The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-04-26


the same may be said Of Mr.. Webster, for their
course 10 one, Northern men sacrificed by South
ern men, and sacrificed by Southern men, too,
because, in obedience to their oaths to support
the Constitution, they have supported in good
faith that provision of it which secures the rights
of the South
The path of duty, therefore, for Northern ma
tional Wings, if Mr. Mangum and his followers
persist in their course and are sustained at home,
or even by divisions at home, Is clear; and that
path is, to let the South take care OF itself, its
fugitive slaves and all If Southern men encour-
age the rs-openlng or the Keeping open the ami
slavery iss.iua why, let the re-openng come, and
if slavery be an institution that cannot stand the
test Of law, or religion, or popular opinion, 1t
must tumble down II Mr.. Mangum embrace
in caucus Gov. Seward, fresh from the Boomer
anti slavery demonstrations Of Auburn, and Thad
Stevens, with hands red with the blood OF the
Gorsuch murder in Christiana, without any deh-
milton of principles--nay, declaring them all as
out Of order!-why cannot you, the editors of the
Express see no reason why you Northern
Wings, who, as fororn hopes have led on even
he Democratic columns from the errors OF ths
Wilmot pro so to the defence OF the Constitution
and the laws, should act as forlorn hopes any
more. When the Southern generals-in-chief are
deserving you on the field Of battle, you would be
fools to be leading forlorn hopes in their behalf.
There are periods in politics. as in war, when to
surrender is duty as well as discretion. coun-
sci no surrender now, however, but more v,giIant
action than ever, until it is settled whether
Mr.. Mangum leads, or even divides the South
New York and New England Wings of tie
tional faith should stand by their principles and
such opponents of them as Mr. Fillmore and Mr..
Webeter, as long as the Southern Wings are true
in mass; but if the Southern Wing regiment stag
ger, begin to stagger, satpe qui pst be the
cry. Mr.. Mangum, however, it is believed, will
soon be put hors dl combat.
General Scott will certainly be nominated Presi-
dent in the Wing National convention if the
Southern Wings divide between him and any
Northern man, and Of that there can be no doubt;
or, rice persa, If the Southern Wings are united,
Mr.. Fillmore or Mr.. Webster will be the man. IL
General Scott is nominated on Mr.. Mangum's
prog ramme, it is wisely calculated, IN these din
ner or supper caucuses of which have been
speaking, that he can carry the Northern States,
with some Zone, only) Southern State. Even
such State as Maryland is given up on the can.
vass ! have seen Ohio Pennsylvania and
New York, with their solid columns, are set
down for him sure North Carolina, Tennessee,
and Louisiana are utterly sacrificed IN this calcu-
aton. 1t is felt and known that, with such able
men from Tennessee speaking, as Mr. Gentry Is
renorted to have spoken the other night, IN the
Wing caucus, or such Mr.. Outlaw, of N. e.,
speaking with the energy he is reported to have
done, there can he no possible hope of these
States.
Mr.. Mangum's programme, therefore, is
wise one; utter abandonment The Compromise bills,
and the permission 10 run General Scott IN the free
States Nth the repeal prtual annuimem Of ne
fugitive slave fa,o upon epery Wing banner HIS
strength in the free States will be determined by
the candidate the Democracy run against him;
but it is obvious already that in Ohio, Central and
Western New York, Abolition Democracy will
beat Wing Abolition in this scheme two to one.
The best Wing districts in Ohio have been cut
out by demagoguing Democratic Abolition, and
in this race of demagoguing there is nothing that
can equal much less eclirse, such men RAN
tout in New England, or the Chase and Giddlngs
free Democracy of Ohio.
!, have no right to advise you, Messrs. Editors,
but the programme lave marked out for myself
may ask you to publish for others to see. AS a
Northern man shall go, nay must go, with
the Northern Wing party, even with this threat
ened new inscription on it: 'The practical multi
fcation Of the figitve.slave section of the Const
tuition - simply because have nowhere else to
go, save into the arms of Democracy, three
fourths Of whose presses in the State in which
reside, go for the very same thing, and almost
everything else besides. No single man, or sin
gle set of men, can breast the flood of Abolition
ism when such men as Mr.. Mangum take away
their dykes. He who attempts it would only be
drowned in some Zuyder Zee. The Wing party
is dear to me, and cannot abandon 1t now, even
with these its great faults, to cling to something
worse. General Scott, il nominated and elected
by US, is man whom, Of himself, we can trust
and we must live as well MS we can in the malaria
or amid the influences that will have nominated
and elected him. They doom us all to proscrp
ton, to utter prescription, we see, know, and
feel as like influences did under General Taylor;
but what men suffer are things unimportant, as
long as principle can be maintained. Parties
are never perfect, and a man must make choice
of the best Of them. Under General Scott, as
under General Taylor, if General Scost is faithful
to the influences that make him President Mr..
Webster must hang again around ante-chambers,
az he hung before, repulsed or frozen, and Mr..
Fillmore must be sneered at not having the
power to get even clerkship for friend, or Mr..
Clay be denounced, as denounced he was when
he introduced his Omnibus bill
The future is big with events No human be-
ing can foresee or control them. 1t seems to me
an utter disruption of all old parties is portend
ing. AN EYE ON THE CAPITOL
The following editorial article find in the
same paper which contains this letter-the New
York Evening Cypress, of Tuesday, April 20 !:
oThe letter from our occasional Washington
correspondent to-day being of that kind which
will probably create an excitement at the Capitol,
we have, for the sake of peace. delayed its pubca
ton, SO that it will not appear at the Capitol until
after the meeting Of the Wing caucus to night.
The writer, in me things, expressed our own
views, and IN others ne does not. Tie argues MS
case ably, and with effect. Had he passed the
whole winter at Washington, instead Of portion
oft, his views might have been different but be-
ing an independent citizen, and just as indeperd-
ent Of the present administration and all its in
Auences as of all candidates for the Presidency
who hope to succeed the present administration,
and above administering to any popular or official
caprice, his views are as frankly given as they
are strongly expressed.
"The tone of this letter leads us to apprehend
that the Wing caucus this evening will not be
harmonious that Mr.. Dawson, should he attend
it, and some other Wing senator's from the South,
should they be present, will leave the caucus,
together with Messrs. Gentry, Marshall, Will
iams, Cabell, Landry, and other representatives
from the South. Messrs. Mangum, Jones, Sanly,
Cullom of Tennessee, Grey of Maryland, and
others, we Judge, from recent public incidents and
letters, will remain, and of course these will con-
troll the result
"If Southern Wings choose to divide upon such
an issue as the compromise measures 1t is not for
us to complain. Upon the merits OF these
measures our views are unalterably fixed, and
neither time nor circumstances can change them.
Il is, however, to us Il source of deep mortifica-
ton to see Wings doubly disagreeing upon this
queson-hrst, as to it's utility and justice and,