The daily union., 1852-07-02
The Burdens on the Back OF the whig Party.

The Burdens on the Back OF the whig Party.
In March, 1s4s, the Albany Evening Journal-then, as
now one of the principal whg journals in the country
and now leading supporter of General Scot-wrote as
follows
81 the character of General Scott there is much very
much, to commend and admire But the mischief is,
ere WEAKNESS in all that he does about the presi-
deaey Immediately after the close OF the campaign OF
lS+0 he gratuous letter making himself can
dIdate, in which all Of nnwise things said to
return and plague his friends, If he should be candi-
date And since that time, with faulty which seizes
pom who get bewildered in gazing upon the White
House, he hns been suffering his pen 10 dim the glory
achieved by his sword"
Here is plainly stated the main weak point in the
OF the wing party On their own showing, the wings in
voting for their candidate vote at the same time for
great bundle OF weak, exploded political Judgments
OF prejudice, error, and sefcontradicton without
parallel in the history of any public in this country
Nor is this the worst The whig candidate is without,
for those aggravated political folles which have
dmmed the glory" OF his sword General Scot, has
been removed by his profession from the political field.
He has been called upon, by the exgences OF imme-
date political action and struggle form hasy political
judgments He has had full opportunity to deliberate.
He has been so placed iha, the most ordinary civil
capacity might have saved him from mistakes. His
tiers prudent and sia,ssmanlike and 10 this end,
10 take his own time for writing them. So situated,
he has been for the last years making up political
record which is very byword Of error and selfcon-
radction-the mock and jeer OF his opponents the ac
knowledged sorrow and shame Of his friends II is un-
deniable-no intelligent politician will leopard his repute
for by denying-that in these facts General Scott.
for the las, ten years, has given positive proof OF
Torh hob
other eminent public in this country This is the
fact which sDgs most keeny ha, bes, portion OF the
wbg party which is fred with Indignation at the over.
saughing Of Daniel Webster TO make way for Winfield
Scott as the wbig presidential candidate. Admitting
General Scotrs mastery OF bis profession, these men
say and say truly that such transaction is whg hu-
initiation
But the big bunders of their candidate are by no means
the only burden on the back of the wbg party Their
party position is utterly false. They can hardly produce
their ranks, the whole country through single
paper or a single mao cordially approving as a FIRST
choice both their candidate and their platform. Every
here-sveryphere-s, the North and at the Soutb-he
one is taken Offset against The other More than
his-the one bargained" against the other in their
convention; and their chief organs tell us that
the 'bargan" is branded all over with corruption and
disgrace |"
Worse still The Wing National Convention, in taking
its party ground by this "bagain" declaration OF whig
sentiment the Adjustment has given the loud lie te
the whole whg record OF the NORTH down in State
conventions and legislative and congressional votes To
catch votes. the whig party in National Convention alb
iured itself. The Tribune, when it "execrates the
platform, plants itself ndomitably on the undeniable
verify of the whig record.
The whg canvass is one great shirk. Seward shirks
place in the cabinet, well knowing. all know,
that he nominated General Scott, and will elect him IL
he be elected and therefore, whether in the cabne,
out of it, must control his administration. Scott him
self sbks-shamelessly shirkshis fierce native Amer
icanism. He sbirks the vital question of the veto He
.hrks goes far he dare in the preence of shrk
ing the commttssn Of the platform in regard TO the
public lands The platform itself sbirks the leading s-
sues which have made the wings party and in respect
to the sectional controversy is nothing bot a"coupt'
shirkng of the stern and reckless sectonalism which
dictated the nomination And finally, the nomination Of
Scott itself the sole basis of his Mexican battles and
in spite Of all his recorded political olles is what Tsy-
| lors nomination before tia scandaous shrk of
the whig "mora treason" in the Mexican wari
| The moral power of party is its opinions. Wha,
opinion does the whig party organized for this can