The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-05-08
THE WING CONGRESSIONAL CAUcl

THE WING CONGRESSIONAL CAUCUS.
Those men who succeed best in this life always
attend to their own business strictly, and leave the
business OF other persons to be attended by those
who are most nearly concerned. We never knew
one that was anxious TO attend 10 the business of
his ncighbor who did not Neglect his own In
termcddlers and busy bodies are nuisances wher-
ever found.
When it proposed that the Wings in Con-
grcss should designate day and place for the
meeting of the Wing National Convention, no one
for moment supposed that they would undertake
to do any thing beyond that. No one expected
that they were going to adopt resolutions in rela-
ton to national bank, tariff public lands, the
solutions OF 1913, or any other subject If the Wings
they can do it for Themselves. Nobody will thank
them for doing it for anybody else The Wings
Of the country expect, through their delegates,
nominate Presidential candidate, and then they
| expect to elect him. Thus much they are able to
do for themselves. Moreover, if they fit to say
| any thing in relation to the Compromise In their
National Convention, they will do so and if The
Wings in Congress wish TO record their fidelity to
the Compromise, they can adopt resolutions to that
effect also.
We zee no reason why any Wing members of
Congress should be unwilling refer all questions
which concern the National Convention to that
body Do they suppose that they have got such a
monopoly Of the wisdom Of the country that no
Wing Convention can uct discreetly unless they
interpose their surplus senss TO save such
ton from folly? As the Wing party is perfectly
willing to entrust the nomination OF andidate to
n National Convention, il ia also perfectly willing
to suffer that convention to pursue that
which, on full survey Of the Presidential field, it
may zee fit 10 pursue.
We sce no reason why either the wisdom or the
integrity Of the Wing National Convention shall
bc doubted in advance of it's meeting. The people
do not design to send fools and fanatics to that
body; and hence 1t Ia only reasonable to suppose its
members will be able to discharge their duty faith
fully to the Wing party and to the country without
any dctation from any Wing members of Con-
gress. Had the Wing caucus adopted fifty resolu-
| tions in favor of the Compromise measures, who
would be bound by those resolutions but the mem
bers Of the caucusa They cannot bind the MEN,
bers Of the National Convention, and it looks very
much like presumption in them to undertake TO do
80. II. when the National Convention assemblies,
the members find that they have not got sense and
| patriotism enough TO determine what they oug ut
20 do they can send Geographic despatch to Wash
| ngton to that effect, and receive n consignment
Of sense, fresh and sparkling, from that tain of
| perennial wisdom, without any great delay IL is
| TO he hoped, however, that the gentlemen who
there meet together may have sense enough TO I'M
| derstand what ought 20 be done, and frmnes.
enough TO do il.
The more we reflect on the conduct Of those
members Of Congress who bolted from the Wing
| caucus because the majority were not willing 10
undertake &c dictate 10 the National Convention,
the less justifabe we think it. Why could they
not patiently wait and see what the National Con
vention will do, before max ng such display Of
| Tremendous pstt iotism and Wbigism! II the Ma.
| tional Convention net in outrageous manner
il il do whatit ought not TO do or leave undonc what
ought 70 be done, il will Then be time for gentle
men Of exhausted stocks Of Whigism 10 march out
| Of the party.
We do not think il appears very clearly that the
| Whigs who boltcd from the caucus arc any better
| Wings than they who remained. When VIC re-
member what the course Of some Of these gentle
men has hitherto been, we are quite unwilling to
take tho color OF our politics from them. They
have not given many hostages 10 fidelity and
cons'ancyas some others have given: One OF them
wac, nnd we believe continues TO b., thorou Chly
opposed TO the Compromise; and yet he was 20
| ehoc kcd that the Wing caucus would not adopt a
resolution opposed 10 has dOcfrints that he in
! dignantly Withdrew himself Isn't he model
| Whig9 Oughtn't he to get himself stcrcotypod,
that the country may have the benefit of sevc-
| raj editions OF himself az small cost? Should he
not be pciriicd md pu. in the museum OF the Smith
sonian Institution to convey TO posteriiy, through
all the generations that 10 come, the port and
look Of an immaculate Wing Of the nineteenth
| century,
! The "rctiring wings" nssumc that their object
Is to hush up all sectional discord-to put an end
TO ali slavery agitation. Their recipe Tor peace is
tho sword; their for strife is an excitement Of
evil passions
From the frequency with which the Compromise
is invoked, person might infer that the nj Just
inent IL in jeopardy. But nobody expects Con !.
gross TO disturb IL; and IL Congress will only let il
alone. II must be safe. No President, however dc
voted 10 seccssion or abotionsm, can th, n affect
| its stability IL 10 n "lnaity," and every body
save few msicontcnis North and s nth, is willing
thus 10 regard IL. The Northern Frccsil Wings
have acquicsccd in il and willing 20 abide by IL
but il rather hitter for them 10 swallow two
ycars ago, they scc why they should be
called on TO repeat the swallowing process cvtry
week or 50. The agitation Of The Compromise
| measures has not proceeded from Northern W higs
They are willing to sustain each and every one Of
those measures Foote, Fitch, and JAG kson-alt
| Observation-Disclosures resolutions in Congress
disturbing the couniry's rcpose II the Coinpro
mise measures are not now irrevcrsiblc law, VIC
| don't zee how they can become so. II they do MT
now constitute "fnality," they never will.
! The Southern Democrats very generally strug-
| gled against the Compromise measures. They
were f,r more generally oppos d 10 them thon
were the wings OF any section. Would IL be con.
! sidtrcf either polite polite TO require those
southern Democrats who have acquicsccd in tho
decision If tho country in favor Of those measures
TO swear by them every few days? They tell YOU
they arc willing 10 regard the Compromise as a
hnality, md even the most Freesulish Of the
Whigs tell you; then why not accept their ncqui-
cscchce aud give them rcpose? Why revive all
their old opposition by necessarily requiring them
TO say what Is not agreeable to themi
II the Wing National Convention, which is TO
meet at Bal,incre the 10th OF June, nominate
a candidate fir the Preside ncy who snail not I've
known 10 be n staunch friend Of the Compromise
we shall decline supporting him. and 80 will tho
Wing party generally Of the South We presume
the Northern Wings know this, and have known
il all along.
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