Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1854-10-17
Fusion and the Future.

| pullerS OF the wing party, VINO nave thus lar
done what they could to prevent the achiev-
ment of such glorious results, as have been
brought about in Ohio and Indiana, by the
thorough fusion of all the opponents of the
Nebraska iniquity, into one great party.
When the masks fell off of the faces of the
Nebraska conspirators, and revealed Badger,
| Geyer, James G. Jones, and the entire Wing
delegation from Kentucky-not to speak of
Toonbs, Stephens, and Clingman, who had
deserted long before-plotting and caucusing
| with Hunter and Mason, Butler and Orr,
! Bayly and Atchison, Douglas and Bright, for
| the overthrow of the Missouri Restriction, ID
was clear enough to all discerning visions,
| that old party distinctions We're superseded
| and unmeaning. Not by us fanatics, nor
| through any contrivance or action on our part,
| but by the deliberate and determined resolve
| OF our natural and necessary antagonists, had
| those divisions been effaced and annihilated.
From the moment that this coalition of
| Slavery Extensionists irrespective OF party be-
| came obvious, 1t has seemed to us the plain
| dictate of principle and duty, of interest ana
necessity, that similar union of all opposed
| to Slavery Extension should be formed to re
sist it. When Douglas and Dixon rode low
inglv at the head of the newly combined for
| ces, it seemed to us absurd and suicidal that
we or any others who chung to the principles,
traditions and policy of the North should re-
| fuse to fraternize as cordially with Hale and
| Preston King, Julian and the Jays. When
| southern Democracy roared out its EMULATION
| over the defeat of Col. Benton by Wing,
| how could we be anxious to place Wing Of
the school of Choate, Ben. Curtis, and Ever
ett in the seat of Charles Sumner? In fact,
| the reconstruction of parties had become
necessity, forced upon us by the compact
breakers of the South and their Northern ac-
completes, so that the only open question was
| one ut time.
| And no other time was so fit and favorable
| as the very earliest The first avowal in the
Senate that a Southern Wing caucus had
been held in favor of Douglass bill, and en-
attempt made thereby to dragoon every South
ern Wing into Its support, should have been
met by Northern Wing protfers of fraternity
and fellowship to all earnest upholders of the
landmarks of Freedom. What hindered this
natural and ultimately inevitable consumma-
ton.
In the first place, the existing political ma
chinery was in the hands of men to whom
fusion of elements of Northern resistance to
Slavery aggression wonld be an G5dication of
personal consequence The members of Wing
State and County Committees would be dis
ranked by a new organization on the simple
Republican platform. The aspirants to seats
in Congress or Legislature who had been buy
ing and sellingin Wing Conventions for years,
to form a capital on which to secure their own
nominations respectively, at the earliest NOM
ent reyolted at the thought of having all this
capital dlssipated in moment, by new com
mingling of the political elements. In short,
all who had toilsomely and patiently achieved
positions in the Wing ranks. which they had
no personal qualities to maintain, in the event
of new organization, shrunk from the ''Fu-
SION movement, as from suicide, and bawled
at the top Of their voices, s'Stiek to the Wing
party !" Don't give up the ship Z" The
Norther1s Wings all voted right on Nebraska
CAS- if this very discrimination of Northern
from Southern Wings did not imply all that
any Fusionist had asked, or could desire
let, q movement for Fusion, was made in
various quarters and has steadily progressed
to this hour. Wherever the Wing party was
essentially, manifestly weak, as in Ohio,
or Indiana, the popular impulse easily over
bore all oppositian; but in States like Massa-
chusetts and New YORK, where the Wings
were in power, and had prospect of remain
ing in, and in Pennsylvania, where they had
hope of coming in, it was fated tc encounter
a strong current of seishness and short sight
ed expediency. But it must be remembered,
that these States embosom the three great com
mercial cities of the North, wherein Cotton is
always powerful, often omnipotent, and where
Slavery will never want apologists and abet-
tors, SO long as 1t has produce to consign, OF
custom to bestow. He who realizes pecun-
larry profit from the labor of Slaves, must ever
sympathize with the masters, through whose
ins'rumentality, that profit is secured.
In Ohio and Indiana, the fusion of all the
elements of opposition to the Nebraska con-
spiracy was early effected and complete. In
Pennsylvania, it was a matter of labored ne
gotation, and was but partial at that. The
Free Democracy finally withdrew their ticket
and recommended the support of the Wing
but this was very different from having bu
one ticket from the start, and that nominated
Oh the distinct ANTI ebraska platform. Ii
California, the Wings stood on their old
fashioned National platform, and refused II
take ground against the Nebraska bill at all
In Ohio and Indiana, no Wing State Conven
tion was held; no Wing State ticket proposed
f but all who condemned the principles embed
led in the Nebraska bill, came together. passec
anti-Douglas resolutions, nominated their can
didates, and commended their cause to tn
people.
The results have been exactly such as ever
clear sighted observer must have expected
; In California, the Wings are shamefully beat
I en-, though their adyersaries were for the frs
time split into two parties, and though tn
. Wing vote in California was last year relative
ly stronger than in any other of these States
; Iu Pennsylvania they have triumphed, but il
) an imperfect, unsatisfactory way, carrying
, their Governor by great majority, but losin,
their Canal Commissioner and Judge by
greater, and failing to carry some half dozel
members of Congress. In Ohio aud Indiana
on the contrary, the Fusion, being perfect, ha
swept everything before it. Every district Il
Ohio, and all but too IN Indiana thirty in al
-haDe elected the Antt- Nebraska candidates {
CongyeSs-a result without parallel in our pc
litical contests. The Fusion State ticket i
carried in Ohio by seventy thousand, and il
Indiana by ten thousand majority, though tn
two States went democratic" in their las
preceding elections, by immense majorities
Indiana has chosen Legislature which vii
choose Fusion U. S. Senator in place of Johl
Petit, and in short, the triumph could not b
more Overwhelming.
If New York fails to show popular MAORI
against Douglas g. Co., of at least one hun
bred thousand, with delegation to the mex
Congress, substantially unanimous against tn
Nebraska bill and its abettors, the sole reason
will be that the people are not permitted Il
vote distinctly on that issue. There is no sucl
majority for the Wing party, if any majorit.
at all; but there is much as you pleas
against Pierce, Douglas, and their Nebraska
doings at the late session, if it can only be per.
mitted to display itself. If st. Lawrence
Herkimer, &C.. vote against us, the fault viii
be our own. And, since It is too lale to make