The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-04-29
CITY OF WASHINGTON.
TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL go, 1854.

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TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL go, 1854.
The Distinction between che Dsasecr.tio and wing
Parties.
We not surprised at the sensityeness manifested
by the editor OF the Republic noticing the suggestions
forced upon by retrospect of the origin and prog OF
abolitonsm and free solsm that they are the natural
fruit OF the of the wing party for series OF years
back That the present advocates OF this party should
pines when facts produced showing the justice OF
such suggestions is quite natural the power which
belongs TO the victims of certain chronic Diseases whose
feelings. il is known, often denote changes in the amos
phre with accuracy than any of The instruments
yet discovered as ueaiher tests. Thus, when we re-
feIred the other day 10 Sas Wright. OF New York.
an example Of orthodoxy the great principle which
involved the character OF the two parties that daythe
very same principle against which the wings as party
were organized, and which is mbodied in the Com
promise OF the last session Of Congress- the necessary
don Of the preservation Of the Unionwhat the reply
of the editor Of the Republic Why that Sas Wight
philosophical ocotocoa hsartlss, p!seisss, cau-
la.ing, eoldbooded poician,oho looked upon Fa
staff regarded the ragged regiment Coventry food for
der, food for poaDdrand rho carried out his political game
Nth lille real reference TO the interests od feelings Of the
people he all The uhi handling hs paons Of chess
board lie looked at every ,c single eye. One
question only suggested ITSELF to his mind: Hon. Is this question
politically to affect the country oO ,c effect the pocer Of
The administration, and my pocsr in that cosnsron
this principle that he opposed the system Of Internal i'm
prorsmsn the State Of NC York. and kept her back at least
years the march Of progrsss and impressed this policy
his adersnis and oossrs, TIL dozen democratic
resignig their seats and seeking repoonae the gov
Of the STATE rather than submit improvement pot
icy chich majority Of both branches Of the legislature bssrsd
to be both constitutional and trpedient Mr. Wghrs ideas
all behind The age and the spirit Of the age He born
for the black brsh and ron-oney days Of Sparta. He voud
check progress rard the development Of national rtorces
break doom the Institutions under ,ohich had condry
properea make the rich poor and the poor poorer, anaie
canals and raiIroadsand all merely political induce
sn because, manager and dOcrnare he believed that
easily controlled and governed by politicians
chsn they ~ere impoverished and because the pour pa-
onage rhich had been accumulated in The general government
could be made better purpose 10 the party in adurss
than in prosperous times"
So, also, when quote Mr. Wade, the new senator
OF Ohio, and Mr. Sumner, OF Massachusetts, as having
been wings in their antecedens. and refer 10 their
language proofs OF assertions the answer u.s. 1--WE
is possible that he may sometimes have voted the wing
ticket, but he nominated wing candidate.
His first appearance candidate was in the character of
free soler, in opposition MIR. Winthrop for the rep
resenative of Boston in the lower House Of Congress"
This does not weaken the force of suggestion that Mr.
Sumner obtained his political education from the whgs and
,bathe perhaps, no, responsible for the evils which
have resulted from the general doctrines OF his party
than many OF Its present leaders who invoking
the njunctions OF the constitution against abolitionism
and freesosn. The truth is, that the difference be.
tween Mr.. Winthrop and Mr.. Sumner, at the period the
Republic has selected TO make the comparison of their
party riis, very small that requires opties keen
to pha not 10 be SEEM 10 detect it, Even long after
this PERIOD Mr. Wnhrops merits consisted in idle decla-
nation against the annexation OF Texas because
slave State and in uniform opposition every feature
OF The recent Compromise except the which admit
ted California State leaving, in the language of Mr.
Clay, call the other wounds bleeding"
Let ask, then, what practical difference there was,
when Mr. Winthrop elected TO Congress- between him
and MIR Sumner-wLat difference that should now damn
the one low and exo the other so high far as the in
fuence OF aboonism to be put down, and the ineg-
ry Of the Union preserved against fanatcism which
every body knew would pursue its objects regardless OF
all law except that higher insisted on by Mr.
Seward We think that very few OF the wing party at
that day rejected Mr. Winthrop because he shared in the
general current which received abolition as a means OF
weakening the democratic platform and we are conf
dent that Mr. Sumner owed his defeat less his zeal as
aboliionist than the conviction that that zeal was
premature not available in carrying forward the great
work Of installing the wing party in the administration Of
the federal government
Now, the editor Of the Republic must admit that
there. is in the history, position, and hopes OF no
democratic leader any ground for the mpuation held
out that the democratic party has admitted TO its
bosom aboli,onist a fressoer. We agree that in
Massachusetts and ready to agree, Also tina,
portions OF New York and Ohio. members of this party
have separated from the great body OF their brethren
but say, the time, that these portions OF errng
s,u,ed large majority in the abolition districts. These
democrats in any contingency then possible, had
the slightest prospect Of political such districts.
and may therefore, have ncau,ousy acted upon the prn
cple that they had legitimate right TO their votes
according TO their estimate Of the general meri, of the
wing leaders asprants -
Does the editor OF the Republic expect to escape the
responsibility Of opposing the justice of the above obser
walton by stating that Mr. Van Buren, consented be de-
nominated free -soiers II so, tell him that real
democrat ever sustained Mr. Van Buren, except on the
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