Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1838-11-09
THE WING CAUSE.

TIE WHlG CAUSE
What is there in any of the recent cleo
tons calculated 10 discourage the Wings!
What ground for supposing that the people
have changed their opinion upon the great
project OF the administration, which has
been five times rejected by their Represen.
ta,ives? In truth the Wings have, of late.
been SO accustomed to victory that they
looked upon triumph as almost the neces-
Sary consequence of an election. and many
Of them are therefore disharened, because
the administration has succeeded in retain.
ing. by diminished majority, and with ma.
terial loss, State which has always been
theirs, and which only the most sansune
Of our frienns saw any hope Of carrying
This should not be so; the elections, so
far from afford'ng any thing to discourage
the opponents of the administration, are
full Of hope and promise. In Maine we
stand, SO Tar as Congress is concerned,
precisely where we did two years ago.
We have lost only what we had gained
at the occasional elections which have
been held to supply accidental vacancies.
occurring since the general election. In
Ohio we have lost four Representatives;
in Georgia we have gained eight in South
Chroira, where the most sancuue If the
Wings had no hope of elec'ing O single
man. We have carried two, both by large
majorites. 10 Maryland, The admlnls,ra
ton has elected the Governor by q meagre
majority. and by adopting The most bare
faced and unjustlfable means the recent
municipal election in Baltimore has shown
concIusively that the Wing voters who were
driven from the polls in that city. and pre-,
vented from voting, by the violence of the
Loco Focos, were alone sufficient 10 have
elected Steele. To spite of all this, we
have obtained majority in both branches
Of the Legislature, and secured the cleo.
ton Of Wing Senator. In Pennsylvania
W, have reduced the Van Buren majority,
maintained our force in the lower House OF
Congress, and secured both branches Of
the Legislature, VIII CHI gives US Wing
Senator TO Congress in the place of Mr.
NJ Keah. In Illinois. we have reduced the
Van Buren, majority from $4,000 to less
than 1000; have elected Wing Legsla.
ture, aud n the place Of three Van Buren,
men to Congress, elected two years ago,
there are now one Vnn Buren, man, one
Wing, and one Conservative. In New
jersey we have carried both branches of
the Legislature, and it is confidently be
lleved The entire Congressional Ticket. 10
North Carolina, Kentucky, Indiana, Lou.
isiana, and Mississippi, we have carried
every thing before us. In Alabama, there
has been a gain to The opponents Of the
Sub.Treasury.
This has been done in the teeth of all
that the government could bring against
us. The Administration has openly entered
the field, not only with its whole immense
patronage, backed by the treasury, that
we have contended against for ten years
but with system of fraud and violence
such as never before was stopped to by the
magistrates Of a free government, or suf-
lered by citizens who had The choice OF
their rulers. Aliens have been permitted
to vote the ballot boxes have been robbed;
votes have bsen taken ont and others sub.
slituted letters have been forged; oalhs
broken. and the polls have been surrounded
by mobs, determined that none but their
own friends should exercise the privilege
Of freemen.
In spite ofall this we have accomplished
the above result. Does this look like cause
for despondng' Does tins look like u'ti-
mate defeat Let bot the Wings continue
their efforts, with undiminished Persevefe-