The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-09-09
From the Detroit Free Pres.
a National w htg Convention. ~

II the lone Of the old fashioned whig press h.
dicaon OF The feeling OF that section of the parry ~
will be- made TO exclude Seward men and ami cansnN
mice men from the convention. In the southern SVs
this intention is openly proclaimed. and in all on ,hs gao
OF those who have endeayored 10 rally whyserv NY ~
compromise platform. fixed discrimination + avn %
abide by no nomination made by the opponents ~ y
compromise measures.
The New York Express looks upon hosl;,v !.
Compromise as an abandonment OF the whs us,,"
shadows forth the determination OF the silve, ~ ~
New York 10 treat the advocates OF the higher ~
traitors 10 the wing faith. II says;
"If any wing ever expects 10 elect whiy p,..l
upon any other basis than full, fair and expe avn
escence in the fnaty of the compromise measu,s w
are not that whig No wing national conveDloa w "
ever be called but rpon that express understand,
forehand The. wings OF Tennessee. Kentucky, NJ,
Carolina, Louisiana, Georgia, and Virginia will p.s.a
into convention with US but upon this express NH
standing"
This emphatic language is endorsed by the N,;,
Intelligence. and other "oraces" of adminlslps4
wbiggery The Raleigh Register, speaking for The va'
of North Carolina, holds The following language:
"They will not enter into any UNION for the sake o,
partu triumph, or for the sake even OF those chs6ga
principles oil government policy for which they hay ias
many years struggled in common with men who an
willing 10 meet them, on question which override y
is superior TO party considerations, upon the platoon
fraernal feeling and mutal forbearance.
1--WE do not mean 10 disguise The fact that their N,
great many individuals in the wing party Of the Ns
whO live by the az aOn OF the slavery question, and
never be induced to abandon it but with these msu
can be no ailation-hey must be repudiated and arS
Lopped of these excrescences we have every con6d,
that the wing paty is destined yet again. and at ds
day. to present the appearance, which il presented n
the unhappy excitement Of the times divided and dis
ed it. Of agreat national party. striving after the na
good"
We very much incline to the opinion that when N
clasoof wings alluded to are "repudiated and c,, MI
there will be precious little left OF the wing parry
northern States That party. as a party, has LIVED u
hourshed by agitation, and the great body OF its y.
bers are solemnly welded TO abotonisn. They Il
never acquiesce in the settlement of slavery Ques0,a
nor will they endorse the Compromise.
II is too late to talk of repudaiiDg such men, WI,
gerry has leo long pandered to the gross tastes Of M
cism and become too essentially mbued with abotM
anti American synpalhies 10 take national ID
tion The Express and Register will find lhemk,u
and their adheenls in woful minority In the whs na
al convention and the "repudiaon and casting Of vi
assnredly come from the opposite quarter.
The wings Of Michigan have are idy taken ground i
opposition 10 the Compromise and the State sonyepa
soon TO meet will he the theatre OF still more deciI
triumph OF aboitionism Seward will cou,ro it's man
ments and select its candaes, and, in spite Of the pu
ers-iong and piteonsof the organs OF the admnia,
ton here fo- speechless convention, emphatic ute
ance will be given by that body to the undoubted abH
ton sentiment OF the party.
The ba sis OF the Express"a full, fair, and eYdu
acquiescence in the fn1tiy OF the compromise measur
is not the basis upon which the wings OF Michigan vi
enter the canvass.