New-York daily tribune., 1843-08-23
The Contest of 1913.


over variant NAV be the opinions expressed foH'
o,,r oy,n Most of the Whig journals IN TINS State
- co,r,oeyted on and censured recent article
OF ours in which quiet and steady iathe! 'hah
v;oIent and boisterous effort this year was recon-
,nended. Tc this we do not object; but We do
object to the mixing up OF our suggestions with
those of the Courier and Enquirer and thus at
fr;butinp to us sentiments we do not hold. The
Courier and the Tribune, we need hardly say
have many points of difference, have never spoken
bv concert on any topic, and each is very apt &c
sneak as its Editor thinks without taking much
trouble to collect ormanuacture Public Opinion
beforehand. We know nothing OF the plot TO de
feat Mr.. Clay Of which the Courier speaks, which
is to be counterminedb by making no struggle thu
fall: we know no considerable body Of Wing.
who have resolved not to vote tins Fall and thu:
coerce the greater number of Wings INTO an aban
donment of the field. True, VIC meet very Otter
Wings, whom we know to be good and truc who
vet say, each for himself: 4 viii not vote again
till vote for Henry Clay for President This
is yery unwise, short-sighted suicidal, yet 1t Is
what Mr. Gushing would call Constitutional
fact which we cannot annhlate by closing our
ewes any more than we have been able to overcome
1t by argument or entreaty. Leaving others 10
speak for themselves, and requesting those who
wish to break a lance npon The Tribune and The
Courier to assail us separately and not display
their prowcss by dernolishing both at once, We
wish to be understood once for all, on these points
!. Wherever there is "a reasonable probability
that State Government or "a Congressional Dis
trict may be carried by the Wings, we would
have them carry it by all means, putting forth
seasonably and pcrscveringly the requisite energy
g. Wherever any clear advantage may be
hoped to accrue to the Wing cause from running
a ticket, we would have one run, and supported
effectively.
g. But where no such advantage is obvious to
the great mass Of the Whig voters, where no I'M
portant results are pending and defeat is morally
certain, we should prefer leaving the field to stnm
candidates rather than getting up snali-race and
thereby exhaustlng the energies oil the voters
called out, and paralyzing their exeEtions when
exertions will bc'essentia
4. And lastly, we are ior deierring 10 the
wishes of any portion of our party who insist IN
any State or District on contest this Fall, and
will put forth our best exertlons IN and OF theirs.
We shall vote Wing ticket if one is run In this
City; we shall try 10 persuade others to vote
wherever Wing ticket is in the field and they
are legal voters.
Such is our position.
We regret our inability to use language on this
subject which others comprehend, but we DC
our best to be perspicuous. The Wing Press has
very generally represented Us as counsellng al
abandonment of the field at the approaching
Elections, and letter Just received from Mem.
Der of Congress speaks of our position as import.
ing that defeat in lS43 may and probably will
add to the chances of success in lS44." Now
this is the precise thing which we do not believe
and defeat is exactly what we would avoid
We think every defeat in '43 will be adducco
{however mistakenly as cvlncing the unpopular
ity Of Mr.. Clay and our principles, and that II
will operate against us in 1874. We woult
choose, therefore, to win every victory in our
power and encounter the fewest possible defeats,
believing that this course would place in the
Where we cannot count or success, we would
prefer that the Wings devote their energies to
quiet organization, to the systematic dssemlna
ton of Political Truth, and to noseless and
steady preparation for the great contest of lS44
spending the time and money in distributing doc.
uments, newspapers, &c. which would otherwise
be devoted to printing tickets, handblls, and the
like. for an Ineffective and languid struggle in
IS43.
Such are our views, and though we Weld them
TO the prevailing sentimen, of the party and pre-.
pare for general battle this Fall, We do it from
respect to the wishes of our coadiutors, and with
no change IN our convictions. On the contrary.
every hours reflection conyinces US the more fully
of the necessity Of a season Of quiet and calm
ness preparatory to the great struggle Of lS44
Our friends, we think, do not sufficiently estimate
the irresistible silent influences which are now
working in behalf of the Wing Cause. The
Tariff is noiselessly but quite obviously fulfilling
the hopes of its friends and Disappointing the pre-
dctions of its enemies. 1t has not raised the
price OF the Manufactures protected by it-quite
the contrary-yet 1t has given prosperity to oar
Manufacturing industry by shutting out capri
cious and unequal competition, while it has given
employment and comfort TO many thousands o.
long waiting workmen. 1t has turned the ba.
lance of trade in our favor, relieved US from the
pressure OF Foreign Indebtedness, fortified and
improved our Currency BY large infusion o.
Specie, and secured gradual bat already sensibl,
improvement to the condition of our Agricultural
and general Industry. 1t has uiutnphanty re.
futed the predictions that it would ruin our Com
merce: as is evinced by the activity of the ship