The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-09-10
THE LAST TWO "WHIG" VICTORIES.

Our contemporary of the Ineigencer is fond of
oicng swing victories matter how achieved, and
the late abolition trumphs in Iowa and Vermont seem to
give it special pleasure The following opinion from tho
leading whig paper of Iowa. the Burlington Hawkeye'
is little different from the enthusiastic endorsement
of the hteligeneer Referring the denunciaton of the
means taken to carry Iowa by another influential wing
paper, the St Louis Republican, the Hawkeye says
"Thc above article from the st. Louis Republican,
paper which has for thirty occupied the proud position OF
being whg and such has been cordially supported by the
wings not only of ST. Louis and Missouri but those Of the
whole Union and the friends Of this new party called peo
pies republican party cannot, on this ground take ex
cepons the fair candid and honest conclusion of the Re
publican deduced from truths which sefevdent in
themselves could be obtained from known process Of
reasoning respecting the result in Iowa. truer classified
ton could be made than that given by the Republican
if had been eyewitness to the schemng and full
development of the plot To that the scheme of
espedency would be ridiculous for the wing party had
thing their way, and would have been gloriousy h
umphan il they had put in nomination Clay or Web
wings But the object of the convention and the com
pexon the ticket nominated and the base surrender of
the wing party known when they kicked out of that
convention resolutions sustaining the Compromises of
1885, and sufficient to have made every whg who was
such principle revolt at the insult offered by that act
of the convention to the wing party of Iowa
'Yet through the seductive batteries and the honeyed
smoohness of speech Of few demagogues old wings who
had voted anything but wing ticket in their lives
deluded the cheat and cheek by jowP
with the re abotionists in the community whom they had
despsed for years. though they scald breath
ing pestlencc We denounced the ticket additions and
when aboltionists called convention it endorsed
such, at least Mr.. Grimes"
Now hear the Boston Commonwealth abolition paper
in regard to Vermont;
'syERMoSrThe general result of the Vermont election
by telegraph We perceive that the wings trying
pass off this election nhig victory In doing they
only deceive the public but they help to sustain in them
selves deusion which may lead to unpleasant here
after. Judge Royce and Mcssrs. Fletcher and Bates
the candidates of the whg convention but also of indie
pendent antisavery resembling that which has
been, and likely be- successful in other States With
out the aid furnished from this independent these
men could not have been elected Mr. Fletcher not whig
and does not pretend to be he is freesoiler.
In 1858 the wings tried their strength alone and
badly beaten, democrat being elected. This year they
showed some degree of besy and by the aid of the
sellers, have been successful What the State ticket
also trne of the congressional nominations The wing
ddacs accepted the nominations OF soers
them indebted for The result an
and anti-slavcry triumph, but not wing triumph"
There are in New York city 2ie public schools with