The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-07-04
The WING Party.

o. any other emotion that we have watched the
course OF the n Y. Tribune In relation to the wing
perry. Though that urusl some time since formally
announced that IL bad gIveu up the wings and would
leave them TO their fate, II still to consider
Itself authorised 10 announce the dissolution Of the
party. North and South, and 70 have by tacit con-
sent installed itself the leader Of its own sectional
fragment. We say that I lie course on the part of
she Tribune has been the rather OF amusement
thsn apprehension 1t was certainly not unexpected
and not likely to prove very dangerous either to the
perpetmty OF the Union or 70 the interests Of
any Of its parts. But II has been with surprise
and regret that we have heard this insane cry Of the
dissolution OF the why party echoed by wig jour-
nais OF the South who. with unauthprised eager
ness II not with indecent haste, have resolved tn It
henceforth Northern and Southern wings are sepa
rated In interest and retrsvably cast out from the
pursuance of any common object. On the part Of
the Tribune and its co adjutors there Is definite
object which they hope t. by this disco uon.
The formation Of a sectional pa ty. that will en-
body their hostility to the South and give perma-
nence to their Opposition To slavery, has ben and
will continue 10 se the ain object VI their efforts,
and for this purpose thy have endeavored to appro
pirate the Northern wing parry as the foundation
upon which they are to the edifce Of political
abolit lnism, aud through which they seek to
mount into Office aud power THIS is the scheme OF
the aboltiousts, and IL Is one we regret to say,
there seems at present by lar too great pr liability
Of their carrying out il the whg party in the South
will allow passion rather I'll IN TO control its
movements and its decision in this important epoch
or its political ext -t.nce
VOWED in the propo'eu d'--olution OF = national
party 70 look at II tie rro ing crcumst ,nces
fairfy and TO speak u lem with cntire candor.
What thtn is the hi, sen aspect ~ afiiirsl The
wing party In the Moth q al most a unit OF pc ed
t. The Nebraska bill, TIE amc Quest on tue de-
mocrats are div d d; their pubii men, Office
holders and eApectait ,llct h ,ldurs. with q small
potion OF the rank and lie ~ the parry, supported
the bill simply btcaase i was an uUminstraii N
measure, whist the great of Tho party are Dp-
posed to it, We think it an undeniabe fact, an
one that cannot too soon be admitted, because il
must eventually be forc,o NJ n our reoo ,ntion,
that the North Is largely opposed 10 the repeal Of
The Missouri compromise. vote, could il be hid
on tbat simple proposition, wonld show an aggre-
prise the country. With this ~ II appears 10
us, perfectly undeniabe fac in view we have
far higher respect for the whg party North
than for the democratic patty North, even though
the latter may, in this particular issue. nominay
occupy position more in consonance with our own
views. We think the wings rep eseat the popular
sentiment OF the North much moe truly than their
opponents. and our demo,1a attic instincts are suff
ceLty strong to insure for them our respect whilst
we differ nom their vi'ws. But does IL follow that
because the wings Of the North oppose the Ne
bratka bill they are efectually excluded from COM
munon with their beth en- If the South, and that
the latter to join Ia the hue and cry which, amid
the excitement Of sector o issue. ia 70 drive them
into the arms OF abb 'oi mi We can sec, with
painful apprehension. how such q result is u be
brought about, and cam withhold our depreciation
that some Southern whp journals should have al
ready committed then selves to a course. which
however they may look upon 1t. In It's practical
effects will rene er TO aboonism the most substan
tial aid and comfort.
We object both to the fact Of making the Nebraska
question Q tes of wing orthodoxy and to the antho-
rity of those who seem anxious to dissolve the party
on that issue. The question Of the repeal OF the
Missouri compromise has never been made WING
doctrine-it was not mo,tcd when the wings met in
che national ceuncil-it formed issue upon which
wings, North or South. were elected to Congress,
and the simple fact that 1t is opposed by the North
ern wings does not warrant the hasty conclusion
that the party is 70 fosakc its national organization
and to become segregated fragments, powerlcss by
despieed tools Of those with whom they coalesce.
Hhas, however, been urged, and with some truth,
that the Northern wings have not been content with
q mere opposition to the Missouri compromise but
that they have colleagued with abotionists. and
the cry for the repeal Of the fugitive slave Law has
been mingled with their demand for the repeal of
the Missouri compromise. We have no disposition
to deny any fact in the case, and must admit the
orce of this objection. But its force is appa
rent than real, and il will rest very much with the
wings Of the South whether the threatened compact
Of the Northern wings with the frcesoIl aud abol
tion factions shall become real and tangible danger
TO- the South or spend itself ia the cbullitons
which anger and disappointment have created. In
paroxysms OF unwise anger the Northern wings
have almost offered themselves as the willing
allies OF abolitionism, but there is still
room for confidence that the men who
rallied around Clay and Webster, who stood firmcst
anc foremost in defence of the compromise mea-
suIes, will not, by any ordinary cause be driven
into the permanent upport Of measures threaten
ing the perpetuity Of the Ulon or dishoL orabe to
the South Indeed, we think the revulsion that
will bring the Northern whig party back to It's ma
donal fealty has already commenced Their press
u rapidly opening its eyes to the fact that the
clamor raised for the restoration OF the Missouri
compromise Is but the blind under which aboli
tionism seeks to advance ts schemes of agitation
and to oonvulse and perhaps ultimately destroy the
Union And the fruit Of this conviction lie already
becoming apparent. The New York Express has in
dirnantly rebuked Senator Summers recent traitor
thecoEstution-the Boston Courier has denounced
the disunion spirit that is corruptng Massa-
chuectts-the New York Commercial has exposed
and held mp to common contempt the Massachusetts,
1hig address-the New York Courier, with forcib,e
sarcasm has shown that the threat TO dissolve the
Union, come from what quarter il may Is but an
unworthy political subterfuge-and the Detroit Id
v-fis- has repulsed the attempted interference Of
the Nrc York Tribune by which IL sought to bring
about coalition between the wings and free sellers
ofMichigan These arc all evidences-and time and
resAarch would doubtless sbundantly multiply them
that the storm which threatened 10 commit the
wbigs OF the North to the support OF abotionism,
u already spending itself, and that an interval OF
re6ection-such as the anticipated adjournment Of
Congress will allow-and the absence Of all causes
OF irritation upon the part Of the South will be pro-
ductve OF the best effects in calming the agitation
produced BY the Nebraska question.
We place, however, our objections to the dssolu-
ton Of the whig party at this TIME higher ground
than COT Germs the mere pepetuity Of the party IL
eef. ia dissolution viii add most powerful stmu.
lus to the formation OF Northern sectional party.
There Is, we honestly believe, q vast body OF ma
tiona conservatism still represented BY the wing
party In the North The members OF that party
have opposed the repeal OF the Missouri compro-
mise, but II does not follow that they are opposed
% the South other issues which far more vitaly
,Geot Il, nor that they will join In a crusade against
its institutions, II not provoked thereto The South
viii commit mischievous and hurtful error BY
CHASING all the opponents Of the Nebraska bill a.
abolltaniss, and by such must multiply enc
mics where it has the power TO make friends There
is now no immediate occasion for a. declaration Of
their position upon the part Of the Southern wings.
BY waiting they will commit themselves to no
course that may hereafter be a Of regret, nor
in the least degree embsrrass their future action.
But prccptate course now, unjust 10 the wings OF
the South because II will not meet with their unani
nous sanction, and irritating 10 the wings OF the