Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1844-11-18
.N0AD.iY. .NopE.uBER Is, 1911.
SPIRIT OF TIE WING PRESS.
Shall tee surrender :

leading Why papers. for the purpose a sh,wing that
our eppnenis '.feckon without their host, when they
haer themselves. rs s1.ne fthen d. that The Wing
parry dissolved. and that lrneerih they 10 have
unlimited auj unupposed sway in the councils Of the
country. We caution iheu uot 10 "lay tins fltlering
unelUn to their sluls." On The ceulnry, il will be-
them 10 consider whether ihr boosted victory Is
not ~ tae the precursor uf their overthrow Such
we believe Will be lis inevitable result And We proceed
briefly To state saaAe q The grsaads uaan which pre-
dcaie this belief
The Wing party. North and South. in the late coa
test. were welled together BY principle and nd u sin
gle discordaht heard IN their ranks reference
10 Tie great lie adopted AMI adhered 10 in
the event of their success These principles are immu
iable--ihese measures VIII lie as important to morrow
as they Were leray-and no true Whg therefore,
can ever renoanre his parry without fiIst ren1uncing
hem. Aud " hal man who has fought under our glur.
Gus flag. mrel'd 81 10 do by firm persuasion that The
d'cifnes and the policy Of the party identified with
the true aad permanent interests uf the COUNTRY
can ever cn~enl Ia abandon Them, relax in their
support NOT ONE. We know The dsprilng in
intuce Which unexpected defeat rNer,s upon The mind
ard Eo" apt men are, in the first moment o cla.rIl
and disappointment, almost To resolve that they Will NJ
longer interest themselves the affairs of the country
bat lave them 10 the control ofolltrs VIM lave p,n-
parariy acquired the ascendancy Bul such 4 Resolution
even il Urined, viii lie eyancsc nj as the occasion
which gave it birth. 1t musi lie So; bpcause ,naiurer
consideration VIII satisfy every ref rtiar mind thai
+ Ii Is neither wise hor patriotic 10 adhere To IL. l.
oar gallant frefathrf, # The Revolution had civ.
en- up all ipr lost when the triumphant egons Of the
enemy threatened II oversprad The land insleld Of raj
ylhg as they did 1T Trent n, and checking HIM in his
career 81 victory. Yorktown would now be associated
Win Bunker iitll IN the glorious "reminiscences of the
Fast Let us initiate their example. and never despair
81 the Repuhllc Although the I.ncofcs are now vic
t,rlnns, different fate awaits them in 1913 It may
be- indeed, that we shall not 20 into that Contest under
the lead Of the gaan, Harry of The Hest yet we
shall not be without leader worldly Of cur cause
home wnrthirr, 1t Is true, than he who has t.l
len victim 10 the cruel calnnnics and the
most relentless persecution that ever yet assaiItd a
Palrut, without fear and without reproach" but one
reyerlheless worthy 10 avenge his fate and To assert
lis principles. Besides Why think Of dishaEd no our
frces. when, the popular vote will show. we are
nearly. If not quite numerous the opposing parry
Did they talk Of dss living their parry rganizalon when
Gen. Harrison, in 1870 went into oice with the unpre,
cedented majority Of I45 eco yoes in his avnr2 No
they rallied anewihey assaulted with increased fproc
~, the whom the people had elected and the mpa
snres in favor OF which the peope had declared ~ thai
election; aud from that to the close Of the cam
palgn OF 1874 with eye that never winked and an
arm iha, tired" have they pursued III, ir ON,
great ohjec-the defeat of Clay. Lei the Why's, nm.
der far advantageous circumstances hn, initiate
their zcaland predict that triumph awaits then, il
, uith fl T.,
inre and therefore contingent. event Let our motto be
that Of Naroeon's celebrated luyincibes: The Ola
Guard die-Mey nercr surrender"
What is the condu Of the adverse rariy? VIII
james X. Poll, % into the Presidential chair the ZEN
bodmeal" ut we'll fined and well understood principles
the advocate of any clearly explained measures adyu
ny his supporters. as body, in every SECTION
the Unlon No man viii have the ,emerity l., say St,
True-thcy will talk learnedly about the celebra
ted doctrines Of 92 and 90 and men VIII, have never
seem or If hey have have never read or if they have
read cannot comprehend the Virginia and Kentucky
Resolutions, Will expaliae by the hour upon the re.
snrrecllon o ancient Repubcansn by his accession to
Tie Presidency. But. whtn Mr.. James X. Polk and
his associates IN tue Government shalt come To app!t
The doctrines embodied in thuse papers the practical
administration OF the Government, by what rule vii
they be governed Where is their chart and comrass
Let us Imagine case, which, though it be fancy
sketch, Is MT at all unlikely 10 occur. Suppose Mr.
Folks Northern friends in the merit Congress shall adj
here to the Protective policy, they did at the last
session, aud refuse 10 modify repeal the Tariff OF
lo42-and the supposiiion is all Incompatible, with
probability since know that he was himself vote,
Tor IN Pennsy vaua and other Tariff States as IA better
larll man than Mr.. Cay'-and let MS suppose farther
that South Carolina, in fainent Of the pledge made h,
her Convention in 1873. reiterated by her State Iepisa
ture In 1913, and which Messrs Rhelt, McDulis an,
i Qnattlebum affirm she is bound in honor t., redeem
shall proceed to nullify the law j. not James K. Poll
at once Involved in a dilemma from VIII ich a wise
head and stronger arm Than his will find il mppss
BILE to exrcae him? We suppose tha, John G.. Cal
noun Is TO be Secretary Of STATE. 1t 8, announced al
ready IN South Carolina .'by auborily:n and ",
have no doubt ii is If the conditions of "ihc b,r
gam by which South Carolina through her ministers
plenipoieniary Ia The Baltimore Convention Ito which
body she disdaned to send delegates were induced
10 rdfyy the nomination. Will james K Folks CON
s'fuetion of the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions
winch, according 10 his Interpretation of them. s,,
ned The Proclamation and the Force Bill in 1920 -
MI. Caihonn'S, Which asserts that NuEI,c,,;,, ;
demonstrated by those papers 10 he ne ..r;gb,f,
remedy prevail at Washington2 WIN yoy,,, uio,
'ry .fead IN The footsteps of Old Hickory Or vii
the Palmetto banner wave in