Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1852-09-22


resolution, Gas If the words suitable encoar-
agemrnt' contained in it we're not IS com
! prehensive. and that Tbadeus Stephens. now
Irepudiated in I,is district, found fauh with the
resolution clustering american Indus
try IS one of the Wing phrases, and that
used 10 the resolution is Of similar import.
and SO universally understood The Wings
now, as formerly only proposelto give encoar-
Ggemens Of protection, within the limits Of
an aggregate amount of revenue, necessary
for the expenses o. Governments. Nothing,
Mr.. r. said, is found in the Wing platform in
relation to the Bank Isit not universally
regarded as no longer a subject Of dispute !?
As to the One Term, and The Teto, II the
Wings proposed to change the con.:tution,
as to these matters there might be some oe-
casion to put them in, but referring as they
| do. merely to the conduct Of party. not to
any modification Of charges Of the laws or the
Constitution, it would have been about as
proper to have set forth the known doctrine
of the Wing party upon these subjects, as to
declare in the platform that we will not go to
war to annex Cuba--or that VIC will not do
any other wild or foolish thing The Demo-
Gratis are the fathers Of the zone term" prin-
c;plc, and yet We 6ud nothing upon the sub
ject in their platform, and .heir veto doctrine
is put down after fashion Of double. or no
meaning, which we would recommend to Mr..
Faulkner. or any one else who wishes to hood
wink the people. As to the pubic lands, the
Wing party represented in Congress. has with
only three dissenting poiccs. in the House
voted to distribute them in part--while nine
~ Democrats rated against distribution.
Is there any installing the Wing creed upon
that subject?
sth. He next branched Into the broad SUBJ
ject upon which be distinctly puts his deser
tion Of his party the compromise question
for upon the questions Of general policy. If.
as he concluded, the Wings had abandoned
their principles. or they had become obsolete,
the inquiry naturally was. why 50 snr. should
he be a Democrat If Mr.. Faulkner had
remained firm to the old Wing creed. Of
course he could not agree with the Democrats
upon the Old issues If he had changed as
be attempted to show the wings bad, why. as
Mr. Boteler asked, if the bars were down
should the Democrats not come to as, MS well
rs we to them? And why should Mr. Faux
ner leave US upon those issues ? Hence the
necessity Of moking out a better case for his
revolt. And then lie went into all that no
said in his Congressional speech. and that at
Reading. SO far as they relate TO this point,
upon this subject we gave Mr. rs view. at
some length last week. Mr. Boteler so piled
up the proof and argument here as utterly to
oyerwhelm Mr.. +. aud his fimsy attempt to
prove Gen, Pierce better friend to the
South than GEN. ScoTT. Mr. i. referred to
the fact that Clay originated the Compromise
that lVebster sustained il With all bis pew
erthat Fillmore proved himself true to The
South in its cxecution---that Scott was the
ardent friend of the Compromise, as proved
by the positive testimony Of Cabcll, Stanly,
Bolts (whom Mr.. + objected to as authori.
ty,) Tx Governor Cleveland, Can abolition
Democratic supporter Of Pierce,) Graham.
Candidate for the Vice Presidency, } Pedrce,
Of Md adams. Of Miss. Hannard, Of Rich
mond, and by Scots Castle Garden speech,
ID which be said, he would have been "a mis-
creant, and coward if be had not rallied to
sustain the Union. believing it in danger
and by other testimony, independent of his
letter OF acceptance. Mr.. b referred to the
fact that Massachusetts, Ncw Hampshire
and Fcrniont had. in their wing State Con
vcntions. approved the wing platform, assert
ing that the Compromise was final settle
ment and TO be adhered to-that immense
wing meetings and conventions in New York
city, Albany and al other points in New York,
and in numerous counties in Pennsylvania,
IN Maine and elsewhere, hod approved it
that although the wing State Convention of
Pennsylvania had passed no resolution APP
proving it, it passed. none opposing it, that
for every wing convention that passed no res.
olution approving it, he, Mr.. Botcler, would
slow five Democratic conventions that did the
same thing-that for every leading whig free
soiler who supported Scott he would name
ten leading tree soil Democrats who support
Pierce such as the two Van Burens Cleyc-
land, Preston King Dix. Hallett, Wilmot,
Ne, &c, &c, the Southern wings. as
admitted by Mr.. Faulkner. had been, and
are true to the Comprehensive as it re-
spects che Fugitive Slave Law, if no North
ern wing senators voted for it, Cass and
Douglass lodged it. Mr.. Boteler then pro-
ceeded to show that the platform Of the Bal
Dam AZ. II