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rate organization Of lie Union mes. " that State,
irrespective OF the Wing and Dem cratic parties.
A prominent Union man himself, and on actor 10
the recent struggle between the Union and Souta-
ern Rights parties in Alabama. gfcsfer weight
will Of be given to the positions he assumes
than If he were mere speculator on political Geo.
Monty.
] Without doubling his patriotic motives, and
chcerfuly bearing witness TO h scandor and frank
ness desire, nevertheless, to controvcrt some Of
his positions and to call in question the fairness OF
some Of his deductions
| The honorable gentleman's premises are, that
both the Wing and Democratic parties are unsound
upon the question Of The Compromise; and hence
The necessity Of third party TO save the Union 10
prove the correctness OF THE position he has gone
into an analysis Of the vote Of Congress- In the pas
sage Of those measures and the vote Of Congress re
Gently upon Mr.. Jackaon's resolution and Mr. Hill.
yer's amendment, Us vol as The votes in the Wing
and Democratic caucuses. So far at least the votes
of Congress are concerned in the passage of those
measures and their late re-ehdorsemeht, do not
| think the honorable gentleman is well sustained,
| as it was by the votes Of Wings and Democrats
| that those results were contaminated. AS to the
vote in the Democratic caucus, refusing to rccog-
Mise the Compromise AZ a fnalty, have nothing
TO say; that is matter that belongs peculiarly to
the Democratic party, and leave il IN their own
hands. But in regard to the vote in the late Wing
| caucus, upon Mr.. MarshalPs resolution, main
tain that he has done great injustice to those who
voted the resolution out of order. will quote his
language:
"But in the late Wing caucus. met with view
to fixing the time and place OF holding WING
National Convention, the same resolution in effect,
offered by MIR. Marshall. OF Kentucky, was ruled
out OF order by the Chair; and, upon appeal taken
from that decision, i 1.-THE decision) was sustained
by vote Of forty six to twenty one, those sustain
ing the decision being by far the greater part
Now, agreeably to his own statement, the eau
Gus met to fix the time and place or holding the
convention, and not for the purpose of making a
platform for the Wing party, nor for any other
purpose.
Therefore. the Chair decided rightly. and was
sustained rightly, by southern men and by north
ern men, no matter in what proportion.
If that caucus had entertained that resolution'
it would have bsen assumption of power which
wns never delegated to it, and would have been
received with indignity by the Wing party every
where. II is not fair to infer. therefore, that those
who opposed that resolution opposed to the
Compromise; and the honorable gentleman will
see upon reflection that he has, unnten tionally no
doubt, done injustice, not only to Mr.. Mangum,
but TO those who sustained his decision.
His effort to identify those who voted against
| Mr. Jackson's resolution and Mr.. Hillyer's amend
ment with the Southern Secedcr and Northern
Abolitionist' -common disturbers of the peace and
conspirators against the liberties Of the country
il almost equally disingenuous. He ascribes to
them the language: Through defeated, we are not
subdued; and 80 soon as an opportunity presents
itself, will again attempt to destroy the Const
tuition, and ovcrturn the Government under which
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but will not complain of the severity if bis con
sIr0ction 10 the proper one.
Let sec. Those resolutions in the
ture Of a dcciaratory act. in rcafficmance Of the
law. Before condemn those who voted against
| them, let Us inquire whether not their passage
| was necessary. Ii the Compromise not a
fnaliy before the passage of the resolutions. did
they, by virtue Of their passage, become after
| wards? II they fnality before the passage
Of the resolutions, there any necessity for ag
taing the subject and exciting the country merely
to minister 10 the ambition of demagogues and
uselessly consume the time of Congress in still
moro useless discussion! IL neither Of the above
propositions be answered afhrInatively, were
| Wing members OF Congress, who in favor OF
the fnaiity Ut the Compromise measures, under
any obligation to crafty Mr. jackson. who is
n Southern Rights Dcmocrat;" and Mr.. Hillyer,
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lutions offered by them merely to manufacture
Democratic capital out OF, aud for no other pur
pose? ] know OF at least one Wing member Of
Congress who opposed those resolutions, on the
ground that such action was uncalIed for, and was
nugatory in itself 1t is quite reasonable to sup.
pose that many others actuated by similar
motives, especially when we remember that these
same men have never agitated either the repeal or
modification OF the Compromise in any Of it's parts.
but express willing acquiescence in all Of the
mcasures included in the scrics.
Having now, as ! conceive, met the arguments
| Of the honorable gentleman, wish to suggest 20
! him and 20 his constituents the improperly Of
forming a Sectional party. for the purpose OF opc
rating upon the result II Presidential election.
The consequence nationally TO be expected ia tho
formation Of anagonistic Sectional party, which
must lead. sooner later, to dissolution Of the
Union. No matter by what names those parties
may be known Union or Disunion-.hc tendency
will be the same. Geographical partieP, il ever
formed in this country, will be the certain augury
Of ruin. The Father Of his Country" fore,aw.
aud warned HE countrymen, in all coming time, TO
beware Of this danger LIT not his ,oaching he in
vain. The wing party have before the coun
| try three distinguished individuals whose names
| are spokcn e in connection with tho Presidency.
All Of them are known to be Compromise mea and
| men Of undoubscd frmncss. All Of them arc
Americans in the true Of the term, and Union
men.
The Union party in Alabama, Georgia. and Mia
sissippi, il is admitted on all hands, s the Wing
party. The gentleman himsclfis Wing Nov
I ask, in all candpr. docs he and the Union party
wsh 10 seeede from the Wing party, and form a
sectional party, and finally sscsde from the Union
Ponder these things we'll.
A COMPROMISE WIG.
/ WAsHISeToS, May 6, 1854
| Az ACCOMPLISHED FEMALE SwISpLER.-Yes.
tcrday afternoon officer Of the mayors police
arrested female about twenty-one years VI age,
| named Ann Eliza Burns, alias shaw, alias Black,
| alias Spindlcr, on the charge Of pcrpctratng .
mcrous imposilions and frauds, and committing
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