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question, when applied TO the two
great political parties Of the couatry. |
I be obsolete coddition Of the former
q erishcd measures al ID principles Of
q e whig party, does not lessen the
importance of this momentous en-
qpiry Let no one mistake himself
50 much as to conclude that it is of
little consequence with which of these
parties he acts. The futility of wing
measures having been verified by time
and experience, and the Willingness
Of the wings to admit it, by their
past efforts to get up new issues,
should double the confidence Of the
democracy in the soundness of their
creed, and admonish the wings not to
be 50 deluded in the future. Even if
they are sincere in abandoning their
former positions, and have no desire
to .resurFect them, the whig is not
the safe party to act with, even on
the new issues its members have at
tempted to spring. We aHude to
the Compromise, and the Union
We know the wings Of the South.
have set up claim to being the es-
pecial G uarlians Of both Of these.
We know they have been singing ho-
sanaas TO the Compromise, and. aver
that they are the best friends Of the
Uniols d t the same time denouhcing
without stint or measure all who dis
agree with them in the smallest par
tlcqlar. Who among Us is 50 fdrget-
FIJI, as not to remember the t hunts
ahl insults offered by the VIII IS to
the democracy, during the las4 can
yaSk in Tennessee, because they ex-
cfcl sed that freedom. Of which every
AM eriGan should be proud to boast:
dhe privilege to speak of men and
measures just as they esteem meri-
torious. The wings not only insisted
that Judge CampbeH should be elect
ed Governor because Of his position
on, the Compromise, but that the
wing party North and South was the
Compromise party; and, from this
consideration, it would be imprudent
to trust any other. The opposition
Of the democratic party to the Com
promise, say the wings, render them
unworthy and unsafe; and that the
ferpetuation of our happy form Of
government is suspended upon the
continuance Of the wing party in
power. In proof Of this, they added
the additional assertion, that the whig
party alone was in favor Of max
ing the Compromise a final settle
ment of the slavery agitation, in Con
gress aud elsewhere and the democ-
racy opposed This cry received a
new impetus imnq diately after the
result Of caucus Of a few compro-
mise members to Congress was made
known which assembled early last
winter Added to this, they referred.
to the refusal Of similar caucus of
atportion of the democratic members
to consider the Compromise finaFty
Tae history Of these transactions is
so well known, as to render it mne-
cessary for US to say more than to
aver that the action of neither could
be justly regarded as an expression
of the respective parties upon the
subject under consideration. Now,
to put every other question aside,
and make the fnality Of the Com
promise the test, We aBsert that the
whig party will not do TO trust, and
if the salvation of this government
is dependent upon the whig party s.
making the Compromise L final set
Element, we have much TO fear for its
future continuance The lovd praiseI
Of the Compromise, coming from the
lips of nearly every wing in the
South, may presuppose us the base
demagogue, or greatly wanting in,
confidence, upon reliable evidence.
Nevertheless, We submit to the read !
er,s own judgment, if the facts devel-
oped by recent Whig action on this
subject will NOT Justly us. and 90