The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1852-05-19
WING Leadership in the Canvass for General

IN FAVOR OF Vi
late minated vaguely that his election would not be
claimed partisan condemnation OF the fugitive law
BW in reviewing and appaudng Mr.. Botss letter. the
Atlas has the following passage. which cite sig
nicant indication of wing purposes and policy Our
readers will mark the terms in which il speaks OF the
past and present political character OF Mr. Sew
ard
1--WE are glad that Mr. Bolts has thought proper to refer
Gov Seward-a man who has been more beled and
msrepresented than any other man in America, and by
demagogues and imeser who, like the snnhower,
whichever quarter the casts its There are
many in the South and North and especially In Ohio
who hitherto had been whg who would not support Gen
Taylor when nominated But where did the whig party find
VIM III. Seward In the dark and troubled night that
upon us Did they find him halting between duty and
expediency, wing principles or locofocoism Not at a
they found him upon the stump, in the room in the
private circle, and in the public halls, always and
ready give his hand and lend his voice the
Of Gen. Taylora southern man, stakeholder wing,
patriot. One Of the best speeches made in State
during the campaign by VIM. ii. Seward in this city.
We know gentlemen who the oudest in their pro-
tesations in favor Of the fugtivesave law and the
promises who could not support General Taylor in lSiS
because they said, much of southern man,
and not sin favor of eedom'men who signed the call
for the Worcester and Buffalo upon this
They accused of being sold the slave power, be-
supported Gen. Taylor, and would not bolt ; and
yet these gentlemen extremely fond the
compromises that they oppose General Scott because he
does with letter endorsing them. Nay, they
endorse the conduct of the southern boiling members
OF Congress, and demand that the endorsement of the u
gitives law shall be made party issue in the
North.
"Men change-principes never. We stand where we
did in lSIS and do the wings of the North We have
sectional biases. We have friends reward-no
enemies to punsh-nothing but country
While Governor Seward sumpins the North in favor
of General Taylor and the OF the wing party in
lsis many who decry him aboitionis then
treating with the Buffalo conventionisis. We state what
do know and what have said is less than is
due of the abest ihe purest patriots, and
one of the best wings in the whole Union Aud
clad that MIR. Bos Virginia whlg. with that chvarc
valor and high sense Of honor which feels stain like
wound boldly comes out for the longsuppressed but
God born TRUTH"
That Mr.. Seward gave powerful aid in the election of
General Taylor is very true That he did as much as
any man TO abolonize the policy OF General Taylors
administration upon the sectional questions is also true
and those who find themselves inclined TO take another
wing candidate OF Mr. Stewards choosing will make up
their minds doubtless to Mr. Seward equally nfuen-
tia in his administration, in the Of his election
And since Mr. Seward is thus distinctly put forward,
both by Mr. Bolts and the Boston Atlas as the leader of
the movement for Gen. Scott il may be well for those
wings of the North who are opposed to renewal of sec
iional agitation, and for all the wings OF the South, TO
bear in mind the position assumed by Mr.. Seward in
gard to the restoration OF fugitive slaves
In his letter OF last concerning the fugitive
law, Mr.. Seward took the ground that the law il
stands is transfer of the social economy OF the slave
holding States into the free States and that il is thus
plainly contrary 10 the principles of the cons,itu-
ton. And it is remarkable that the letter, while
urging such doctrines length and deliberately, makes
allusion whatever 10 the obligation of that provis
ion OF the constitution on which the law is founded,
nj N a..
vision. 10 this position, far as we know Senator
Seward stands alone among eminent public men, as he
stood alone the Senate years ago on the question
OF the immediate admission of New Mexico as State,
with constitution excluding slavery. More than any
in the land, OF eminent position, he represents
the policy Of anu.slavery agitation More than any
other in the land, he leads and controls the
wing movement for General Scott In the leading organs
Of that movement the cry has already gone forth that
Mr. Stewards policy and doctrine those of the pures
patriots and the "best wings" in the Union.
There can, then, be no mistake about the matter, and
the country will know just what Kind of patriotism and
just what kind Of whiggery is placed in power by The
election OF Gen. Scott
By way Of showing what the southern wings think of
the pure patriotism" and true whiggery" OF this wing
counexon which reoices in the lead of Senator Seward
we copy tne loiloWlnB from tne hCnWond hepuDlicaD
Such paragraphs abound in the leading wing journals of
the South:
Prom the Richmond Republican
We cp the following from New York Evening Post
"Lewis Benedict, leading Seward whg, removed by
President Fillmore from The postmastcshp Of Albany, has
been elected delegate from that district the Wing National
Convention lie makes the third officer removed by Fill
who has been placed upon the jury try their
toner"
There. others OF the same kidney-such Gov
Johnston. OF Pennsylvania who may justly be charged
accessory after the fact Of the Gorsuch murder They
fastening with appettes like vulures to
the battle. field. They eager dip their filthy beaks in
the blood of and brave patriot For his fidelity to the
Sou and the constitution Willard Fillmore is TO become
victim Of these obscene birds, and the South Is invited
to participate In the unhoy and unnatural banquet Yes.
this Is the entertainment wings OF the South. TO which you
are invited You TO be harked by w. H. Seward to
the destruction OF your friends. You upon and
end those who have pearls before you. What
allied opinion these organs Of Sewnrdsm must entertain Of
magnanimy, gratitude, and decency Were they TO
ask you your fathers and mothers out Of DOORS they
could scarcely offer greater insult TO human nature.