Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1852-05-13
WING PI.ATFon,r.

The objectidn Is made by some il he N6rth
ezysike Baltimore Americana againss The inilo-
dueiipl IL the Compromise test int1 he Wig
Platform THAT he Compromise measures befng
laus already, no Official endorsement or them Is
called for Al the hands of The Wing parry But
this il seems 10 Us, IS vide or The purpose. TO
maintain principle as incorpora,ed ID q law sd
quite proper and nay Be Jus; Is necsssafy As 10
proclaim and adsocaie it with aFiew ID secure lis
adoption. More especially does This necessity Be-
Gene apparent when open hosliiiEg Is kfowed T.
gainst The measure. and when is repeal Or mol
cation is,thfeakened.
= protective sgslsn. sueh Is &c ssyTl;s sSaFsys
would like q & e established could have bech
0aoukns INTO s1rce under Nj FhLaoREs admins
-rfasisu, wcult = mol bs REGARDED as figki, and
proper and as thing oEconrse, for the Wing Con-
vention a disseminating meeting, uextmdnth, 10
this citysio approval otihat system and de-
clare its purpose 20 nsaintain II with ali iheir
strength Would such srproTaIb e refused on The
ground that the measure was aiIeady in existence
il The form ofa Law IS Ihvenld be strange reason
10 allegc for suchsrange siicnceif silence was to
be observed On The sus9sci.s sd -sslss haA
The Boston Qaily, ASEsltis Tin j1dicious ar
ticle relating sp tLe ceyapremse measures and The
Necessity onaghepaEt Of The Wings 10 approve and
sustain them sayss-u kEsw tsaf y srzte
The question is nolhing more nor less. than
whether the Wings Of The Union approve or disap-
prove the measures of the administrator Of Pres-
den, Fillmorey and especially The spirit in which
he has treated eYefythins relating TO the SUBJECTED
slavery. If they approve these measures. they
fR2aar egEss ne ssep e sss de-
clared ne regarded as final settlementof the ag-
tating questions WHICH placed the g my in such
jeopardy two years ago. III they do not, lhev are
not in fact friends Of the present administration
and by that lest cannot be regarded as belonging to
the Wing party, or complain Of being held 10 The
test now proposed. II they seinse the test they de-
ny themselves 70 be Wings in The national seIse Of
the term. This is the reason, and it is very good
one, why The Wings Of the Southdesire an explicit
declaration Of the principles by which their asso-
ciates in the party bound, and that the ground
on which they stand should be clear defined.
The unanimity with which The Whigsof Mary
land stand forth ID support Of the Compromise finds
| abundant concurrence among the Wings of every
| Southern State. Its quite manifestlhat without
sanction; Of. those. measures no Wing Southern
Slate can b expected; toyote for a candidate so
avoiding thelest ;,andit is equally evident that
without the YOtes Of the Southern Wing States no
Wing candidate for lie Presidency can be elected
al the last Presidential election Gen. TAYLoR re-.
I ceived the. votes Of MaFylana,s North pCarolina
| Georgia, Florida Louisiana, Tennessee and Ken
iucky-seven Southern States, casting .sixty-six
electoral Fotes Gen. CAss received but iilly five
Southern electoral yoles. 0llhe votes Of the North
ern States ninety seven were given 10 Cent?
and seventy-two to Gen. CAss. In the coming
election one hundred and fory-nne votes u i'll be
required to elect-of which number The ninety
seven Northern Wing votes will fall short illy-two
votes. Wehere assume that every Northern WING
vote that was given 10 Gen. TlYLoR NAV be given
TO the nominee Of The approaching Wing Conven-
tpn-the compromise test being refused, involving
the loss Of The Southern Wing votes. or course
under such circumstances The election of The nomi-
nee would We impossible. Et
The Wings Of the North are required to make n
unworthy concessions in giving in their adhesion
| TO the Compromise. H-stands in full accordance
| with the Constitution. The Wings of lhe South
have a right todemand assurance that The settle
! Inent it involves shall not be disturbed
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| u GEN ERALe CASS.
T. .E5s-s -e5+ss 4.=s ~ - 1855
/ Amids, all theo 'Eaeiss anfconfusieni which ex-
lists in the Demecraticscamp, fsays the Petersburg
! inteligencer,) We ihiEk lhatwe can discern signs
that spite Of The Virginia DEMOCRACY Gen Cas-
su, we shall be not little curious to see he cop,sa
| which WILDE takenby certain journals al we wot
OF in Virginia The Richmond Enquirer, with The
eralt If an od fox has taken especial pains 10 pre-
tectits position y, NJ, ..s
And be able 70 support the nominee, 5 =
No matter who the d. he may be-
Il only asks 70 know who gels the nomination. and
it will go him like thousand Of brick, either with
piatiormsor wtLoat platform. sIta is ready 10
swallow Cass with his internalim proYemenla fini-
ties and with his own interpretation of the Nichol
son letter, WHICH he said the Democfacyaof the
South were too stupid 10 understand of,sOid BucEn
with hishigh tariff notions and all his old federal
SINS ornthe yoan giant the Westwhois engaged
in scheme 10 plander the Old States Of lie public
Domain, and stands ready 10 commit The country.
al the bidding Of The adventurer Kossu,h, 10 he
wars sirifes and intngues ofthe old world Neither
OF these vii come anissto the Enq1irer But some
OF the Enqurer's contemporaries have not initiated
lis wariness, and will be in sad pickle if Cass
should be the nominee As some of these gentle
men, in the dsin,erested kindness of their beneyo
lent hearts hageexpressed great concern as to our
future course in the event Of certain results. we
hope we do not intrude, when We beg 10 know what
they propose doing IL Cas- isthe nominee 4 aWbere
will they go9' VIII they boil right out Of he
ranks, and raise The standard of rebellion7 viii
they go into state of digniiied neutrality7 Or
will they beg pardon unsay all thai they have said
and setto work for Cas- with The industry ~ be,-
vers2 These questions must be answered. I, H.
course Of some four Or five weeks time, and we look
forward, with confidence ito all sorts af f,,,n
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THE JUDGEsHIP.
8 II win be seen, By reference a s,h ir,, =
dates, that the Hon. JOHN vi NORTHUMBERLAND,
Of Rockbridke, at present = ;,ss ~ ~, - 80