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port the constitution. they have supported in good
tai that provision of il which the rights of the

port the constitution they have supported in good
ia that provision of IL which the rights OF the
south
Tho path Of duty tho rcfore, for Northern national
wings Mr. MaDgum and his followers persist In their
course and are sustained al me by division,
at home clear and that path is, to let the South take
care OF itsef, its fugitive slaves and ALL II Southern
antiiavery issues why let the re-openin come and IL
slavery be- institution that cannot stand tho te Of
law or religion or popular opinion. 1t must tumble down
IL Mr. Mangum can embrace In caucus Go, Seward,
freeh from the Bl0omer anti tavery demonstrations OF
Auburn. and Thad. Stevens, with hands red with the
blood Of the Gorsuch murder in Chrsana without any
definition Of prncples-nay declaring them all as out
Of order-why cannot YOU the editors Of the Erpresl
reason why you Northern whigs who, ioriorn
hopes have led The democratic columns from the
errors Of the Wmot proyiso to tho defence Of tho
stution and the laws should act ororn hopes any
ing you the field Of battle you would be fools TO be
leading foilorn hopes in their behalf There periods
in politics. as in when to surrender Is duty well
- discretion counsel surrender however but
vigant action than until it is settled whether
MIR. Mnngum leads. or even divides the South New
York aud New England wings of the national faith
should stand by their principles and such exponents of
them IA Mr Fillmore and MIR. Webster, long IA tho
Southern wings true In mass but if the Southern
whg regiment even stagger or begin to sAgger,
qni tp,M be the cry. Mr. Mangm, however, II Is be-
lieved will soon be put hors du combat
Gen. Scott will certainly bs nominated President In
the whg National Convention If the Southern wings d.
vide between him and any Northern and Of that
there can be no doubt or rice ress il the Southern
wings united, Mr. Fillmore MIR Webster will be the
man II Gen Scott is nominated on Mr. Mangum's pro-
gramme 1t is wisely cacusted In these dinner sup
per caucuses which have been speaking that he can
carry the Northern States with some Zone oniy) South.
State. Even such State Maryland IL given up
on tho canvass have seen Ohio! Pennsylvania. and
New York, with their solid columns down for him
sure! North Carolina, Tennessee, and Louisiana are
utterly sacrificed in this calculation ltis felt and
that with such able from Tennessee speaking as Mr.
Gentry reported to have spoken the other night in the
wbig such ~ Dir. Outlaw, of North Corolina
speaking with tho energy he is reported to have DONE
there can be no possible hope of these State.
Mr.. ManguH's programme, therefore IL wise ono;
utter abandonment of the Compromise bills and tho per-
nfsion TO run Gen. Scott in the free States with the
peal virtual annulment of the Fugitive Slave law upon
every whig banner Ills strength in the free States will
be determined by the candidate the democracy run
against him but 1t Is obvious already that In Ohio. Gen.
trial and Western New York, abolition democracy will
beat whig abolition in this scheme two to Tho bcst
whg districts in Ohio have been cut out by demagogung
democratic lbolition and in this of demagoguing
there nothing that can equal much less eclipse such
Rantou in New England tho Chase and Gid
dings free democracy Of Ohio
Ihave right to advise you. Messrs Editors but the
programme have marked ont for myself may ask you
10 publi for others to sec As Northern shall
go. my. must GO with the Northern whig party even
with this threatened new inscription Of 1t practi
cal qualification OF tho Fugitive Slave section of the con-
sttuion;'' simply because have nowhere else to TO-
save into tho OF democracy three fours OF whose
In the State in which reside go the very same
thing and almost everything else besides No single man
or single set of breast tho food of abotionism
when such men MIR. Mangun take away their d. kes
lie who attempts II would only be drowned in some
Zuydec Zee The wg party il dear TO me and cannot
abandon 1t with these it's great fults to cling
to something worse. Gen Scott il elected
by us. is man whom Of himself can trust: and we
must live as we'll We in the malaria or amid
the influences that will have nominated elected him
They doom us all to prescription to utter prescription
we see know and feel like influences did under Den
Taylor but what men suffer things unnipofant as
longas principle can be maintained Parties
perfect and must make choice of the bert Of them
Under Gen. Scott under Gen Taylor IL Gen Scott is
faithful TO the influences that make him President Mr.
Webster must hang again around ante chambers, a, he
hung before repulsed frozen and Mr. Fillmore must
be sneered at as not having the power to get clerk
ship for friend Mr. Clay be denounced s denounced
he was when he introduced his Omnibus bill
The future IL big with events. No human being can
forcsce or control them. II seems to utter dis
ruption Of all old parties is portcndng.
AN EYE ON THE CAPITOL.