The Woodville Republican., 1852-05-25
viii the wings submiIl

portunity Of showing whether theil
great love Of the compromise measures
has been all sham or not. A large
majority Of the whig party including
the North. in and out OF Congress, have
by their acts and votes declared them
selves against some feature of the
compromise. while a large majority oi
the democratic party are decidedly in
It's favor. This is fact that cannot be
denied. 1t is useless for the whig party
TO attempt to make this an issue, in the
coming contest for the tents are already
pitched and the democratic party, the
union over, occupies the compromise
ground. In our opinion, the only rea'
son why the wings in the Southern
democratic States have been such zeal.
Gus union men, is, because, by that
means they could do the democrats
more injury, and get position and of.
fee. But now the democratic party
has come on to compromise ground,
our old enemy has an opportunity of
returning to the bosom of the mother
church. But there is lion in the way.
Mr.. Seward, Greedy, 81 CO., say to those
wings south, who have fought so brav.
ly to save the unionl and who demand
a pledge of their candidate TO support
the compromise measures, you can
have no pledge, and before you come
into the convention yoE must throw
away your GLORIOUS union flag, and
pledge yourselves not to agitate that
subject at ALL" Hear Mr.. Washburn,
representative from Maine:
=" But this may safely say they will
not consent that the whig party shall
be denationaized by the introduction of any
new test ofpolitical orthodoxy. They will
never consent that the finality of the COM
promise measures shall be made part OF
the whig creed; and ary candidate whether
he be Gen. Scott or any other man, who
insists upon that, or who is nominated by
convention which affirms or requires it; can
not, in my judgement, obtain the vote of
single northern State = not one. Gentle
men may as well understand this first as last. |
II we are to exist as party, it must be on
q platform OH which men Of all sections of
the country can staiisa tQgether, without any
sacrifice of opinion, of principle, or OF honor
aud not upon one which may well hold men !
OF all parties in one section, and exclude all
in another. Gentlemen should remember
that if they can make test Of this kind, it
will be equally competent for others to make
tests in reference to the same general SUBJ
yield the question OF jurisdiction
and make slavery national affair."
Mr. Wasbburn, speaks with authori'
ty, nor has he been contradicted. Hear
what the New York, Tribune, no mean
says:
They (southern whigs) may very
possibly bully some whig national con-
vention into passing some sort of CONS
promise resolve to quiet them; but
when they get it IL front be ,Oorth the pa,
per on tohich it ,cas Dritten. They who
love slavery will uphold it, andwewho
hate it will keep on hating it, and try
to make others hate it, with view 10
its ultimate downfall, just as If no such
resolve had passed."
"We object to the passage of a 'eom>
promise resolve in either of the nation
al conventions p, imarily, as a cheat
a gull>trap--a tub to the whale. 49,
Senator Mangum has put the whig
party of the nation under special abli-
cation to him for his manly stand in
resisting the movements of those SOU
thern gentlemen who have not been
good enough wings for some years past
to vote for whig candidates when duly
nominated. AS chairman of the whig
caucus, Mr. Mangum ruled as out of
order resolution declaring that the
nominee of the whig party must stand
on a particular platform. We rejoice
that Mr.. Mangum decided this moves
ment as out of order, and we have no
doubt he will be sustained therein by
the mass of the whig members.
II is hardly worth while to advise in
the premises but our decided impress
sion is, that the delegates that go up to
the national convention, from all the
States, should be admitted as such on.
ly on the condition that they recognize
the right of the majority to rule, and
that they will submit to the decision of
the majority upon questions that may
come before them for action. II Mr..
Caboll, Of Florida. is a delegate. and
says he will not vote for or sustain the
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