Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1853-08-26

| nyWHAT is WHIGGERY!-The union of men
into party implies common object sought, and
we can conceive of no such thing as a party where
there is union of sentiment, thought, or action,
among those who profess to compose it. Suppose
at the present time, four wings to be elected in
Tennessee and four in New York. has the same
thing been successful at both points, Docs any
man know just what has been successful? Do
these eight men think alike on any question before
the country! Will they act together on single
measure before Congress! Neither one or the 9th
er. What then, we say, is whiegery, and what
docs it meana
LOOK at parties moment. AT the present time
the administration of Frank Pierce is planted on
measures enacted under the administration of Fill
more, and if Pierce and Seward were now running
against each other for the Presidency there is no
question but Fillmore would support Pierce in pre-
ference to Seward. The opinion is prevalent that
these party splits known under the names of Hun
kers and Barnburners, Sewardites and Fimorites.
old fogys and young America, are mere local diff
culties and personal broils soon to be allaycd or
easily to be disposed of. Suchis not opinion.
They come up from the people composing the par
ties, and are the result of radical and positive diff
ference of sentiment and opinion on the great oucs-
tons now forcing themselves on the public attcn-
tion Seward and Fillmore and Dickinson and Dix
! and the Atlas and Argus and the innumerable 9TH
er big and little politicians and organs all over the
country have no ether significance in connection
with these strfes and struggles, than MS they rem
resent in their own persons, the sentiment of the
own person, the sentiment OF the progressive and
liberal wings of the nation-thosc who desire the
government TO progress from its present condition
of slavery propagandism to that of freedom-and
hence he becomes a leader; while on the other
hand, Fillmore, from his horseback conservatism
just as naturally becomes rallying point for those
who from fear or interest, or any cause arc oppo-
sed to all change When and where then. is all
this to end! The world of thought don't 90 back
ward, ana men VIII notagain resume the positions
they have left. Death dissolution, and rc-forma-
ton are no more certain in the inanimatc and phv-
steal world than in the animate and mental world.
and the aggregation and disqualification of kindred
particles in one is certain than in the 9TH
or. The individuals who compose parties are sure
to die in their present form, when their mission is
fulfilled, but no sure to die than arc parties
III their present form, when their mission is fulfil
led, The present conyulsion in parties then. is
the natural CONFUSION of dissolution and the par
tclcs as they segregate, to aggregate again
according to their affnties, around the new prin-
ciplc which dissolved and reformed them This
Is manifest from what we stated in the commence
mcnt, viz that whiggery at the present time means
nothing-that there is in fact no such thing as n
wing party, so far the term, party, means any
thing and the same the condition and the same
facts apply to the democratic party There is an
effort OF course, to stay this process OF dissolution
an effort which manifests itself by calling wing and
democratic conventions, and making wing and de-
mocratc tickets. And this, when the men who
call these conventions and make these tickets can.
not tell the points of difference between them and
their opponents, and when they know there is quite
as much lack of harmony and want of union
among their own members, as between the old par
tics.
A word TO the wise is sufficient, and while these
old party fuglcmcn trying TO war against ma
ture and keep their ranks unbroken, sensible men
seeing the true condition of things will elect to be
live men and take their places according to their
affinitics, on living issues.
The so-callcd democratic party of this state, will
at their state convention, nominate an outand out
bunker conservative tickct-thcy will do it, be-
cause the liberal elements that have heretofore an
mated the party, are withdrawn or inactive, and
the party is in the hands of office holders and wire
pullcrs This ticket will rally and unite the CON
sentative elements of the state in whatever party
existing The so-called whig party, if it makes a
nomination at all, will make one without any spe.
cific claractcr-good, bad, or indfercnt-just like
itsclf-whch will command the votes of the few
who help to make it and none others. The Free
Democracy have a ticket in the field, truly repre-
senting the progressive principle in the living ques-
tions of the day-it will command the support of
AT present not all-the great body of the pro-
gressives of all parties For this latter ticket, it
is perhaps too much at this time to expect ma
jority vote, but confident it will at this cleo
ton rise in numbers to the dignity of second
party.
Gy JAMES DENsMoRE had communication in
q late number of the Milwaukee Sentinel in which