The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1859-07-14
NEW COALITION.

Mr.. Winthrop has recently written a most
conservative letter, deprecatng the Anti-Slave-
~ agitation as altogether useless and pernicious.
1t seems to find especial favor with the Sham
Democracy, and the Journal Of Commerce pro-
nounces it essentially Democratic. 1t is sug-
gested that this letter has been written in con-
cert with the Conservative wing fthe Virginia
Democracy, and that it foreshadows coalition
with the Old Line Wings and other conserva.
Winthrop would form personally highly re-
spectacle, if not very formidable, ticket for
President and Vice President
A dozen years ago, Mr.. Winthrop was re-
garded as one of the most reliable Anti-Slavery
Wings in Congress. But his opposition to the
aggressions of Slavery, now that nothing but
aggression and agitation is thought of by the
Sham Democracy, has entirely ceased. Mr..
Winthrop has no stomach for the fight, and for
several years past we have only heard from him
by his occasional letters and literary orations,
the burden Of ,Ehi4l has hoan a faaInla narao.4
against T" the agitation of the Slavery
question" as dangerous to the Union.
Democracy, was also, politically of Wing orr
gin. He left that organization long before its
final dissolution, on what particular grounds
we are not aware. Until lately he had the
entire confidence of the ultra Southern wing of
the Democratic party but recently, within
the last six months, he finds himself without
having opened his mouth, thrown into associa-
ton with its more conservative and Northern
elements.
Mr.. Wise, who, brief year ago, was unable
to command dozen votes for U. S. sena-
tor against Mr.. Hunter, in consequence of his
opposition to the Lecompton Constitution and
his sympathy with Mr. Douglas, is now the pc
cuiar favorite of the most ultra Slavery Propa
gandists, in and out of Virginia. He insists
that Congress is bound to protect Slavery in the
Territories, if that duty is neglected by the Ter
ritories themselves thus directly taking issue
with Mr.. Douglas and his unffiendly legisla
tOn"
Mr. Wise having deserted his friend Douglas
and popular sovereignty, the friends of Mr.
Hunter seem disposed to step into the vacancy !;
and the Richmond Examiner, his reputed or
gan, cries out Justify for nonintervention. A
fierce war RACES between the Enquirer and Er.
dmiIer, the respective organs of Messrs. Wise
aud Hunter They appear to think that the
fate of the nation hangs suspended on the re-
snlt of the battle; and day after day their am
pie columns are filled with windy dissertations
upon the difference between tweedledum and
tweedledee, which would be tolerated nowhere
else in the world but in Virginia The Sham
Democracy OF that State, since they abandoned
the principles of Jefferson and Madison, have
fallen into chronic love of frivolous disputa-
ton, the whole aim of which is to prove that
Slavery was ordained of Heaven, and that the
Federal Constitution was devised mainly with a
view to spread il over this continent.
The experiment of coalition between the
disorganized Black Democracy and the scatter
ed and peeled remnants of defunct Whiggery is
but poor expedient but it is about the best
that can be done, under the circumstances. bv
the parties interested in opposing the rising
party of Freedom. Mr. Hunter, last winter,
took decided ground in favor of Congressional
Territories; but his organ seems now disposed
to withdraw him from that position, and to fall
back upon non-intervention. He is a very
quiet and cautious man; and we shall not be
surprised if the conflicting elements in the
Charleston Convention unite upon him as the
standard-bearer of the party and in casting
about for Northern associate on the ticket, it
is not unlikely that Mr.. Winthrop, an Old Line
Wing, thoroughly conservative, and therefore
ready to acquiesce in any demand of Slavery,
may be the lucky recipient of the honor.
VIRGINIA PoLITICs.-The Richmond Enqui-
rer thus Classics the Virginia Democracy
by factions.
/. For popular socereignty Two newspapers.
the Lynchburg Vuyinidn and Fincastle Demo
crdt.
2 Those tcho insist upon the abstract right
Of Congressional protection to Slareyy an the
Territories, but think that policy requires non
Intervention. Ex-Governor Smith and two
newspapers.
g. Those cho insist upon the right and duty
Of Congressional interpention for the protection
of SI0rery an the Territories and upon iks reco0-