The primitive Republican. (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-1852, 1852-06-24
The Wing COnventiOn-DeOree Registered.

The labors of the Wing Convention, re-
Gently met at Baltimore, resulted as every
well-informed man anticipated, in the tri-
umph of Stewards candidate, GEN. WIN
FIELD SCOTT. The Southern wings who
have been protesting against this "higher
law" game have had the pill sugared by the
nomination of VIM. A. GRAHAM, of North
Carolina, for Vice President.
We have Geographic accounts of the vote
up to the 44th ballot, which stood for Scott
1874; Fillmore 1873; Webster %; a varia-
ton of only one or two figures having taken
place from the LIST to the 44th ballot The
friends of Scott seems to have had harder
work than was expected, and it is obvious
that a combination of the friends of Web
ster and Fillmore could have defeated him
had that been the case however, Seward
would no doubt have defeated them in the
election, or at least such result must have
been feared by those friends of the constitu-
tional candidates who surrendered to Scott
and thus nominated him.
OF the further proceedings we learn that
platform was adopted embracing the Com
promise measures, a tariff; internal Improve
ments, &C., this iberality on the part Of
Southern wings in voting treasury Ounties to
their Seward allies, being, we suppose, the
consideration for the privilege Of Finality
resolution.
Such is the summing up of the truce be-
tw"on the northern and southern wings Of the
wing party. Whether it will restore har-
mony remains to be seen; it certainly will
fail to elicit any thing like the old wing vote
of the south, the very flower of the party
being driven off by this last proof of the pre-
dominant strength of Sewardism.
The fact stands broadly forth that while
the national democratic party is mostly con-
trolled by the South, the whig party is es-
sontially northern party, both as regards
policy and numbers. The numerical strength
of the democracy lies in the cotton planting
States and this fact will always enable them
to control the movements of the party.
The strength Of the wing party on the
other hand is North, and the southern por-
ton is neither consulted or respected, be-
cause not at all relied on for votes. The
Seward organs have been ringing this truth
with insolent disdain as d rebuke to their
southern allies for daring to oppose Scott
The important fact has been illustrated in
the result of the two national conventions
The southern democrats went to Baltimore
to defeat Cass and they succeeded. The
southern wings went there to defeat Scott
and miserably failed The moral of the thing
is that the South can exercise no influence
in the government except through the dem
ocratic party. Even Van Buren, when in
Office was controlled by the democratic influ-
cnce Of the South, and all candidates Of the
democratic party must be, because as before
remarked, the available. force Of the democ-
racy is here,
In connection with the nomination Of
Scott we publish his views Of the veto power
extracted from his letter Of 1871. How,
let us ask, could be consistently with his re-
corded opinions negative an act either modi.
flying, or repeating the fugitive slave law, es-
pecially when Greedy, bis best friend, har
told US that any pledge BY the Wing Con
vention is just 90 much "Wasto paper and
will bind nobodyl II remains to Be- seeE
whether the ''pnnio faith" Of Seward, Gree
", &C., viii be accepted BY southern Whig.
or whether they viii make good the declare
ton that 'sthey viii not have this man s.
ward 10 reign over them.