The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-09-08
From the Louisiana C0uHtT,
is THE WING PARTY DEAD?

pretty sharp dispute is going between of the
southern whig journals the question whether or not
the old is really dead, deunct, and buried Some
considerable time ago the Bee OF this city announced the
decease of the poor creature barely stating the fact With
out word of pity, without dropping solitary tear to
his memory, without syllable of eulogium on the chsrac-
ter of who had, during long PERIOD stood at the
head Of the wing concern and been the most conspicuous
object in all the wing professions meetings. unketings
and barbecues This scarcely decent in the Bee to
tell merely that the coon was dead without line In
of his services TO the patrons of that jour-
nal and Of the huge merits which the Bee in the
slant habit of mpung to him whilst he was alive and
kicking.
But it turns out after ALL that the is not Dead not
whstanding the formal and precise annuncation OF the
Bee The National nelgencer, the Baltimore American,
and the North Aabamiana Of them devoted heart and
SOUL the interests of the good old coondeny, most pos
ityely and pernaciously that he has departed this life
and le the precincts of the cheerful day These
journals assure that although in sickly condition and
in great danger of collapse he is not absolutely defdnc
but may be easily resuscated in full life and strength,
under name, to wit 1.-THE great conservative Tho
North Aabanian to this change Of name it ex
claims with earnestness "et first what shape
old friend will under the proposed nom Dc Sr
and then there will be time enough to determine what al
tentative is to be adopted = but the North Aabaman does
not concur in the idea that the coon is dead.
On the other hand the assertion of the Bee sustained by
two journals OF hlgh authority amongst tue SOuthern
wings the Southern Advocate and the Augusta Chronicle
Luckily have the opinion of both these papers in
article as follows:
VcTE REPEAL THE FUGlTIyE-sLAyE LAw.-ln noticing
the the House allow Mr. Elliot of Massachusetts,
introduce bill to repeat the fugve-save law, which
defeated by yeas 49, and l20 the Augusta Chron
ice the leading wing paper in Georgia, says:
NEARLY, if quite, all those who voted for Mr. Ell
lots motion are northern whigs motion in effect TO
abolish the ugitvesaye law What say the National In
tegencer and Baltimore American to the vote? Will
they persist in the face of urge the maintenance Of the
national wing party? Or will they dsengagc themselves
advocate the formation of national conservative
paryT
awe ask the North Alabamian if it is willing to be led
and controlled by such these northern whigs and
if it is not time think less of party and of
try? The nellgencer in effect adheres to the northern
wings and therefore have disowned responsibility for
its course and the North Aabamian would be wise do
also "-Sotahern Adpocafe.
In what these proofs TO be by
whig brethren? The truth, think lies midway between
the assertion and denial of the coons decease he Is
Dead quite dead beyond controversy in the Southbut he
alive in the North, where he just makes out crawl
the face Of the land in dying state.