The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-03-17
Abolitionism Of the Wing Party.

y The Wing, or more properly, the old FEEDER.
party, indulge strange fancies and make up a..
I. fill faces, at times.
3 These political phenomena, are usual
more striking, as the time for general electio
d draws near.
J. Its non-committal upon principle is noto lou.
|, and therefore the rigid custom adopted in tha
party, to present as candidates for the Presiden
cy, none of its leading champions but to sclec
r such men as do not stand committed before tn
country to any of its great measures, and through
the influence of military renown, or locality
seek 10 envelop sterling national issues, in tn,
! dust and smoke OF antiquated battle fields, o
sectional storms, and bare them down to inglo
rions defeat, by general and simultaneous ap
peal TO the Wild and terrific passions of the mu
titude.
The colossal strength OF Webster, and the
towering eloquence and originality of Clay, had
no power to overcome the fated theoretical pol.
icy, adopted by the Sachems Of this party in the
choice Of Harrison and Taylor. And even now
the intellectual giant and passive Executive of
its incomprehens'ble principles are told to stand
aside, that the old war horse Gen. Sc oft, may
be trotted up and put upon the course. This is
the plan settled upon and it is evident that the
democracy has got to encounter another season
of non-committalsm.
The military glory Of this chieftain, is to be
the capital, in stock and trade ofthe Whig party
in the coming contest and it will be well for the
country lift escapes the uncertainties and threat.
ened perils of such result Notwithstanding
the policy foreshadowed IS non .committal. the
suspicion is irresistible that po,ocrfM con-
cessions have been Pri0ntely made to the abo.
lition vote of the country. Are the wings OF
the West and South willing to contribute their
efforts for the election Of man who stubbornly
refuses to avow his opinions upon the comprom-
'se! Will they tamely submit to be told, that
duty compells them to vote for a Whig, simply
because he is the nominee of the party, without
any assurance that he will carry out the views
OF an overwhelming majority Of the people p
Beware of the man, who fails to avow his opn.
ions upon this subject. And beware too, oftbe
leading men of your party, who are lending
themselves to the evil designs of this faction
As an evidence Of the working of this influ.
ence, let us submit few forcible remarks from
the Washington Union.
"On the other hand such is the spresent or
ganizaion' of the whig party that it can pre- sent
no presidential candidate acho does not stand
,chere the ,chig administration and the aohie
caucus stand.
There are no whig seccssioniss at the South;
there are no aohig aboLit,onists at the .North -
Republic.
1t is difficult to understand the drift Of the
especial organ in such dec lara tons as these Il
Take the three great States of the North New
York, Pennsylvania, and Oh.o--laving out of
view the cities Of New York and Philadelphia
can the Republic point out electoral district
in any one of these States which can be carried
for "a whig presidential candidate" standing
just where 'the whig administration and the
whig caucus now stand, against the democrat
ic candidate, standing where he must and will
stand, just as surely as he is nominated
No whig abotionists at the North How is |
it on the Ohio Reserve? How is It in the whio
strongholders of central and western New
York; How is it in such whig haunts as Ian
caster and Allegheny counties in Pennsy ylvania /?
The Republic knows perfectly well that the
whg vote in such communities as these have |
placed in Office such gentlemen as Messrs
Wade, Seward, and Johnston. 1t knows per |
fectly we'll that in these whigregions, and in 9th.
ers like them, lies the whole hopeof the whips.
in those States. And, now, is there one Fl
these three whig leaders who does not stand
strong with his party to-day? And is there |
one ofthem whose position on the slavery uues-
ton the Republic will venture to approve ?-l
No whig abolitionlsts at the North Then,
what are those wings and whig journals
mighty array ol them-who spent all last sum
mer in abusing Mr.. Webster for his 9TH of
March speech, and in nominating General
Scott to supersede Mr.. Fillmore, because of his
offences on the compromise question /. No
whig abolitionists at tine North Then, wha,
is the history Of Governor Farwells electi IN in |
Wisconsin. Does the Republic deny that re
suit TO be triumph Of open and avow ed whic
aboliionsm' What is the meaning of the
ra:.' "ortion Of the divided congressional dele
CATION from Michigan! Is no. ~. ~. ..."lt ad.
mitted and avowed to be inc triumrh Of whio !
hostility to the fugitive law over democratic
fidelity to that law: No whig abolitionists at
the North! Then, why were only three north.
ern wings found in Congress to vote for the /
fugitive law? And why were trty-six wings
to ten found voting in the Ohio le legislature for
its immediate repeal. No whig abolitionists at
thes North Pray, then, what is Governor Will
iams, Of Vermont, of notification celebrity II
And what is the character Of the party which
has triumpnantly sustained his open nullifica-
tion of the law by r. electing him to Office p
No whig abolisiionists at the North Then,
point to single whig State convention in the
North which has susta ned the Compromise or
repudiated the doctrine of the Wilmot proviso
Point to one State legislature in the North in
which q maj jorty of the wings have voted to
maintain the Compromise! Not one such in
stance can be found
We ecommend the above to the special atten
ton of the Valley Wing.