The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1852-06-24
The whix Nomination.

vention IS most significant Tact IL ImpaTts dstlnc
and marked character to the pending contest and give
every assurance that at the commencement OF
decisive battle The series OF events which preceded thu
nomination. the circumstances which attended il, ant
the geographical position and political character Of h,
men who forced II on the wing party, indicate mos
clearly that the wing organization must be straghtway
crushed and destroyed in order preserve the consttu
lion and perpetuate the Union.
The struggle Of 1914 was fair and open struggle be
tween The antagonist principles advocated by the two
great parties The democratic party inflicted signal de
feat on the wing party in the fall Of that year. ant
succeeded during the administration Of Mr. Polk in
establishing its cherished policy That policy was SC
emneny successful, that il forced the wings abandon
the attitude OF great party united by ayowed principles
OF public policy, which they had for time assumed
when Mr. Clay was their leader and candidate They
fell back from their position in the light and pactised
concealmeut The wing party disguised it's features
padated its nationality, and extended and confirmed its
alliances with local interests and sectional organizations
that its ranks presented motley congomeation OF
factions, with none Of the characteristics Of grea,
party soliciting the confidence OF free and intelligent
people.
This change in the wing party made the destruction
OF Mr. Clay absolutely necessary. and he was accord
ingy assassnated at the Wing Convention Of is4s. AS
soon as his destruction was accomplished, the pirate
flag OF no-paryism up, and General Taylor was
presented to the country without platform Of prnci
PIES and without any definite declaration OF his views
relative to the great sectional question which then
vulsed The confederacy The nomination by the Phila-
dephia Convention OF Vice President who was fully
committed TO political aboitionism Of the worst form
and darkest hue, the the power, and above
all, the elevated and patriotic position of the democratic
party and of its nominees, gave TO the Philadelphia
ticket that anslavey support which decided the contest
The victory thus obtained produced no fruits, because it
had been procured at ruinous price-by the sacrifice
OF the nationality Of the wing party, by disreputable
evasion and concealment by the abandonment of prin
cpe and by meretricous alliances more fatal than any
defeat The campaign Of ls4s thoroughly demoralized
the wing party of the North, which is the controlling
division OF the wing party of the Union, and the cleo
ton Of the Philadelphia ticket gave colossal power to
the anslavery and abolition sentiment The records Of
the second session OF the Thireh Congress, which
sembled in December iS4s, and the character of its de-
bates, exhibit the wonderful impulse which the election
of General Taylor gave to sectional aggression and TO
sectional hostility After General Taylors Inauguration.
the bulk OF government patronage was bestowed on
dangerous actonists and served to stimulate excite
ment and increase the danger which then menaced the
confederacy. The administration sectional in lis
character; aud the cabinet visible combination Of
the most dangerous elements, controlled by the balefu
influence OF William H. Seward, under whose lead it
strained every nerve TO give permanency TO the pTon-
and power OF faction by preventing the adjustment
OF those difficulties which threatened the overthrow OF
the Union itself Shielded by the character and fame of
General Taylor, and welding the power ADD patronage
OF his administration the higher-law advocate and the
Clayton cabinet forced the country the verge OF civil
war; and only thwarted in their unhoy purposes by
the death OF that old soldier whose ignorance they had
duped whose weakness they had imposed on and whose
confidence they had abused.
After the death OF General Taylor his cabinet de.
parted silently, no one knowing when they left
the seat OF government The compromise measures
were enacted and Immediately one OF them-the only
one which reconciled the South TO the seres-be-
came the theme OF violent denuncation. Even resist
10 il openly advised and in instances sue
cessfully passed and patriotic feared tina, fanat
csm would compass the overthrow OF the Unon By OBJ
strucng the execution OF the constitution and by fociby
annung the treaty of peace and amy. MIR Fillmore
would not commit deliberate perjury by openly refusing
to execute the laws and Mr.. Webster sustained the
President in resisting the dictates OF hghcr law" than
the constitution, expounded by abolition fanaticsm
II is undeniabe that the failure OF the President TO veto
The fugitive slave law, obsiruct s execution and
by the will of one prevent the restoration Of AMIGA.
Bile feelings, banded together that party which succeeded
IN destroying him at the Baltimore Convention The
enemies OF harmony while yet the issue doubtful.
rallied under the of General Scott, and used his
influence to sustain and aid them in their wicked pur.
poses At the most trying period OF the cones-juring
the time Of Syracuse ou,rages, Boston mobs and Chris
tiana murders-,he head OF the late cabinet, which
had become odious because OF s evil tendencies ils
corruption, imbecty, and extravaganza
hoised the Scott flag in Delaware. Mr. Seward 10 New
York, Governor Johnston in Pennsylvania, and the
wing abolitionsts OF the Reserve in Ohio. followed
the example, and the affiliated abolition press min
ged denaneiations OF Fillmore and Webster with
shouts for Winfield Scott and repeal OF the fugitive
slave law. so thoroughly sensible was General
Scott OF the influences and combinations that brought
him forward. and alone sttove TO place him in power
that though be every southern State arrayed against
him because OF his silence, yet he would not utter one
word agans, The principle the party OF ant-slavery
agitation. He felt that until his nomination was effected
fidelity to his ansavey supporters must seal bis lips
and he stood alone among all the candidates OF both
parties 10 his obstinate refusal say one word in favor
OF the only platform Of party action which could defeat
or rebuke their fell schemes OF agitation The wing