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The State Of The Parties

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Day
4
Month
September
Year
1847
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Public Domain
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The followingresolutions nnd extracta j from papers of the Whig party North and South, show that there is u vaat dhtination in the aayings of tho two. Will it bo kept up, or will it finally be lost in tha subserviency of northerr. men to Southern dictation ? Resohaions of the Whig Stato Convention in Georgia. 'Resolved, That ihe Hon, John C. Colhoun is entitred to Iha thanks of the people of Georgia, for his independent and patriolic course in the Señale of the United Siates, in reference to our recontly disturbed fore:girelntiim3. Resolved, That we are opposed to tha Wilmot Proviso, so cal led ; and that all leg'slation, by Congress, restricting tha nght to hold slave property in the Territories of the United States, is unequal, unjust, and unconstitutional." Resolution of the Whig State Convtnlion in Maine. " Resolved, That, believing the leading object of the acquisition of territorv in the Southwest, by annexation or conquest, has been to extendand strengthon the institutions of slavery, and, by a mul. tipl catión of slaveholding States, to control ihe politica! power of the country, by reiaining a mojority in the United States Semtte; and, believing slavery to be at war with civilizaron, socin] progress, nnd the inalienable rights of man, we hold, that so f;ir as the power over thisinstitulion is in the hands of the General Goveinment, thnt power should be exerted to limit and aboüsh, and Bever to extecd or perpetúate." Resolution of the Whig Convenlion of Ihe 2d Congresstonal district of Alabama. " Resolved, That we hold in utter defiancethe principies of the Wilmot and King Proviso, and will oppose thee.xecution of their project by the constitutionil menns of ihe ballot box, and, If forced br any means wliich may be necessary to preserve our rights from infringetuent." Resolulion of the Whit State Convention of Vermont. "Resolved, That we regard slavenas the most dangerous element exisüng in the nation which t would be unwise to slrengtheuor extend, and, therefore, ihat our alternative as lo any territory to be acquired from Mexico must b%free tcrrilnry or none." Gen. Tcylor and the South. "One reason wby the South shoultl and probably wil!, sustainüen. Taylor fortlie P.esidency witli great unnnimity. is bscause his nomiiiation aftorrls us a final and unlooked for (h n,-:e of elecling n souihern man to that office. Now, hen t is censidered thnt both the grent parties at the nortli court the anti-slavery faction, that both aie opposed to the exiension of slaven-, and that both exhihted in the late Congress a seliled determinaron to disfrnnchiso the south, the impcrtance of placing at the hend of the Government, one who, from birth, aaaociation, and conviction, is idcnn'fi-d vvith the south, and who vvill fenrlessly uphold her righn and guni-d her from oppresion, cannot fnil iosti-ike everv candid mind. In this view, his eleclion becomes a matter of vital moment to the slaveholding portion of the Confederacy. - N. O. Hee. Will they Remain Firm. The Boston Atlaspeaks in this visr, inuch to our gratificaron : " The VVhigs of Massaclmsptts and of the free states will not support n candi, date for the Presidency, in our opinión, who will exercise his powereiiher to taka from Mexico lier lands or to encourage ihe further extensión of slnvery npon tha continent. Thero is no principia more firmly rooted in the hearts of the peopleofthe free States, than that there shall be no more slave lerritory aüpid to this Union, jf

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