The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-05-03
Political .JuRglerY.


the series of resolutions adopted by the Wing
Convention of Missouri, one of which declared
"That the Wings of Missouri will not support
any candidate for the State or National Legs-
lature, or for the Office Of President or Vice
President of the United States, unless he be
known or believed to be in favor of the Com
promise measures as final settlement of the
slavery question:" The Union is Mortified at
our silence " in regard to resolution which is,'
in its opinion a deliberate surrender of the
Wing party to the candidate of the higher law
men," The omlnous factis cited as crushing evil
dence Of political jugglery" for, in the estima-
ton of the Union, the phrase ''beleved to be" is
susceptible of an Interpretation favorable to the
pretensions of Abolitonists, if such should
chance to be candidates for offices in the gift of
the people. On that phrase believed to
be"-our neighbor constructs string of dan
gers as the possible consequences of the adop-
ton of the Missouri standard With the ut
most Difference TO our contemporary, we sub
init that this assumption of alarm is utterly be-
meath It's dignity and the occasion; that this
kind OF distorted inference would not pass mus
ter IN the address of special peader, however
hard pushed for the semblance of an argument:
and that it is simply ridiculous when applied to
the proceedings of a convention whose members
declared their adherence TO the Compromise as
finality, and their attachment, to PRESIDENT
distinguished for his unwaverng enforcement
Of the Fugitive Slave law.
With regard to the implied charge of con-
nlvance at piece of political jugglery," we
have only TO remark that within forty-eight
hours Of the publication of the Missouri reso-
lutions we had placed upon record our opinion
las to the proprIety and necessity Of insisting
upon the recognition of the policy of the Com.
promise"
Is II ungenerOus TO imagine that the imputa.
ton of political jugglery" springs from our
contemporaries evident Partially for legerde
mainl We will not say that this is the case.
but merely that circumstances strongly favor
the presumption. We will specify some of
these circumstances, and leave the reader TO
determine whether they do not smack strongly
Of the juggler's art.
In the very column which calls us to &C.
count for keeping cool in sight of the words
'believed To be-" the Union publishes, with
out protest, the proceedings of the Michigan
Democratic Convention which. though recon-
mendlng General CAss for the Presidency. ad-
journed without any mention of the Compro-
mise! The Union was thrown into convul-
sions by forced and unjust construction Of the
words of Wing Convention; but, neverthe-
less, mustered nerve to proclaim. with com
posure, the palpable lodging" of its Demo
cratic friends. 1t is Mortified by imaginative
dangers 10 Missouri, but perfectly complacent
IN presence of actual dangers in Michigan.
That is circumstance the first.
The second is, that though unable to receive
three words-"beeved to be''-the Union has
managed to swallow, and apparently to digest
whole batch of monstrosities perpetrated in
this State of Missouri. The platform of the
Wing Convention was so comprehensive and
so emlnently conservative that the Union
found it necessary TO expend its strength in
demolshing verbal phantom. On the other
hand. the platform Of the Democratic Conven-
ton-also of hlssouri-dispayed piebaId
series Of planks that has called forth express
sions OF amazement from every quarter Of the
compass-saving only that occupied by the
! Union. 1t is platform of chameleon hue, de-
signed to serve :" the sunny South" and yet to
be available in the murky North a very in
genious contrivance, but very unprincipled
Harmless words wont pass with our neighbor
but mischlevous things go down without a
murmur. Is not this straining at a gnat and
swallowing camel
There is yet another circumstance illustra-
tive OF our superstition. The Union persists in
propounding the notion that the Democratic
party can alone be trusted to maintain the
| Compromise. In the face of facts. it repre-
sents northern and southern sections 10 be
united in support of il and calls upon the Union
party of Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi
| to join the Democratic organization, with the
| full assurance that the National Democratic
Convention will endorse the Compromise
uniledly, and without reservation. But while
industrious in its search after items favorable TO
this felicitous view of affairs, the Union never
manages To pick nm the facts that mint in nm