The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1841-11-11
From the Richmond Wig.
THE WING CAUSE.

Lord Bolingbrooke, IN referring 10 the
ia6omitable love of lIberty, which, under
all reyerses, sustained the British people,
and maintained them free and great, ex.
claimed, d" feel q secret pride ln.ihinkng
| was born a BFitoa." We experience the
same kind Of emotion. 10 contemplating our
connoxion With the Wing party. We ney
err 'felt more pride and exuliatiJn To beng a
Whig, than since the severe test to which
The integrity aud patriotism Of taat party
have been recently subjected, and the ever
glorious manner in which il has passed
,hroua@ &c ordeal. The Establishments Of
power have been unable 10 sedGce 1.-THE
treachery offs trusted leader has not intim
dated or slbdued lis spirit. Its principles
and lis country stand first 10 ia affections
and by both it stands firm and erect, re.
solved so 20 stand to The last.
Its old adyersaries and lie new-togeth.
or combined for IFS destrucilon-haye TN
parted 90 terror to It's bosom, They may
exult at the first fruits OF their unhsllowed
Coalition, and ausUr from them, that con
tinued success aili follow their joint labors.
The expectation were reasonable, if II
were not based upon the premises, that The
People 1t this country we're a pack Of
kuaycs ana fools. The very Coalition
upon which they rely 10 consummate lhetr
wishes, will bel tie means Of their overthrow
Il will re act Upoa them. The discordan'
materials to ibis unnatural combination may
70 a season mngie pleasantly enough
the day is not dIsisu,, when they @iil cause
fatal explosion. When Capt. Tyler come;
70 demand Of his new associates the reward
Cor the betrayal of his old ones, the breact
will begin, and then the old adaee vii
come iato PLAY. and hores, people wi
come By their es. Bot independent o
this natural and inevitable result, the very
fact Of a Coalition, TO cheat tho people o
the fruits Of an arduous victory, and to dis
tribute among its leading members the pub
lie p!nader, will arouse spirit Of indig
nant resistance throughout the length anC
breadth Of the confederacy. The people O
this country naturally look with suspi
clous eye 10 new combinations Of old poli,i
cal adversarias--and they infer. unIes
there be good ground 10 rebut the suspl
clon, that they spring from sordld ard am
bilious considerations. Than, IN the pres
gnt case, there never wesc more nantes
and striking signs Of corrupt and nercena
ry motives. The People had just, by {
mighty effort, thrown OF the rulers, wht
had oppressed then--and with chinge 0
men, decreed change Of measures. Tb'
popular triumph was tie moot remarkable
IN the annals Of free Government. Within
ninety DAYS after the victory, the insiru
men, selected to carry out their wishes, anc
the members Of the adverse and defeated
party, are found in close and intimate com
munont plotting together the means By
which they might mos, certainly defeat th'
popular @ill, and aggrsndize themselves. -
The will Of the people their wants am
suierngs, the good and glory Of the coup
+ try-are all disregarded- these merce
nary traders in politics are found engages
IN the petty aud eroyeling schemes Of sci
4 fish ambition. There Is no punishment fol
such treason to the common veal, however
severe, which would not be dlspropor,oneC
/ TO the enornity Of. the crime, Tho people
owe il TO ihcmselyes--as a moral people
as Republicans to rise up ~ body, an,
crush this coalition, which makes iratE,t
+ Of the national honor and the public welfare
and dsres to profane the temple Of liberty
with its low aad dirty huckslerings for self