The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1843-11-21
The Wing Party tested as If by fire

The iery furnace Of trial through which Mr. Tyler
has been leading the wing party, has been test of
its soundness and purity that but few parties have
ever stood or could stand. 1t is true that now and
then longo inisrraho, Wing has surrendered to the
power Of patronage, and that here and there, man
was bought and paid fol, but the victims of corup.
toA have been few indeed, compared with the
number of the party, and the briancy of the temrta
ton; and the detection Of these few has had tho
least influence upon the organization Of the whole
party upon its efficiency for action in future cam.
paigns Tho moment Office made man ga Tyler
man" that moment he poweress with his fm.
mer friends while every day, Wings made
sacrifice Of because they will not become "Tyler
men, preferring to give up place to principles In
deed hundreds of them thus sacrificed weekly
for that the cities reformed the Tyler broom
is busting and sweeping in all directions in the
try. Ten penny postmasters as well as ten thousand
dollar ones going. The Wing camp has now in
fact, become pretty well swept There are but few
Wings left there. The relics are chiefly Tyler men
democraiiscd, as the new process is called, that's,
men traitorous to their principles, 10 lie tra,
orous to Mr. Tyler they dare to be-
Into this fiery furnace out Of which The Wing party
has ceme unscathed, Mr. Tyler is now pnying the
called Democratic party. The Washington Globet
knowing the materials Of which Its party composed
and shrewder than any Of its party contemporaries
bitterly nveghs against Democrats accepting office
under Mr. Tyler. The Globe well knows, what we
all daily seeing, that an Office holder under Mr.
Tyler ceases 10 be Van Buren, man, that is, he sep.
arates himself from what the Globe believes to be
the future destiny of his party; and the Globe we'll
knows too, that when he accepts Office, the empta.
ton OF office will be too great for him ever gath
cred back into the Van Buren, fold Hence the bitter
imprecations Of the Globe upon Tylersm and T'y
Ter men, & upon MIR Tyler himself, & the Tyler Cab
met about him,-for what T'ylerism was in vain at
tempting to do with the Wing party, that is disor
ganize it the Globe foresees Mr. Tyler will accom-.
psh, and is indeed accomplishing in theirs through
the patronage Of the Government.
Now it is the highest honor of the Wing party,-h
is the ceurest demonstration of its virtue, and of Tho
value ofs principles, that it has thus withstood temp
tation. After struggle Of twelve long years for tho
helm of the Government, il succeeded in obtaining t
but on the threshold deprived ofs chosen
helmsman, and finding the ship Of state in new and
dangerous hands, it preferred to abandon it, and all
the honors aud patronage that accompany it, rather
than TO be compromised in its principles its honor
Powerless with honor, better it reasoned, than
dishonorab'e power. Principles are worth more than
| places And wha, is remarkable, too, that though
thus IN the arms OF victory stripped orall its fruits
Wings are not in the least discouraged and were sell
dom reader or fresher for future actonl They ren'
son now, and they reason well, that the exer'on'
which brought them victory once will bring them VIC
tory again.-lt is easier, they truly say, to elects
President in 1874 against disordered and contendms
factions than it to succeed in 1910 against nO
most powerful and vigorously combined body oil place
| men that the world saw.
| We shall continue to watch with good deal Oh "
( terest the manner in which the called Democa"
Party stand the test of the fiery furnace Mr. ly'''
| has prepared for them. We have but little dou''
that they will melt away in it, and we shall look w
on the process of quefacton with the livelier 'o'''
est that it has been tried in vain upon Party
affords us too great satisfaction see that the e'U
ton in MIR Tyler's political associates, which wa''
GAUGE of so much joy to the Globo, 10 now 'hs ''''