Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1843-09-02
THE LATE ELECTIONS-WHIG
PROSPECTS.

Our opponents are greatly reloiced at
he result Of the recent elections, and look
ing upon the Wing party as not only dead
but buried, arc chanting requiems for its
rest. 1t would probably be, as well for
Them, as soon us the excitement is a little
cooled down, TO look calmly at things and
see if they have not taken a wrong view
Of the true state Of affairs. The recent
elections resulting against the Wings, is no
evidence Of decline of their strength in
those States which have fallen into the
hands Of the loco focos. The aggregate
number of votes polled will show this.
The reason why the Wing party has sus-
tanned defeat in the elections of 1912 and
ls43, is not that their force is diminished,
but that they had no inducement to exert
themselves. The most triumphant ma iori.
ties in Congress would not have been Of
any benefit to the country; for the Presi-
dental veto would have proved an insur.
mountabe barrier to all the measures the
Wings contend for, and successfully pre-
vented their going into operation. What,
then, was there TO call the Wings 10 ac-
ton? Does not the result of the election
in Tennessee fully show this! There, it
was of Importance TO the Wings to elect
their Governor and Lieutenant Governor,
and secure majority in the Legislature.
They saw the Importance of doing this,
and most manfully did they do it. 1t was
not looked upon as important to succeed
in the Congressional elections, and hence.
in districts where there was a clear Wing
majority of six hundred votes the Demo-
Gratis elected their Congressman And such
results as these they claim as victorios
When the full Wing force is brought out,
as it will be next year, they will see their
rejoicings were over 4 temporary ascend
ancy, and their visions of office and power
will vanish like dew before the morn
ing sun. The Wings Of the Union were
never more firmly united, and never I'M
derstood better their own force and that
of their enemy. There is no one promi-
ncnt man of the opposition party they fear,
and settle their difficulties as they may, so
they bring out candidate to oppose US, it
matters not who he may be, he will be left
somewhere in the neighborhood the sage
of Underwood was in 1910. We have
heard it limited that the locos would make
no regular nomination for the Presidency,
but so arrange things as that the election
of the next President would devolve upon
the House of Representatives. In such an
event as this, they would undoubtedly sue
coed in electing some one of their party
the one who could carry on the best sys-
TEN Of bargain and intrigue. But in a
regular race the Wings of the Union
have nothing to fear. The Wing papers
in every section are almost unanimous in
their choice as to who shall be our leader,
and the movings of the people sanction
the tone Of the press. As an index to the
feeling of the Wing press, we make the
following extract from the Philadelphia In
quirer, the leading Wing Journal of Phila.
delphia, and could more than ill our entire
paper with articles of similar tone from
other leading Wing papers in different
parts of the country;
The Wings united-The Prospect before them,
| Mr. Clay--Thc Wing party OF the Unit ed
States, has not, since its organization under the
name which it now bears, been more thoroughly
united than at the present time. From all parts
OF the Union we hear but one expression oil
feeling. From the North and the South, from
the east and the west, the favoite the only can.
ddate of the Wings for the Presidency, is
HENRY CLAY, of Kentucky. Thus Far, ev
cry delegate to the Neional Convention is in his
favor. Georgia has spoken through the largest
Convention ever held in that State, and every
Wing paper throughout that Commonwealth ha:
taken bold, manly and decided ground in favor
of Henry Clay. A similar spirit breathes among
the Wings Of every State in the Union; and it
now seems TO be placed beyond all doubt, tha
Mr.. Clay will receive the nomination of the
National Convention, not only with unanmly
but with an enthusiasm unprecedented in the
history OF political assemblies. The Wings, we
repeat, were never more united. But more, they
never were more conscious Of the patriotism OF
their cause, and the identity OF the principles oil
that cause with the real prosperity Of the coun
Try Admirng, as they do, with warmth al.
most without precedent, the public services and
patriotic career OF their candidate, their attach
ment nevertheless to Wing principles is much
stronger. They will 60 forward to the struggle
therefore, satisfied in the first place, that the
man OF their choice is in the field, and still more
satisfied because Of the integrity Of their motives,