Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1852-07-08
The Platforms.

islation by Congress, and all agitation
in and out of that body, upon the
slavery question, stopped, has been
repeatedly admitted By the,whigs Of
the South, as being infinitely alb ve
party, and far more to be d slred
than any and all other consider 1t ions
pertaining to politics. TO q eom-
plish this, they announced their viii
ilingness to make a sacrifice Of aid
the former ch eris he'd principles of
the wing party. They made the
most solemn appeals to the demo
Gratis to bury this question so deep
that it Eonld be imp ossible ever to res
urrect it. To 10 this, Gov. CdRp5eN
proclaimed His re diness, if By no
other means, to pc ur out his Hearts
warmest blood We are happy to
assure our patriotic and national whig
friends, that 5he glorious oppor5 unity
is nor being offered to attain all their
wishes in this made - it IS now pro-
posed to give thi is truly alai ming
and daugerd US question its final
quietus; and we put the que stionf,
VIII you, when cor yinced that your
platform, tho ugh strictly a lhered to,
cannot posi- ply bring about Il settle
ment of the slave ~ agit; ton, vote
for the man Who sands upd "a an d viii
carry GU the rriar ip'es Of pla form
that does?
In releeming tie promi be to pub-
.lish that portion Of the Ehig plat
form that sets fortlI HE posi- tion Of the
wing party on th4 slavery question,
we propose 10 BhoH that il am punts
to no settlement Of that 4nbjec ct, OF
the agitation Thereof in pr D at Of
Congress; and lid Il the Democratic
platform viii dc L 9th, 70 do this,
We know of no be ter plan TO dept,
than TO report out unders Landi hg of
the positions take b by Mail RQs $ and
John L. Brglf, Esq, in Their
speeches on last Saturday, before the
Democratic Association OF this place.
Maj. Ross showed that the 8th
resolution Of the Wing platform which
we publish below, defining their posi-
ton on the Compromise, i not what
the wings in the South haFe eli; lined
upon these meas pres th|,t it does
not propose fna ! settlem emit -and,
by consequence, the views Of Gen.
Scott on the veto power, if Pres deht,
and bound only by this platform,
would permit him with ID lpunity 10
sanction d bill granting 10 all fugi-
tives common court triad with many
other detestable features, which the
free solers would contend di not
'impair the present efficiel cy" Of the
fugitive slave law. Maj. II. col tend
ed the "fa ture legislation 7 clause Of
the res solution was intended as loop
hole fd this purpose.
Mr.. Bright took the g round, and
showed beyond all contradi lotion, that
the wIig platform does not more than
approach the margin Of that Union
destrq yin miscreant lavery agita-
ton. He showed that outside Of the
r&fereh pee which the six measures
constituting the Compromise make
to the slavery question, the wing
platform cannot be tortured so as to
refcr'to a settlement Of the agitation
of the subject. He insisted i as ev-
cry one is compelled to admit, from
the reading Of the eighth resolution
of til cir platform--that it has refer
ehce pnly to the Compromise and the
fugiti We Slave law;;-the "depre eating
all further agitation promised in it,
is in reference to the Compromise,
and not the slavery question-to
"lisc3unlenanccall elI6rts TO continue
or re new such agitation" has the
same for its antecedent, and not the
slavery question. This We In w will
be a new rendering to our wing
friends; nevertheless, it is tho only
true one. Read it, and make any
thing else of it, if you can. With
this DIS the only authority or promise