The daily union., 1852-11-11
The Whir party-lts Prospects.

We give the reader to-day editorial article from the
New York Tribune, source whence rarely draw
lessons OF instruction. The article in question is elab
orate, maurey considered, and abundanuy suggestive
The Tribune is the organ of the controlling wing OF the
whg party, and consequently possesses power and
wields wider influence than any other whix journal in
the country. As its suggestions may be supposed to
oreshadow the future policy Of the abolition wings the
subjoined article will command great attention. Here
have the candid confession of the leading whis jour
nal of the country, that''th whig party is not merely
discounted, but annitiatsd" that it "can never be
rallied again" Propositions for The resuscaton of the
whg party considered and the project ofthe national
wings TO purge it OF Sewardisn" is dismissed with the
simple but pregnan, remark tha, this TO the
play OF Hamle, with the par, of Hamlet omitted
In another column will be found very sensible article
from The New York Sunday Times, "a Journal belonging
neither of the political par,ies which presents just
view OF the present condition of The whg party Like
the Tribune, the Times regards the wing party annh
lated The expectation OF sagacious minds is that upon
the ruins of The whg party is to be erected vast abo
ton party embracing all The anti slavery elements in the
country. The Tnbune's dsquisition upon " Seward
ism" will not tend 10 dispel this apprehension:
SEwARprsn Whoever shall write the history of the late
political contest will have record the disa failure
attempt to enforce upon the whig party an outward
uniformity Of opinion and action with regard TO human
slavery For this uniformity there Is foundation either
In tradition northern and southern people have
always regarded slavery with very different eyes, and,
long as 1t shall exist among probably always viii. Ia
national convention, in congressional in
asscnblsge claiming speak in behalf Of the whizs OF the
whole Union, was there assumption Of power TO
create declare uniformity this subject prior this
present 1852 MessrS Toombs and Stephens did indeed
tempt 10 force such declaration The congressional eau
December, 1919, but their repuse signal and
conclusive. leaving them only the old of dee >nx
the party they could control The second auomp, OF
the kind made by the opponsnts of General Scouts
nomination in tho last Baltimore oonventou--w With what
success has been told the succeeding and its
result.
Another extraordinary feature Of the late canvass was the
virtual Of the magnstes and usnal ger
Of both the great paries powerfully aided though
such evident malice pepense by those Of the third party
to hunt down and crush single individual, and he
candidate for office, and nowse connected with the dspen
sston Of spoils Governor Seward only holds post
Of influence under the present Naturalization,
but he stood expressly pledged to reus. any under the
next, had General Scott been chosen No matter what
have been the result OF the he would
have remained what he is, and for hres years
continue bea senator from the State of New York
And yet against him have the batteries Of the vioto
host been pointed throughout the canvashe fire of
the traitors in the whg camp has all been aimed AL his de-
voted head Members OF Congress- electors of President
and orders Of no,sbcs have rcnounccd the whg
party, by which they have hitherto been honored and
cherished, win oiher nvowed than this
that General Scott the +" Sc s~nrd candidate" and
therefore be crushed Seward - "Seward Z, sew
ard !" has been the burden OF our adversares' song
from the ouset-the theme which tho Satanic press
expended ball h venom, and which the journals sob
sistinx advertisements OF and children for sale
have cxpatated with uncqn allied perssence and fcrvor
The whig poenates who have given their and
names toward the promotion and support OF "Webst r
Union" tickets have done feed fat their grndHe
against Scott bat against Seward To that end have
camille wings by thoHssnds either refused Tor Pres
dent a, ALL voted plump for Pierce and Knsready
merely defeat but to eonihate the wing party IL they
Oh thereby dsnolish Seward To this end TOO, have
extra exefons been put forth by tho bsrnburnes, who
recresucy and shame be efsced
from the public recollection so long Governor Seward
in the Senate, faithful hs principles
vcons which have rendered his dees,ed by every
rs6cker in human slnews-by every pcrpetatot OF e-
gslized vlanes throughout the civilized world
Weil the conspiracy of srissocrst with iscobin slave
trader with ssrsrsn Pearl with the Five Points,
been crowned with unmeaued General Scott is
overwhelmingly defeated md The whg party dis
comhied, but annibiated We have prophr,so and
mako no preensions TO reading the future but do