Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1851-07-17
More Support for the "Compro-
mise Wing Administration"

mise Wing Administration
Our Tribune neighbor has been laboring
hard. Of late, TO show how very bright the
prospects Of the whis party are, AMI how
much important assistance is to be derived
from the present Iyaig Compromise administra.
nonI We have been disposed to dissent from
our neighbor's views, but since the doings of
the whig State Convention of Pennsylvania
have been made known. it would hardly be
decorous to hold out longer. He who can
doubt thst the wings of Pennsylvania will
support the present whig compromise adminis-
tration we would invite TO examine the fol-
lowing proof
The present Governor, Johnston, was nomi-
mated for reelection, without division. In
accepting the nomination, he is reported to
have spoken frankly and freely on the com
promise measures. He declared that ''he never
should have voted for the Texas Boundary
bill. nor the Fugitive Slave law; but the CONF
promise bills are disposed of-the questions
me set,led-the controversy these vcxcd
subjects has been adjusted the Fugitive Slave
law is the law of the land it demands our
obe,iience. and no honest or right-mindrd man
will resist it but the law is still within reach
of amendment; it is not necessarily an abso-
lutte and perfect Law; it is Just as open to dis
cussioR and modification as the Tariff act Of
lS4e The wing party has always been par
~ OF law and order. While the law remains
on the statute book, viii abide by it but
If this law could be amended and made per-
feet, he would if called upon to VOTE support
she amendment. He said the people were told
not to ask for this amendment for fear of dis
union but he did not think that any act
of Congress could dissolve the Union--it would
take long years to poison the public mind to
such an extent that would entertain the idea
Of dissolution. and he esteemed it the duty of
every man to teach his neighbor the imp ossi-
bility Of disunion."
1t is we'll known that Johnston's predilec-
lions are of the abolition school, and his nomi
nation made For the purpose of conciliating
abolition support. Among the prime movers
of the Convention was,Thaddeus Stevens,
somewhat noted abolitionist, and nothing is
more clear than that the W ebs,er and Fillmore
or ,chig Compromise administration wings,
W ere beaten out and out Johnston had made
himself peculiarly obnoxious to the administra-
ton for his officia; anti compromise course and
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES its opposition was
directed against him. His administration was
marked by his refusing to sign bill allowing
Of tba iails En- ha cI,stnhy Ot
runaway slaves.
But let us look at the further acts of the
Convention. The resolutions probably speak
the sense of the body, and among them was
one in favor of a high tariff and especially upon
iron. The following was reported in respect
70 the slavery compromises =
Resolved. That the adj ustment measures
of the last Congress shall be faithfully observed
and respected by the wings
Pending the question on the adoption of
these resolutions John NJ Scott, of Phiadel-
phia, moved the insertion of the following,
an amendment -
Resolved, That the provisions of the Con-
stitution, in reference to the rendition of tu.i-
tives held to service or labor, demand, ard
shall receive from our party, faithful, manly,
and unequivocai support"
On the adoption of this amendment, long
and exciting discussion sprans up.
This, of course, means nothing more than
that the Compromise measures should be obey
cd as laws, cli!e thy rsmain on the sta t,ae
BOOK!
But the most significant act was the non,ina-
tion Of General Scott for the Presidency! We
find him nominated alongside of the abolition
ist Johnston, by this mongrel convention, not
withstandng the opposition of the Compromise
wing administration ! This places Scott fairly
in the field, as the candidate of free soil rhig-
gerry, and whether in harmony with the admin
istration we leave it for our brother to say!