The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1842-12-01
From the Baltimore American.

THE ELECTION IN NEW YORK.
IL is not altogether an unexpected result,
to the Wings that our opponents have pre-.
vailed 10 New York. We are prepared as
party 10 meet any reverses that may come
IN the present confused state of things
The Wings have passed through trials as
hard as any which atiiict them now and
perhaps it is the best thug thai could hap.
pen TO them at present TO be tried with some
severity, that II may be truly known who
are the faithful and the strong in heart, the
firm in principle, the determined IN pur.
pose. Whenthe conservative strength of
the country comes TO be arrayed in The de.
csive issue two years hence, the position il
occupies must be well defined, its ground
must be sure and steadinst.
Ii is no ho!yday work TO redeem an i'll.
governed country from The evils Of misrule.
The affections consequent upon power
abused have fallen heavily upon The People !;
but to bring the responsibility of mis-.
chievous measures home to the authors of
them. against all the influence Of party in,
.erests and party discipline, is thing that
requires time and patient labor. The
same delusions, adopted 10 mislead the popu
lar mind into the sanction Of erroneous
courses, are still potent to deceive in respect
10 the real results Of such courses. Ii is
well known to most unprelpdIced persons
tina. Gen. Jacksons leading measures have
proved most rulnous 10 the best interes sis OF
the country {; but the great mass of the par.
ty which supported him answer all such re.
presentations by huzzaing for the :. Demo
cracy." The Wings then have q grea,
duty to perform. They must be true TO
their principles, and await calmly for the
predomlnance Of the'n-tfustins TO the
good sense and patriotic spirit Of the PEG
pie and TO the self vlnd.catins power Of the
substantial interests upon which they have
taken their stand. They have the advan-
tage OF unity and concentration. The can
didate whom they have chosen is no man
OF doubtful principles or of ambiguous char
acter--one thing at the North and another
thing at the South. He is an AMERICAN
STATEsMAN-not given 10 theories or ab
stractions, but practical; with faculties
proved; having political personality
wrought out OF the elements of his coun
try's history for the last forty years; man
of honesty, who would not barter integrity
for the throne OF hemisphere a man Of
courage bold when boldness is virtue. yet
considerable even when most daring; one
whose administration Of the Government
would elevate the national character in
stamping upon it the impress of his own
With a leader like this il is better to fail
than to succeed with any other; for every
characteristic by which Henry Clay is dis
tingulshed borrows It's expression from
some great principle: OF noble feeling
With 10 his overthrow would suffer VIC
lenee.
The Wings, then, may have confidence
that ahen the reaction begins, which their
own 6rmness al this crisis will certainly
bring about, it will be wide and deep. II
will lie commensurate with the compass Of
the great principles from which it will pro.
coed 1t will be sustained and strengthened
by the full force OF the mos. extended aad
powerful American interests.