Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-08-25

dent Of the United States, lie wonld be compell,
cd TO swear that he would re4Urire sso religious
test az a qualification 70 any lg6ies 81 t'aotte
/ Trust tdltlEf lie UIited StdfcE i ask, under
such circumstance, which oath would he keep.
aud which oath would he violatet Are the old
line Wings prepared TO endorse Mr. Fillmore,
/ Ehus prta used for their suffrageS by hlmSelf2
| [ know no difference between an individual
joining the Order and giving his vote to sustain
\ its candidate, except that the latter course Is
more effective in carrying out the teuetS oil this
1 party. =.
The friends Of Mr. Fillmore have assai1ed Mr..
Buchanan forhis Ostend communication without
admitting or denying the soundness OF the doc
| trine therein contained would remark that
| the correspondence Of Mr.. Everett, as Secretary
| of State under Mr. Fillmore, after the death OF
| Mr. Webster, relative to Cuba, is more offensive
! and oughtto be more obnoxious to the criticism
| of conservative. men than the 0sTEED LETTER.
and 1t should be remembered that the diplo-
matte manifesto Of Nr. Everett was issued under
the immediate supervision Of Nj. Fillmore and
his Cabinet
| Mr. Everett Is probably the best educated
Statesman now living, he.is m erudite scholar
and SOUND. patriot. When in Congress, he
i took higher ground in favor of the South the
! subject of slavery, than any Northern statesman
| had ever done before, OF has ever done since
| One thing is certain, any opinion upon Interna-
/ tional Law promulgated by him is entitled to re-
| spect Mr. Buchanan has been in public lite
upwards Of forty years, he has filled the highest
Offices which his own State could confer upon
him He has occupied the highest seat in the
Cabinet during most evcntful epoch; and he
| has twice represented his country at the courts
of the two first nations in Europe. His private
! character stands without blot OF b!emish and be-
yond rcbuke or rcproach; aud it is a high eu!o-
GUM upon his public life, that the "Ostend Let
ter is the only net designated By his opponents
/ RS the ground of attack,
4 There are many Old Line Wings who arc at
| tached to their cOgnOmcn, and dislike changing
iit-this is an over scrupulous nicely. 4heS
\ must change their name-they must recognize
the title of an American, KNOWN othlng, hc-
! publican, or a Democrat. If they refuse to Sc
cct either of these names, they must retire from
all participation in public affairs. Gov. Seward
/ is reported to have said during the present seS-
sion of Congress, in caucus, that he cared MOTH
ing for names, but that he looked to the Prlncl-
Piles alone. The remark showed he had clear
| head and sound Judgment and was worthy OF
better cause.
Time will not permit me to discuss at large,
the question of the Territories. hold that the
Territory coded to us by Mexico was purchased
! by common treasure The fifteen Slave States
contributed their portion of the fund as well as
| the then fifteen Free States Territory should
stand on the same footing as admitted States,
and the right Of the people ohold Slaves or not,
as they please, in the Territory ought to be conf
! mensurate with the rights of the people as they
exist in the thirty-onc States There can be no
lust ground Ofany discrimination between the t"o
! cases. New Territory is surely not more sacred
than the old thirteen States or the present thir-
ty-one States. The will Of a majority prevails
| in the cases last enumerated, and the same or
thodox principle should prevail in the newly ae-
quired Territory.
What is the doctrine of the Wilmot proviso?
1t is the sixteen free States declaring to the If
teen slnve StateS-you are part owners Of THIS
Territory; YOU have shed your blood and eS-
pended your treasure in acquiring il, but you
shall have no share in its enjoyment or profits.
Strip it of its trappingS, and 1t amounts to talS
4 there arc thirtY-Onc stockholders iii corpora
ton, and sixteen say TO fifteen, 1t Is true you arc
part owners and have contributed to the purchase
Of our common property, but sou shall have no
share in the enjoyment OF Its privileges or the
receipts of its profits. Such a doctrine is sub
yersivc of every principle of justice and equality,
and cannot be sustained.
am not the advocate of opinions that arc
neH TO the Wing party of Pennsylvania. At
Wing meeting held in September, 1850, at tho
/ Chinese Museum, in Philadelphia, offered
/ resolution congratulating the Nation upon the
restoration of peace Uad quietudc to tho country
by the passage Of the Compromise Acts OF that
wear. It was unanimously adopted, and then
laid down the same principles which am now
endeavoring toinculcate.
In November 1850, the great Union Meeting
was held at the same place, and over which John
sergeant presided. Among others, | again en-
forced the same principles. At n later pcri1',
during the session of the Legislature of this State
in 1851, a pure Wing meeting was called to re-
iouest the repeal OF the Act of the Legislature Of
lis47, which closed the public iails OF this Com
conwealth against the custody ofFngitive Slaves.
I At that meeting Samuel Ereck, second TO no man
in the country, in Intelligence and patriotism,
presided. Iagain promulgated the same doc
trine and they were again endorsed by the w mig
: party assembled on that occasions.
i These are some of the reasons why invoke
every Old Line Wing in Pennsylvania to sup
port Mr.. Buchanan. The triumph OF the Demo-
cratic party in Pennsylvania, in October next,
would place his election beyond doubt. 1t would
remove the last glimncTing hope of the OPPOSE
ton, restore peace aud qrIietude to the country,
and for one generation ut least, put Mt rest the
present agitation on the question of slavery
The Old.line Wings ofPennsylvania possess the
power to accomplish this great result the res-
lponsibility rests upon them, and have no doubt
but that the draft which is made upon their pa
triotisn will lie promptly accepted, and that the
great keystone State will once more come to the
, rescue, and do as she has done heretofore, put
down all sectional feeling, and Mt the ballotbnx
give a vote which will strike terror to the cnc-
mics of Constitution and our glorious Union,
! which has so long been tho pride and admira-
ton of every friend of civil aud religious liberty
throughout the world.
9 Written for the Wheeling Insellisencrr.