The daily union., 1854-12-12
HON. THOMAS L. CLINGMAN.

We observe that some of the whig papers North Caro-
lima are rejoicing that this influential and distinguished
gentleman was not elected the Senate of the United
States by the present legislature of that State They have
not forgiven him. because he refused join them in their
union with the abconists of the North and he
prefers that party which stands by and suffers for the
principles of federal constitution Hence is that
they exut what they pleased to call rebuke of
his conduct in separating himself from their company.
Let look for moment at the history of the whig party
in North Carolina The organs of that party object the
elevation of all those who for satisfactory them
selves leave the wings and join the democrats and yet the
North Carolina wings have repeatedly elected and reelect
ed TO high station who have left the democratic ranks
Willie p Mangum who elected a senator in Congress
by the democratic party and afterwards abandoned it
then supported by the wings, and subsequently
twice reelected that branch of the national legislature
George f. Badger chairman of the Jackson democratic
central committee of North Carolina twice elected to
the United States Senate by the wings, of reward
for leaving the democratic party The first whig nominee
for governor in North Carolina, after that Office had
been made elective by the people T. B. Dudley who
had been leading Jackson dcmocrat but he taken
up by the wings with all the more alacry on that
count NJ Morehead, their second nominee for the
Office boasted that he had been three times elector
the jackson democratic ticket viz in 1924 1929 and
1882. 1t is memorable historical fact aso that in 1892
the wings able to poll for their candidate Mr. Clay
only five thousand votes in North Carolina and that in
1886 they had very decided majority. This result was
produced by their placing in the lead just such gentlemen
as we have named and who according their present
logic in regard to Mr.. Cngman had shown themselves
traitors to their party
Mr.. Cngmans position before the country is higbv
enviable one and know his election to the Sem
ate would have grafed numbers OF the purest and most
acceptable statesmen in the democratic party His own
for separating himself from the wings ayoraby
contrast with the motives that mpelled many, who now
ciated with the southern wings and was with them,
he adhered, while many of them abandoned it. The
the northern whg scheme of abolishng slavery in the Dis
trct of Columbia and of forcing the Wimo provso upon
all new territorial bills They certainly committed to
separation from all such Influences these extreme measures
were persisted in and believe they went so far as to
declare that in the Of the success of these
they would dissolve the Union Mr. Clngman gave bold
and formal notice to both wings of the whg party that he
would act out his purposes What resulted the nation
hhoWs py ner Inc northern wings became completely
abohtonized Mr.. Seward supplanted Mr. Clay in their
and the example of Websers devotion TO the
constitution became mockery to his former friends In
the whg congressional caucus of December ls49 which
Mr. Clingman attended, the northern wings in BODY |
admitted that they bad been pledged prior to their
election to abolish slavery in the District of Columbia
and also to urge the Wimot provso and when their
action in Congress and in the country confirmed these
avowas Mr. Ciingman at severed his conpex
ion with them Messrs. Badger, Mangum Dudley |