The Whig standard. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1843-1844, 1844-03-09

For the Whig Standard.
ORGANIZATION OF A CLAY CLUB in Pts
| GATEWAY, PRINCE GEORGES COUNTY,
| MARYLAND.
| On the 10th day of February, the Wings of
| Prince Georges county, Maryland, assembled in
Piscataway, pursuant to adjournment of prev-
| GUS meeting, when the committee appointed for
| that purpose, and consisting of T. j. Marshall,
]. w. Ward, w. A.. Edelen, H. D. Dyson, and
W. III. Herbert, reported, through their chairman,
J. w. Ward, Esq, the form of constitution for
the government of the Piscataway Clay Club, and
| the names Of the officers to be appointed agreea-
bly, to its provisions. The constitution was unan-
imously adopted seriatim and the officers nomina-
| ted by the committee were elected by the Club.
The officers are as follows: President, Philip
King; Vice Presidents, w, H. Lyles, Samuel
Coe, r. L. Jenkins, T. G. Lyles, Win. Bryan, (of
RchardO George T. Clagett; Corresponding Sc
cretary, B. |. Semmrs Recording Secretaries,
H. D. Dyson, w. H. Herbert. Treasurer, ]. M.
Parker; Executive Committee, the foregoing
officers, together with r. c. Edelen J. II.
Clagett, J. B. Hill, T.. J. Marshall, ]. w.
Ward, w. H. Gwynn, w. A. Edelen, H. c. Thorn,
r. |. Edelen, J. C. Dyer, F. H. Clements, w.
Lyles, (of w. H.,) G. G. Coe, and ]. H. Har-
desty.
Pursuant to resolution Of subsequent meet
ing, the proceedings of the meeting of February
10, together with the preamble and the conclusion
of the constitution, were ordered to be published
in the Wing presses of this vicinity.
PREAMBLE.
We, the Wings of Pitcataway district, adopt
ing as our creed, and inscrbng on our banner, the
cardinal Wing principles of sound national cur
rency, discriminating tariff for revenue. just
restraint of Executive power, and Of official nfu.
encc at the polls, wise retrenchment of the pub
lie expenses, equitable distribution of the pro-
ceeds from the public lands, and Limitation of
the Presidential Office to one term believing,
also, that the Administration of the General Gov
eminent for the last sixteen years, conducted for
the most part, on principles falsely called +" Dem
ocratic," has been productive of many evils, and
of but little good; persuaded, moreover, that the
elevation to the highest Office in the gift of man,
of that unpurchasable patriot and brilliant states
man, HENRY CLAY, of Kentucky, will nnder the
smiles of Heaven, measurably heal those evils,
and UNNECESSARILY increase that good; and coin
gliding with our brethren, the great Wing family
of the Union, in the expediency Of initiating our
antagonists in the only feature of their party po-
LEY, which we can admire, their ancient organ-
zed and perfect unison of cffort) by combining our
selves in the most effective manner to carry out our
measures by putting in our men; do hereby consti-
stitute ourselves political society, which shall be
called " the Clay Club of the Fifth Election Dis
trict In Prince Georges County. Maryland" The
object of which shall be to cast the widows mite
into country's treasury of glory, by assisting
to make her champion her ruler; and the consti-
tuition for the government of which we do hereby
make sanctions and establish, to wit, as follows,
ETC., etc.
CONCLUSION.
And finally, we, the members of this Club, be-
ieving, we most firmly do, that the true prin-
ciples of republican government, and consequent
ly the dearest interests of our beloved country,
will be greatly and permanently advanced by
| electing as her Chief Magistrate her most noble
and accomplished son-once poor Mill Boy, but
no,c matchless orator and statesman, fitted be-
You'd all others TO cope with tyranny on the one
hand, and anarchy on the other-do hereby, one
and all, constitute ourselves an informal Execu-
| tive Committee of the Whole, and pledge our
selves, collectively and sngly, to put our should
ers to the wheel, and, by the use of all means
compatible with conscience and with honor bnt
| especially by perfect unanimity of spirit and
harmony of action, to aid in eecting, not only
our men, but our measures; that, by their bene-
ficent workings, our principles may enter as they
should do, into the hearts Of all our people, and
the great Wing party become but another name
| for the great American nation. e
| = " n II Il. P HERBERT, Secretaries, I.