The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1852-11-16

Indications what anticipated that OF
Gener raj SCOTS defeat a renewed effort would be made
the whig party the abolition party The plat.
lorm' adopted by the wings in council Baltimore
pudiaed now In many quarters, and the support given to
IL by many persons during the election see, was
all hollow and bypocritical.
"a great effort see, is to be made the northern
WING party into abolition party The syns are I'M
nistakeable Slavery is 10 be represented agent
that has done all this when in the slave States alone Ina
General Scott had fair rum
| These extracts are taken from The New York Ex-
press, and they give true testimony the purpose OF
turning the whig party TO the abolitionis,s
Our readers will remember that on more than one oc.
cssion during the recent canvass stated that the Sc.
lection OF General Scott by the Baltimore Wing Conyen-
ton must under the circumstances abolionze the wing
party. From the beginning we believed that General
SCOTS election impossible and we doubted from
the beginning whether those who forced his nomination on
the wing party believed that they could cleo, him.
Their purpose was to abolilonize the wing party-to
bring its organization under the control OF that element
of the party in the North which followed the lead OF Mr.
Seward and their purpose would not have been aban.
doned had they been certain of losing the election
The sectional wings under the lead OF hgberaw cham
p,ons, at open issue with the national wings,
who respected the requirements Of the constitution and
the laws Of the federal government in obedience
thereo and they determined to gain the mastery no mat
ter what the consequences might be- The battle was
fought at Baltimore, and the abolition element OF the
wing party the victory. The main point was then
decided and the election defeat OF the wing candi.
date was a subordinate consideration in the vie " of the
leaders of the triumphant faction. They believed that
they could the national wings by an earnest appl.
cation of the party lash, TO support their nominee, and
that they could win the votes OF The abo,onsts proper
by repudatng the platform and by denouncing General
Pierce the tool Of southern interests, and thereby
create strong party under abolition influences, If
they did not succeed, with the aid of military hurrah,
in electing their candidate TO the presidency
The party lash could not drive all the national wings
into the support OF sectional candidate. Al an early
period of The the attempt raise military hur
rah be failure, and the abolitioniss proper
manifested their disrust OF General Scors availability
by separate nomination. and by an organization which
might take advantage of circums,ances-to unite with
the Scott forces in the event that il could give them the
victory stand aooi and obtain alliance on more fa
vorable terms in The event OF their defeat The incidents
Of the recent canvass leave no doubt that the abolition
leaders desired accomplish the defeat Of General PIERCE
and that the Hale and Julian organization would have
gene INTO tne support OF ocou anu orana out LOT tue
unwingness of the abolition leaders to pass under the
dominion of the Seward leaders in the absence OF any
probability that they would be rewarded for doing by
becoming attached victorious party Seeing prob
ability Of SCOTS election, in the event OF juno.
on the separate organization was kept up with the hope
of seducng democratic voters and for the purpose.
have before stated, OF forming under advantageous
circumstances a union with The wing party under its
Seward organization after the defeat Of November.
We do not express these views for the first lime
We expressed them than in the midst OF The
canvass and repeat them because the aspect of
affairs At the present lime gives them confirmation, and
make. il important that they be borne IN mind Many Of