Mississippi palladium. [volume] (Holly Springs, Miss.) 1851-1852, 1852-04-22
Fair Warning to Southern Wings.

leading whig journal, which supports with
might and main the whig policy now rep
resented before the country by General
Scott and such of his leading friends as
MesSrs. Seward, Johnston, Wade and Win
throp. The Mercury is somewhat less ul-
ira than the New York Tribune, and pro-
ceeds to let the southern wings understand
their position in their own party in the fol-
lowing round terms, which we commend to
their special attention. 1t is a pleasant
prospect = Washington Union.
" What claim, then, has the South to at
tempt to control the whig party Of the IN
ion? What has it done for the whig par
ty? What viii it do for the wing party?
And first, let us define what is meant by
the South The term does not include
Delaware, which goes for Scott; nor Ken
lucky, which leans IN the same direction;
nor Maryland, which will not be led away
by the ultraism of the South. Il NAY in
clude North Carolina, but we doubtit. Let
US, however, concede that it embraces n.
Carolina, and it viii be found to include
one pretty reliable whig State, besides the
possible Thig State of Tennessee, and the
improbable whig State Of Georgia.
F.The States, then, which intend, in the
most amiab1e and disinterrested manner,
to take charge of the whig party are North
Carolina, possibly Tennessee, possibly
Virginia, South Carolina, Missouri, Arkan-
sas, Mississippi, Louisiana, Georgia, Ala
bama, Floriday, and Texas. The two first
named of these States, with Georgia, have
occasionally been whig States, but the 9TH
er- nine have uniformly been democratic
States. The chance that any one of them
viii vote for a whig nominee for the Pres
idency is about equal to that of the lucky
holder Of Jersey lottery ticket to draw
the capital prize. Virginia has only two
whigs in Congress; South Carolina, Texas,
and Arkansas, none; Missouri an acciden-
tai delegation of two or three wings; Mis-
sissippi not an ayowed whig; Alabama and
Louisiana only one each. In short, these
nine States are the very strongholds of 10
cofocoism-not excepting Florida, which
has once or twice had spasmodic fit of
whiggery None of these States have ev-
er done anything for the whig cause, except
to furnish the party with ofice-holders );
and even the men they elect as wings are
wholly unreliable. IF they should dictate
to the democratic party, they would only
be exercising jurisdiction within their own
manor; but when they attempt to lord it
over the whig party they encroach on for
eign soil, and are mere interlopers. The
whig party never had any favors from
them, and never expect any; consequently
the whig party will not feel at all alarmed
about their votes. They are universally
conceded to be locofoco States, and If Mey
keep oholIy out oftbe Contention there wiU
be no damage done thereby to tie party. 1t
is-because they belong to the Union that
they are entitled to seats in a National Con-
vention-not because they are calculated
upon to the extent of a straw in the can
canvass. Ne trust, therefore, Mat these
swiadIing, managers sriH be treated Vith
naerited contempt, and ntut no member Of tie
Conventio1 s0iH be Influenced by their pres
ence or absence. There are some sublime
stretches of barefaced impudence which
should not be tolerated, and this attempt
of Southern locofoco States TO dictate TO the
whig party is one of the Sort"