Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-11-24
CohRrsrospEscr OF rae RICHMOND VINO.
NEW YORK. Noyemler 10 1874,

Ihe late State elections in different sections of the
on'on form no test Of the strength of the Wings be
cause IN almost every State where the Wings weto
defeated fhs's vas no increase Of Leesfoes POLES
that Is TO say, Wing S;a:ts ia rs 10 turned ocoCoeo
States "a 1912, because q large number Of Wbiss
disappointed and dsgusted with Captain Tyler &
Co, did not go 10 the polls. Ia 1888. ne,rly al the
State elections were in favor OF the Iorof,eos. w,
IN 1910, when The great struggle took place. nearly
all OF the san' Sti,es vera Wing. The scene Of
1888 has jus, been repeated-the scene of 1910 will
also b.repea,ed in November, 1914, and have no
doubt The result wall be favorable rs the original
performance. The Wings are betrayed by a man
who, as MIR Adams says, stole into their camp.
t~hy was such n we'll. known tutn-coat permitted
to enter the camp) and as he mus, be endured till
4h Match, isi5.-un'ess God in his mercy take
m away-m.ny Of the Wings in every city, town,
village and county, neither voted themselves nor in.
dueed others tovotc Since the election in this CITY,
have met with many Wing friends, "every one OF
whom inform me that he did no, yo,e:u TIM, ,bev
did no, consider it worth while 20 vote. az 1912 Ike
ls3S, was Locofoco year; they reserved Them
seveS for 1884, sc. or course all did no, replv i,
the same strain or words But tho substance was the
same; and those ~f'higs, beg you will bear in
mind, are s>crehan;s and men of businesy-not no.
lI'icians There are but two great parties in this
country, !. e. the Wing party and the Locofoco par
ty, end If any person, capable Of comprehendins
hsnres, will take up the Of the elections OF
- - isio h. must come IN tho s..~i...;o- 49,.
Tue Loeoioco afeendeney IS temporary, and caused
oy wing voters keeping from the pollf, for reasons
which have already mentioned. |. is as plain to
me as the sun beams in the Heavens
At this moment OF writ; 9, am perfectly satisfied
That the irse'i number much the largest number .,
the People IN this country entitled 10 vote i, wbv
and That nearly the whole prefer HENRY CLAY
log the next Presidency TO any one else. tn.
Wings have no ether candidate in view tYceD, ,L
sage oil Ashland, whilst the eatmy have some holr
dozen or mole, one Of whom Is out on his n>s n
nook. aibei' the conxng OF n certain DISTINGUISHED
and venerab c Va Editor: That il. we arc rn;,aS
wa Ia the exception of Cap; Tyler. Iieu,,n,r,
Webster, the Corpor lis Guard and n f.w o,Lo.,H
on Nj Clay, whilst they c. for the first to,e sinco
nave been gown UP man, divided and suJd;vf.
co; ~nat then cAn prevent the elevation OF our onIv
.dndida'e To the P'esidencyl IL is true Mr. CIny
has not accepted the nomination which has re-,
spontaneously mado In almost every Stat. bnt
knowing, es do, :he p,iI.otc thtoLbinys Of nj -
o'e mountaineering az ] do his disinieresieInts 90
wben he can serve his country in veal or in ,yo.
vide Harrisburg Convention which non,in,,sd c.
Harrison ana MIR Clay's aequiescence doub, no,
he Will accept the nomination al a proper tim.
venus KNOW, or should know, that no is In, mo,t
popvlar man IN the Wing ranks, and therefore lie
only one who can be elected in 1914, in case the
Loeoioeoi finally uni'e on one Of their present inn
list OF candidates, which dare say thew will nil
matey do. Some Of the Lo.ofoco r jitors in,ima'.
Mr. Clay will not accept the nomination in conse-
qnenee oil the ate success OF their party. Thev
know better-,hey know that he and the Wbis,
generally are unterfifed at their temporary GOOD
fortune, and ashley fear the towering name of tho
"e' t Statesman, they would gladly frighen
MIN IRON the coming conflict Henry CLAW n M,
the man 10 beirlghiensd in any situation most ns.
suredly not when he thinks he can serve his eoun.
ny; and was his county ever so much in need o(
hrs services ns nov Never. We heir the c,y nj
Tree trade, which, Il It ever come, will ruin This
CeauHu country OF oufs-a country tepsie with
The elements of wealth and prosperity. Politieisns
and dcmagogues may talk about fee trade TO euIl
the reople aud s-cute their vote,; hut all prae',c,i
business men, whether their pursuits DC Comm,
eal, mercantile, farming, planting or r,1nufoetu,,oe
KNOW better. Adequate protection and q sound ns,
tonal currency are all we now want ~ render our
country independent, prosperous and happy.
A TRUE WUIG