The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1852-12-02

in the commonwealth, and patrlOtlc support
Of the coming National Administration OF
Franklin Pierce
Very respectfully, your friends and humble
servants
ANDREW II. WARD, JR., Secretaries Of
BENZ BARsTow, State Committee.
The election hes been held the advice Of the
Hunker State Committee has done its work.
According to the Geographic report, the Wings
have elected enough members to secure the
control of the Legislature, and thus open the
way for the election of Wing Governor, and
a Wing Senator in the place Of John Davis.
The history of the Future of the Democratic
Party is written in this transaction Death to
Liberal Democrats, whatever it may cost, is to
be it's motto-and the result will be, divided
and PROSTATE Democracy. Preferring National
Whigs-that is, Wings subservent to the Slave
Power-t0 Liberal Democrats, Hunkerism will
ruin the Party which it now rules. But the
Free Democracy cannot be conquered, for its
doctrines of Human Rights are as settled
as Gods throne Their standard is raised
their flag still hoats-they will afford rally
ing point for the true-hearted Democrats whom
Hunkerism will! throw out of the ranks of the
Democratic Party Hunkerism will not see
this-or, if it do see it, it cares not 1t is
proud, proscriptive, vindictive, at once stolid
and stubborn.
But, what Of the Whigsi They are totally
disorganized, some say. And it is predicted
that as party they will join the Free De-
mocracy We do not believe it. Some of our
friends, we observe, are making kindly over
lures to the editor of the Nep York Tribune,
as if he could be enlisted in the ranks of the
Free Democracy He would be an acquisition
but better let him alone He requests to be
put down as o. and nowhere He will fight
for the cause of Human Freedom, but it will
be in his own way.
The Wing party is acknowledgements
as national party, because it is out of power,
and has nothing now to do as a national
party. But is organized as a State party. In
Illinois, it has made a large gain in the Con-
gressional election. In Tennessee and Ken
lucky it has surmounted even the prejudice
Although it has but forty-two electoral votes,
it has given a very large vote in both sections
of the country Lot us not deceive ourselves.
Such party will not easily submit to dissolu-
ton
The NsW York Tribune is angry, and does
not now seem to care whether the party rally
again But it has allowed itself six months to
deliberate. and in that time it will be as thor
oughly Wing as ever. Its kindred presses do
not go so far; they ridicule the idea of the
party being killed Some are for picking
their flints and trying it again. Justice to
Winfield Scott is the cutlery in some quar-
ters. The National MteLigencer is full of
words of hope, and assumes that the Wing
party with its grand Conservative elements,
IS a national necessity.
We assume that the Wing party will con-
,nue to exist under some form, and the ques-
ion arises, on what basis, under what form
Viii it be Anti-Slavery or ro-Slavery-Radi-
,al or Hunker-Pro-Ag citation or Anti-Agita-
ion?
Let us see. There are three classes of
Wings. / Those who are essentially and
thoroughly Hunker-represented by such pa
'ers as the Day Book, albany Register, and
Vew York Erpress-who would prefer Daniel
}. Dickinson to w. II. Seward-many of whom
'oted for Pierce for the purpose Of crushing
What they style the Seward influence They
are National Wings" Cotton Wings
IS Fillmore Wings" Webster Wings" Lem
mon Wings. They have capital, courage, in
exorable resolve. 2dly. Those who are honest
determined enemies of Slavery, seeking to do
all they can in their party organization to
limit the area and abate the power of Slavery
3D. Those who dislike Slavery enough to be
willing to act with Mr. Seward and his asso-
,iates, but not enough to prevent their uniting
With Hunker Wings.
Until lately the first class had hardly dis
sinct political existence; but now they are de-
lined, have a fixed policy and are determined
20 lead Until lately, the second claso was
generally in the ascendant, 80 far as to give
an Anti-Slavery complexion to the general pol
icy of the party in the free States but now
they find themselves confronted by an antago-
nistc faction of at least equal nerve, and it
may yet turn out, superior power. The third
class, by far the largest, without any deep oon-
victions ON the subject of Slavery, or any pre-
cise views or purposes in relation to their re-
possibilities in connection with it were con-
sentng to the Anti-Slavery tactics of the second
class, chiefly because they promised to bring
success to the party, To this class belonged
for the most part the men whom the Wings
sent TO represent them in the Congress of the
United States-such men as Senator'S Smith,
Phelps, Miller, Dayton, and others, who, active
enough on ordinary subjects were generally
inert and inefficient on the subject of Slavery.
Now on looking over the political field, we
perceive that the tone of the first class of
Wings is bold, energetic, intolerant They
proclaim that their purpose is to have nothing
more to do with Ant-Slavery tactics-to put
their foot on Sewardism,' "a they style it,
wherever it rears its head-to reconstruct the
Wing party on a pure Conservative basis and
Undue it with spirit of devotion to the Con-
stitution, and the rights Of the South They
have assumed the leadership. On the other
hand. the second class-those who have hithor-
to been the leaders are either surly, or des-
pairing or indiferent-they certainly are in
active, and do not seem disposed to take any
part in that work of reconstruction The
great middle class whose votes decide, what
others counsel-in other words, the third class
Wings will, unless a demonstration be made of
of which we now see no indication, fall into the
views Of the Hunker faction, whose policy will