commenting the three measures which once formed
the omnibus bill, intmating that they do not like
them all, but will stand by them as scheme for
the restoration of harmony between the different
parts Of the Union, and then, passing by the
odious fugitive slave law without remark, they
finally declare themselves ready to give their sup
port to Washington Hunt, and his associates on
the Wing State ticket, in the belief that the pro-
ceedngs of the Wing Convention lately held at
Syracuse, edo not meet their approval" All
this is done in the face of Washington Hunt s let
ter, declaring that he approves fully of the pro-
ceedings of the Syracuse Convention, that he was
consulted in regard to the resolutions objected to,
ard that he gave them his assent before they were
adopted.
This is very happy way of getting rid of a
difficulty. Washington Hunt says to his party,
that he approves of the Syracuse resolutions. The
national Wings say to Washington Hunt, that
they believe he is fbbing; that they give no credit
IN his Ell that he n the reSpu and
therefore they are willing to support him. 1t will
not be said after this, that the National Wings do
not know how to pay ingenious compliments to
their candidates.
We think the Administration will be disap-
pointed that nothing is said in the resolutions in
favor Of the fugitive slave law. After such feeble
and cold praise Of the omnibus, it might be eX-
pected that something very handsome would be
said in favor of the approval given by Mr. Fill
more to the law for the encouragement of kdnap-
ping. What is the reason of this omission? Do
this statute and tue agency Of the Wing members
in causing it to be passed, and Mr.. Fillmore's
participation in giving it tn effect Of law, belong
to that class of actions in regard to which silence
is the best policy? IL they could not be praised,
could they not be apologized for Was there no
circumstance of eXtenuation that the combined in
genuity of all the delegates to the convention could
discover, to take off something OF the odum
which rests upon, or is gathering around them'
with very little skill. 1t was understood that he
was sent from Washington, with instructions to
put down Governor Seward and his friends, and
10 sustain the Federal Administration. He and
Mr. Granger get up convention, in which they
pass resolutions formally dissenting from those
passed by the Syracuse Convention, on the ground
that they condemn the Federal Administration
Washng ton Hunt writes letter, declaring that
he approves Of the Syracuse resolutions. Mr.
Duer, after voting to disapprove Of the Syracuse
resolutions, makes a speech, in which he says he
approves Of Washington Hunts letter. What
game of cross purposes Is this!
We were sure from the first that the seces-
sion Of the national Wings would prove an abor-
ton; we were sure Of it, because they had no case
with which to go to the people; we were sure of
il, because we perceived that they could not stand
a moment upon narrow and fra basis as the
measures in regard to the slavery question, for
which the Administration has made itself respon-
sible. 1t was clear to us that the seceders must
Immediately fall back into the Wing party Of the
State, as surely as water thrown from the basin of
the fountain in the city park falls back to it again.
We did not expect, however, to see them manag-
ing their retreat so awkwardly and involving
themselvesin SO many useless contradictions.