New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-06-30
es- For Sherif's, Constable's, and Public Auo
tioneers' Sales. see Third Page.
The Whie Platform.

e1oneers Sales see In1Io rage.
The Wing Platform.
The Platform established by the Wing Ma
tienal Convention is one which will fairly stand
the test of critical examination It is perfectly
distinct in outline and details, and presents
eminently conservative principles for the ap.
ssprobation of the country Throughout the cam
Y paign we will have occasion to examine it in de-
4 tail but this morning we have only general
view fit to take. ..1.s
The first resolution refers to the delicate and
somewhat uncertainty established relations be-
tween the national and state governments.
Theories upon this subject abound, and are as
various in Their conclusions as confused in their
expression. .s
N The resolution probably states the true prin-
eiple in the premises with as much clearness as
the subject will admit Of That "the govern
ment of the United States is of limited charac.
ter, and it is confined to the exercise of powers
expressly granted by the Constitution, and snchl
z as may be necessary and proper for carryingE
the granted powers into full execution, and that
FALL powers not thus granted or necessarily i'm
piled are expressly reserved to the States re-
spectiyely and to the people, may be true
enough but after all, it is to be decided what isl
necessary to carry into execution the powers of
governmenct; in other words, what is consti !
tutional and what unconstitutional. The COM
mon sense of the question seems to US to lie be-
meath the wording Of the resolution.
The General and State Governments are al
ways to be presumed to be harmonous-there
is no hostility or natural repugnance between
them; and what is for the clearly ascertained
benefit of the former must be to the interest of
the latter, or the theory upon which the Union
is based, is Fiction. The error of the States
Rights men of South Carolina has been suppo-
sition that there was necessary and continuous
law Of hostility between the two; that the body
polite was rapidly ossifying into Centraliza-
ton; and that our national legislators should
chiefly consider themselves outposted sentinels
jealously watching hostile and beleaguered
enemy With this gallant but rather one idead|
body of men States Rights and Strict Construc-
ton became twin sisters of political discord andI
they were prepared to commend the GeneralI
Government only as it became imperative andi
inefhcient-ceased to be the active representa- Il
tive of the harmonised and compromised viewsk
of the people of the different States. WithE
the WING party their errors have never found /
favor. whilst we believe it has but seldomk
departed from the principles of the resolution.
In one memorable instance-the proposed dis
tribution Of the proceeds of the public landsk
among the States-the wings approximately
more nearly to the soundest theory of State
Rights, showed o more earnest disposition toss
check centralisati0n, than we recollect the de-
mocrats to have ever yet practically done. The Il
9TH and I'd resolutions are merely repetitons of II
the principle which we have noticed as presentedH
in the LIST resolution. S
The Sd and 4th resolutions declare the sove- y
reignty Of the laws and treaties; and, in the i:
language Of Washington-not yet, we hope
looked upon by rampant Young America as al
dull "old fogy pronounce against theR
modern doctrine of Intervention The senti-
ment of reverence for the laws and the Consti- 3
tuition, a sentiment essential to the healthfulE
vitality of a republican government, has lat-M
terly been much eneebled in this country q
There has been higher-law-ism, North andK
South. Many of intelligence and social stand n
ing, have made legislators of their passions n
prejudices or opinions; and in the fame of al
popular ultraism the Constitution and recordiedE
statutes have been but as mere smoke and ashes #
Glowing and deceptive eloquence has called uponh
US to become the armed arbiter Of nations, andHi
to let the thunder Of American cannon be heardH3
upon the plains of Italy, Germany and Hungary III
We are glad that a great national party speaksH3
in wiser and soberer terms. We have here all
home and safe refuge for the oppressed, and within
Gods help we will maintain it as such, andE9
sunny and rejoicing in its peace and prosperity III
So shall we best accomplish our great missionEa
among the nations, and grow up into that lofty III
and far-reaching greatness which will leave usMi
no peer among empires. N
The 9th resolution presents tariff for reyenueN!
with discrimination for protection 1t is time n
that our workshops should be in America, andH
not in Europe; and even the present democraticH
tariff is partial and not altogether unsatisfac "a
tory recognition of this thoroughly wing prin. II
ciples. III
The 9th resolution is in favor of n generalA
system Of Internal Improvements, and contrastsM
adyantageously with the opposite democraticH
profession, under which we can not see how weG
can ask government aid in deepening the mouths
Of the Mississippi, constructing the n O. andH
jackson or the Opelousas Railroad, etc III
The sth resolution strongly pronounces the#
jfnaiity of the Compromise measures, and them
necessity Of a strict maintainane and obseryanceM
Of the provisions Of the Fugitive Slave Law N
Upon this point we reserve further comment forM
separate article. ~
MIR. j. s. THRAsHER.-On Monday night this N
gallant and whole-souled American received ana
impromptu serenade from party composed otW
several hundred of our citizens Had his pre- 81
sence in our midst been known thousands wouldH
have thronped to the ST. Louis Ia