The Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1850-1852, 1851-10-30
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I,lE SELECTION sOCTM l. W RsT
v,,,-Rsn,, EvExiNG. OCT. 10.

The late pas, elections in the South
anl West hAys excited less general
in,eres, rerhaps--and certainly so far
- stric, party feeling enter cd into the
canvas--than my before known for
many yaars--anJ tho results are TO be
regarded rs les. irnpor,an: az giving any
ligh, to the fmore prospects OF either OF
the two grea. political parties Of tue
country.
/, is ,r,e that the elections in Ala.
bama. Mississippi, Georgia and South
Carolina have put and eDcctuai quiet
US On the Sec.ssionis,s for the time
being, and we are again comfor,cd 10y
the grave assurance that the Union is
still sa'c--and though saved y, the ex-
prnse Of the Wing party We are once
more called upon TO return thanks Tor
this last, most wonderful deliverance.
In Pennsylvania and Ohio and
mote especially in the latter >ia,e--,hc
Euion has not been quite so ebtcsuaily
saved, tho Wing principles are just rs
well cared for and placed in the hands
Of our free trade locotoco friends for
sac kcclin. while the free soil party
proper. and the Union Wings decide
the question 10 their own satisfaction
81, to"who did it 10 none other
than ra5ij AVID reckless Wing free
soilct or n radical cotton warped Union
Wing, whose overwcauing love Of coun-
try---or self, blinds him to all else
save the cotton interest and the pro'er-
ton Of nigscrs-tlis is problem not
Official, TO solve. But there are a few
,oliliciau. of The North who have yet to
learn ,h., the fugitive slave law is based
upon II principle calculated to discover
oilcr sU,aiiry confedcracics than that OF
our glorious Union; that it is an animal
which to embrace, is quite rs dangerous
MS to spurn - and That the great body of
northern freemen will look with a like
DISCUS, upon those who carcss il, or
those who would cndangcr the public
peace Ivy raising an unnecessary "h hue
and cry" in its pursuit. II we have
not in the result Of these two elections
positive illustration Of this fact, We
lave Il, least practical exhibition OF
the consequences sure 10 follow as the
frs, rcsul, Of The heated discussion OF
thi. question Ivy over zculous fanatics
or over na,ionalW his, whose excessive
90 = 'f";on il seen every where
else than at home. That the defeat o..
the Wings in both Ohio ard Pennsyl-
>at,ia is attributable to this cause ad-
mi's Of no question ; and in our view
Of the case, the boiling factions in either
State are alike responsible and alike
'l,ablc.--We have no o'loqny to heap
upon the deluded free soil Wings of
Ohio, who got the wool Of their sheep
and the wool OF their negroes so "mixcd
up rs to blind them to their own in.
.erest that we would not sec extended
10 the cotton faced Wings Of Pensyl-
vana who in their anxiety to "save
the Union are forgctful of every true
intcrcs. of their own State and Of the
entire North.
We should not allude at the present
time to the result Of these elections
were i, not that large number Of that
portion Of tho Wing press, devoted ex.
clnsivcly to the saving of the Union and
tn. protection Of the fugitive slave law
manifest determination 10 keep alive
in the Wing ranks the fire of that flame
which their breath has kindled-and
to keep up the delusion--or the de-
CeN-tuht w Ho'u O'i WDU " tuc pIlIl-
cipies Of the old Wing platform is po-
li,ical death, For ourself we believe
in no such teachings as .his--and fail
entirely TO see the force of the moral
which these papers would fain draw
from the disastrous results, We have
just witnessed. On the contrary we
believe that the oM Wing platform OF
Vermont. Of Massachusetts and we may
say Of the entire North is the only one
upon which we can stand. The plin.
ciples Of n party which. while they
teach US to hold rigid obedience to all
the requirements of the fugitive slave
iaw-yst leave us free to carry out a
fair, open and manly opposition 10 i
are the best principles that can gov
ern conservative party like that Of III,
Whigs-and are such only in our hum
bic belief a. can 6ad lasting favor will
Northern freemen. If the Wing part,