Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1851-08-08
rscTV-YOrk Politics.

The Central Committee of the two wings o! the wing rar-
y in New York. having failed settlement Of the
affairs of the wing party to their mutual satisfaction the
subject taken i'll hand by the committee appointed by
the whig members of the Legislature. After consultation,
the three committees via the Legislative, Syracuse, and
Utica Committees published Il call for a Convention and
address, which speaks of the slavery question follows:
The wings of the State as a body, are in1exbly
opposed to the subsection of any territory of the
United States free. to laws imposing involunta-
~ Scrvitude, except as punishment for crime, and
they rejoice that proposition to that effect is now
pending or is likely to be presented while, at the
same time they unqualifcly acknowledge the right
of every sovereign State to regulate its own munich
pal institutions in such manner as It's people may
deem most conductive to their safety and happiness
without interference, directly indirectly, by citi
zenS OF other States subjects of other countries.
The Wings of this State will abide by the consti
tuition of the United States in all its parts and they
will receive its true meaning and construction from
the Judicial tribunals it has created for that purpose
and will always sustain and defend such decisions
as the law Of the land, until they reversed by
the same tribunals The laws of Congress and of
the State Legislatures pronounced constitutional in
the judicial tribunals must be enforced and implicit
" ohcycd. And while this is cheerfullv recognised
the duty Of all, subjects of the laws. vet the
right of citizens, voters, is equally undCnlable.
and they arc free to discuss, with full and mutual
regard the rights and interests of all parts of the
ContcdCracy. which it is necessary now to main
tain, as it was indispensable to achieve the blessed
union of these States.
1t is their undeniabIe right to discuss the cxpedi-
cncy of such laws and the propriey of any of their
provisions: and to seek by constitutional means,
their repeal or modification. All who animated
by sincere desire to preserve the Union unimpair-
ell, and the free institutions which it sustanS and
guarantees by which alone individual security. and
national peace and prosperity can be rerpetuated
must condemn all attempts to resist defeat, render
Intellectual any laws passed by constitutional ma orr
ties of legislative bodies, in either the Federal OF
State government and the Wings Of New York viii
ever be found prompt to render patriotic acQucs
ccnce in all such laws.
The national admiration is entitled to the conf
dcnce and support of the Wings of New York, fol
the eminent ability and patriotism which have char
actcrizcd its measurcS-for its successful manage
mcnt of our foreign atftirS-thc generous sympathy
it has exhibited towards oppressed people strug
CLING for frcedom-he force and dignity with whicl
it has maintained the right to indulge such sympa
thy and with which it has rebuked the threats 0
an imperiouS government to violate the immunitie
of an accredited public agent. and the determination
1t has cYinced to repress and defeat all movement
tending to impair the public faith. and all unlawful
enterprise calculated to disturb the public peace
and provoke civil war, or to sever, weaken tn
relations OF any State with the Union.
The call afterwards alludcs to the Wing Stat
administrations and closes by calling the State Con
ycnton at Syracuse, the 18th ofSeptembcr next.
From this, it is plain that the wing party of New Yor
have finally planted themselves upon the Wlmot Provisc
which is the nndoubted meaning paragraph
also that they will obey the fugitive slave while
VT agitate and vote for its repeal This is getting
platform Of the whole Northern whig party