The Woodville Republican. [volume] (Woodville, Miss.) 1847-1853, 1852-04-20
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Nssebrz Courier y tbs T7ik Il aP
pears f,ss The Sooibera whigs-'he
whir. Of Misassippi-are determined
10 lord L over their Nsstberu bsetb-
ern. and compel hem 10 Jay dOwas
platform:
Z whix CONCESSIONS caucus. OF an
imporiasf ~earneter, Is said TO hayebeen
held il WaShingtou. on the oh instant.
The Southern wings avowed their de-
termination no 10 90 into q National
Convention, without a determination
Of principles being first made, which
will clearly settle their relations with
the Northern wings in the approaching
Presidential campaign"
Now, IL seems that the Northern
wings are determined not to be driven
into measures by their Southern breth-
ern. The wing party was never more
divided. and easily dispersed than it Is
at this time. All democrats have to co
IS to lie low and keep dark" Hear
how the New Bedford Mercury. n
of the most able New England wing
prints, pitches into its ~Obstropolous'
brethren at the South
What claim then, has the south to
attempt to control the wing party of
the Union What has il done for the
wing party What will il 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 Kentucky, which leans
in the same direction /: MOI Maryland,
which will not be led away by the Ill
traism of the soith. 1t may include
North Carolina, but we doubt it. Let
us. however, concede that it embraces
North Carolina, and it will be found TO
Include one pretty reliable wing State.
besides the possible whig State of Ten
~nessee, and the improbable wing State
of Georgia.
"The States then, which intend, in
the most amiable and disinterested
manner. to take charge of the wing
party are North Carolina, (~possibly,)
Tennessee, (possibly.) Virginia, South
Carolina, Missouri, Arkansas, Missis~
sippi, Louisiana, Georgia, Alabama.
Florida and Texas. The W first
named of these States, with Georgia.
have occasionally been wing States,
but the other nine have uniformly been
democratic States. The chance that
any one of them will vote for a wing
nominee for the presidency is about
equal to that of the lucky holder of a
Jersey lottery ticket to drawthe capital
prize. Virginia has only two wings in
Congress +; South Carolina, Texas, and
Arkansas, none Missouri an accident
al delegation OF Two or three wings
Mississippi not an avowed wing /; Ala
bama and Louisiana only one each.
In short, these nine States are the very
strongholds OF locofocoism-not except.
ing Florida, which has once or twice
had aspasmodic fit of whiggery. None
0fthese States have ever done anything
for the wing cause, except to furnish
the party with otfice-hoIders +; and even
the men they elect as wings are wholly
unreliable. If they should dictate to
the democratic party, they would be
only exercising jurisdiction within
their manor; but when they attempt
to lord it yer the wing party they Ell
croach on foreign soil, and are mere
inIerlopers. The wing party never had
any Iavots from them, and never ex
pected any 4; co n~sequently. the whig
party will not feel at all alarmed about
their votes. They are universally con-
ceded to be l~ocoioco States, and If the
keep eholly out Of The convention there
piH be no damage done thereby to the
party. 1t is because they belong to the
Union that they are entitled to seats in
IA National Convention--not because
they are calculated upon to the extent
OF a straw in the canvass. We trust
therefore, that these swindling mana.
gers will be treated with merited con-
tempt, and thai no member of the con
v~ention will be influenced by their
presence or absence. There are some
sublime stretches of bare!aced impu-
dence which should not be tolerated.
and this attempt of southern locofoco
States to dictate to the wing party is
one of the sort ef
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