Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-09-26
Tn. Silver Grey Wings.


n veil sneak plainly. II the Convention which meets To-
morrow shall pass resolutions Tor the repeat Oh tne
promise, Of $780, NO will repudiate them ~
make the repe.l OF the Sebrsks Act part OF Inc Pa
form We shall 20 against IL not because We susn
repeal undesirable but because utterly npseesoe'
and We will consent TO ruo no wdSoose chase NV ,h,
tsp.ble obiects I. the Convention shall say, w"hou'
that We must admit more slave Sas' VIC
VIII not DO bound by its dctum; for although We were,
the time, opposed to the admission OF tei .ocsrrsS
aud are ready to fulfil obg tons the country incurred
In the Of that act We consider our oos
nons TO tho country superior TO our obligations 70 pay
and do not hesitate to declare tnas we win NJ
selves q. accomplices Ia scheme Tor the
party ct the expense OF public faith and puone u'"N
We copy the foregoing paragraph from the bnhaio
Commercial Advertiser, the leading wing paper
Western New York, and said 10 be the organ oil Mr.
Fillmore. We copy it here for the purpose oil rebuff
ting the swet ping charge contained in the following
extract from yesterdays Enquirer, in reference 10
that portion Of the New York Wings known as Fill
more or Silver Grey Wings:
"u the other States Of North the Wing party has
long since been abolitonzed but In New ok there was
still semblance Of conservatism and Devotion 10 ne
Constitution There a wing Of the Wing party which
recognizing Mr. Fillmore as its ader, proiessea an IRE
couoiabe antagonism Seward snd his schemes. but
even this fragment is abolouzed at last SO that silver
Grsys" and all united in one compact party nn"
dor the leadership Of Seward and sectional plat
form"
Ii is manifest, from the article we quote from the
Buffalo Adrertiser that the Inquirer does the sroSSes
injustice to Mr. Fillmore and to the party, small
though il be, of which he is the acknowledged head
and representative. That distinguished gentleman
and his adherents in the State Of New York,
have BEEN and still are, strictly conservative upon
the question Of slavery. They are not abolition
lied" as the Enquirer unjustly and petuently al
leges and we sincerely hope and believe never will
be- They still stand, as they have boldly and pa
troticaly and uniformly stood in the past in an atti-
tude of 'rreconcilsbe antagonsm to Seward and his
schemes" They have not taken their position under
the leadership of Seward, and a sectional plat
FORM" and will, unless they mean to belle their
history; traitors to their principles and become
the deadly enemies Of their country. And this, we
assured, they can never do.
We have no idea that Mr.. Fillmore, or his friends
will support the ticket countcnance the platform
that Seward and his confederates fosted upon the
Convention at Syracuse. We say this upon the faith
Of the declara ions have copied from the Fillmore
organ at Buffalo That paper, previous to the assem-
bling Of the Convention distinctly and explicitly H.
formed it, that if the repeal of the Compromise
measures of 1850 was decided upon, 1t would repu'
date tiff the repeal Of the Nebraska bill was made
apart Of the platform, it would 60 against that; and
If II was determined to oppose the adm ssion Of any
more slave States into the Unon it would agree to no
such conclusion, but would sternly resist 1t This,
we take it. is the precise position OF the Fillmore
party of New York. Is it reasonable u suppose,
therefore, that thoy will unite with Seward support
the election Of bis minion5 and aid in the conNum-
nation Of his nefarious prcectss There is nothing
In between them. Their aims their objects,
their principles their very natures all antagonstic
and the idea Of their acting tremendously together,
especially upon questions involving the constitutional
rights Of the South, is simply absurd. For Seward
IL traitor and Fillmore is patriot-and there can
be sympathy between light and darkness Be sides,
from the short extract we published yesterday, from
the New York Day Book, the Enquirer must perceiy,
the injustice does the Silver Greys," and recog
mise also the improbability Of their supporting the
ticket lately nominated at Syracuse. For, in that
extract, it is expressly asserte that such has been
the devotion to Seward of Myron II. Clark, the
nominee for Governor, that he has been object
special hatred to the friends OF Mr.. Fnore"-nnd
"boh in 81 and 5S they opposed his election to the
State Senate, with unannity and bitterness, and all
along have been fighting him with earnestness and
determination" And our impression from this state
is that they will continue battle against him
30 long he clings to the fortunes Of that cndish
We cherish the hope, that the Fillmore Wings of
New York, throwing all other considerations to the
winds, will unite with the "HIrds," and cordially
sustain the election Of Bronson. We make this wish,
not partisans, Of course; neither as seconasts;
but the well.wishers and lovers Of the Union We
go for thorough amalgamation of all parties, North
and South, who for standing firmly upon the one
great issue of unfolding the Constitution and the
ri1 n tto Gto,os Al
ltionists and fanatics That is the question beside
which all Others sink into comparative nsgnlGcance
We have been, and still are, strong and Jealous party
men; but we trus: incapable Of cherishing
single thought Of party when the country, perhaps
Is on the Of contest in which the Constitutions
the Union, the rights Of the States, and Republican
freedom itself, are all involved. Wings and Demo-
Gratis alike we account as common enemies, if thew
rally around an anti-slavery standard, arouse the
fires Of a sectional conflict aid make war upon the
institutions Of the South their aim and object. We
trust too the Enquirer will be found battling by our
side, undisturbed by any melancholy apprchensions
"a TO what may become OF the Offices, meanwhile
The loayes and fishes we submit, should not be an
object OF too grave solicitude when the Union of tho
States and the rights Of the States arc both in ieopsr
dy, and demand for their security the exercise of all
selfish ones.
The New York Herald has a scathng article upon
the diplomatic career Of Soule remarking meanwhie,
that his has not been than that Of Borland.
But how instructive a commentary upon the Judge.
ment Of Pierce aud Marcy it observes does the CON,
duct Of both present How can our other smbsssa-
doris, IL proceeds, hold up their beads, when all the
world sees that one representative Of the American
people has disgraccd himself by shielding rnalefac-
tor from justice and insugadog the destruction Of
All innocent and defenceIess town; and another hs,
behaved himself 40 sbamefully that sense Of self
Preservation obliged him 70 fly the country whittier
he was sentI Ii concludes:
what picture, In sOoer truth, do our foreign minis.
h present At the presso Soue ing post haste
rom spdu 80 AZ 70 anticipate his dismissal oy E.psrtero
borlaad hidog someThere In Arkansas bis diminished
bead from popular indignation, Belmont the jew setting
40 eiohsngs shop The Hague, Others making them
selves ridiculous BY PrA,ug Of universal liberty sod crown
ga dspV!s aud SEEKING 20 requisite tho dones Of the
vorid W democrat couciabes reckng With The fumes Of
beer and pipes those oDy Tree from contempt or shame