New-York daily tribune., 1844-11-29
ye subsided with the subsidng ardor Of con-

nave subsided with the subs!dlng ardor oil con-
ention. But this has not been the character of the
SIGHT. Our opponents have found motive to exaspe-
rate the public mind against the u Thgs by sharper
devices thar arguments. They have assailed, as
have said, with unparalleled nagnity the honor and
virtue OF that great Ieme wnom we had chosen 10
represent our cause; they have made it their chief
labor 10 convert that into the ouiest repfoach
which can be heaped upon the most infamous; they
have esseyed 10 strike down that precious lsme
which, earned in long life Of devotion to his conn-
try, has become rather the properly Of the nation
than Of its personal subject. The insult We resent
and must ever resent. Il is compliment TO
the virtue OF Henry Clay tha, they who are so e1-
pert in the use of the weapons OF slander should
6nd ii necessary 10 supply their magazine win 80
much freshly distilled venom, and 10 tax their skill
TO such unusual efforts, as they have employed IN
this contest In less degree, the whole Wing party
have been made the object Of similar assaults
They, too have been ihickly sasailed with sanders
as poignant as the arrow that f;eth by day, and
as insdious as the pestence tha; wslke,h III dark
ness Open war has been waged against every
substantial interest 10 the nation with which the
Wings could in any manner be connected. row
erty, one would infer from the many resolutions oil
his party, 10 be the OILY democratic test oil Repuo
licanism; the moment tine poor man becomes pros
porous by industry. Re would seem, IN their pbioso-
phy, to be converted into an enemy TO the State
Successful thrift civic crime; capital was the
badge of aristocracy; the patriotism that would
cherish the labor OF the American artisan was
stamped with the oboquy of mere monopoly and
extortion; devotion TO the policy Of Madison was
the rankest extreme of ancient Federaism-that
term comprising in The opinion OF those who ut
tered il, the ;superative of deepest infamy Wing
merchants, struggling against the supremacy OF
English opinions Of trade, were denounced as 'he
agents of British corruption; those who invested
money in Bank stocks, if they did not favor the
Loco-Foco ticket, were derided as Rag Barens and
purse-proud upstarts; Wing manufacturers were
held UP to public odium as Lords of the Loom and
the Furnace mechanics who voted with the Wings
we're taunted as slaves 10 a master; Whig Catho-
lies vino were too manly 10 surrender their opinions
10 vulgar clamor were scoed as the allies and CON-
rades of church-burners. Whenever men OF sub
stance, OF enterprise, of industry OF thrift oil re-
spectacle aims Of honest and laudable ambition to
enrich and aggraudize the country, refused to bow
to the great Idol of this modern New Light which
calls itself the Progressive Democracy, they have
been prescribed and denounced as almost guilty OF
inc.pism-enemes of the public veal. The bonnet
rouge fit emblem OF this intolerant scheme OF social
mas,ership, has been hung out, during the whole
canvass, from the head quarters Of the Democracy
in this city, and il has been borne in procession
through our streets to symbolic the opinions oil the
thousands OF American citizens who marched be-
heath il. These are some characteristics oil the
contest through which we have just passed. and IN
these signs our adversaries have conquered-have
won the triumph in which they now exult as so
uuspcious to the happiness of the American people
Still the Wings are not subdued. The best and
purest and most patriotic party that ever blessed
nation remains in all lis integrty-remans as firm,
as gala mt, as true, and | may say es hopeful as
when it first entered the field. The victor has
nothing TO boast of. An accident has given him
New-York New-York has given him the day.
Even in the minority in that State, he owes his sue
cess to the fauty of political sect who have been
cajoed into position which has deprived the Wings
of the majority and given to their opponents base
plurality. Almost every where else Loco-Focoism
has been run to the top Of its speed-beaten even in
the land of the Hermitage Our defeat is not over
whelming. The President elect and his friends have
but feeble guaranty Of popular support, even 1t
the hypocrisy and dissimulaton of the canvass have
not already prepared for them a Pendora's Box OF
deadly disempers.
The Wings are not subdusd. We have been de-
ceated-not fairly, but by political legerdeman, by
slight of-oath and Juggling disguises-we have been
Plaquemined out of our election. We are van
auished, therefore,-but ready for more work.
| say TO the Whigs-Raise again your flag. Stand
firm in your present array. Go not apart into any
other combinations but stand your ground as WHTGs.
The recent election has forced upon our adoption
one addition to our old formula Of princpes-a
great and momentous abuse calls for the aid Of the
Wings to THE REINFORCEMENT OF THE
PURITY OF THE BALLOT BOX. 1t is funda-
mental in this Government that the true People CT
America shall speak truly in their elections that
their voice shall not be suppressed by fraud or vio-
lence, and that neither shall it be outweighed by
voices un.American-I mean by that, that no man
shall vote in our elections who has not heart TO
feel with American people, and mind so acclimaed
as to understand, at least, the difference between
American and foreign interests. To compass this
great end, we must have modification of the Laws
of Naturalization-such modification as shall
leng,hen the term of probation. exact greater care
in the introduction to citizenship, strengthen the
securities against fraud. We say with all our
heart-all hospitality to the stranger, full privilege
of holding land full protection to property, full en-
couragement TO his labor but no privilege to inter-
fers in the Government Legislation of the nation
unit, he has lived long enough in the Country to un-
dsrstand its interests, resist the cajolery of dema
gogues who would make him, through his ignorance,
the instrument Of the basest designs and until he
has sufficiently identified himself with our people to
feel that their welfare is importan, TO him than
the welfare Of all others. Our laws, at present, do
not give us these securities and we may presume
that there is not intelligent, honest hearted
turalized citizen in this Union who does not feel and
acknowledge the necessity of this reform. In ac-
compishing this great purpose, WILDE the resolve
of the Whg party TO stand by the cause of Religi-
Gus Toleration spuyning the base attempt (which
has been made, aud will not cease to be made again,