Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1853-12-19
Chr % ailp pp.
:. The Prospects Of the Whigs.''

"The learned gentleman labors, in that article,
toshOsv that The wing party is strong, vigorous,
powerful. athletic organization, that has, through
the force of its principles, reconquered Massachu-
sets to lis dominion and that will, through the
same force of principle, recover the Capitol at
Washington in 1856.
We were amused by Hudson's article both
on account Of the infantiIe crudi,y of its style,
and Of the example it afforded of confirmed pc
lilcal monomania. Miss FIyte,'' in g Bleak
House, = supposed she had case in chancery,
: and was always expecting judgment. Hudson
supposes that he has vested interest IN the Ma
val Office I; and he is always expecting, like
Micawber, that g something will turn up to
HE advantage, in relation tn i. This dream Of
the Naval Office has given poetical tinge 10 the
ideas Of Hudson; and it imparts TO bis diotion
SORT Of prophetical confidence Looking through
the medium Of Office he sees Abbott Law
renee, or some equally eminent wing, President
of the United States in 1856, and himself restor
ed to his snug ncun.bency and fat salary. II is
an excusable inflammation !; for it keep, Hudson
10 spirits, to indite funny leaders for the amuse.
ment Of his friends-and enemies TOO, if one SO
really insignificant can have enemies.
In the article of Friday, Hudson says 'sWe
were confident that haping principle on our side,
the day was not far distant when the wing party
would be IN the ascendant Without taking
any exception To the grammatical construction Of
Mr.. Hudson's sentences, we rake the above
quotation, in order that we may beg him to tell
us what sort ofprincipIes The wings have on their
side. What sort of principles had they on their
side when they dominated Zachary Taylor
When they prepared and passed the Fugitive Slave
law-and when they constructed the Baltimore
platform And what sort of principles were on
their side IN Massachusetts, when they voted
against the Constitution. on the i4th of November
last We believe that the wings had Interests
on their side instead Of principles. They had
the cunning, calculating, Office seeking interest
on their side, when Zachary Taylor was elected,
and tens OF thousands of thoughtess young men
who had an interest in e old Zac,' simply be-
cause he "gave the Mexicans h. The
wings had no principle on their side then, for
their principles were seemingly all expended in
blatant diatrbes against war. from whose reek-
ing fields Of unjusiifabe slaughter, they after
wards led thef Presidential candidate.
The interests that were on their side during
the last election were various.
The Cotton interest, the corporation interest, The
capital interest, and the Catholic interest, became
kneaded into lump Of heterogeneous conserva-
tism to defeat the New Consultation, and they did
defeat it. Money, commerce, arsiocracy, and
ultramontane theology, did it. Father Raddn
Of the Boston Pilot embraced in his archiepsco-
pal arms the Rev Charles Hudson, hereto, of the
Atlas; and Abbott Lawrence went arm ia arm to
the polls with Barnard Brallgan. John G. Pal
frev presented his hand to Marcus Morton, and
Samuel Hoar voted the same ticket with the
spaniels of Caleb Gushing. The Wings, taking
advantage Of this chaotic Coalition, rode into office
on its top just rides upon the crest Of the
wave. Ii they hsds relied their principles
for success, 'lheir side'' would not now be SO
jubant.
But LEI us follow Mr.. Hudson little further in
his article. He says:
"The success Of The Wings IN defeating the
Constitution proposed by the late Convention, has
after all gwen great satisfaction to the sober sub
stantial men Of a Il parties. We have seen many
Free Sellers, and many Democrats-men who
voted for the Consituton-eApress a satisfaction
at lis defeat They confess that there were una
ny features ~ that instrument which they never
did approve; that they always thought that the
Convention went too fur in this, and not far
enough In that and that they were in fault in
fha ms nner nf suh,niftinr Tho ruoat;on ~
pie. These excuses and apologies show that they
are more attached TO principle than 10 party, and
that, IN the day Of trial, they have more conf
dence in the Wings than in their own respective
parties. There are thousands in the ranks of the
Democratic aud Free Soil Soil parties Who enter
tain these views; and nothing is wanting but to
manage affairs wisely to secure many Of these
permanently to the Wing party"
Now, we suspect that some sober, substantial
Democrats and Free Sellers, ''who voted for the
Constitution have been ''pulling wool over MIR.
Hudson's eyes. We mean in 6gurative sense,
Of course, for Mr. Hudson has hair on his head
allhoughsome people might suppose from the way
he bleatsin the Atlas. that wool was always over
his eyes.
Some of those sober, substantial Democrats
and Free Sellers told him that "lhe Convention
went too far in this; and did not 80 FAT enough
in that" They certainly would not have ven
tured to be so definite and confidential in their
communications unless, they had been sober and
substantial.
Its upon the basis Of 'excuses and apologies
such as these, offered TO him by The sober and sub
stanial Coaonlss, that Hudson constructs fu-
tOre dominant national Wing party We should
like to hear The New York Tribune and the New
York Times discourse upon the plans and pros
poets Of the Boston P'ometheus. They gave
Wbiggery up long ago; and they viii be slow to
believe that Hudson can galyanize it into fe.--
Although the Wings byan accident have the pow