Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-10-06

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| Mr.. Choate's Letter.
We publish below the letter Of Mr.. Rufus Choatc
to the Wings of Boston, by whom he was elected
delegate to the Whig State Convention:
BosToN Oct /, 1855.
Gentlemen: discover that my engagements
will not allow me to attend the convention 10 be
holden at Worcester tomorrow, and hope that il
is not too late to fill the vacancy.
! assure the Wings Of Boston that should have
regarded i as duty and privilege, if it had been
practicable to serve as one of their delegates The
business which the convention meet to do gives it
extraordinary attraction as well as Importance
Whether we are dead, as reported in the news
papers, or If not, whether we shall fall upon our
own swords and die even 20, will be debate pos
sessing the interest of novelty at least For one,
deny the death, and object to the suicide and
should be glad to witness the Indignation and
laughter with which such question win be taken.
II there shall be in that assembly any man, who,
still Whig, or having been such, now proposes
70 dissolve the party, let him be fully heard and
courteously answered upon his reasons Let him
declare what party we shall join Neutrolity in any
sharp, civil dissension, is cowardly immoral and
L u,
commend us? take it for granted IL win not be
the Democratic; take it for granted, also, not the
American. To what other, then? To that Of fu-
sion, certanlyto the Republican, so called, l sup
pose, because IL is organized upon a doctrine, and
aims at ends, and appeals TO feengs on which one
half of the republic by geographical line,- Is r-
reconcilably opposed TO the other. Even TO that
party.
Let him be heard on his reasons for deserting
our connexion and joining such lone. To me,
the answer TO them all, to all such as have heard
or can imagine, seems ready and decisive.
Suppressing entirely all that natural indignation
and sense Of wounded pride and grief which might
be permitted in view Of such proposition TO
Wings who remember their history-the names of
the good and wise men of the living and dead
that have Illustrated their connection, and served
their country through it--who remember their
grand and large creed Of Union-the constitution /;
peace, with honor; nationality; the development
and culture Of all sources Of material growth; the
education Of the people; the industry Of the peo-
pie; suppressing the emotions which Wings, re-
membering this creed and the fruits Il has borne,
and may yet bear, might well feel towards the
tempter and the temptation, the answer TO all the
arguments for going into fusion Is al hand. II is
useless totally for all tho objects Of the fusionist,
assuming them 10 be honest and constitutional
useless and preudioial TO those objects; and Il l.
fraught, moreover, with great evil What are the
objects Of the fusiunisti
To restore the violated compromise, or II he can.
not eject that, TO secure TO the inhabitant bona
fde such, Of the new Territory, the unforced choice
OF the domestic institutions which he prefers. A
choice certain In the circumstances of thai country
now, or soon 70 close II against slavery forever.
These, unless he courts general disturbance, and
the reYey of civil "battle-6eldsn are his Objects
and tvh ha tbat
Congress men who will labor with more zeal and
more effect TO, those ends than such Wings as Mr..
Valley is or as Mr. Rockwell was, with truer do
yotion 70 hberty--more obedient 10 the general
sentiment and the specific exactlons of the free
States=-with better chance 70 touch the reason
and heart and win the cooperation Of good men
IN all sectons--when he proves this you may be-
lieve him, We know that the Wbig representa-
tives Of Massachusetts, in Congress, do and must
completely express the anti. i.slayery sentiment Of
Massachusetts,, so far as they may be expressed
under the constitution. More than this We do not
seek TO express while there Is yes eonsiltution.
Fusion Is needless for the honest objects Of the
fasipnist
But the evils Of disbanding such party as ours,
and substituting such party as that - See
what Il fails to do. Here Is new and great DO
ltical party, which Is TO govern !. can the State
OF Massachusetts,, and 70 govern if Il can, the
American Union. and what are It's politicsS IL
has none. WAC knows themf Even on the topic
Of slayory, nobody knows, that am aware oG THAT
In certain II seeks TO do, or how much or how lii.
lie will content IL. Loud 10 general denunciation,
u y silent or evasiyo IN particular details
but, outsies of the topic Of slavery, what are its
poltesf What, In the most general outline, Il lis
creed Of national or ata,e policy? How docs Il
interpret the constitution What il It's theory OF
State righssf What is its foreign policy? Ry
what measures by what school Of politicians BY
what laws on what subjects by what diplomacy
now, generally, does IL propose TO- accomplish that
good, and prevent that evil and provide for those
wants for which States are formed and govern
ments eslablshedt Does II know9 Does ID tell
Are ia Representatives 10 20 to Congress or the
Legislature to speak and vote on slavery enly n
not on what else, and on which side Of ita
party, great political party, pitiout tslitits,
IS novelty iaaeed. Before tho people Of this
country " State enable Y 10 rule them, they will
desire, fancy, lttle moro information on these
subjects. We al, or almost all, Of the fee Sates
who Essegnise the constitution, think on slavery
substantially alike. Before we can uske men Pres
idents and Governors, and Senssors, and Judges,
and Diplomats;s, we demand 70 SEQ what else be-
sides cheap, easy, unavoidable conformity to the
sectional aita an that one topic, they can show br
themselves Mu
\ We elect them not to deliver whsen lectures to
sssenting audiences Of hdlea and Eentenep: 10
kindle the inAammable, and exasperate the angry
but to perform the duties Of practical statesman.
ahlp in tbe most complicated and delicate politi.
gal system, and the hardest TO administer In the
worh, Let us, at least, then know their politics.
| Kept totally in the dark about these, we do
know that this party Of fusion is in the trueas Of
all senses and the worst Of all senses, geogrdph-