New-York daily tribune., 1844-08-08
A Word In Earnest to wings.

glorious attendance.
A Word In Earnest to WhiSs,
There is an old legend that once on time all
che folks in the world entered into on agreement
that at a specified moment they would give one
unanimous shout, Just to see what noise they
could make, and what tremendous effects ii
would produce. The moment came-every body
was expecting to see trees, if not houses, thrown
down by the mighty conclusion when 10. the
only sound was made by a dumb old woman
whose tongue was looscd by the excitement Of
the occasion. The rest had all stood with mouths
and ears wide open to hear the great noise, anc
80 forgot make any
The moral we trust our Wing friends every
where will take to heart. The immense majority
for Clay that we arc all expecting this Fall is yet
to be secured, and secured by every man seeing
that all the Wing votes are put into the ballot.
box Mass Meetings will not do it-Ash Poles
and Whig Songs will not do it, though all very
well in their way. Some Of US remember the i'm
mense Wing Convention at Dayton in 1912, aud
the elegant ,hreshing we caught in Ohio just af
ter it. Just 80 in Indiana last year. We hsd
meetings enough; we had voters enough; bu,
for want Of proper arrangements TO call them all
out, we encountered most notifying defeat,
and we presume we have just caught another
there for the same reason.
Let any man cast his eye over the returns now
coming in from North Carolina, and he will see
what is wanting. Wherever there is Loco-Foco
stronghold, there you see n great vote out, while
many of the strongest Wing Counties are but two
thirds polled. In almost every instance where
the vote is unusually large the Wings have done
remarkably well: where there was languid con.
test they have generally lost ground. Now it is
no answer to our warning to say that the Wings
have beaten by some 5000, in spite of Graham's
severe illness and Hokes untiring excrtions, capi.
tai stump oratory. and deserved popularity. Tn,
actual Wing majority in North Carolina, with
every vote out, is nearer 10000; and we cannot
afford to waste our strength iii other States as in
that. Just such canvass in Connecticut last
Spring would have lost it; Just such another this
Fall would lose us Penn sylyania and Indiana, and
endanger even Ohio.
rightful assurance of success without it. II was
thorough Wing organization here in 1910 which
kept down Van Burens majority in this City to $50;
but for that organlzationl wouldhav been swelled
by illegal votes to 1000. Along the River, we had
little organization, and we did badly. Rockland
gave horrible majority; Orange, Westchester
&c. disappointed us. And this Fall we shall see
that in every County where we have thorough,
active Organization, by Towns and Election Dis
tricts, we shall do better than we expect; where
we have but a partial Organization or none, we
shall do worse. Wing friends in each County
how shall it be with you7
There is a special necessity for organization in
the South Western border Counties of our State.
New.York borders for some three hundred miles
on the darkest dens of Loco-Focoism IN New
Jersey and Pennsylvania most of the townships
on either side are very large, thinly settled, and
have but handful of Wings, if any, in some
Election Districts, and these have to keep very
quiet at the Polls. There is a large number OF
Voters along the line who are engaged in lumber.
ing, boating, clearing, mining, sc. now on this
claim to residence on either side. There are
Others who will vote just many times as they
feel safe in so doing. Without thorough Wing
Organization, which shall ensure careful can
vass of each District before the Election and al
least three fearless Wings to stand at the Polls
and challenge every man not known to be legal
voter, and then prosecute those who swear falsely,
we shall be grossly cheated on both sides of the
line. What Pennsylvania may CO is her own
business; but New-York must take care of her
self. We must have no Rockland results this
timo.
We entreat the Wings every where, but espe-
cially in tie border Counties, to complete their
Organization at once. Do not think of Mass
Meetings or any thing else till you have Clay
Club in each Township with branch organiza.
ton for each Election District-no matter If we
have but four voters therein, Organization is SO
much the more necessary, and must be had. Then
call for Wing documents and get them; for then
you can use them to advantage, and not throw
them away s. Then call FOR speakers, and have
meetings, for you will be sure OF an audience,
and will know how TO work to advantage. Puta
Tariff tract in the hands of every man who works
for living; give something on Texas to every
yo.cr whohas conscience. Thus armed, thus bat.
ting, we shall carry the State by an overwhelming
majority; but If we undertake TO do it by Mass
Meetings and Banner shows without Orgsniza-
ton we shall be beaten in spite OF our great
strength. What County is there not yet fully
orgsnzed 2 Let US entreat the Wings therein to
act thoroughly and instantly, and at least besur
that every Election District is organized before
the meeting of the State Convention