Western union. (City of Hannibal, Mo.) 1850-1851, 1850-12-26

party will deter them from such q renegade
movement. These two pa rites standing
apart unwilling to be reconciled, the Wing
PARTY If ii remain united, will have q plu.
rnli,y in the Legislature. But mere plu.
yalitv Of votes would not be sufficient TO
elect Senator, and SO IL neither of the
parties unite with the other the State will
be unrepre.e n,ed We dcspise a policy
which will compromise the principles or
the dignity OF the Wing party; and we are
therefore unwilling that the Wing party
should join hands in any compact with eli.
Their wing of the democracy. Let us stand
aloof but united; let not the old question of
the constitutional powerof Congress to leg
islate concerning slavery in the territories
distract us. Why should III We ell be-
| lieve that they should not exercise /, wheih.
err they possess it or moi. We can nc, in
concert without any compromise of princi.
pie, and il is our duty to do so. We can
and must be united. Our next duty will
be to look around, and sec what able men
in the State will be likely 20 receive, unso.
lici,ed by him or by the wing party, sutfi.
cient number Of democrats votes to con.
s,itute majority when ADDED to the whole
wing strength.
/ we 40 mol DeHeNe thht VII DNeS NT VII.
Leonard. tr Col. DOM phan colad receive more
Than the Wing strength proper and we are ex.
tremely doubtful whether the Wings Of Mi.-
souri, river would vote for then in any event.
Il 10 Of course well known tina. no un'i Benton
tnan will vote for them; it is equally well known
that Col Benton has placed bel, cen the Wings
and his own subjects as between the two wings
Of the Democracy, the "hieh wal and the deep
ditch which the saltatory genius oflhe Benton
men cannct surroun,. and which no Wing de.
sire, TO cross. The only chance tf eleoting q
Wing 10 by presenting to the Legislature Wing
whose opinions on the Slavery Que,tion make
him more acceptable to the anti Benton Demo.
Gratis, than Benton or any Benton man would
be.
We believe that tho anti Benton democrats
would prefer voting for Henry s. Geyer Of St.
Louis, to any wing in the State, and We are
sure that there is no wing who thinks that there
is an aber or better wing ia the State. IF no,
the ablest man in the State, there are certainly
very few to equal him. and his moral character
is as good as his reputation for ability. He has
always been an unwavering whg: he is . man
Of enlarged views and discards every miserable
sectional prejudice which would make him o..
in any public matter except for the &C.,
good. lie would :aaae !. Senator upon whom
tie State nigh. look with pride, aud in whom
she could oonfds without the chance of be,ray-
al.
We know that there is fear in the minds Of
mary that St. Louis is inimical to any system Of
legislation for internal improvements in sny Dor.
ton of the State that dc not Immediately re-
dound to her interests; and it is often urged a.
an objection to advancing them to political pow.
er -but whether this be true or false with re-.
gard 10 the citizens Of st. Loui. generally, we
are assured beyond a doubt that Henry S. Gey-
er 10 a warm advocste of internal improvement:
that his OF nions and feelings are decidedly in
favor of every public work which would in.
crease the wealth and productions of any por.
ton Of the State, by .Giitaii,g intercourse; ard
TO dc.cend to interests in wnicn We are more
imn"di urly concerned, we luuw ih,t iis o,in.
ions, aiii best wishes are Nth u, IN the rattcr
OF our Hannibal and ST. Joseph Raj Rnsd ,at
he believes St. Louis to have no !i,ll, interest
in its construction; that, next to the points uf
tsrmini, and the country through which tho
road would pass. she would be most benefited
BY it; and that Congress ought not TO delay ma
king liberal grant Of lands in aid of the enter
prise. These views Of Mr.. Geyer make him
acceptable to wings and democrats slong the
limo Of the route, pnd we hope before a very
long time to hear Of him as Senator elect from
Missouri.
take this opportunity ofexpressing the opin.
ion that it 10 a mistake 10 suppose that the citi.
Gems of St. Louis are opposed to any work Of in
:ernal improvement in the State which doe. not
terminate in St. Louis 80, u1n are the view. Of
the most narrow minded only. have CONVEX.
'sd with mary of Der most intslligen. citizens.
and Quad item, almost without exception in
i"'cf OF my work in the State, which would add
20 IT," quantity or value Of the products in any
portion Of the State. They are wise enough 10
know that q great part Of such increase in BRO.
ducson muat 60 to St. Louis. If Nature by any
strange freak should in a night cause to flow
through tho fertile but, a: present, intraversabls
sections Of our State, navieable rivers empty.
ing into the Mississippi and Missouri, no man
in his senses would think it any nything but
blessing to s"ery section Of the State, but CO.
pec'al':y, 10 St. Louis. Bu, when we talk Of mo
x,ng .,nese sections traversable by Rail roads
, constructed by human hands, although we draw
, no more money from ST. Louis than Nature
would draw in the supposed case, We yet get
the strange CROCHET into our heads that the
work would injure St. Louis, and that ell St.