The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1843-08-29
From The Richmond Wing.
WHIG PROSPECTS.

~, within the last eighteen months, LEI
HIM recur TO our PROSTATE condition IN
1899, and from that take confidence for
the future. Then we were everywhere
oyerrun. State after State which, in 1888,
had uniurled the Wing flag, ingloriously
deserted the standard and some, which
had never ialtered in the Wing faith, pro.
we'd recreant in that year Of Wing disas.
tiers. With Congress carried against us
the whole Democracy thoroughly uni.
ted on their candidate, who was in office,
and welded the patronage of the Govern.
ment TO sustain himself, the Locotoco par
~ seemed fully established in power, be.
yond the reach OF attack. The prospect
for the Wings was then truly gloomy, and
the stoutest hearts might have been ox
cused for indulging misgivings. The
weak and faint were in absolute despair,
and did not venture TO hope that bright.
or day would ever dawn upon the land
But 1910 came, aud the bitter defeats OF
1889 were succeeded by series of the
most brilliant political triumphs ever
achieved IN any country.
Our condition now cannot, even by the
most tlmid or RESPONDENT, be regarded as
hall SO hopeless, as II was in 1889. Now,
we are united, both as to men and pfinci.
Pies OuI adyersares are rent with in
teslne feuds. They are distracted about
principles, and stlll more about men,
They have the patronage Of the Federal
Government, It is true but II is welded
with SO much folly, and such gross con-
tempt of public decency, that II can avail
but little and when it is considered that
our opponents have 10 shoulder Tyler for
the use of II, II is q positive draw back upon
them.
But there is fact in the very consti.
tuition of the two parties which serves
fully 10 explain the cause OF these period.
lcal discomhtures Of the Wings. The
Wings, taken in the aggregate, arc those
people, who do no, make politics trade.
They have other and regular pursuits, on
which they rely for the support Of them
selves and their families. They, there
fore, do not abandon their usual yocallons
at every election It is only on great and
stirring occasions, that they all quit their
private duties 10 attend to the aifairs of
the Government. Il is our firm belief.
that for the last ten years the Wing
Party has embraced a large majority OF
the American people; and bu, for this
trait, they would have demonstrated the
truth of the assertion long since. The
Locos, on the other hand, or large ma.
Jority OF them, are politicians by trade. -
They look 10 politics for a living. MANY
OF them loaiers aud spougers- with moth.
ing 10 lose and everything to gain-are
never so proftably employed as when nc.
lively engaged in poitics-car,i out a
snug birth for themselves an the public
CRIB. They are, therefore, always at
work politically = because they make their
meat and bread BY Il. ca this account II
was, that they were Justly dcnomlnated
the " Spolis Party and were ,ruly said
by one Of thc.r most distinguished leaders,
E" 70 be held together By me coAenre po,rer
Of he public piunder."
The election Of 40 was ono &c tho4e
sreat occasions, Which drew forth the
wing people from their daily labors. TO
preserve the public liberty. That uf sii
VIII prove another, when the worth, IN.
'ei'igence and property Of this great ma
iion VIII once more be- rallied to rescue
the morals, the prosperity ard the liber.
ties OF the country from destruction. From
the highlands and the lowIands-from
mountains and plans viii rise the n,iph,v
shout before which the mcrccnary Dem.
agogue--mousing over his petty schemes
OF seiiishness and ambHlon-wil! shrink
into nothing.
the 7. }. Gazette compares the pre-
sent condition Of The Wing party with It's
condition 10 80.
facts rorfhy Of No,c.-Wilb reference
70 'he election Of lTit, the Wings occupy
The same relation, IN regard to time. which
they did 10 ISIS with reference to The
Presidential election oE l-i0. And with
The exception Of the distracted state Of tho
Locotoco party, in reference 10 their Pre-.
sidenilal candidate, the circumstances 10
almost every thing else, are nearlythe same.
10 ls3s the State Of Pennsy lyanla elect.
ca 1oy. Porter by majority Of 500.
And vel IN 1910 Pennsylvania cas-, her
electoral vote against the Locofoco can.
didate for the Presidency.
In 1888 Delaware elected Mr. Robin.
son lLocofoco) her delegate III Congress
by a majority Of 80.
And yet in ls40 Delaware elected ami.
Locoioco electors by majority Of moro
than thousand.
Georgia IN 1888 elected Mcdonald
375. VI
Bot IN 1910 Georgia gave a good round
majority for the anti.Locofoco candidate
for President. -
Ohio in the year 1888 gave Shannon
Locoioco) for Governor a majority Of
1929. y"
Yet in 1910 Ohio gave the ant.Loco.
TOGO electoral ticket, a neat little majority
Of $4,000. I0''!
Maryland in 1898 gave 10 Grayson tbe