Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1855-10-26
New York Politics.

aud heartily ~ tue Ntpubilchn movement III
the + npire State. In recent issue oi that
journal Il took occash,n, Ia a leading article
,f signal paint and ability, To- expose ana
castgate the hyp 'crisy of the pr'trnded
rriet over The death ut the Wing party of
those who BETRAYED AMI mnstailv wounded
that % " last fail. II u notorious. II saws.
hat thnse " 20 are nuw the most vehement
in their distress about the tate q tue " hlg
party. are the very men who. al some period
wihln the last three or tour yeats. have been
unst active IN prumoiing the success of
other parties 10 It's deirment Hundreds of
ihem were Wings who voted for Franklin
Pierce at The last Presidential election. and
other hundreds f these NOISY mnnrnrrs are
WIN $ who voted for Daniel u nan at the
llst Guhrrntiorlal election This last class
EXHIBIT cul,ar ptlrontery They stand
wrlnging their hands aud turning up their
eyes IN hulv horror - the thought - he
n hig pauy's losing ats id"ntry, whrn they
themselves are fresh IRON an urgtnztiion
whose chef hope of thriving has lam m
destroying that identity. Ths idea ui Flu
sion strikes them with anguish now. when
but one short wear ago they we're part and
parcel of party which from core 10 sur
face. was composed OF nothing but Fusion.
The Courier says:-" Solemn NJ he oc-
caslon Is trying as the condition of the " hg
piriy IS. we tell III Sc people plainly
that they have no business On the premises.
Their walhng is all counterfeit. aud down
right nuisance. They will confer a favor
by t,kng themselves t. " ere they belong,
and keeping there"
To tins the Express attempts TO reply by
pretending that the Wing party pr 'cucaliy
exists a; the South under the alias of Amer
&c nisin. and thsi IT Is siill IN alliance with
the -" Il itIouai Wings of the No IN.
has IS iuunphsu'Iy refuted 10y the Cuur
Ter m as ssu. OF thu 18Th inst
But. SAYS the Express although Il is strict
" true thai the entire South has Abandoned
the Wing parts and merged even lis mime
IN that of the Know NoTHiNGs the Uhig
erisfs at ihe South priotcafy as il euer did,
an u is IA diidnce nptC tcrh / sound Mt
honl Whigs At The .\ous; but not liking
StwAsp and those who seek The restoration
OF The Missouri C"inp-nmis", "ihsy dropped
NTH the .4nsrican ranks! !n Now. what Is
sauce tor the gnuse, Is generally admit I'd
To be sauce tor The gand also; and IN IN
ltation # the southern Wings we aud others.
who do not like, and viii net consent To The
f,rInition Of mere sectional party. ih which
slavery extension shall be the .iphd aud
Omega beginning and The pnd-we who
cnuuot consent 10 be whipped 'n,u tn sup-
port 81 % sectional party. whl, i Hvows the
first article of It's creed TO be tame subms-
sion TO the outrage. the tiaud aud the DIS
honor cousunmated IN the repeal IF the
Missouri Cuinprunise-w who nave been
" bigs from the beginning. AMI are as ready
now as ever. To shoulder nusket and resist
10 the death any Interference with slavery
where 1t l. prot, cted oy the on-inut"n
We who dep ise alike Northern Trucking
aud Southern arrug ince and WIN knlw thar
the -outh have ever been Scti0nt IN their
pihtIcs, while the great mass of the North.
both N theory aud pracilre hav. always
been .Naiionai-we, and thn-e WIN think
with Us. nu nhy initiating Suuthrrn N hii
or thren have 10 use III pbg b. u"
ne ex,rcs' OF our brirr lud uncut. IN, reiy
drppDed into he HepUbiic ~ raHiSi" W,h
~, a, the South IN the iangu &c of the
xpress. ''ihe n h. parry exists prdot Y
as II ev'r dad That - we p,-sun-, tn
~ hIgs of the South have not changed their
principles by "droppiag" into The Know
Nnlhing ranks; aud cert inly We OF thu
North have not hinged ours by "droppiag"
INTO the Republican organlzatlon. The SIM
pie truth Is the Wing patty HIS ceased 30
and chiefly BY the acton OF the South,
40 Connection with such men of the North
IS the eddols Of the Express. A great pun-
hc wrong was committed "a the repeal ut
the Missouri ON rorise. Tins the Wings
of the >uuIh aud even the editors of tn,
Express, do no, deny The " higs Of the
North say th 4 tins wrrng must be undone
and call upon the Wings of The south To
unit with them IN great work If Justice d
vlndlcaing the night. Bun The southern
Wings turn a def ear 10 their Nnrthern
brethren, and refusing Ia unite with them.
abandon even the name of Wing, and adopt
new hume with new principles, the most
rrnmlnent Of which Is the d. mand of a
purely sectional Issue, VIZ: solemn p'edg,
that The repeat OF the Missouri Compromise
and The hfHsas frnud shall sfnM undsiurbedi
And all who do n II sub-cr b. u this Issue.
alike unjIst and intensely selfish and sec
honal, are 10 denounced AZ Nbulitlonsts."
TINS short paragraph tells the whole story
CONTAINS II there is of the question, even
# We were To write columns upon the sub
Ject. The Wing pady IS dead, ard friends
nav aud do regret the fact. Yet tact 1t l.,
II verihelrss. But those who composed the
Wing piry still live. and have duIes To
perform from which they may not shrink
merely he.ause their party has ceased be- tn.
rhe principles of the Wh gs party are not
dead; and we thank God that they are lu-
perIshibie. hat party, however, while
unanimous In doing what il deemed right,
aud IN opposing The prong differed from the
al II
Some OF Us considered the institution
cause while others looked upon It as a pub
lie blessing but all united IN declaring that
the Institution of slavery Is local IN IT. nature,
and mat everything relating To II belongs
solely To the States where II exists and that
It cannot be tolerated, winked AZ, or mel
died with on the free spi of our country,
ex ept IA the discharge of obligations hu-
posed by The ons ltniiOn itself. nd yet
IN c,nursss af tho Ilnitad STATES bV here
peal at Tire Miss our, LOmprnmls', has sOugul
To Introduce II into. and 10 extend II over
territory, which was by comp ,et. solemHly
ded ated To fieedo.n thlrtv.ive years aga.
There are Wings at the South and at the
North, and honest aud honorable Wings
too, who approved Of thus act. To then ".
sly--"go vote with the sp-caled Know
Noihinas, for they are pledged IN stsnd by
that repeal" hui there are alsn Wings
equally hnuest and honorable who lnok upon
the peal OF the ms. nuri 'uinpro nise as thu
greatest public wong ever prrpeirate N
this country; and who are splemnlv pedg.
ed tn uevntr their best en-rgl = ~ its rtstu-
raiiun, Ne are of that unher; ind with
ont abandoning solitary Wing prlurlplr
and without any change of "plnlon on the