New-York tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1841-1842, 1841-10-25
y, r.. Friend. Of Henry Clay.

To the Friends Of t euIt
Men and Brethren we propose TO you no noun
nation for Prcsident-ihat viii come IN cue ''"'',
Far ,l,s ,,e.en, il is our dury to stand hrmiy and
aro,a,v b. -. great Statesman and his friends
-. that he i not killed through them.
yoa must be aware that prominent among tRe
I'D. Of Mr.. Clay in ,hi, State stands GrLiAS
r yrpptAscx of our City. In the eye OF the Ma
"a, he Is BY far the most eminent among u, and
would undoubtedly be the man selected from our
State 10 ill a place in the Cabinet, were Mr.. Clay
in the Presidential chair Mr.. verplapck Is
on trial before YOU Nominated agaius, hi. wish
Tor seat in the Senate, ii is loudly proclaimed in
our City that he shall be driven off the ticke, or
killed upon i:no for any ale ged political delin-
quency or error-noihiug ike this IS pretended
but because OF his opinion on question OF local
adniui,ira'ion.
Suppose he-,he only man on our ticket known
out of the CITY as 4 friend 81 Mr.. Clay-is per-
rni,ted to be driven off in dsgrace-wha; will be
the natural inference all over the country What
in,eEgiblc explanation shall we make of It =
Shall we tell the Wing Catholics OF Maryland and
Louisiana that s-s arore lila-a firm Protestant
off or aciet, because he was in favor Of local
measure which the Catholic. Of our City desired
VIII tha, advance the Wing cause, or the cause Of
OUT great Chief How shall we explain to aston
shed Cincinnati. Louisville and Mobile the pros
,ra,ion Of our forcnos, champion herel VIII
,hey not consider our local controversy too friyo
lous. and suspect disguised but deadly hostility to
Mr. CLAY to be the real occasion Might they
not draw such an inference, however mi'taken'
from the known bias Of those vino take the lead in
opposing our Senator
Remember friends. the shouts of exuha'ion sent
NJ by the Globes md Arsuses when Wicklide
beat a Clay in local contest in Kentucky. Re
member how fleeing and comparatively inconsid-
cradle are these local controversies, bnt how lasting
the consequences of permitting them to overbcar
considerations of honor and good faith between
members OF political party, and resolve to STAND
sY YOUR CAUSE ASD IFS FRIENDS.
Friend. OF the Public school society:
1t is now the town talk that some OF you vino
are Wing. arc disposed to pursue the following
course:
]. To drive Mr.. verplsncl, of the Wing ticket
Il possible and il NOT.
>. To put him of at the General Meeting or
3. To detea, the whole Wing ticket,
Let Us consider first the Irs rloE of this course:
1t will not be denied, presume, that re-
spectacle minority Of the Wing party are in favor
of some such modification of our Public School
system as Mr.. Vcrplanck supports. Grant that
they are few in NUMBERS, vet it will not be denied
that they have sorrc rights. 1t has always hitherto
been the rule 10 select ticket from all sections Of
party, giving to the humblest its proper weight.
BIZ, this was not asked by the minority in the case
before U.s. You controlled the Nominating Com
mt,ees, and proposed whom YOU pleased. You
selected and virtually pledged the Assembly ticket
You selected your foremost man for Senator, and,
had he not declined. he would have been candid
ate. You then selected another. Finally single
candidate from the minority was placed on the
ticket-a man eminently qualified by every thing
save hetcrodoxy on this question--a man whom
YOU have often and cheeriuy supPsrted-a man
whose rare requirements and great experience il
legislation render him blessing and mn honor TO
our Civ. And now will it be JUST to openly de-
stroy or cover;ly defeat a tickle; of which you have
fourteen members, because those who differ from
YOU have one
II it were perfectly fair and tolerant, would it be
polite and wise What will YOU gain by it, A.
lowing the defeat of the Wing party to 90 for no.
thing, do you like the opposing ticket better VIII
/, better subserve your cause, Wlllyou feel safer
with Loco-Focs Delegation and Legislature than
a Wing Do YOU apprehcud any serious danger
from Delegation Of which fourteen-Gtcon,hs are
of your own selection And can you reasonably
ask the minority OF The Wing parv-whosc assist
ancc YOU VIII need, few as YOU think ,hcm-to
vote for your fourteen candidates, yet yourselves
no, merely refuse TO for their one, but to let
him remain on the ticket
These considerations are arged from an anxious
de-r, to preserve the integrity and secure the sue
ce.. Of the Wing party. To that party we are at
tachcd we will have no other. In politics, We
know no Protestant, no Catholic, church, sect,
or scni.ln. Ii Wings cannet tolerate differences Of
opinion on non-poli;ieal questions, and support
,hcir Candidates faithfully notwithstanding such
differences, then the party mus, 60 TO dcstruc ton
But w. will yet trust that reason, policy and
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