The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-06-25

The WhiKs and the Free-Soiiers.
Whenever the wings can find a democrat who has
proved recreant TO principle and abandoned his party
unite himself TO the aboionsts. they parade his apps
lacy through all their presses unequivoca evidence
that the democratic party has affiliated with that pestent
crew OF dsunion az alors. II Is well now and then To
refresh the recoecons of wtig voters touching the
duct OF their party in its organized action, and
with The conduct OF the democratic party In 1s40 the
wings OF Massachusetts,, New York, Ohio. and other
northern States in Stale conventions assembled resolved
that the Wimot proyso was constitutional and expe.
dent and pledged themselves a party sustain IT in
Congress and elsewhere. During The year similar
| sentiments echoed from the WING district and
county conventions. We defy the wings TO find a soil
tay instance ~ which the democratic party, in conven-
tion, have avowed like sentiments Democrats in con
siderable numbers, have at various times united them.
selves to the iree-soi faction, and in lS5s large
Der OF them organized at Buffalo a platform but
in these they voluntarily abandoned the party and
have not and will not be permitted TO return to without
previous abandonment OF free soil principles
In 1910 The ant-siavery organized The liberty
party and nominated James q. Birney for President
They were opposed TO that nomination by the wings Pc
cularly, The strongest assurances were given by wing
stump speakers OF the North that ii General Harrison
should be elected his administration would be anti
slavery administration Harrison elected and TYLER
too but under that administration, and by its Influence,
a measure was conceived and carried through more
severely condemned by Bifney Than anything OF the
time. In ls44 the iree-solers another separate
ticket The wing party again beseecbed them to aban
don all separate organization, and vote for Clay and Ere
nghnysen assuring them that the OF that ticket
would do more TO carry out Their peculiar principles and
views man DINER tning imaginable he reader Will
remember the expedition OF c. NJ Clay to the North with
authority from Henry Clay himself In 1915 a similar
state OF parties existed The wings again. from one end
Of the North another humbled themselves before the
free soers and begged them TO abandon the Van Buren,
and Adams ticket and go for Taylor and Fillmore As
surances OF freesol Partially 10 the wing admnisra.
ton equally strong with those given on former OCCASIONS
were urged with more emphasis than any claim presented
directly IN behalf OF the wing candidates Indeed, every
preence OF avowed principles devotion TO soil
ism, avoided, and that especially was urged No
n we adj h,
wbg eecioneerers frees oers and they were told
that Taylor and Fillmore would do more for their pecu.
liar measures than Van Buren, and Adams, could the
latter possibly be elected.
How stand the of the wing party to-day and
what have they said Abbott Lawrence once ayowed
his in all the free soil doctrines In ls4s
he pledged the action OF the administration in favor OF
the same sentiments Truman Smith occupied the
ground and assured all provso that General Taylor
would grant bis permission to the passage of the provso
whenever demanded by The e.soil party Dare any
object TO holding Mr.. Fillmore accountable for the
soil pledges given by these behalf OF General
Taylor What will such caver say when we remind
him that the very nomination of Mr. Fillmore itself
used the highest evidence Of the certainty ha, free
soism would be advanced should the wing ticket sue
coed Mr. Fillmore and bis then abolition friends thus
voluntarily became securities for General Taylor The
free soiers
Has there ever been single instance in which, pend
ing eeet,on, the wings have dared to condemn free
sosml The recapiuation OF wing abolitionism does
not quite stop here, however. Mr.. Seward, who
General Tayol's chief adviser, has friends dam re-
peatedy out that by virtue oil his nDesce behind
the throne, II II TO depend upon extra court appli-
snces, aboonism would be properly cared for and
sbed by the administration
We pass TO OHIO. In State has the wing party
been prone 10 put into requisition their powers OF
"moal sussion" to convince the free sellers OF the futile
mockery Of special organization when the wing party,
being much stronger, acknowledged and boasled as
part and the cbe,est OF lie missions 10 promote the
iiments OF The "lbrd party" Nowhere have the Cor
wins, the Evngs, and the Changers crawled low and
80 humtly 10 them as in Ohio
Turn 10 the State OF Illinois Were not the wings
there during the last congressional canvass Wmo-pro-
vso Did not their candidates claim the conhden CO
of the voters because they SUCH And did The
Republican and the Integencer here zealously labor TO
secure the election Of these free coil wings knowing
them to be avowed iree-soIes Facts like these should
be treasured up by every wbig voter who loves the
-ttuon and its guarantees respects the rights of the
States and the people, loves the laws and institutions Of
his State and values the peace, progress, and pros
pery OF the Union. '