The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-06-17
the WING PARTY, NORTH AND SCUM
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Important Foreslssdowings Of the Futur
Co., &c., &c.
From the Petersburg VA.) Intelligencer, (whds. u
THE WING PARTY.
To any one Of the slightest observation II uuGt
very apparent that what was once the whig part
has ceased to exist. The name now used sfgni61
nothing, and represents nothing In national ssn
Of the word. The socalled wings Of the North -
not one feeling IN common with the whigs Of q
attempt TO unite in electng candidate for the Pr
sidency. These facts havc, much against our viii
been foSced upon rs BY the action Of the whiu
the North. For time there were some who 1T
attempts upon the Union made by it's enemies. e
abolitionists; but these at lest have been carried
by "the heady current" Of free soilism, and now ~
South has not one friend among the inAusnta
whom ehe could rely for aid and support IN Md
tanning her constitutional rights. This Is q melSn
cho!y statement, the truth Of which cannot even
doubted. People may wish It were otherwise. Do
wings and Nerthernfreeso sellers. The Northern wi1&
hnve not only deserted the wings Of the South. =
have added insult injury. Their tone sthat
nor 70 inferior. Their language is, Gentlemen ci
your demands. Aslong as you were content wifhwha
we were willing to concede, it was all very ven
but now You have set up for yourselves, 1t Is quite
ealsge on the part Of the South, which, as Soefh
ern man, we Indignantly deny and repel. We kel
nothing ct the hands Of the North, but demand, end
will in the end compel, respect for our oonstitu
lional rights. ~
The Southern wings having thus been deserted
by the hypocrites of the North, who SO long played
double game with us, the question win neceaart
y arise as to what is our true policy. In the ab
sence of something which we cannot now nationally
expect, we cannot believe that the wings Of the
South viii consent to be represented In q socalled
Wing National Convention. To 60 into such q
of the knives Of the free soil butchers II would be
an endorsement Of treachery, and vile submissiou
to multiplied wrongs and insults Should this yiew
OF the subject be taken by Southern wings general
cessary to take some other action. We sincerely
wish that the suggestion we are about to mako
had come commended to the party by more age, ex-|
perience, and position, than we can boast Of. Hum
ing OF heart devoted to cause for which we havoI
privately and publicly struggled for the last seven
teen years, and which we will never absndon.|
We throw out, then, for the consideration Of 0ur|
Southern wing brethren, the suggestion of hoding|
Southern Wing Convention in some central point
of the South-say Columbus, Ca, for instance
either during the coming autumn or in the next
Rs the S9a soaS Of A AZ poS s1d vy q
South may never be able to elect whig u their
choice to the presidency, they exercise an n6u
ence most potential for good. Upon one great sub
ject they can act with the democrats of the South
thus place two slave States in the way OF Northern
aggression, while it would throw open to Southern
enterprise and Southern cities the trade of the most
fertile and beautiful island Of the ocean. The true
and best mode Of resisting Northern aggression 10
to foster and develope, by all possible expedents,
our own vast and incalculable resources. Build mp
New Orleans, Mobile, Charleston, Savannah and
Norfolk, and in turn they viii build up the interior
cities and towns, and phase the South in condi-
ton to laugh to the threats of the abolition
lists. The holding Of snch convention as we pro-
pose may be termed sectional. Well, let It be 80.
1t is sectional, and meant to be 80. What are the
Northern wings now doing? Acting sectionaliy
for the purpose ofviolating the constitution. Look
at their votes the Nebraska bill, and then ~
II win lay in their mouths to rebuke the wnies o
the South for holding sectional convention to de-
wise ways and means to protect the conseaanesso
from their own ruthless assaults. JAfr :
| From the Buffalo Express, Seward wing June al
We give the above entire on account Of u aknit-
canoe and importance in political point Of View
Il is filed with omens, menaces and threstenings-
all Of which may be realized to the wing party, and
hence the importance Of keeping the record per
feet that the responsibilities Of any calamity which
may follow to the wing organization may be as.ign
ed to the proper source. We have labored too long
and with too much heart in the whig party, and
have become too strongly attached to its principles
such consequence should follow, and ffom the
causes set forth by our Virginia contemporary, we
shall endeavor to aid in our humble way n keeping
that portion of it which lies north Of the line q
experience, since the memorable political campaign
Of 184S has taught u.s. that the South was gradual
lyrelaxing it's allegiance to the wing party. The
southrons have thrust into the political arena quea
ti0ns and elements calculated, and we have no dOuE
intended to weaken and Ultimately to destroy thu
! wing organization. The compromise q l8tOWhen
submitted to the North as test Of WING orthodoxy,
aimed deadly blow at the future prospects Of tie
The sentiment OF Northern wings could mot
readily yield to appreciate that measure a. ono q
wisdom and justice. The South have pressed it
effect upon the vitality and strength q the party.
| Thus, while at the North we were distracted and
torn to pieces to CRAFTY Southern rsn and South
ern interests nothing has been added to the aggre
South, vhichappears 10 be irredesmably loco foco
In its tendencies and determinations After having
placed to our lips the chalice Of the Fugitive Slave
law and the Texan swindle, and bade rs drink and
terer cup in the Kansas and Nebraska billS with
| the menace that we do not drink cheSrfdffy, the
wing party is to be severed ON the line which d.
vides freedom from slavery.
II such is the alternative, Lat IL come Though
we might regret the necessity which led to tho act,
we part with the South, politically, as we would
with lamb 80 struck with gangrene as to make its
amputation necessary to health and the preservation
Of lfs. What has the whig party to gain let us in
quire, by holding to ON alliance with the South in
its organization In 1862, we went into the Presi-
dental canvass upon Southern doctrines. A plat
| form was constructed at Baltimore, for the cam
paign, which knew North, no South, no East, no
West; and when the fight was over, and the smoke
of the conflict lifted, we found nearly every slave
State arrayed against our candidate and cause. II,
| when we meet them upon their own doctrines, and
yield cheerful acquescence to their interests and
prejudices, they desert and go over to the COM
mon enemy, we cannot see what we are to gain by
acting in concert or to lose by sevcring the slender
| ngament which binds us together.
| The need Of praise bestowed upon Mr.. Fillmore
by Virginia contemporary s well timed and we'll
merited. He is really and we believe sincerely .
friend to the South. lie proved himself such during
his administration as President, showed his con-
tinued loyalty during his recent delightful Southern
tour and no doubt continues it until the present