New-York daily tribune., 1844-04-12
1.-THE Courier and Enquirer copies the at
tack upon US in Wednesdays Commercial and
adds the fo1IouinO


called upon them 10 make the necessary anede honorable
S SS"fy ssy we ' W. @ nS %
teferc and the People rSASMoysLY rebuked them .or Their
imagined It represented the feeling. Of the Wing Party
have now received another and heny eIfed sbuke and al
all parties They should tlrry ut jericho urt their boards
The Tribune error with regard to the number OF ue
FANNY WRl0Hr and ROBERT DALE OWEN. advocating
from day 70 day the DESTRUCTION Of existing social system
and substituting It's stead bascd upon ndely aud
unrestricted and ndscrmnae intercourse Of the sexes-the
advancement Of their selfish not and does
E%q En- 's'au'' not ''''''eu % p'ae'''' It'd '04' ana
1--WE do not copy the above with view to
defend oursclf from the cowardy falsehoods Of
the escaped State Prison bird respecting Fanny
Wright Infdelity, indscriminate intercourse,
&c. We leave these to be rciuted by their own
preposterous maIignity and the notorious charac-
ter of our assailant. Neither shall We volunteer
any defence of the Wing Young Men ofour City
who are abused as boys office-seekers,' SC
in the Courier. They can vindicate themselves II
they do not deem the character of their malgncr
such as to preclude any necessity of noticing him
or his venom. In justice to them, however, we
will simply say that we never were dictated to or
overruled by them on any question, whether OF
principle or of policy, in regard to any act done
or opinion expressed in the course Of orr Edito.
nal service. We have received suggestions and
hints from them, as from many other Wings, OF
this City, the State, and Of other States, thank
fully and deferentially; but, after giving them
the consideration to which the advice of earnest
fellowlaborers in good cause is always entitled,
we have informally pursued that course which
our own judgment dictated, often in direct oppo-
si.ion to the ardent convictions of those who are
represented by the Courier as overruling all our
sentiments and actions. Somuch is due to them,
as well as to our Forty Thousand Subscribers
But while we have no occasion for putting in
any defence against the abuse of the Courier, we
have right to speak Of the course of that paper
in the recent contest That the Commercial
should take the course it did, in view ofts uniform
consistent attitude through the last six years,
may be matter of regret but not of surprise. The
war-cry of" the Bible in danger W would of course
bring it into line with the Journal of Commerce.
Herald, Sc, in opposition to whatever might be
stigmatized as Popery," "Catholic influence"
Foreigners" sc. But the Courier has main
tanned different attitude through past years.
While Gov. Seward held the power Of dispensing
Offices and burdens, it procssed TO concur in his
views respecting the proper treatment of our Em'-
grant Population, the Education of their Children
Sc. &c. Even since he retired to private life, its
Editor has INDUCED in unmcasured praise of his
character. talents, and administration. With no
confidence in the integrity or stability of the Cou-
rier, we did certainly expect that decent respect
to consistency and the worlds opinion would for
bid its now lending its aid to prostrate the regular
Wing organization and to swell the triumph OF
Nativsm in our city. We shall never again be
disappointed in the OF that paper, unless
find it acting with consistency, disintercstedness
and good faith.
As to packing committees" &C., we did not
know the name Of any candidates for place in
the Mayoralty Convention until they had all been
chosen, and while highly esteeming Mr.. FeANxtrN,
were decidedly in favor of running another man
for Mayor. We were in Connecticut when the
nomination was made, and it was unexpected
though not unacceptable TO us. II does seem to
us that Mr.. F. has been badly enough treated by
his professed political associates in the Wing cause
to be spared the ungenerous and utterly unfoundcd
imputations which are clearly implicated in the
Courier's above quoted article.
u The GRAND RALLY OF THE Wig YouNc
MEN, to commemorate the Birthday of HENRY
Clay and open the Clay Campaign of lS44, will
take place at the Tabernacle this evening, COM
mencing at o'clock, when Addresses will be de-
livered by Hon. JOHN NJ. Boris OF Virginia. Hon.
GAxRsr DAVIS, NJ. C. of Kentucky, Hon.
WILLIAM w. BoARDMAN of Connecticut and Hon.
JoskrH L. WHITE, now of this City. There will
of course be general muster OF the Young
: Wings Of our City, anxious to commence formally
a systematic, resoute and effective struggle for
the election of the Country's Champion. Two
original OpEs, written expressly for this occasion,
: by A. B. STREET and c. D. STUART, will be sung
nv a most effective Choir-that of Mr.. Street we
have seen, and it is a glorious production. But
we will not expatiate, since those who love Henry
Clay, aud who desire to hear three Of the most
distinguished and efficient champions of the
Wing Cause, will crowd the tabernacle at an
early hour. -
&c The Wings of RocHEsrEK, of ScaESsc-
rApY, and several other Cities, will to-day cele-
brate the Birth.D of HENRY CLAY and open
the Presidential Campaign, Hon. TIMOTHY
Csr1ps is the Orator at Rochester.