New-York daily tribune., 1844-02-14


often turned back the tide Of Saxon War-oG-
cured in the second reign after the emperor. -
| Was the fatal result of an embodiment between
three brothers. erandsons of the Western Ctesaf,
hrar,no for the empire. The vast DOMAIN OF
| Charlemapne sunk into g petty province me
| ator, &c not without It's moral. Anothcr ohtehay
The a1,r aravest charge which we haven to make
a.a;rst this strange Democracyls the supple sup
mort thew have given to the present admnlstra- n
| o,,.N-an administration they have lured to It's
min Tbey have extracted from it al! the patron
are # is able to bestow AS the price of this CON-
pliance, they gave it prompt encouragement IN
| the worst act of its malice against the Wings;
affected to applaud it for its treachery and TO
praise it for its vices. They have, through such
means, succeeded in incorporating that admins
tration in their party; have made themselves
responsible for its mlsdemeanors. Ihey must
answer this responsibility to the country lhey
would, now. ''cast it, like worthless weed,
away,' hoping in this tardy reputation TO escape
the censure Of their illicit intercourse. lhey may
assume to deny it farther participation IN their ia
vors now that it has nothing more 10 grant. But
it is loo late. They will not be allowed to shake
off the connection merely because it ceases to be
profitable. They have takcu Mr.. Tyler ;" tor
better" thew must also hold him "tor worse"
and abide the censurc Of the nation not only tor
the mischief they have helped him TO do, but Tor
having made an impure alliance for the sake OF
gain for the hypocrisy and libertinlsm that have
! marked their whole career OF seduction
| AS to Mr.. Tyler, our quarrel with nm has loSt
al, ;ts significance in his feeblcness. But as to
the New Democracy, our motives to contest are
oven whetted and rendered more keen by the IN
urv thew have sought to lnfllct upon us. IN tam
| pering with the Presidents weakness, lnf1amlng
his hate and encouraging his apostacy-conduct
less pursued from any hope of benefit to them,
than from meditated design ofevll to our cause.
In this we have strong motive to renewed hostii-
ity, the effect Of which will be felt when we
take the field. The country If we are not de'
ceived, will resent this rccklessness to the Puohc
welfare and will not hold party excused whose
zeal to destroy had led it to forget ITS more oo'i
Gus duty of preserving what Is good'
| Opr ouarrel. therefore, is with Loco-F Focosnl-
not With Mr.. Tyler-If we had no other grels
30 comnla;n of than his desertion; II no enemy
! brt him. we should congratulate ourselves upon
the riddance of a man who never had the faculty
to do us service, and whose alienation was to be
accounted but fortunate event. we should
merely have preserved silence.
But we paw our adversares the compliment to
saw. that, as yet, their organization, their num-
bers. their purposes their means OF Warfare
more than these-the asslduity and the craft OF
their misrepresentation, furnish cogent argument
WHY we should make our case understood; fur
nish the most authoritative reasons why we should
write and publish Defence OF TIE WInGs
The time is nearly come when we Shall raise
our banner in another Presidential contest. We
shall take care that there be no mistake IN our
men, Ia part, it may be said, we have already
taken care of that. The Wings with one con-
sent: with unanimity, almost without paral-
lei in history, have turned their eyes to one man
in this nation who will, assuredy, if Providence
spares him for the contest, be the Leader of our
Host.-Even he The Dictator-thc great Cham
pion of Constitutional right-the personaton of
every public Virtue-genune image OF the Wing
Sentiment-THE MAN OF THE UN1oN-HENRY
CLAY, will lead our Host To him the hand
of the general Wing Party points, as to our Cy-
nosure: Hand guided by the Heart OF every
Wing of the Land.
Our adversaries, in reproach, call him THE
DICTATOR. We take the word, and will turn
their reproach to honor.-Happy is it for that ma
ton that holds within its confines one man,
in whose sagacity and pure purpose there is such
pervtding faith that his counsel shall acquire the
authority of dictate; toward whom such gen.
eral trust abounds, that the volunteer public de-
ference shall receive his advice parental COM
mand! Glorious reward of stainless patriotism
Happy homage to Wisdom and Virtue Die
tator, such as this, the Country once had-but
once.
What more enyiable chaplet can be woven for
mans brow than such testimony That Hen
ry Clay, private tiller of the soil; unostenta-
tious citizen; with no official power all the
power arrayed against him. simply attred III
virtues. illustrated only by his deeds-shoud thus
sway the wilderness of free minds .'-"hat
richer memorial of a patriots worth than tins
Would, that our fortunate Commonwealth may
never find other Dictator than such as he had
never found other.
ulustrious living inheritance is in such
man. Auspicious is 1t for the Wing party that
with such prompt and generous accord, we hx
our thoughts upon him. That of the thousands
worthy, none may stand IN nyalry with HIM.
worthlest OF all.
It were small labor to write his vindication
against the calumnies Of enemies. They but
prove how much he is loved, how much feared
If nothing were said against him. his fame would
want one testimonial to his eminent worth. 1t
would leave him under the suspicion OF a tame
medocrity, which, less than any man IN this
Union, is his. Standing, as he does, before the
world. an impersonation of the principles of the
Wing party ne shares with them the enmity of
many foes perhaps, it would be more Just to
say opposition of adversaries, rather than enm-
ty; for there is admitted to be frank and gen.
erous galIantry in his nature which, for the most
part, disarms political hostility of personal i'll
will, and extorts from those who are atrayed in
adverse ranks, liberal confession of respect
even nurses a secret wish,-and indeed often
prompts the open expression of it,-tbat, party
difference aside, his companonshp were theirs.
Still he has foes,-ioes to his fame and name
/ We must look for these. chiefly. In the nurl;eus