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Editorial
August 5, 1851
Fayetteville Observer
Fayetteville, Lincoln County, Tennessee
What is this article about?
An editorial draws attention to a St. Louis Times critique of the Nashville Banner's claim that faithful execution of the fugitive slave law is essential for Union perpetuity, questioning Southern Whigs' reliance on Northern Whigs who opposed the compromise and the law.
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A Strong Case well Put.
We invite the special attention of the Banner to the following "first rate notice" of one of its recent declarations, from the St. Louis Times. The questions are unanswerable. The attempt to answer would make the editor sweat, even in January: The effort would be doubly melting in dog days:
SOUTHERN WHIGGERY.--The Nashville Banner, a violent whig organ, says: "No one will deny that one of the distinct denunciations of the Union party, or friends of the compromise, in Tennessee, in Kentucky, in Mississippi, in Georgia, and in Alabama, is that upon the faithful execution of the fugitive slave law depends the continuance of and perpetuity of the Union." If this be the ultimatum of southern Whigs, as we know it to be of southern Democrats, how is the Union to be maintained by the ascendency of the Whig party?
Did not a majority of the northern Whigs vote against the compromise bills? Did not all of them, save only three, vote against this same fugitive slave bill, which Southern Whigs now say must be executed faithfully or the Union shall be dissolved? Can the bill be sustained by the whigs of Massachusetts? Is it not repudiated by the Whigs of Ohio, New York and Pennsylvania? What does the Banner think of the late Whig convention of Pennsylvania, which was equivalent to a declaration that the constitution which guarantees the recovery of fugitive slaves shall not be obeyed?--Nashville American.
We invite the special attention of the Banner to the following "first rate notice" of one of its recent declarations, from the St. Louis Times. The questions are unanswerable. The attempt to answer would make the editor sweat, even in January: The effort would be doubly melting in dog days:
SOUTHERN WHIGGERY.--The Nashville Banner, a violent whig organ, says: "No one will deny that one of the distinct denunciations of the Union party, or friends of the compromise, in Tennessee, in Kentucky, in Mississippi, in Georgia, and in Alabama, is that upon the faithful execution of the fugitive slave law depends the continuance of and perpetuity of the Union." If this be the ultimatum of southern Whigs, as we know it to be of southern Democrats, how is the Union to be maintained by the ascendency of the Whig party?
Did not a majority of the northern Whigs vote against the compromise bills? Did not all of them, save only three, vote against this same fugitive slave bill, which Southern Whigs now say must be executed faithfully or the Union shall be dissolved? Can the bill be sustained by the whigs of Massachusetts? Is it not repudiated by the Whigs of Ohio, New York and Pennsylvania? What does the Banner think of the late Whig convention of Pennsylvania, which was equivalent to a declaration that the constitution which guarantees the recovery of fugitive slaves shall not be obeyed?--Nashville American.
What sub-type of article is it?
Partisan Politics
Constitutional
What keywords are associated?
Southern Whigs
Fugitive Slave Law
Union Perpetuity
Whig Inconsistency
Compromise Bills
Northern Whigs
What entities or persons were involved?
Nashville Banner
St. Louis Times
Southern Whigs
Northern Whigs
Whig Convention Of Pennsylvania
Nashville American
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Critique Of Whig Inconsistency On Fugitive Slave Law And Union Preservation
Stance / Tone
Strongly Critical Of Southern Whigs
Key Figures
Nashville Banner
St. Louis Times
Southern Whigs
Northern Whigs
Whig Convention Of Pennsylvania
Nashville American
Key Arguments
Faithful Execution Of Fugitive Slave Law Is Key To Union Perpetuity Per Southern Whigs.
Northern Whigs Largely Opposed Compromise Bills And Fugitive Slave Law.
Southern Whigs Cannot Rely On Northern Whigs To Sustain The Law.
Pennsylvania Whig Convention Effectively Rejects Constitutional Guarantee On Fugitive Slaves.