Richmond Indiana palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1837-1839, 1838-10-13
From the Boston Alias.
THE WING PARTY, ITS OBJECT AND AIM.

Wing party are of very recent origin. That par
| ~ did not come into existence until after the
second election of General Jackson to the presi
dency Then 1t was that the administration, in
toxicated with power, pnffed up by the large pop
ular vote by which Jackson was reelected, deter
mined to hx his authority upon deep and solid
foundations, and above all, greedy and voraciou.
for new instalment Of "the spoils, then it was
that the friends ct General Jackson began to ad-
vance those extrayagant claims Of xecutive pow
er, according to which, the president, being cho-
sen by the people, obtains thereby popular sane
ton for all his opinions, embodies in bis person
the concentrated ma jesty Of his constituents, and
is Invested with certain discretionary authority,
| like that conferred upon tho Roman ConsuIs,
| whenever the Senate passed decree, requiring
them ''to take caro- that the republic received no
INJURY despotic authority in fact, rising a.
bove the Legislature, above the Judiciary, above
the Law, above the constitution for what is
constitution in the hands of an unscrupulous man.
claiming the power Of acting under l., as he under
stands It.?
Fortified with these new principles Of despotic
authority, the friends of the administration, who
hitherto had been content 10 be known as the
Jackson party, proceed next to assume a diseuisc,
under which they might be able to propagate
their new doctrines Of despo,ism, without any
suspicion on the part Of the people, Of their real
character and dangerous designs. In tho presi-
dental struggles which had followed the second
or the ''Democratc party" had fallen into disuse,
the old Federal party having died out some years
before, and the struggle between Crawford, Adams,
Jackson, and Clay, having taken place between
SO many different portions of the Democratic par
ty. The name then Of Democrats happened to
be lying in allegiance, and the friends of the ad-
ministration caught it up,as a most lucky and con-
venient disguise, and such indeed they have found
it. The arts of hypocricy the same in all
ages; and it was from similar motives that the
party OF julius Caesar in the Roman Republic,
aiming to exat their leader to a dictatorship, as
sunled the captivating title Of 'triends Of the Peo
pie, and enemies Of the aristocracy."
The first decisive move of this party, Demo-
cratic in name, but Despotie in principle, against
the Liberties of the country. bold seizure of
the public treasure, which taken from the le
gal guardians, constituted such, by act of
Congress, and distributed the pleasure of the
certain pet banks, or, as they
were ngeniously called democratic banks" for
the purpose OF being loaned out members of tho
Il - s..~a"E"us as'a dangerous
stretch of power that first called the Wing party
into existence. Great numbers both those who
had been orig inal opponents of General Jackson,
and those who mad been his original friends, joined
together to resist this act of usurpation; and as
the name Of the Democratic party had been al
ready stolen and desecrat ted the service of des-
potism by their opponents, they assumed the title
IF "WHIGs," intending to signify thereby, that the
great principle of their union was resistance to
usurp0tiOn.
Such is the origin and such is the aim of the
Wing party, which as the despotic principles of
he pretended "Democratic party" have been
rom time to time more fully developed, has con-
stantly received large accessions from the body
Of the people. That despotisms which at first
aimed only at the destruction Of one bank, and
which at the beginning so very moderate as
o content itself with merely seizure ofthe public
has now gone so far, as to declare
var Of determination against all banks, and to
trike desperate blow at credit-equivalent to
,low at the Iriratc fortune Of every man who is
lot already rich.
Such being tho origin: of the Wing party, and
Is great object being, the protection Of the credit
ystem the banking system and the currency Of the
ountry, against the .fanaticol and ferocious as
orIts of the party in pOrer, is it not absurd to
retend that the Wings ought to regard themselves
9 the hereditary vassals and clansman OF aDy
,a,esman or political leader, however able or
minent? Those persons who have not yet wax
d I'D from the dreams Of by-gone years, who ina
inc that the great point "f me Struggle st'" u.s.
hat particular individual shall be elevated to the
residential chair will do well to rub their eyes, c
nd bethink themselves Of the real state of the I
risis.
The case is this,-the Philistines are upon US: c
tho Loco FOcos, both Northern and Southern, '
18th rabid fury against all VINO are DoIo 'nous-
.ious and therefore, more prosperous than them 6
elves, are aiming desperate attack at the foun-
atoms of our social prosperity, and endeavorIng Z
, reduce us all to the common level OF their own
lie and listless indulgence. They are aiming to 6
rike the tool from the hand Of the mechanic, and
cose the shop of the trader, by DESTROYING that
-ed,t which alone enables the mechanic or ira n
sr-not born to an inheritance-tO enter upon s
&c business to which he has been educated, and I
v which he hopes to live and thrive. Q
This is our position; these are the enemies Who I
I'VE assaulted u.s. and assaulted Us too from that
rone and advantageous position, which the pos c
sson of the federal executive puts into their
,wer. From that advantageous position II IS
Nv our immediate object to disodge them; and I
a case where so much is at issue, who snail Il
ad? the old hereditary chiefs. or tn at man. t
lief or no chief, whom most volunteers are o
Hing to follow!
PALAcE REMrN1scExcE-A few DAYS SINCE, :
ntIeman from the West, being at Washington, =
d the curiosity to visit the seat OF the American
esar, the "Waite House, to take peep at that .
PUBLICAN SIMPLICITY, which SO completely =
utilized LOU asu,ou.s vision in 1873. An &C, :,
nplished Mulatto received him at the door. and :
owed him through the various apartments OF the :,
ansion The tour and the dazzle nearly over, .
-,,r> X al hie urlidc that - Mr.. Van :