The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1852-05-14
rho difficulties in mo whIs Party.

ihe iessons WINCH tue history OF par
ties furnish are full of instruction, and
the elevation Of the Wing party TO power.
and the accidental succession Of Millard
Fillmore TO the highes, Office ia the
Unidn, has afforded another TO the many
valuable lessons taught by the Past. -
Filled with vauliing ambition, but un-
equal TO the demands upon his states.
manship, which,hs exigency of,he times,
and the lofty position to which he had
attained, made upon him, 10 his eagar
anxiety TO continue the power he had
accidentally ,Ihust upon him. Mr.. Fill,
more apostaiized from the limited sec.
tionalism OF his earlier career, not to
poize himself with the steadiness Of a
mind conscious Of grea. power, equally
between the con,ending factions Of his
time, but TO rush upon sectionalism as
ultra, and 4 position as unbalanced as
,ha, from which he had departed. The
ultra aboli,ionis' Of tho North, at once
and at one bound leaped forward and
constituted himselflhe especial guardian,
parasite, and protector Of that Southern
Slavery to which the whole pas. Of his
career had been one studied antagonism.
His new position was no. the effort Of
a man honest bu, misguided in his aim
to preserve the peace and prosperity Of
the Union, though such was the pretence
Of his partizans, butt, was the ministry
Of inscriptions Demagoguism, 10 crafty
his love OF continued power. The vast
patronage Of his high Executive Office.
TO carry Out his purposes, has been, with
the same view bestowed with the sole
object to minister TO his own advance
ment, until faithful and long tried and
distinguished members Of his own party
felt that 10 be other than Fiilmor6-men, h,
however true they might be as Wings,
was to find not only exclusion from Office,
but to be thrust from places already be.
slowed, unless they would sacrifice their
independence and their respect for better
and abler men Of their party than the
President.
This bending Of official patronage 10
individual agerandizemeni, this sacrifice
Of principle for. office, is already pro-
dncing its natural fruits-no, those which
were hoped for, but those which mus,
resul. in country, really free, from The
exercise Of coercive influences. And
we may here remark that these are moi
the only influences that have been used
The public purse has been opened %
unfpunded claims and the public wealth
has flowed profusely TO the supporters Of
Fillmore's administration ill the "Gal-
phinism" Of Whiggery has furnished new
word TO the vocabulary Of our language.
But the Mira pro.slavery position Of the
Presiden, instead Of promising TO return
Millasd Fillmore 10 power threatens OF
this time to break the party TO pieces.
The Wing Congressional Caucus after
fierce debate, after violent charges pre-
fered and retalia,ed, ended by The with
drawul Of prominent and influential
portion, Of the Southern delegation from
ibe caucus, and in their appeal in an ad
dress to the people, agains. the decision
there arrived at--a decision felt 10 be
fatal to Fillmore's prstensions--snd 10
demand that The platform Of Compromise
and Fugitive Slave Law fnaliiy should
be The measure Of their adherence. So
bitter has become the contest, arising out
Of these caucus differences, that Willie
P. Mangum in his place 10 the U. s.
Senate descended TO assault in the gross
est personalities Mr.. Brooks, prominent
Wing member Of the House of Repre-
senta,ives, who having married his South.
ern principles, was graiefu! enough for
the wealth The connection brought him,
and The fayors Of Administration added,
to render himself odious among his
Northern associates, (as he himself in
substance sta.es) by ais extreme anxiety
Cor Slavery ascendancy. Of course MI.
Brooks returned Rowland for MI. Man.
gums Oliver, and il would be very
pretty quarrel as il stands, and scarcely
worth notice we're il not that il is known
10 be correct index Of tne violence ol
controversy and i'll feeling which agilatesI
the whole Wing party, in consequence Of
M. Fillmore's over.zealousness since he
became proselyted from Abolhionism TO
Slavery propagandism. Even papers OF
the Wing party hostile TO Fillmore are
compelled 10 a violent position. The