Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1844-11-28
From the Neg York Courier and Enquirer.
THE POSITION OF THE WIGS.

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more honorable or advantageous position
than ths. ofthe VINES. 70 he great strug-
gle Just closed, they have Done their duty.
They have fought the good fight in a
spirit worthy OF their cause. They have
proclaimed 10 the world their principles.
They put forward as candidates men with
whose opinions and qualifications the
whole world was acquainted. They
have dune ell that honest men conld 10.
TO secure the triumph Of the right. They
have on their side the most intelligent and
viItuous portion Of the people. II IS a
fact which their opponents will be slow TO
question, that of the sober, cool, weA-In-
formed and unprejudiced part of the COM
munity, three fourtts have been, ardentIy
and couscieutiously, ad5erents of the
Wing party. They are with them yet:
and whether in defeat or in victory, the
Wings will always have the consolation
Of knowing that the enlightened candid
public opinion is OIL their side.
How, then, have they been defeated!
By the frauds Of tier opponen:si We
do not mean simply that illegal votes have
won the victory for Loco Focoism,-
though we have not the slightest doubt
that the number OF such votes cast by our
opponents, could it be accurately ascer.
tanned, would far exceed the popular ma.
iority WHICH their candidate will receive.
But look at the State Of Pennsylvania
What led the people of that Siate,-de-
pendentas they are upon aproteciiye Tar fl
for their VERY bredd--io cast their votes
lor James K. Polk1-Smply. and confess.
edly, the belief that james X. Polk was
IS much the advocate of Protection as
Henry Clay. And there is not msn Of
common intelligence in any part # the
Union who does not know this pretence
to be utterly fplse. The people Of that
State were deflauded into this belief, by
the ialsehoods, and forgeres Of the Loco
Foco demagogues in whom they were ac
customed TO place confidence. Here
then, is one stupendous fraud which Sc.
cured to JAMES X. Polk The vote Of Penn.
syIvania.
In this State Mr.. Polk has obtained less
than 5000 majority. A change Of $500
votes would have given the State to Mr..
Clay.
Is there an intelligent man in the coun-
try who does not know that at least Tbs
number ofnaturalzed citizens, heretofore
Wings voted for Polk under the belief,
car fully and vllisnously lns,iIled into
their minds by Loco Foco lie tders, that #
Mr.. Clay were elected they would be
prescribed, deprived Of their vested rights
and degraded below the level Of their
fellow citzensl Thousands of Wing
A bolitionsts withheld votes from Mr..
Clay under the influence OF thu basr false
hood, DANGEROUSLY spr' ad by their Loto.
foco leaders, that he was favorable to the
meaning but 'l-Intormed persons voted
against Mr.. Clay because they believed
The foul asp rslons cast upon his moral
character by his enemies. And more
than all this, thousands, and thousands of
foreigners were MADE citizens, for The
express purpose Of voting AS FOREIGNERS
against Mr.. Clay. and thus defeat ny the
honest wish of the American PEI pie
Morally, il not legally, all these iosiru-
mentaltIes sgainst which the Wings
have been forced to contend, and under
which they have been overwhelmed, are
unprncipled and wick d FRAUDS. Their
effect has been to establish system If
national policy directly THE REVERSE Of
that desired BY the American people.
These are some OF the reas ms why the
Wigs have been defeated. The means
which have been employed are such rs
could only have been us d against good
cause. They have proved successful in
overpowering our numbers, and and al
least postponing our policy. But they
have aroused in every honest heart a
fet ling which will not sleep. They have
nerved every American arm with
strength which will ultimately defv hos
tilty. In all essential respects, the Wings
will enter upon the approaching four
years, stronger than the mnIslraiinn IT.
self. Its position is one of lnpre enable
strength. Its principles are such as must
inevitably prevail. Whatever may BE-
for the present enacted, American Labor
must and will in the end be protected. -
1t is the extreme of folly 10 suppose that
his great principle, the foundation and
condition of independence and national
greatness can tie abandoned No party
no combination of parties, however skill
ful can crush it. 1t is the very vital
principle Of our prosperity. The coming
administration will tempt its overthrow.
The South will demand it, and may for a
time think she has obtained It. But the
result vii! be simply TINT the lines will
be more strictly drawn between its
friends and enemies. There will be less
room for skulklng-less biity ofeva-
sion than has heretofore exist d. The
contest is not ended; land whenever II is
renewed IN earnest, the temporary defeat
this great principle has sustained will on
ly make doubly sure its victory. The
Wings have another element Of strength
in their perfect Union. Their victorious
opponents will find it utterly impossbl
TO get through even the first Of The four
years of their power, without fierce and
bitter collisions. On the Tariff, on An.
nexetion, on nearly every great meas
ure Of public policy, there exists within
themselves the materials Of desperate and
embrierrd hostility. This will be the
inevitable consequence Of The false and