The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-06-13
The WING Administration Us. the Wing Party.

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against itself shall not stand" then has the time now fully
come for the people to demand what guarantee the whg
party organized offer Of its ability to maintain
that course OF national policy WHICH the wing adminstra
ton itself claims be essential to the peace and safety Of
the country The administration has proclaimed its pur
pose to stand or fall upon the maintenance and execution
of the Compromise as final adjustment OF the sectional
controversy The wing party the southern States may
perhaps be ready by the action of its maorles to plant
Ii itself on the same ground. But the wings OF the
South are powerless as against the wings of the
North in the organization of their pary and in the North
the whole unbroken current of public event and public
opinion, since the Compromise was adopted, goes clearly
to show that upon the ground of the Compromise the
northern and dominant section OF the wing party cannot
and will not stand. The whole power of the northern
whigsat this time in New England, New York, Pennsy
vania, and Ohio. And now the fact is most remarkable
and significant, that, with wing administration al
Washington thus planted on the Compromise, not one
solitary indication has been giren in the ,chole State
ton and organisation Of The whg party, throughout
tbs uast region, Of its eapaeiiy TO organize itself
upon The maintenance Of the Compromise, and either
gam hold the power Of single one Of those
States upon that platform Mark the details which
prove this statement.
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and the result is that the Stale government through its
accredited head and organ, has given in its full and cor
dial adherence 10 the Compromise it stands The
| is the in New Hampshire In Vermont the wing
party carried everything ir the last autumn election
and the result is The passage of the Infamous whig
notification law oil Vermont, and the election of the
wing iree-soiler Foot TO the Senate. In Rhode
Island the democrats of the last legislature, being
in ,ba legisl all With aid
Of two or three boiling whg votes, General James 10 the
Senate, expressly the ground that he compro-
mise man; and this event was swiftly followed by a
popular election in which, for the first time for many
years. the democracy swept the State. In Connecticut to
greater extent, perhaps, than in any other northern
State the wings yentued to take quasi compromise ground
We say quasi compromise ground for neither the wing
convention lis candidates fully explicit the
point while the democratic convention. and every Of
its candidates, (save Cleveland, in his eeso congress
sona dstrlct) spoke out roundly and manully for the
maintenance of the Compromise The result is that the
wings have bu, member of Congress out Of four !;
while the democrats carrying the State by plurality in
the popular vote have chosen their governor, tied the
leg isa,ure. and by their governors message, have
committed themselves and the power of the State
TO the maintenance Of the Compromise, and will
PIobdoiy stHu W tne ctUAe ComPioiSc "dh VI
the New England States, Massachuseiis-th pre-
scripve stronghold of whiggery-alone remains, and
her case has become but notorious The wings there
having in the anti Texas agitation "sowed the wind"
OF that grea, anti slavery EXCITEMENT" spoken of by
Mr. Webster at Arlington the result Of northern wing
policy 'alone" because none but wings stirred finger
the time in that business'-have ''reaped the whr
wind" in Summers election and in the prosra,on Of their
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from the wing ranks in the Taylor canvass aided by ssch
pseudo democrats they could sedue from the lines OF
the national democracy. Nor is this ALL or the worst,
The wings OF Massachusetts, even to defeat Sumner,
would no, take compromise ground or bring compromise
candidate into the field They rallied for Winthrop the
thor Of the modern application OF the Proviso and the
determined opponent OF the fugitive law. Had the wings
brought forward sound compromise man, there
compromise democratic strength enough in the legislature,
even spite OF the coalition, TO have produced different
result As il was, the one pos which elected Sumner
was cast by Borden, bsck.,ding Winthrop whg, who
do ubtlees thought that the difference between Sumner
and Winthrop not srsa, enough to stand the
ordeal OF than some wen,yodd balloings.
But enough Of this 1t is not pretended anywhere,
that we know OF, that the whig administration
here find aid comfort in the state OF
things now existing IN the wing ranks OF Massachu-
sets and in saying this we lay out OF view certain
aldermanic Faneuil Hall indgni,es which, in view OF
the honor Of chief city OF his country. American
patriot gentleman hear Of without, thrill of con-
temptuous indignation.
So much for the whig -compromise administration and
the wing party in New England. How wholly--how ia
allys the 'house divided against ITSELF that vital
issue-that very shibboish-on which the administration
is to stand fall II needs motor at least il hardly
needsthat we should complete the picture by the emu
meaioA OF the long list OF those most leading and nAu-
entail anti-compromise wing journals throughout New
England. with the Boston Atlas At their head which, in
sedeence and selfrespect, the whg administration has
been forced TO prescribe from the by authority" pubica
ton Of the laws Of the land.
Turn now to that "greot esntrs'--wh.re Mr. Webster
has told us must beat the heart OF the wing party, il
beat al-and the plight Of this compromise wing adj
m'nstra'ion Is even How lamentahy. how pis-
bly, has 1t been stabbed and smen in the house Of ts
friends T. Where is the wing party Of New York At
the back Of Mr. Seward. with the full endorsement of his
policy and himself By name. inscribed upon the folds OF
the black flag Of aniissvery agitation with which he
beckons his followers the field Witness the votes
Of the -four members Of the legislature the voice