The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1852-06-13
The Wing Problem.

The real question before the wing party at this time is
not how they shall conquer, but how they shall manage
10 erist, as national party. In several States OF the
South they already dlsbanded In the North their
whole party force and courage is in the who rally
round Messrs. Seward and Johnston Ii the Fillmore
and Webster merely in the minority OF their
party, the would not be bad but besides being
in minority they are IN very bad spirits They are
men OF half measures They lack what is call pluck
They embarrassed by their old reesoi party com.
mtmens They feel that 10 taking national ground
against the anslavery movement, they boilers and
yet they have shown, again and again, that they lack
courage 10 organize bolt and stick it, 1t is remark
able that these characteristics of the sver grays
perfectly represented in the present position OF Messrs
Fillmore and Webster.
They, too, like their followers, embarrassed by
their old ee-soi COMM tments Witness Mir Webster's
'sep edwards" in his Buffalo speech delivered the
occasion OF the great Du,lkrk stampede. Witness, too
Mr. Fillmores republication OF his Erie aboonist let
Ter when the New York election was coming on his
hesitaiing policy towards the uculent Seward wing of
holders who, after the adoption Of the Compromise
deied him to his teeth ; and bis strange tmidy and
resolution in the case OF the Boston marshall who go
frightened in the Sims affair, and yet keeps his Office
as well as their followers at the North are men OF hall
much embarrassed by the past 10 look the
future calmly in the eye. Notwithstanding Dir. Fill.
more's "hnaty" policy, and Mr. Webser's late letter
approving the fugitive law just and necessary there
is no reason to believe that either of them has day the
nerve 10 write letter pedgng the OF the vetO oosr
to sustain thatlaw as ii stands
Meantime, nobody doubts the purpose OF the abolition.
Isl majority OF the wing party 10 agate for the repeal OF
that law al the first convenient season, and few will de-
ny that their chief leaders have already shown all The
audacity needed TO carry that purpose One OF the
main points in General SCOTS hold upon them is, that
they know il he be President they are absolutely safe
from the ueO on that question II is not easy TO say Just
what General SCOTS letter will be, IT, at this late day. il
should be thought that he will gain anything by writing
one But il is easy TO say what II will not be. II will
in no case be pledge 10 utto bill 10 repeal or impair the
fugitive law The wing fIee-soiers know this, and they
hope more and so they stick to him their candidate
and whether he be the nominee or not, he will have in
the convention the votes OF the whole energy, activity
and heart Of the northern wing party All the northern
whggery that fights hard in canvass is booked for
General Scott. We see no one sign anywhere-we know
nobody, whig or democrat, who does any signhat
fered nth the fight in u, 10 any other candidate, save
perhaps Mr. Seward; and this would be leap by the
convention from the fryng.pan into the fire,
And now this state of things raises in the mind OF
every intelligent whg the sober question, What shall
The wing party donot TO be saved from defeat this tme
for that past praying orbut 10 itself from being
By its coming defeat utterly broken up and destroyed
forever as a national organizaiion'"
The answer given by the southern wings aud BY the
Webster and Fillmore men Of the North is Rally on the
dnaiy Of all he compromise measures and nominate
man publicly pledged TO that policy in its whole extent
The prescription Is easy and obvious but the trouble to
make the wing party swallow it, II will have 10 be
forced down; and then comes what is worse stl-iI
NIL DESTROY ue constitution Of The patient The northern
wing organization wal grow very pale and quamish and
dwndle and pine under the operation Of such national
ism az now acts like marvellous tonic upon the united
democracy; and II the Wing Convention adopts the
Gpaity. policy we shall whole platoons OF fighting
men in the wing ranks file OF invads the Abolition
s nhmary at Cleveland there 10 return TO the old wing
regimen as administered by doctors and TO inhalC
the old ygor Of secionalism from the regular trade wnc
Of Free.soilism which blows evermore in those whiC
regions
In reply to this. II may be urged that the northern
wings rallied for Taylor and may do something OF h
same sort again. But that rally was cheat The,
swore the prouiso upon him. They pu, man on tb'
ticket with him whom Mr. Corwn on the stump affirm
ed to be then known aboldonis" whose last poitica