The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-07-22
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.-...A .o,a ass more for their party than they did
h, ssien Of The conederscy ~ wh.cn tney resided
Ia .ssmIr az the campaign OF 1915 certainly snoioed ou
poor encouragement, y 'as .hn"u ssr,m.ri Of
-. s~s,on cf The Union, inssmuch as the South would
o Them in IT, The administration OF Gen lay
Tor sIscied ia the lhss II proved 10 be an
sbol,on one. entssiy under The influence OF Seward
who boldly ayowed that The slavery compromises Of lhe
constitution should Sol berespeosd az they were IN con
fct wlh cetaia higher law" that be had discovered
and under bis direction the patronage OF the government
in the northern States was almost exclusively conea1a,
not upon constitutional Tree soilers but upon leSua'
pointed nomsnaly by Gen Taylor bat really by seward
held on under EIlnose and is on account OF hci re-
mova 10 give place 10 more Huslwesy sisoss. ,nas
-, sss :1SAs," Ms Pierce We'll considering he
frcndly political relations that have always existed be-
tween the Of poilcians we 40 no, Know !na
swtsticn, thus encouraged and fosered by the southern
whss had now reached its height and in the judgment
e ;ISs sd and m n
who up 10 this time had been quite as ultra in his abol-
ton notions any Of the northern wings But being
,moross is,iu man h o. wss Oy ne
ened ingu the constitution be Tetaced his steps, and
in company with MI Webster and several other northern
whge threw the influence of The administration in favor
Of compromise in which the obnoxious" principle Of
the Wilmot provso was abandoned Il .t,.ay, +
With the aid Of few northern whIg votes united 70
the great body Of the northern and considerable portion
III he southern democracy il was carried and the vexe
question OF slavery finally settled upon fair basis. In
this settlement the whole national democracy, with hard
~ an exception including the old Van Baren men oil
1885, acquesced by adopting the Baltimore democratic
platform OF 1852, and nominating candidate for Presi
dent whose whole life was guarantee that the princl
pies contained would guide and direct his adnnlsra
lion But not so with the wings that faction had be-
entirely anti slavery at the North that refused
to submit TO the Compromise adjustment i demanded
that Fillmore and Webster, who had given their sup
port at the eleventh hour should be thrown overheard
q presidential candidates and Cen Scott who had come
up ande. ths auspices o. W% ~ ana md VINO
pulous dcmagogue should be the whg standard bearer
in the presidential contest Against this demand OF their
northern abolition BRETHREN the southern wings for
time seemed 10 protest their delegates up Bali
more 10 oppose il, and when they arrived at that place
they saw how completely the gangrene OF aboonism
had eaten into the very yitas OF the northern wing or
xanlzation Ii was almost unit for General Scott In
the great State of New York, with her thirty dele
gates the residence Of Mr. Fillmore, who had the whole
patronage OF the general at his disposal there
were but out OF the city, where the strong
camille interest arrayed in favor Of the Compromise
that national oennll the rest were tnctured more
or less with aboIitionsm. For several days a fearful
contest ensued between the great divisions OF the party
but Stewards friends were fim being accustomed 10 vic
tory. and the South fnaly succumbed there being ra
tors enough in the southern delegations 10 nominate Scot
The southern wings. alter striking down some Of thu
emaent northern democratic statesmen who had dsiin
guished themselves by the zeal with which they hat
fought the battle OF that section OF the confederacy
against aboiionsIn. now performed the same Office fo
their owl party friends, webster and FILLMORE, whom
they allowed TO be crushed for their eay and devotion
to the Union Nor was this all. They went into tbs
support of Scott with much zeal as The Seward men o
the North and did thing they possibly could to cleo
him. and thus give the country another abolition admin
istraon But they failed in this The patriotism OF the
nation was fully aroused, and Seward, with his southern
alhes, sustained an verwhemlng Waterloo defeat,
Ii is from these southern wings, whose past po
Tical history has shown them be the faithful allies
The abolitionss, who have for years worked in the
same party organization with them, and who in June
1882. sold themselves completely into the hands of III,
bodest and most influential slavery agator in the
North-W. H. Sewand-lhat complaints are heard tina
President Pierce is appointing free soers TO Office Even
ii true, they the last who entitled 10
interpoae any objection they have ways Rugged and
embraced that faction and they certainly should not
greet the appointment Of their friends But the charge
false There 10 single appointee Of the Presden,
who j. not willing TO adhere 10 the compromise adjust,
nnent, who il not now good Union man as the bes
whig editor south of Mason and Dxons line, and The
os of them great deal sounder upon the slavery
question.