Holly Springs gazette., 1842-11-25
From the New York Express
NEVER SAY DIE.n

Wings don't be disheartened We have
seen darker days than these,-many and ma
ny ofthem, and the darkest time of day is at
the gray OF the morning. Just before the east
Is tlnged with the bright rays Of the rising
sun. The enemy just now are flushed with
victory. Their sun is rising, has risen, and
it must set We have had our dav,--they
have had theirs. and, in the fortunes Of war,
it is our turn next. We bide our time with
patience and resignation, but with no feeling
OF despair. 1t is the gloomy day in on
ward march. We are besieged. out the cit
adels, as vet are not taken. OutpoSts have
surrendered. but the standard of the WhiS
party and lhe nation, yet floats from thou
sand towers.
''Though torn yet flying
IL streams like thunderstorm against the wind.''
Star npon star may have been blotted out,
but there are stars and scars left, and the
ground work is as whole and capable of be-
ing made as pure as it was by the wings of
the revolution. 1t is the glory ofthe brave
man to redeem what is lost La the spirit Of
a stout heart and good defence, there is no
occasion for dependency. Our motto is that
of poor Banabys Raven,-"NeUer s,5y de"
hut if there are old wings who had rather
die than surrender, let them like the brave
"Old Guard" of Napoleon, fight in the vigor
and spirit of their love Of liberty, caring
more for triumph than for life But to them,
and above all to the young men, we say in
preference, nerer sag d5e Never say fail.
"In the Lexicon of youth which fate has re-
served for bright manhood there is no
such word as fail" IF we fail ?'' we
hear propounded to US from some des-
ponding whig-"But screw up your cour-
age to the sticking point and we'll not fail ?"
Further gone than this dlsheartened brother,
we hear another cry; Il am weary of the
| frht.-we have failed, and if we have
what then2 What does the man Go. who
| fails in busines2 Does he fold his arms and
play the sIuggard or does he with double
| forethought and ten-fold enterprise start life
anew Is there no life but the present and
the past,-no hope strong enough to build a
faith upon by works which works never yet.
( in good cause and right spirit, made a
man fail, in any enterprise.
/ We are talking to the wings now-men
Of warm hearts and hearty impulses-men
who love whig principles, whlg meas
ures, and whig men. We have no words 10
waste upon your cold Stoics, who blow hot
and blow cold, and are shifted about by eve
nv passing breeze. Such men are as icy as
| December. and a man whose heart IS really
living soul, kept warm by the fires oftruth
and patriotism, chills TO freezing by gazing
upon a block of frozen water We know
there are scores OF men in the whig ranks.
the very touch Of whose flesh is like clasp
ing the frosty iron upon a winters morning
Such have but haifa life, and that poor hall
gives signs Of vitality only once IN halt
score of years The fires OF lo4O. which
nothing could quench. reached IN the gener-
al confla grafton their hearts, but they went
ont like a taper after shedding ray OF light
Your true philosopher who has heart
to feel and head clear enough to understand,
may be reason d with. but never. never your
cold. plodding. half alive man. who sees eve
nv thing as il were, through glass darkiy
We appeal to the active, thinking. pnblic
spiritpd whigs,-those who truly love the
principles they profess, and who beiieye, as
we do. that their success can only give peace
to the People and prosperity to the country
From none others can we expect enthusiasm
| of feeling or action. But there are mem
bers enough in the great whig party ofthe.
Union who must feel that there IS abundant
occasion. and that this is the time 70 stop the
enemy, now SO successfully on the march
| Locofocoism Is now the monster it ever was
| 1t is, this day. wherever it is uppcrmost- sap
ping the foundation Of public liberty and