The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-08-03


We have, on several occasions, presented facts and
Illustrations clearly showing mat all The vlia,y and IN
poance which the abolition aelionsts OF the NORM pos
sess have been given 10 them oy We whs paly. anu,
not content with merely approving OF Tue sentiments ana
action OF the fanatics, the wings nave gene 90 lar To-
wards counting their favor and support as actually TO
graft their dogmas upon the Wing eiesu Ad asse.y eec
op for len or twelve years they have bid 10 the highest
point for the support and votes OF these one idea sectional
ss Our readers all know how strictly true is tins re-
mark in It's application 70 our own o'a1 ~ pateniar
managers sought 10 bring over 10 lhe support me ahol
onsts in 1910 and S44 begging OF Them TO disband their
liberty party organization, and merge themselves INTO me
wing party, whose Opinions and sympa'hes were tDielS
in accordance with their own on Inc qneson OF slavery
And thus in many other OF The northern anu west
ern States.
subject in so clear and coeen manner. that we cannot
do better than make the following extracts
Did not the wings in 1910 use all their influence, not
TO suppress abolition sentiment out 10 stimulate H. and
To represent the wing candidates the proper to
receive the votes of abolitionislsi And what the
RESULT General Harrison died. but that did no. stop the
wing administration John Tyler was me candidate OF
the wings too; and under his reign. brought into power
by wing votes the annexation OF Texas took place, al
which the abolition sentiment was so much shocked.
Anti-siavery men almost invariably complained OF
treachery for they had voted Tor party processing anti
slavery sentiments. But upon whom did they charge
that eachery Not upon the democrats-the democrats
had not sought their votes by any special or general pre-,
tensions of harmony with their views They complained
OF treachery in the wings
show was it in 1874! Did the democrats make any
profession Of favor 10 abolitionis,sp No; but every
whg in the North did endeavo by his utmost efforts to
make abolitonsts vote the wing ticket by saying, with
upf,ed hands, that he regarded the wing party as the
true abolition party OF the Union! How did they bear
out the profession! How, in what instance have they
since been the projectors OF any abolition measures and
party' The -slavery men still complain OF treach-
ery-against whom Against democrats! BY no means
we have sought their votes, but by plain and frank
advocacy OF measures which the wings have opposed.
"How il in 1sis' Hundreds and thoasan e OF
men whom the wings had retained ~ their ranks by their
abolition professions were astounded BY the news OF
General Taylor's nomination The Campbells and Gal
loways, and Greeleys and Whites, and Corwns even,
stood back and declared the wing party betrayed"
The same game is still kept up in this State. The Al
bany Journal New York Tribune. and other organs Of
The wing party here still striving to court and absorb
the abolition elements and the wing legislature passes
abolition resolutions while at the South the Washington
Republic, the Richmond Wing and other papers OF tina,
party, repudating the abotonisls and declaring that
is only the democrats at the North who are encour
aging the abotonists
Let those who have any doubts on this subject examine
the wbg press for the last ten or fifteen years let them
look The resolves of wing conventions and wing ess
laues lei them read the speeches OF wing slump
and they will that all has heen with direct To
concliae abolitioniss, and to catch abolition votes
am The faher of the sboltionIss OF Ohio, said Mr. Cor
win (now member OF the whg cablnep in a speech at
Ripley, Oho scan you not believe me when assure you
that slavery shall find an enemy in Gen Tayors admins
,raiioni" Look at the nomination Of FILLMORE, aknotsn
aboionit, as proof Of this fact" said he. IN the sane
speech 10 the abolitonisls OF Brown coan,y. Did Mr..
Corwin try suppress abolitionism then Did the whg
party anywhere in the North : No: they encouraged
and fawned upon IT, making ten thousand promises 10 see
carried out Are they not responsible for its existence,
and for the very ntemperance which is often mani
tested by it
We commend these facts to the consideration OF the
especial organ of the whig administration at Washing
ton we commend them, also, 10 those democrats who
are disposed to look with the least favor upon the de-
signs of The abolition fanatics They must see that the
democratic party yields o, little OF lis time hon
ored platform it is yielding to the abolition dogmas not
only. but directly aiding TO bull the WING party and
wing interests the expense OF every thing held sacred
in the democratic creed