The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1855-07-06


idea or Mr.. Evans In regard b the establish.
cd principles Of the Wing Party
Resolrsd, That In view Of this act OF pr
6dy, THE repeal Of the Missouri comprom-
ise,) the Free States ought Immediately to
raise the banner Of REPrAL, and summon
ing to the contest every frisLd Of Freedom,
and adopting every legitimate measure In
their power, 6ght on. and never furi that
banner, till tbs Compromise shall Be fully
and permanently restored. and we hero pledge
ourstlpss, that We will nfvsr consent 10 the
admission Of any slars Safe from this terri.
tory. which wa; once solemnly dedicated to
Freedom"
Now have the kindness, reader, 10 cram
inc the resolutions adopted by that Conyen.
ton of Thursday, and mark what falling
or. In the resolutions relating to slavery
In any way. there 10 the retention: 1--WE
denuunce the repeal now IS We have always
done" You say you dove will assume
Il. and see what comes next and We call
upon the friends Of tho Constitution and
Compromises under which Il was formed and
has been sustained "-that has noble
sound, something heroic Is coming. VIII
It bo ato redeem the "pledgo Of last
wear to keep still flying the banner OF
REprAL which was unfurled at tho last Con-
yention = Alas no-the ignoble conclusion
"A. TO place tie mark of condemnation upon
the authors of that ini9uiiy and the manner
in ,chieh thew accomplished e." What In
tho name of things tangible, 10 thatf Has
Il anything 10 do with last years pledge,
lut years ayowed Dissemination to act,
last wears unfuriing Of I" the banner Of Re
pcali" No, there was earnestness-here
was twaddle; there may have been tho wing
party-here was the name and nothing
more. And this ignominious back.slidine,
this virtual Justification, was accomplished in
the little space Of twelve months Done
BY the old whig party which prided itself on
| its adhesion 10 promises made in behalf OF
freedom We will not believe II. Gentle.
men of that Convention, yon have utterly
debased and deserted avowed wing printi.
pks-with what face can you still retain the
nams,
But again, look at the succeeding resola-
ton. Disregarding the hard squirt which
| Il gives towards squatter sovercignty-sce
how Il enumera,es facts: "There exists q
disposition on the part Of the people living
| on the western frontier Of the State Of Miss
ouri to unlawfully interfere with tho set
tiers" &c. Could any Pierce turnkey have
spoken more gingerly! To collect horde
Of armed men lead them into another Ter
ritory, cause them TO bully and overawe The
richtful voters. destroy The ballot.boxes In
some cases and gil them with their own
spurious votes in others-to do all this and
ten times worse, constitutes, according 10
these 1855 wings, only " disposition" TO IN
terfsre! Amer thus whitewsshing the crime,
no wonder they look 10 the criminal Tor his
gracious assistance" We call upon the
President" &C., to "ineet tho emergency
like patriots 2" II IL the old Wing. party
that Is making this exhibition OF itself II
would really give concern to tn so who have
borne his name, If the preicnce were not 30
ridiculously transparent.
Have We, then, had Wing Convention
among us Nobody c)uld allege II, judging
from their treatment Of this one great AND
absorbing question.
There is another and still graycr matter
of objection to tho resolution last comment.
cd upon by the Advertiser, as that Iesolu.
ton substantially comedies the doctrines OIL
tho Nebraska men. It does not call upon
Congress to refuse the admission Of Slave
States from the Territory covered by tn,
Missouri Compromise, but declares that a
tho question Of Slavery trill be determined B.
the people Of the Territories, 1t calls upo'
the President, 30. No wing convention
would thus by imnlication set inside the doc
1.rino that Cougfs. has the risht to pres
fcribc the rules Under which State shall
come 10 when she applies for admission int
the Union. Had tho old wings Of Main
been in convention, they would have de
clared that no Slave State should be admit
ted by their consent out Of any territor.
carved out Of the territory conceded by tn
Missouri Compromiso-thoy would neve
been found standing on any other platform
and would have secuted out Of the convent
on any resolution which, either openly or in
ferentially asserted o doctrine which Is L
all intents and purposes such as Is contend
ed for by the Nebraskals.
Again, no Convention composed Of mel
entertaining wing principles, would hav
adopted such resolve as was adopted b.
this "straight out" affair, upon the sub
;ects of the Maine Law. Look oil Il. I
reads thus
Resolved, That while we regard the grca
cause Of Temperance as moral and not
political question, yet being called upon h
express an opinion in relation thereto, VI
declare that we IRE In favor Of effective law
for the judicious regulations and salutar,
restrictions of the traffic in Intoxicating II
lquors, but convinced that the present inten
si6ed liquor law Is In some Of It's provision
limpraciicable, unwise and unconstitutional
We deem IL sacred duty to modify II q
possible,) as to diyest It Of It's radical an,
insuIerable objections.
| We do not wonder at such mon as Hon
George Evans, Hon. =. W. Farley, VIM
Paine, Esq, and Cochran, adopting such
resolve. With their views Of liquor ant
the liquor traffic, they could have done moth
ing else. There is no perccptiblo diasrcnc
between the stand taken BY this convention
and that taken by the bunker convention q
Augusta upon the same question. The.
came near together and msy oct togcthc
without any difficulty. Neither party stan'
upon any sounder foundation than that &C
cupied BY the adherents Of Sheppard Care!
last fall.
The resolves, tho speeches, indeed all tn
incidents Of tho National Convention, all q
TO establish this fact, that tho pro-Ssvery