Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1851-05-22
Not so Sensible.

No man can be the Wing candidate for the
next Presidency, with any chance of success.
tcho Is not openly .G1end Of The Compromise uiea-
sures o. the last Congress, and icho IS not piedged
10 ddhere 10 than strictly and honorqbig, as com
pact not 10 be broken or SET aside for any cause
,chateuer lie must not gre i mere formal sup
pert, but Il must he lcdB thorough, consistent and
patriotic. 1t must be such support as Clay
and Webster and Fillmore---aye, and even Cass
and Foote-have given TO it, and stand bound in
honor TO give IT. This COMPROMISE settled
so far the Slave states are concerned the Oues-
ton of slavery, and no attempt to destroy it, on
10 change is provisions, viii be tolerated BY the
people of the Slave states-or, we mint 90 fur-
Their and say, the friends of the Union anywhere.
rs beliere that this question Is 10 be the treat
and controlling element in The merit Presidential
election, loe could not look upon The professions Of
any mum iouh fduor tohO lcas not committed 10 he
sirici observance q The Compact by all the pledges
ichich a man Of honor should gire. If then, the
claims Of Gen. Scott, or Of any other man, are
to be pushed at this early day by his friends, his
views upon this question ought 10 be made known
with such dstnctness that any man of the COM
monest understanding can comprehend and put
faith IN them. We have no fear Of Gen. SCOTS
soundness on this question, but he is sustained
by men in the North who are avowed enemies of
the Compromise, and who would destroy it TO-
morrow, if they had the power and ,ce neuey
rciH trust such men IN public matters.
Undoubtedly the U.misor Journal will be
shocked to learn that there is an attempt still
persisted in, to make the Fugitive Slave act the
ereilisire TEST in the next Presidential election
Perhaps it will be somewhat vexed, if we add
that the "organ" of Mr.. Webster in Boston en-
dorses this new test, as most unequivocally sci
forth IN the preceding paragraph. We can't help
It, To our notion it is both cowardly and erin.
inal, to cry "peace peace !" when there lis nc
peace i, is treachefy to the Wing party, to per-
NIT it to be led blindiolded into the gulf of de-
spar.
Look you:
The next Wing candidate mnst avow himself
a jealous friend of the Fugitive Slave Law and
opposed to any change of its provisions No
other man will be " tolerated" by the South-no
other man will be "trusted" by the South. SET
that down as the ultimatum of Southern Wings.
Now suppose the Wings of the North say
this:
No man can be the Wing Candidate for the
next Presidency, unless he is openly pledged
"s"H't INC usitNS saw Law, anu 10 repeal or
modify it, No other man will be toieratedb the
North No other man will be trusted by the
North
What more just, more becoming more con-
slstent-nay, more imperative upon the North
than to meet Southern brayado by just exactly
such declaratoni Yet what folly, what mad
ness, thus to insure the defeat of the Wing par
ty, the loss of the Presidency, the sacrifice of our
principles, and endanger the Union ITSELF by thus
sundering the North and the South.
The men who give such counsels-be they
Northern men or Southern men, Wings OF Dem