The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1842-10-22


THE CAUSES OF THE LATE REVERSES
OF THE WING PARTY-THE POPU-
LAR MAJORITY With US-NO CAUSE
| FOR DESPAIR-VICTORY CERTAIN IN
| 1874.
The recent elections have resulted dis
astrously to the Wing party, and yet the
confidence of ultimate success is as strong
as ever Our reverses have been occa-
stoned not by any great increase in the
number of our opponents, or any consid-
cradle detection from our ranks, but from
the absence of the Wing voters from the
polls, aud their Indifference 10 the results
Of the State elections. The loss of Ohio
and Connecticut, originated from these
causes; whereas, in New Jersey, where
the Wings were active, and where they
always make proper use Of the ballot,
we carried the State rlumphantly. And
SO it will be wherever the Wings turn out
and do their duty. There is very little
doubt but that we shall carry ConneCtl-
cut next spring, and shat, with the gain OF
that State, as in past Years, the tide OF po-
lilicaI fortune will again begin to set III
our favor. The victories of LocoIocoism
are mere temporary lriumphs, and barren
conquests that yield nothing but mo-
mcnlary exullation, They are the fruits
Of the desperate efforts of Office seekers
and demagogues, and do not spring from
any sympathles Of the true people-the
workIngmen, the laborcrs, the merchants
and the larmcrs-with its destructive
principles. The heart of the nation is
sound, and has no feeling in common
with the enemies of American industry
and the antagonists of the great relief
measures of the country. lis generous
quotations throb for the success of the
true friends of the pcople-thc great party
which uphold the labor and the mechan-
les of the country against foreign compe-
lition, and which seeks to make the gen.
eral government bencliceEt agent of
succor and good to the States of the Union.
The great error OF the Wing party, and
the cause of its disasters, has been an
over-conlidcncc in sue cess, and want Of
proper organization. We are too much
accustomed to trust for success in the
merit of our princI pies and their necessary
to the prosperity Of the country. We for
ger that we have willy and desperate foe
to contend with, always ready to take the
field for the chance of obtaining the spols
otvlctory. We are accustomed to defeat.
From lS2S to 1910, we fought with new
er failing courage and an ineXhaustIble
vigor, through all that long period Of time,
from an insignificant minority that swept
every thing before it like long pent up
llood.-Time after time hat we been by
the borne down mighty hosts with which
we contended-our legions broken up
and sratered-our banners tramplcd in
the dust-yet we never despaired. From
every successive defeat, AnlTus like, we
rose TO recommence the fight with re-
newed strength. We had able generals
to cover the retreat and secure us from
utter dispersion; upon the field they led
our charging battalions to the conflict,
with a desperate valor, that found its RI
val in the courageous spirit with which
our 9 lorious army fought hand in hand
with the mCrcenary hordes Of spoils hun
tiers.
We have again been beaten, but the day
of the grea! battle has not yet arrived.
The spirit Of 40 is still burning in every
Wing bosom-the victorious spirit that
will ere long summon our scattered for
ces together in one mighty army of con-
federated irecmen. Our great champion
still marshals us on the road to the victo-
ry. We see his waving plume,-we hear
his dauntless voice. we have emblazon-
ed his glorious principles upon our ban
ners,-wc swear by the affairs upon which
we sacrificed to liberty in '76, and upon
which we rekinded It's flames in 1910,
that we will again rally for the battle
which is to determine the Ultimate policy
of the government, The best augury of
triumph for the Wing cause is to be van
pushed and cloven down in one disaS-
trous battle after another. Defeats do
not dishearten us--they but instruct us in
the true mode of obtaining victory-they
but aGmonish us of our defaults of duty,
and animate us with new zeal in the cause
we have at heart. The conquering mas
ses of 1910, are still with us. We have
the popular majority in Maryland, and in
almost every State where we have lately
been defeated. We have nothing to do
then but TO rally! rally! our shattered
phalanxos--to keep the ground we holt
TO burnish anew our principles upon
the banners that wave above our invinci-
bic ranks-to renew TIE oath of iealty
upon the altar of the Constilution-to dis
clpinc. and organize our lorce-and we
will scatter the enemy before US like chat
before the wind, as we did in 1910. As
the first step to general organization, lei
every county in the State elect delegates
to the Clay Convention, to be held on the
18th of March next, at Harrisburg. There
we may commune together and effect an
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