New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1844-10-17
VOL. Nv. NO. I65.

9scv,-Gcr Protective GOVERNMENT Are thev the
oristoc70cy OF Anerics,-mereiy the men OF pos
| session. OF wealth and ease VINO believes II
What fory demagogue does not smile and sheer 4,
sition OF the two parties, either throughout the ma
ijor or merely in this city; and ace how bsseeas
| and shadow the fiction. OF The % 600 votes in
| This CITY conceded 70 Mr.. Clay even by Loco-F oco
| estimates. how many are 10 be given By rich men,
| by the privileged orders so called Are there
| q, coo aristocTdt'e voters IN New-York! Won
! 5erful couury,-wonderful city-where more than
| half the population constitute an Grist2craet =
| Who are the Wing voteTs7 Who crowd these vast
assemblies and throng streets by 6ay and night
in .egions, with Clay and Protection" on ttsir
banners2 Not one in hundred of the men OF
wealth will leave his dwelling for the fatigue OF
such an exertoD. Tine attachments of such men
to Wing principles are few and feeble, cold and
light, compared with the enthusiastic affection, the
desperate intsrest, the aborious almost eouTulsive
energy, with which the poor the indu stious cling
the and lis leader their best, last hope in
life.
The great R1ssa of the Democracy are with the
Wing party. A large majority Of the mechanics
and artisans are with them These expressions OF
the truth may sraris those whose Wedge Of the
character, merits and political services Of their
working ;eilow-citzgns are derived from the lying
newspapers of the Loco-Foco party and the lying
speeches of Tammany Hall. This New-iork Dr
reetory will settle this question; and 10 that an a-
peat can be taken by those who are so ignorant cf
political statistics as TO need proof OF tins iac
Bees the Five Points, ard Corlaers Hook, tand
!er rural retirement, -Biackwell's ls!end1 are
always unanimously Loco-Foco,- becuuse Inc shit
less vegabond and the occasional iaDorer are
Loco-Foco, there are many who have taken II lof
granted that 90 Democracy" Is synonymous WIFI
dirt, laziness vice and crime, and rnthansm. those
who labor in poverty, with intelligence, honesty,
viftue and HOPE, are Wings, ten to one: those who
labor not, or labor in ignorance and vice and IN
despair Of improving thelr CONDITION under any
., stem OF government, are Loco-FOcos,-a hundred
TO one The rich men are divided ;-hom divided,
nav be seen in the fact that the FIVE largest landed
proprieiors Of this Stale each owning Tor clanngl
large fraction OF The counties in which they reside
are Loco Foco- ultra-Loco- Foco,-and that for
midable number of the wealthy merchants of this
city IRE Loco Foco. Many Of the sons Of rich
men, amhitisus Of political preferment Loco
Foco, though their fathers may be nominal inactive
Wings. Take these men land their money! out OF
the Loco-Foco party, and they will not leave thai
party majority, even when strengthened by their
usual frauds on the balloi-box. Take out also the
frauds, The Vagrantp, the actual aliens, and they
have not a iouuh Of the vote.
As far as the rich are nominally associated with
the Wing party, in seeming contradiction 10 the
radical principles of this Discourse il is in actual
opposition 10 what they acknowledge as their I'm
mediate interests Therefore the short, GIFTED end
tncautious among that class are for Free Trade and
the Sub Treasury. But the far-sighted and saga
cious are WINGS, from an acuter perception Of
their ultimate interests and the ultimate DAN
GERS e. permanent Loco Foco escendGncy. They
have not read the dark leaves of the sealed book OF
destruction now IN lhe hands OF that party, but
,ney well guess what is written therein; and they
know that though the frat effect OF n Loco
Foco system might be 10 double the value OF
all the cash in actual possession, and To cut off all
the competition Of the rsen ofTiere credir,-yet there
IS something behind, which they dread to realize.
There s something too in the pride Of honorable
associarion which makes them Wings And as il
is always unjust TO inpute TO mankind none but
selfish motives 70. their conduct in their public rela
TONS it IL bu, reasonable TO allow the existence Of
high, noble, heroic and patriotic Impulses in large
portion of that class, uniayosable as may be the
successful pursuit OF gain 10 the development OF
such traits just so, grea: nHinber oi un1ortnnate
aud ignorant men nre Loco Focos, from q sincere
belief that the Wings arsIocratic party, and
that their success will endanger popular liberty
how Justly, may be seen only by the intelligent.
The high minded, hieh-prucipled and Ear sighted
CT the fortunate class, ofa other classes are hon
estly devoted IN the cause of Law and Order ard
Of Progressive Democracy. The Wing psrty, " al,
mos, damned with the imputaon OF the defence
If the rights of property and deriving It's strength
from those who only hope TO acquire property IN
der good system of government which they may
then have occasion 10 defend, are but coltly sup
ported by those who rejoice in actual acquisition
For not only patriotism, but pride end fear arc mo
ives Insufficient TO induce that class 10 do thtr
nhole duty 10 the cause. As class, they have
never done their duty 10 il. They have never paid
the debt which they il for themselves and their
children AND THEY NEVER WILL. The individual
exceptions sre honorable; but they are especially
honorable by their iewness and sirgulanty.
In the elements and composition OF the Wing
party then, as involved in the elements and compo
.;t;on IF cnrafy ha traced The spcfei
Of the monentous pending contest, and the secret
ne its contingent results There is a lesson in it
nc so much for us who labor and watch and age
niye through days and nights and years OF mingled
doubt and bope--as for those who look coldl, on
and smile at the varied fortune OF a struggle in
which ,hcv take no part because they think they
have no special Interest in the result. But lei them
look al that tremendous contest in The light OF this
ono truth and they will never smile again ull hay
inc Joined with us IN the decisive action they JON
in our anthenss oil praise for the lasting victory
For if the banner which we bear through the pre-
racted and changetul struggle goes down at last 10
b shock of the battle and sinks in defeat 10 rise
more the bitterness and the horror OF that wo shall
no Greater than our breasts alone can contain. The
whole frame and relations OF American society will
h, changed The men OF possession, the children
of ease and plenty and JOY, will then stand alone
undisturbed by the intrusion OF those who, IN he
Eloveusnts Of progressive democracy, unGer stao'e
DYOtCCnNp
from poverty and labor through hope to trution.-
The working man, the journeyman, the day,lsbors
the apprentice, are aspiring TO be maser-~ork.nen
and en,pIoytrs-as is the clerk 10 be merchant a.
the poor scholar aspires honorable profession
end all arc hoping il not for wealth, AT least for
competence, comfortable subsistence, not ony ior
themselves bur for Others wiro yet 10 be theirs
the wished-ior partners Of their tolls and JOYS, tht
unborn offspring of their love and hope, who mqs'
be well-cle;hed well-fed wsll.housed, wei,iaughi'
as becomes the progeny Of race ef sovereign free
men. These are what have been so often called
she young men" the young Wings, we'll marked
class, the moving portion and the moving MASS Of
tha Wing party, who have for the last ten yesTs
given that party It's actve principle, its imPusiv'
ever hopeful character as the progressive democ,a-
CIV OF America. They are and ever have been the
bulwa,k of the men OF possession against ssrarisn
and destructive legislation, against the desperate
and Revolutionary enemies OF Law and Order, CIV
ing thus NOR, protection and more valuable protec
ZION than they received or asked. They protected
the possessions Of Others, and only sought pro'ec
lion lot their hopes.