Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1853-04-28
The Whig Party Proper.

Flne ParlS SC0nStltutl0n makes sur
dry very perti@ent inquiries in th
annexed article:I
WHICH is THB WING PARTY PRoF
ER?-Col. Haskell in his late letter
speaks Of the I'whig party py0p9r.'
Now, this is a Very vague and indefi
mite description. To what politica
organization ddes the Col. refer? Mr.
Seward in his speech at ClevelanC
during the Presidential canvass 0
1913, maintaihed, that ''there were
1.-TWO antQgomStdc elements of society
Hin America freedom and s1acey;'
and contended that the whig party
represented the party of freedom,
and the democfatic party that of slag-
cry. On that occasion Mr. Seward
| told the ''m.bibs of the reserve,'' to
whom he was particularly addressing
himself, that i was their duty to "cr-
t4ad a co1aIqI EgeJcome 10 the .tugtive
uYto laid his wfuy limbs at ttar d0or,
and to DEFE b him as they would
Etheir pufetnqlI Gods" Said Mr.. S.,
say 10 slavery when it shows its
bond and demands its pound of flesh,
that ii il draRs one dropi of blood,
Its life shall Hay the forfeit
The plain English of which is,
that when a Fennesseean OF Ken
tuclian goes over to Illinois OF Ohio
TO recover his runaway slaves, in the
opinion Of AIF Seward, it is the du-
ty of the phr1y of tfrecd9m, { pr as
Mr. s. terms it pr exc4llance the
wh{g party, to greet such kentuck-
ian or Tennessean with a bullet OF a
bayonet n pw, the question arises,
was that thd whig party proHsr, to
whom Mr. Seward was. giving such
patriotic adJice? IF our opinion was :
called for, " would unhesitatingly
declare that it was not. According
to those gre lt whig leaders, Messrs.
Gentry and Toombs, that very class
of wings, tb whom Mr. $. was ad-
lre5sins himself, exercised i control
ing influfnfe over the convention
hat nominated Gen. Scott
4Ir. Fillmore WAS the choice Of the
Wigs of thd South, but tic anti-slav-
ry (northdfn) wing Of the wbig par
y, forced qen. Scott upod the con-
ention Il order to break down and q
gstroy AIE Fillmore and AIr Web q
ter" Jf4qdse Of Har saPbojt Of Me ..
measures. Was the con
ention thbt nominated Gen. Scott J
Of the "whig party Propef! !.
treat Southern whis stat tslnen de- =
lare tllat the nominati4uof Gen. :
.eott y FhsIa triumph of sectional :
m, an q that by his nomination the a
arty was denationalized., Clearly =
zen, and according to tie highest !
hig authority, the "#hig party e
,Qper,,'P Has not in session at Bblti- : :
lore. :
In o. qr humble opinion, the exH res : :
on Rhis party proper il nj can D
lgless Blrase. There is no ''no u
hig party proper IN tsse, and there
as been hone since Mr.. Clay qbar- 81
oned his American SYSTEM and d
le nit4dStates Bank was pronounc- h
to be an obsolete idea. If there G.
ally IS ''whig party proper Sc
here wis it last seen-by what dis W
nctiYe features can it be recdgnized? IL
S tho wings are arming for the CUB II
'liato rial contest we think it is high SC
me That the question should be set OIL
ed, which is the ''vhig part y crop IL
Is it that party at the hea d of Ii
hich stands Messrs. Gentry, Will
ms, Tpombs and others = Is it that p
lrty which Mr.. S. addresseda Cleye- .
nd INF 1913 on is it ii lat party a.
hich PR. Gentry said den ationaliz- ~ II
itse4 at Baltimore by the nomina- y, =,
on off Gen. Scott? I'VE pause for Il
replY'' '"