The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-08-16
the LATE WHO PARTY.


my opinion In resard the pending Tor d
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YOU ~ aware that have withdrawn from the arena
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TO ny that should not refuse to comply
sent conjuncfurs would argue an Indifference to the
tions welfare which do mot feel and which would b
to bis country Sincerely coiscidng in the view. you
advanced honor and proprey demand that should
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my estimation they are - valuable and important o.
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stIl have the sanction Of my deliberate judgment.
History will attest that the objects Of tho whig party
every Section to maintain tic nsssna, shasaeses BY
guard against executive abuses and encroachment ana
promote the moral intellectual and material advance
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epheeral views to be advocated to-day and renounced
tenorroy they involve great and cardinal prinoipes
which win be Of continual and application in
the administrator Of In every phase Of
national progress Regarding the and prosperity
fort and convinced By experience that the conservative
doctrines and liberal measures for which contended
pose TO adhere to them. am opposed to the dissolution
OF the wing party and come what may viii not dsown
It sas .a r. .ss ar, e
and patriotic party Is about to commit suicide, its
representatives acting as eKecutoners you most per-
no part or lot in the matter.
novel spectacle win be presented when the dele.
Sabe ONCE Of pronouncing that the wing party Is
has been suggested that they should speak for
Themselves OF their old associates, still loyal to
principle ana to their antecedents may question the
validity Of the funereal formalities 1t viii probably be
urged in answer to our objections, that We are de-
pryed Of party organization, another stands
ready vita open to receive us, and that nothing
more is intended than Protean change Of shape. In
other words, it 70 An exhirstng metamorphosis, and
not political humiliation, to which summoned.
This the case deserves serious attention brings
Northern party grounds relating to negro slavery OK
cusivey and Ignoring the real objects for which our fe
s.s TO
be TO the free States confer sny practical good upon the
country WIN its efforts advance the interests Of
VIII its struggles for supremacy strengthen the foun
win 4 do anything for commerce, Efor Internal im-
provements for domestic industry, or for the promo
ample and teachings Of our republican fhers with
the idea Of federal SYSTEM that the people side
to take possession os the Of the United
statesf On sober reaection, my honest Judgment an
Believing that Sectional combination Of this kind is
fraught with danger and mischief it does not accord
with my views Of duty enlist under its banner In e-
aoss e
presenting broad national principles and system Of
all the states from Maine to California can unite in
friendly cooperation ia Northern antisavery party Is
free States should enter into It. The very proposition
nPtss that We are 70 be met By the people Of the
eyes to the practical tendencies of such conflict It's
effect must be to exasperate one part Of the nation TO-
ward the other part and to weaken i not to Danish
those sentiments Of friendship and brotherhood which
gave birth to the constitution In such warfare both
sections viii be reused to fierce resentment by mutual
other aliens and enemies instead friends and fellow
citizens; and in word, shall to he people,
sacred to be by angry between the
North and the South. This may be true while the con-
long the federal compact would survive partizan srug
the people Of the free States and the people Of
sS
upon which choose not to speculate But win not
hesitate to express conviction that the time
States shall be extinguished in the popular breast and
when the sectional luminosity which Is avowed in some
quarters shall become the common sentiment Of the Anne
ricsn people the Union win longer be worth preserv
ing will no longer be the union established by Wash
ton Of interests friendly ties and national pa
triotisul
You must not infer that my sentiments concerning
slavery have undergone any change. My. opposition
to the introduction of slavery into free territory Is
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and reasonable action calculated to condne the inst
tuition to it's present its On this subject the posi-;
consistent and why shall we leave the high ground
have occupied 10 rush into unnatural alliance with
to reduce the negro political stalking horse for party
purposes you must not conclude that indifferent
tona, plan for ameHoratins his condition But We are
hardly called upon to forego all other and
The % place our over the subect Is coa
fined to very narrow limits Each State must regulate
and control the political status Of its coored population
is the undoubted right Of every State TO decide the
question for ITSELF independent Of external interference
s the people Of the free States should join the abo
slave In all is essential proportions slavery exists
would remain untouched. In our own State we have
conferred certain degree Of freedom the colored
But when shall they be permitted to VOTE hold
oace and to participate IN The blessings Of social
II becomes US to exercise some charity toward the
citizens Of other States where the African Gle.
population II appears to me that our political action
should be directed to subjects which we have
some effective control instead Of wasting energies
questions which the constitution Of the country has
placed beyond our reach. We may skirmish near the
ogtposs: but when slavery i abolished il must be done
will b converted to juste views Of duty and humanity
by partisan camo,, harsh reproaches, and constant
to the csndor of every honest philanthropist.
Is contended however, that the repeal Of the Mis-
niion Of national parties and the formation Of North
era party. We must admit that this feeling is natural
for the provocation was great But in dschargins our
pubic responsibilities In the personal and social rels
tons OF life moderation is virtue and reason is wiser
than revenge The violation Of the Missouri compact
sass great wrong, and an unmitigated calamity If It
had been the deliberate of the whole Southern people
separation would have become unavoidable. BUTT was
the of party, and not Of section II was the
work OF politicians and demagogues from both sections
aided BY faithless administration II forced through
Congress by party discipline and executive influence
against the general sentiment Of the whole country
not called for by the people Of the South On the
contrary, thousands Of conservative men In the slave
holding States condemned the dangerous un.
Just and aggressive. Instead Of procaimng sectional
against the South let FIRST appeal TO that portion
Of The seuern people who stl loyal to country and
faithful 10 time bonored covenants invoking them in the
name Of patriotism and justice to come forward and aid in
ing that mutual confidence good viii which ipart to
the NATIONAL compact its true strength and s only value
territorial sovereignty, invitation to the friends
and Of slavery TO rush IN and struggle for the mastery
Serious strife In the Territory thus made inevitable
This bas been aggravated BY armed invasion from Mis-
sour tnsourased BY the apparent connivance Of the ad
mn.xNNon. Every friend Of republican institutions
must eondem the violence BY which the actual residents
we Territory have been deprived Of the free exercise