Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1852-11-26
The Wing Party--The Free Democracy.

confesses the Wing party to have been annihilated
in the late Presidential contest but hi. brethren of
that party, with more zeal and less reason insist
upon it that they yet full of life, and power,
and vgor, and in 1856 will come again boldly up
to the scratch. We think the facts and philosophy
of the times confirm decidedly Greeley's view OF
the case. And here let us premise, that but very
few persons engaged in these contests comprehend
the real moving causes, and hence are without in
tellgent opinions with reference to the results in
volyed. The late election surprised both parties,
not less the victors than the vanqushed, proving
that neither comprehended the influences at work.
Such being the fact, we need not now from these
same sources, look for any more intelligent opin-
ion as TO the future than we have had as to the
past. We have found "there is a divinity that
shapes our ends, rough hew them as we will, i" and
our whig brethren may prophecy and vaunt as their
zeal or Indignation, or both may prompt, but ina
nifest destiny" has them in charge and they will be
compelled to yield to Fate, if not TO any other pow
err Letu then glance at facts and the philosophy
that pertains to them and we shall get a more in
telligent idea as the future than we can gather
from the representations or boasts of the whole
whig press of the Union.
The Wing party is a conservative or opposition
party and of necessity all the life vitality it has
is obtained from the position of the democratic or
progressive party. If there is nothing to oppose
the party opposes nothing, it has no vitality and
is dead. The late election did not annihilatc the
wing party; it simply demonstrated the fact that
the party had died before, and that there was no
such party. The Democratic party proposed its
mcasures-the Wing party took no issue with it !;
and of course must from that moment have been
without vitality or force and entirely incapable Of
success which fact the election has clearly demon
strated.
What then is to bring this defunct party to life,
or upon what is it to rally and reorganize? Sup
pose we admit, as is claimed, that the bank the
tariff, internal Improvements, &c. entered into the
late contest, certainly the condemnation by the pco
pie of the Wing policy has been emphatic enough
to prevent any further clinging to it, so that, we
say again. whence is to come the life of this party
Manfestly from one source only, and that is OPP
position to the measures and policy of the ncom-
ing administration, and the character of this rcor
ganizcd party must depend Oh the nature of the
cause that gives it birth. And what will be the
nature ofthis cause? 1t cannot be derived from any
of the issues which originally made the parties, for
the wings took no issue with their opponents, or
if any of the issues started by Greeley and others
on their own hook did enter into the canvass, they
have certainly been put beyond controversy by the
action of the people, hence it must be derived from
measures to be developed by the party in power
These measures we apprehend can have but one
character for the reason that but one idea, purpose
or motive lays at the bottom of the creation of the
incoming power. We do not mean to say that
but one motive animated all who voted for Pierce.
We mean to say that Pierce was not made Presi-
dent by the people, for the people never thought of
him until he was nominated, and the power which
nominated and therefore made him, was the one
idea of the pcrpetuity, propagation, and extension
of slavery this is what we mean. The measures
of the administration then can have but one char
acter and that in accordance with the power and
purpose which made it. Already by the party
presses, from the Washington Union up to the Kc
nosha Democrat is the acquisition of Cuba put
forth the first step in the programme of the new
administration. Not word about any thing that
the Wing party has protested to be interested in,
nothing butthc acquisition of all the contiguous SOU
thcrn territory, Cuba being first in order. And is
any one in doubt as to the object of this acquisi
ton! Why do not these men propose TO 60 to war
with England for the acquisition of Canada as we'll
as with Spain for Cuba? Not word about Can
ada although in every point of view it is worth
more to us than Cuba and for the simple reason
that Slavery wants the latter but not the former.
This then being of necessity the character of the
administration, the position that the opposition
must take is equally a matter Of necessity and
equally clear.
Now we do not suppose that the party already
organized in opposition to slavery extension is 60
ing to swallow the late whig party, nor do we sup
pose that the whig party from chagrin or any 9th
cr motive will march over in body and enlist I'M
der the banners of the Free Democracy, but we do
suppose that the late wing party is disorganiz' d
and dissolved, and that those who composed it will
seek new afinies which will connect them with
existing issues, each according bis predictions
1t cannot be doubted that a large share of the
wings are quite as we'll pleased with the election
of Pierce as they would have been with Scott, and
il is a matter of little doubt that this class of
wings will go in to the support of Pierces admin,
iStration. But thcra is another, and probably a
larger class that have such procvticS, and will
naturally array themselves against this slavery
principle and propagandiSm, and ofcoursc substan-
TALLY move on to the Free Democratic ground.
This result seems to us inevitable, and our wing
brethren may vociferatc they please about the
immutahility Of the Wing party, yet one of these
two things fate has in store for each and every
of them, and their free agency extends no further
than a choice between them.
Thus conclude to the present and future
of what was the wing party.
And this conclusion leads us very naturally TO
consider the prospects of the anti-savcrv prOpaca-
ton and extension party. Here the first and most
prominent, as well most gratifying fact that ap-
pears is, that all other issues fairly wiped out
and we are hereafter to have fair and undisgui-
scd contest in this matter 1t cannot be denied or
doubted that vast number of men voted for Pierce
who arc in sentiment opposed to him in this mat
tern fact that his party represents every posi-
bic shade ofopinion on this slavery question. Why
they voted for him If * not necessary here IN in