The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-09-12


action SO far as l am concerned.
Very truly, yours,
Colonel T. b. BErHEA.
Tho Wing Party aboIltlsnIzs the North, and dv.
Ing out the south.
The following complete and forcibe statement on ,hu
subject is made by the Chambers Tribune, 1hg Journal
Of Alabama. 1t shows not only that this southern whf
print has the sagacy to discern the TRUTH but the ma
to make frank confession of it. Its statements Of
fact and its predictions alike worthy Of notice We
commend them TO our readers:
The Whig party at the South, party, 10 deadas
ackere BY the presidential election, will be dfcuho
find individual specimens OF that species of the great fam.
lily of politicians.
The of this extinction is obvious The sessra.
rule OF wtig affinity North is The exceptions,
barely sufficient to establish tere We do know why
this bue fact apparent the face of the hsasss
Southern rtore, cannot longer act Nth The ~atiosa
phig party We in the South had any immediate
tere in the establishment Of the protective system but,
acting in good faith TO northern allies, the southern wing
party tied itself unpopular ssue and fell with it. Ths
return which have received for this is general a.
OF northern whggery with abotionsm, much The
same thing, free soilsm.
The northern democracy, general rule, soxsd
the slavery question be confessed that otmo
cratic rule Of contuonaf construction Eauors the South
and although this is bitter corcesso~ rhig PRIDE
TRUTH candor AID manliness all compel rs S,tsranee
The resu OF this condition of public sentiment Noh
and South. wA be apparent before the prsdestia %
The Uaion tchig of several of the southern Satcss
making ready enlist for the support OF the ~atio~a demo
cratic nomination. ~ert Tor it is general son,mon.
a mong Union men Of all atfnes, that DHuNoNisn
ONLY EFFEcrUALLY ROUTED DEMOCRACY.
The old Jloson guard the be relied mainly
accomplish the tDork"
1t is hardly necessary to state how completely this
view of the state of things at the North is confirmed by
the whole sequence OF recent political events The gen
eral Reputation Of President Fillmore by the northern
wings. because Of his adherence to the Comprehensive
presentment of General Scott the wing candidate by
successive whg entons under the lead Of the most
active and eminent wing ee.soilers OF New York,
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, and Michigan--the
press condition under which he Is nominated, that
the South is TO take him ri,toa pisdga-ihs re-
pudiation OF the Compromise 4 final Adjust
ment by every northern whig State convention which
assembled since that measure passed--all plainly
show that e general rule of northern wAix porty a{
fnity is oboiuionward" How, indeed can southern
wings anticipate anything else when they remember tk
nd,spuabe fact that during the years 1915 and 1897 The
northern wing party, in its entirety. and every northern
State, was, in literal sctnese, Wimot. proviso fires.
soil orgdnsation-that every whig in Office ut that time
north OF Mason and Dixions line, whether under the
federal government or the State governments, was
eagued with that organization, and that the provso.
doctrine all through the northern States was proclaimed
to be cardinal and unchangeable doctrine OF the Wig
pary' We challenge the production Of single Instance
in refuation OF what have stated a. to the unanimous
provsosm OF the Official men OF the whg pary-afrming
that, at the time referred to, both President Fillmore and
Mr. Webster, together with all the northern members Of
General Taylors cabinet and all the northern members Of
he cahi ~
of our assertion OF course then. the irresistible ten
dency OF the northern wing party is towards free soism
With this the southern wing OF the party must affiliate,
il must die out,
Look now a, the South How completely are the con.
cusons OF the southern whg journal we have quoted
confirmed! In Mississippi, Georgia. and Alabama. the
wing party, as party, not in the field In those States
the entire population democrats and wings ,oxether-s.
rushing mp to the polls every instance under democratic
lead and organisation throw the vote which, under
the circumstances they deem best fitted to defend their
section from tina, further slavery aggression to which
the whig party OF the North, both heretofore and now,
has shown itself prone. This lie the history Of the
canvass for Governor Collier in Alabama and up TO this
time for Messs Foo,e and Qutman in Mississippi, and
MesHs. Cobb and Mcdonald in Georgia. In Kentucky
and Tennessee the general fact appears in another
FORM In Tennessee the wings declined all party issues
but the Compromise, and, losing the congressional dele
CATION, almost two TO one, by the election OF seven dem
ocatic congressman fully in favor of the maintenance
of the Compromise final Adjustment. elected Gov.
Campbell on the sumpton-fase we think-thath he
really resolved than Governor Tousdae to abide by
the Compromise In Kentucky, too, the wings have been
defeated in the gubernaorial canvass in no small
urc by the tendencies OF the wings there toward.
cipation as shown by The wing vote for Cassins M.
Clay.
The inference from these facts at the North and The
South is irresistible To maintain the Compromise /" q
final Adjustment OF the sectional controversy the preva
lent sentiment and fixed purpose OF the South. So to
regard and maintain it is the settled policy OF the north
en democracy. Thus more, as in Jeersons day ID
the mass of the northern democracy the "natuyai a
Of the South. The movements OF parties there showa
deep instructive conviction OF this fact And under
democratic administration, pledged the principles OF
Jefferson and Jackson, and pledged also to uphold the
Compromise A. final adjustment. the South will rscos'
Mise the palladium Of its peacs and liberty