The Democratic Whig. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1842-1843, 1843-02-16
From the New York Tribune. E7F Il
THE WING PARTY AND ITS
LEADER. si7yss 3

THE WING PARTY AND IT'S
LEADER. 7ss
Extract from the, Speech of1on. GARETT DA-
vIs of Ky. in the House Of Representatives,
| The Wing party is neither snbdued
nor dismayed. Assured ofthe wisdom
of its measures and the rectitude and
truth of its principles, it relies with
calm but undoubting confdeaee Of
victory in the virtue. and patriotism
Of the People. Feeling strength in its.
numbers and IN the tried faith and
great ability of its leader, in 1914 it
will put forth exertions worthy of the
momentous and enduring interests at
stake under the ensign Of that leader:
1t invokes all Americans, as they love
their Country, its glorious institutions
and IT'S permanent prosperity TO throng
in serried ranks to that glorious STAN
dard. In 1875, the opponents and
the reviler Of Washington was no
friend to the Whiggery of that peri
lous time nor is he, who now attempts
to undermine and overthrow HENRY
CLAY less the enemy of Whiggery
as pure as that which kicdled the souls
and nerved the arms of our fathers.
The post of Henry Clay is private
station, yet he is in the presence OF his
Country and Of the world. At the age
Of nineteen an unknown uneducated
boy, he threw himself upon distant
theatre. and commenced life i'll the
midst of the exciting scenes of 1898
and he has impressed upon the gallant
State which adopted him with so much
generous warmth his own glorious i'm
age. Unmatched in genius and daunt-
less in courage, the expansive opera
tons of his great soul alone have Civ
en- him position in the front rank of
mankind. His civil achievements have
adorned every page of his Country's
history throughout the past generation.
As parliamentary leader, in practical
craftsmanship, in orotory which con-
vinces the understanding and rules the
passions, in all the high powers Of ex-
ecutive capabiiity, he has no equal.---
Intuitive and accurate apprehension,
soundness Of judgment, directness and
comprehensiveness Of intellect, and
frank, high and honest purpose are
among his distinguishing characterize
les. His system of policy is broad
as this confederacy, comprehensive as
its great and varied interests, and bas-
ed upon eternal principles and TRUTH,
He is ambitious, but he has ever held
that towering turbulent passion severe
ly subject to the behests Of bonor, TO
the purest patriotism, to the most ar
dent attachment to constitutional lib
erty, and to the rights OF the People.
Neither his services to mankind nor
his renown have been limited to his
own country or to his own race, but
both pervade the civilized world. Ex-
posed for years to the inveterate pre-
JUDGES of a great party, his firm, un-
wavering, consistent and lofty course
has conquered their enmity and their
suspicious and there are none whose
good opinion is worth possessing, who
do not pay homage TO his greatness. and
integrity, and exult in the conscious
ness that he is their countryman, be-
cause of the hstry which he has shed
upon the name. He may or may not
attain to the Presidency, but he occu-
pies and will ever occupy, one of the
ioftiest positions in the moral world
a summit bathed all over in living glo-
rious light, revealing the whole mau
as be is in the grandeur of his nature
without fear and without reproach.
He is our trusted, our of-tried cham
pion, faithful among the faithless-the
great impersonation of our glorious
cause, under whose banner we 60 forth
polltica ly to conquer or to perish; and
if we are doomed to fall in this con-
flict, you willfind,
aOur backs to the field, and our feet to the foe!
~. Z. Tribune.