Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1852-04-14
WIG CAUCUS.

in the Senate chamber on yesterday, and appointed
committee to confer with committee Of the whigs
Of the other Hoese for the designation Of the time
and place for the assembling Of the Whig National
Convention to nominate President and Vice Presi-
dent We learn that the utmost harmony prevailed
between Mr.. Seward aRd the southern wings at the
meeting. 1t is presumed the convention will 5e held
at Philadelphia, though some prefer that New York
Or Cincinnati should be selected. The LIST of July
will probably be the time fixed for the meeting Of the
convention. Asa;LabiIty and ezpedieney" both,
it seems consulted in the selection Of the period of
this meeting The wings desire to shape their action
by what takes place at the Baltimore Convention,
which meets, readers aware. on the 1st of
June. Washtngtoa Union 4th inst.
So it appears that Southern Wing Senators-in.
cluding. of course, Messrs. Mangum and Badger
have been in caucus with William H. Seward, and
parties. One of the Washington Correspondents of
the Baltimore Sun, noticing this caucus, says:
s.Though the whig Senatorial caucus, held on Sa-
turtay last, merely took into consideration the time
and place of holding the Wing National Convention,
yet the perfect harmony which existed between Gov.
Seward and the Southern members of the caucus, is
looked upon plain indication that General Scott
is to be the nominee"
Ion," another correspondent of that paper says
"The Wings are beginning to take some steps to-
wards the Presidential election but not with much
apparent confidence. To agree as to time and place
of holding the National Conventional there is
to be-is the first object and the Whig members of
Congress relied upon to make those arrangements.
The difficulty to tho selection of candidate is
evidently increasing, Notwithstanding the Nashville
letter vouchng for Gen. SCOTS fidelity to the
promise. The chief objection TO Gen. Scott is that
he is the choice Of sectional party, which party is
the less sectional because it is styled Wing.
The objection to Mr.. Fillmore ie that term is long
enough 70: accidental President, for any Pres
liant. hat To fho Aoooh nf uIn ha rao
never thought of as candidate for the succession,
and that ne cannot carry New York because the
chiefs of the old national Wing party will not sup
port him.
The result must be, either in dropping both Scott
and Fillmore, and taking up Mr.. Webster, some
other candidate, in division Of the party. In the
latter case is already intimated that the seeding
portion of the whg party will unite in some other
organization. adopt the democratic platform and
measures, provided they be of an unexceptionable
character. Faction, like misery, makes strange bed
fellows.''
Now, what We have to say about this Sc harmony :"
and union as between Southern Whx Senators and
Seward is this Seward is true Whig-he has uni
formly supported the Wing nominees. and he is a
party of the best grit. He voted for Gen. Tay-
Ior, and he will vote for Nj. Fillmore provided he
should be nominated by the Wing Convention for
reelection; and such being the case, Southern Wing
Senators no doubt felt it be his right to act wit,
them in the caucus referred to. The point is, aUiL
these Southern Wig Senator'S or Se,oard obtain tht
eon.rol2 That is the question, and to it there car
be but one answer. The strength of the Whig party
is in the free States-Seward is the master spirit
that party in the free States-these Southern Whis
Senators know these facts, and they know also tha
it would be idle for the Wing party to make any
nomination which would not be generally acceptable
in the quarter alluded to; and yet under these cir
cumstances, and with the experience Of the past be
fore them, which teaches that Seward has never ye
been foiled or defeated in his calculations and PurPo
ses, they 20 with him, or, in other words
surrender themselves and their constituents to hin
as an offering the shrine Of party. Is not this SO
Can such combination prosper! Will Southern
shareholders endorseit. If they should, and if Gen
Scott the favolie of Seward, should be elected az h
is and without pledges on the " "compromise, the
next candidate they will be called upon to vote 70
for President ,viH be SetUard himsef? "Is thy ser
want dog, that he should do this thing!" Let tn
developments Of the next Eve or eight years give tn
answer.