Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1843-08-26

We call the attention of our readers to the arti-
Gle, with the above caption, from the Courier and
Enquirer. Ii will be found in another column.
.'Who is to vote for the Wing PRESIDENT We
all remember with what triumph this question was
propounded in the great campaign of $40. Our
adversaries, deceived 10y the success which had
attended the party under the auspices of General
jackson. not rejecting that the candidate upon
whom they had pitched, possessed none of the
great qualities of that renowned Statesman, and
above all, believing that victory chained TO the
standard of the SPOTS party, could not be persua
dcd that they had To fear the possibility of de-
feat. Our neighbor of the Enquirer laid himself
Oft for a during the contest, and another
contemporary advised the Wing candidate 10 res,
contented in his Log Cabin and stick TO his hard
cider, neither rashly venturing into the precincts
of the White House, nor offering To quench ms
thirst with any more arstocratc liquor. This lam
gagc seemed 10 be justified by the events of 1899,
and if it had been confined to that period. would
have been excusablc. But even To the very last,
when State after State was falling about their
ears, when every mail announced the detection Of
whole bodies of men, whose fidelity had been cal
culatcd upon as a matter beyond doubt, when the
ing query, they still continued TO ask, "Who is
TO vote for your Wing Candidate ~ Such iniati-
alton is without example in the history tthe world;
il it has parallel we must go back 10 the "days
before the flood" in order To find it. The giants
who eNulted in their strength and spurned alike
the counsel of Noah and the warnings ofthe Hea-
vens. are types of the present infatuated OF Lo-
CO Focos. The wind may blow. the rain may
come. the windows OF the Heavens may be opened,
1.-THE fountains otthc great deep" may be ''hroken
up and the loftiest mountains be covered by the
rush OF the mighty waters, bu; not OF them.
long as he can retain his footing upon the top of
the loftiest mountain will believe that it is any
thing more than drizZle.
WHO is to vote for the Wing candidate - Let
US answer this question by asking another. Where
is the majority OF 10000 that bore General Har-
rison in on its shoulders in ls4Ol Has 1t sunk in
the earth Has it melted in air Or has it de.
serted the ranks Of the Wings and gone over to the
Locofoco Party If it has taken the latter direc-
ton, II is strange we have no evidence of It's pre-
sence in al! the Locoioco victories that have been
gained since that time. The Wings have been de-
feated in two-thirds of the States of the Union
since 1910: Can the Locoioccs show any acces.
sion Of strength in any Of these elections On the
contrary, their vote has generally been less than
in ls4u: never in instance, we believe. great
er. The defeat OF the Wings Is always account.
led for naturally and easily, by simple examila.
tion Of the returns. The secret lies in their own
want OF interest, their apathy, their Indifference,
arising from the belieithat majority the coun-
ellis ofthc nation can .enure TO their benefit as
long the presen! incumbent OF the Presidential
Chair is permitted. by the Constitution. to thwart
the objects they have nearest at heart. Let not
the Locoioco organs believe that the majority Of
ls40 is either annihilated or asleep or tina, it has
turned the country to the tender mercies of
those who, having formed themselves into several
parties, already con;ending for supremacy
among themselves. The principal Romans. in
the camp Of Pompey, were qIarrelling about
Caesars high-pries,hood the very day before the
battle OF Phar-aiia, and some Of the Cato street
consPirators were bringing to morta. ar5i,ra.
ment dispute originating in tie desire Of several
persons to possess the rich domains Of the MARQUIS
Of Stafford. We assure these ends Of the late d..
ieatcd faction, that their desires were fully as ra
tional as their own, and had fully as good a pros.
pect OF being grajIiied Bat 1t Is usales to waste
advice upon those who are bent on dcair,iction
We feel grevcd to this division in the ranks
of our adversaries. We wish them to unite on
one man. 1t Will not afford us exercise enough
to beat them in detail. We would crush them
at one blow, leaving the very name of Locofoco
AN empty sound a thing that had been, bat wa,
no longer.
Let the year 1914 arrive, Jet the Wing cand.
date come before the people for thcir votes-and
then these gentlemen will find an answer to their
question. Tn" majority of 1910 will vote for
the Wing President. The young men who had
no votes in $40 will vote for him. In thi. respect
we arc peculiarly fortunate. Every old-world
Enquirer man that dies of. is u dead lo.S To- the
party. lrasmUch a. no ono rises up to take hi-
place. The young mon al, OF al least b. an i'm
mcnse majority, are Wings. They are more in.
tcl,i4ent, and have better sources Of information,
than had their predecessors. information is be.
coming moro common, and as it progresses, rs a
matter Of course, WhIggcry spreads. II tic Lo-
colocos expect TO secure majority, they must
stop the "narch of the Understandings" They
must bring the country back 10 the situation il was
in, when the Enquirer was the only paper Of any
standing in Virginia, and when n corresponding
darkness broodcd over the other States al tins
Union.
We will show these gentlemen, at the proper
time, who will vote for the Wing President. Let
them have "a lille patience. Time lilies rapidly :
and, IN order tha; il may not hang too heavily on
thcir hands, we recommend them TO fall asleep I'M