The Ohio star. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1830-1854, 1853-06-22
Condi,lo.. ofei,e WING Party.

Conditions Of efac WING Party.
That the efficiency oftlls Whigpar yisr nded,that
it is Weakened shattered, broken. beyond reason
able hope Of Iecoyery,i is fact admitted by many
LEADING Wbie presses, and also By thousands OF
Wbiq man. Yet it ia IN unpleasant fact. fAef
which otber Whig presses, and other Wing men
s,o,,, and reuctant 10 admit. This is natural,
il is not at all surprisiug-nor can we withhold he
need of our sympathy from the sfslwart men, in
the day of their disappointment and disaster. who
have long, noby, so sincerely. self-saerifi-
cingy, batiled in powerful party for the success
of principles which they deemed of essential and
vital moment And we are the more disposed to
symPathze from the fact that The party t.re been
destroyed by The pnnlc faith, the tre lcilery, the
unreasonable exactioas, the deserIlon even of the
slaveholding wing Of the party. That the liberal,
The progressive men of tha: party can ever again
harmonize in successful party action with men of
such bad faith Is unreasonable TO suppose. Every
indication wo1ld eeemto show that the Wing pnrty
has fulfilled IFS mission, that its career is ended
Living. active, progressive. liberal Wig men
yet on hand and iD some other form, in nfler
combination wi'i urge forward more successfully
those ereatNnri living principles which must sur
vive ths w,ecx of parties. Liberty and Desroii-m
are uDtngenisms, and these antagorisfic forces,
wholly irreconcilenbIe with each other, have inai
'y, result inevitable, wrought out the das:ruc-
.inn and overthrow Of the Whig party. The adj
vocares of Liberal anj Desrotic principles bave
reached the point where they mnst separate, and
these two fcrces, must now unavoidably produce
T. n Il. ..lo,, Ill
saRk at these matters intsIigen,ly, that we may
per deceive oursstFss nor others.
u 1t is grnthfJsg TO seine of the abest, truest,
most ida9sY Ant and reliable Wing presses in this
State tdking proper view of this subject. The
t. Democrat presents the following summary
#hig opinion, as 10 the broken condition of the
Zig party.
z - First look at Southern Ohio
9Th is the Cincinnati Gnzehr. of the old
est journals in Ohio widely circulated couserva-
tive, and every way Discreet insits speech 1t
leads in that section of The State. Does it sustain
MIR. BARRERE? Docs it uphold the Wing party?
1t is out. declaring the orsaniza5 broken up &c al
certaniy. .
Second, look at Northern Ohio.
The Forest City .Nrdina Whig and Summit
Brdcon are outspoken as to the fact that the Wing
organization is broken up.
Now these papers speak certainly for one-third
of the Reserve, fhus crushing Mr.. BARRERE and
the Wing ticket beyond the hope of recovery"
In contest SO confessedly hopeless and boot,
less, why should liberal men. of generally concor-
dant synpathIes and sentiments by sashing and
decryng each other, by fostering antagonism
where nnne really does OF need exist help 10 pre-
cipitate result which they all must deprecate ?
How much better that liberal elements should be
combined to great extent possible, that
something may be gained aud that all may not BIZ
lost. In the present ttituGe of parties nths State
the administration party will walk over the course.
Mr.. BARRERE undoubtedly feels this, and would
be glad if he honorabIy could TO ccnpy differ
ent relation to the canvass. The True Democrat
says:
But Mr.. Giddngs was very much ceusured,
because he said at Dayton, circumstances led him
to believe that Mr. BARRERE desired to retire from
The contest Desired Why, the wonder is,
that he can consent to occupy the station he Does
for moment. Still the OHIO Slate journal does
not meet the point, rs we read it. and The Portage
Wing will observe that, if it will only read again
its remarks. The former says:'
Now we wish to say that if any whig free-soil
loc"foco speaker or ehitor says that Mr.. BARRERE
is not candidate. has sent in his deciensron to
the Whig erecRtire committee. such person is guilty
of utteri"e misehood."
. The Ashtabula Sentinel notices this special re-
ply. and we adopt its answer:
The Journal denies that Mr.. BARRERE has
sent in his decfrnaon, and inss's that ne is cam
Gidate That is the extent of its denial. 1t con-
tradicts nCtwhat Mr.. Giddings said, but what he
did not say, what no alleges he ever said"
Let not mere party spirit, We urge. destroy us,
Let not the decaying enbers of past party con
hicls or feuds be famed. IT, unfortunately, it is
too late for the present canvass to do any thing
for the State I'll ket, let Counties be renovated,
let the Legislature at least be rescued from false
h,nds Above all, let the Reserve stand once
more rectus ia cufid.