Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-03-28
THE PARTY OF FREEDOM.

THE PARTY OF FREEDOM
The Nep York Tribune, If We understand
ID has considered the Wing party in a state Of
dissolution siace the last Presidential election
but such has not been the prevalent sentiment
among the adherents Of that party for in
nearly all the States they have put forth siren.
uous Efforts to keep mp their organization
Nothing has loosened their party ties 80
much as the late movement fur the repeal Of
the Missouri Compromise Ia the first plae c,
this attempt, producing reaction of Anti
Slavery feeling among the Silver Grays,
or :. Nationals, rs they were called, brought
them into harmonious cooperation with Libe-
raj Whigs and in the second place, being
sustained by the Wing press Of the South, and
by the Wing delegation in Congress from that
section, With rare except, ms, it broke the bond
of the National organization, alternating North
ern from Southern Wings
The Wing party. which rallied under the
banner Of Henry Clay, and around the. doc
trine Of Protection in 1914, which placed
General Taylor in the Presidential chair in
ls4s. On the siagls principle Of Nsn.Intaris-
renee by tine Executive with the action Of
Congress. and which IN 1852 adopted the
Legislation Of 1850 including tho Fugitive
Slave Law As a fnality, is no more
IL never derived much strength from its
Southern section-never enough to compen-
safe it for its concessions to the peculiar in
stitntion" In 1852, when it cast larger vote
than it had done in 1910, 1914, or Is4s, the
Southern proportion was smaller than ever
not more than 5000, in total Wing vote Of
s7s 900. 1t paid more than it had over done
for Slavehold'ng support and got less
Il is manifest that all this support is now
gone. II cannot look to slaveholders--it would
be folly to attempt to win them back by any
amount of concession. The shock Of the Ne
brasks convuIsion, rs Virginia paper says,
1has rent the Wing Party in twain, and a
ysuning chasm separates the bclgerent frag-
mentsu
aThc Wings Of the South, with few insig.
nifcant exceptions have met the issue present
cd by the Nebraska bill, with a courage 40
unusual as to attract universal remark and
but the bulk of the party stood their ground
and manfilly met the shock. Awaiting our
selves Of the legal maxim, de minimis non Gu
rat IsI we may assert that the Wing party Of
the South approve the repeal If the Missouri
restriction with unanimous voice.
With equal unanimity, and with zeal
which reflects much discredit on the apathy Of
their late allies in the South, the Northern
Wings have arrayed themselves in opposition
to tho repeal Of tho Missouri restriction In
every possible mode by which the voice Of a
party can make itself heard, have the Wings
VI the North protested and demonstrated
against tho passage Of the Nebraska bill Their
Legislatures their State conventions, and their
primary meetings have all protested and re-
monsirsied against the wrong and iniauity
Of the measure Their newspapers denounced
ID with a vehamence and Indignation, which
in expression exhaust even the REDUNDANT 80.
cabulary of fanaticism. Their orators display
the incorporate passion Of their journals IN
opposing the bill On the other hand in no
single instance has Northern Wing spoken
10 favor OF tho bill In no single instance has
Northern Wing Journal approved IT,
The Pctersburgh (va) Infeiigencer, speak.
ing for Southern Wings, says:
aThe defection &c Mr.. Everett and Of The
National Iafei6gsnor has played havoc with
tie Wing party. IL is useless to disguise tho
faoo thsf AboIilionismland Frce-Soilism have.
viii these aeccssions, effoctually broken the
- which bound together tho Wings Of the
South and a. tho North. Tho former cannot
~ ernie with the latter; arrayed, a. they now
ars, against ono another upon the vital consti-
t0tional principle which is embraced in the
Nebrasks question:
On the cshsr hand, tho New Haven Palladi-
I'm says
" The GaW,ihf 7hrowD DowB.--Mr. Bad
Gsr, IN his recent specch in favor Of the Me-
IraekA bill, said that tho Southern Wing
Senators would stand united in It's favor This
u COURSE, outs The Wing party in twain. SO
bs Il, II - Il must be. Nothing will remain
bus " piek up tho fragments and unite them
with ~ FREQ Soil md Democratic party that
1pDonso ~ Nebraska chcat. The free Wings
;i1 auCpote Hcnstosss before Badger, Hale be-
bps Cley IN. nud No on 70 the end II ths
>unthern WhiG msmbers Of Congress ara
sofy y ba<sksr the Wing party, they must
sspars % faee sueh > body u the free Wings,