Hannibal journal and western union. (Hannibal, Mo.) 1851-1852, 1851-09-04

arc sNhlOWcu up III lie HtuD OF ADOltlon, nc
doubt the monster will find us diet somewhat
troublesome to digcst--will our neighbor please
suggest an nntdote2
The Courier seems TO present the opinions Of
baltimore American and Virginia Intellgencer
we acknowledge staunch wing organs--with
the assurance they will, beyond doubt carry
conviction into the mind Of every individual.
Now, the editor would be the last man to pro-
duce such testimony, or acknowledge their au-
thority, if indeed, they happened to differ in opin-
ion; but once happen to coincide with their views,
and they are Immediately supreme authority au-
thority from which there can be no appeal. II
should be romembefed--which has been repeat
ed a thousand times--that there are local inter-
ests, which, in the present state OF affairs Gre
ate nice distinctions in the disciples of the same
school. One question in that locality, another
somewhere else, demands respectively, nicer
dis elimination. One again leans little this
way, another that. So that is a shallow pre-
tence upon which 10 found an argument-that
you can point TO one or even more who concur
with you. II may strengthen your opinions,
but can do no more. But if you produce two
as you have done, we can oppose to these others
OF as good authority. You bring forward the
Baltimore American and Virginia Intelligencer
organs of the "Fillmore Wing,"-we count
eract the testimony by the opinion of the Repub-
lie and others, Of the same "toing," Is this to
decide the question? Not at all Are you au-
thoriZcd, from the merits Of the case, in proving
from Wing journals, there has been a surrender
Ito the abolition wing''), because your opin-
ions coincide with those of the former-and to
set the others aside because they are opposed TO
such opinions If you argue in this manner,
no man of candor will deny you any conclusion
you may desire, though it beg the question:
Where is the proprety, we are at loss to seeP
If there is shadow of consistency, we are at a
loss to discover it! All are journals of the
same school, yet you declare all ''nuIl and void''
who differ from you. You enter upon the sa-
cred precincts of the judgeship unasked-but re-
member, neighbor, the office is elective, and
when your services are needed in that capacity,
you will probably shear from us"
While the Courier is striving to show, from
extracts, that it is complete surrender, " and
ga cunningiy derised trap, in which Seward, nc
doubt. promised himself he would catch his op-
ponents by scores. and from which he wonld
draw them out, TO be used as tools for the promo
ton of his o,cn end" the National Era" "a
rank Abolition Journal gets into passion, and
brands the platform, as 'clmningly deUiSel"-
''nothing but an attempt on the part of the ST.
Uer Greys, to hoodwink the Wing party of New
York into an abandonment of the Wilmot Pro-
viso;" eve are astonished that anybody should
be deceived by it, it is trap to catch gudgions'
is the editor caught or only nibbEing? Sand lib
erty loving Wings should repudiate it as de.
cepiion and fraud" Now, the fact of the mat
ter is, the Courier thinks it is strap to catch
the Fillmore Wigs, and the National Era
trap" "cunningly devised, to catch IFS o,on
The "Ss,Uard Wing" Pray, which Of the two i,
better authority in the case? The former, with
all the odds in his favor convicts others the
latter, with all the odds against him, convicts
himself But he still further attemptsto en-.
trench himself in his fallacious opinions, by in.
sertinS-"to prone c0lcluSivey ga "paragr apF
from the Buffalo Express" But this we regard
as rather unfortunate, for it has about the same
show of concltsiveneSs as paragraph from
Joe Miller to prove the disintegration of the
hemisphere at given period. The Buffalo Ex.
press--not at all surprising !-cannot see the
force of the reasonin,,s Of tba q A IL,n,, ID oos
ter, TO show that the manifesto of the Al
bany committee endorses the compromise meas
ures of the last Congress-" but clearly insnuato
what the National Era (Ablition) openly
avows-that it is the myielding effort of The
organs of the Silver Greys, to give the "do
cument of the committees" the character of III,
Compromise measures, for he SAYS, if they
"succeed in giving that character to the docu.
ment, just so sure will the convention repudi
ate it." Now, if prophecy (uninspired) adds
anything to the weight of argument, we must a
once acknowledge our ignorance, but presume
it will have with those who examine the subject
just about tht ,CeigH and importance of our pro.
phecy about Democrat coalitions, with Demo,
cratic editors. "If tn Register is right
thus clearly acknowledl lg the supposition that
it may be right-the Express goes on to say
''the upshot of the matter is, the committee have
failed to express the sentiment of the people,
Now isn't it plausible? The committee.
would go into convention and unite upon q
'platform, which failed to 'express the senti-
ments of the people!!" But without furthei
comment, we will take up the supposiiion Of
the Express, that the Register may possibly b.
right, and proceed to the direct issue in the dis