Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1844-11-28
WINGS | STAND FAST

WIS o"'e nus oeen maze the OCCASION, with
many, for quitting the Wing ranks and en-.
listing under new colors Assuming that
the con,es, in NewYor khas been decided
against us by the naturalizcd vote, numbers
Of the Wings in this city aud elsewhere,
have formerly given in their adhesion to
the Native American party, and are preach.
ing crusade agans, all adopted citizens
The Daily Advertiser and American lCnl.
zen, two Of the Wing newspapers published
in this city, have already hoisted the Ma.
tive American flag. The Citizens find
reason for the course in the alleged fac,
that the Wing party is broken up" and
that ITS members must pick and choose for
themselves between the parties that are left.
The Argus, too, advises its readers of thus
dissolution oflhe Wing party" and gives
notice that ii will ere long renppcar under
the name and in the garb Of Nativeism"
We know not how it may be with others,
but for ourselves we are content with the
Wing name, and shall continue TO abide
by and advocate Wing principles. Our
faith in those principles is not whit sha-
ken by the overthrow we have encounter.
ed. We nre beaten in the State. by the
smallest majority, and upon the largest VOTE
ever given The aggregate vote twill not
fall short Of halfa million. The Abolition
vote will exceed fifteen and may reach
twenty thousand. There is therefore
majority often thousand in the popular vote
against the Polk, Texas and Slavery party.
Andyet the electoral suffrage of NewYoik
will be cast for James K Polk, because
thousands OF Wings, acting nder the grie.
vous error of judgement threw away their
votes upon James G. Birney.
The Wing, party proper, in the late
contest, mustered probably, ira hundred &.
forty thousand roiers. Our opponents can
count, perhaps five thousand more. The
balance of political power was in the hands
of the Aboiitionists, and they saw fit, in
the late contest, 10 use their power against
the wings. But is there any thing, in this
circumstance, to induce the wings TO aban.
don their distinctive organizatlon7 True
they are in majority of the popular vote
: but so are their opponents, and have we not
reason to believe that the principles put
'orth by the Wing party are so rooted in
the hearts of the people that tho Ultimate tr.
, umph can neither be remote nor doubtful ?
What are those principles , We stand
up now as during the recent canvass. for
the Protection of American Labor. Thi,
: is prominent feature in the whig creed
: and 1t we had ever entertained doubt as
to the popularity ofihe Protective doctrine,
: that doubt would have been removed by the
course taken by our opponents in Pennsyl.
vania and else where. They found it nee.
issary to feign an attachment which they
did not feel 10 the policy of Protection, in
order TO secure votes for their candidates -
"Polk, Dallas and the Tariff of 1912"
!. was the war cry Of the Party which nomi.
2 mated Polk as an anli-tariT man. and rec
commended him to The support ofSoulh Caro-
lima, Louisiana, Georgia, &C., as "Southern
g to the back bone p But for these false pro.
LESSONS OF friendship for the Wing Tariff.
the Polk and Dallas party in Pennsylvania
} would have been overwhe lined in defeat. -
F. Now that they have obtained power, the
: People will soon learn from their acts how
: little reliance was to be placed upon their
f professions, and will speedily discover who
are the true, and who the pretended friends,
/ Of the Protective Policy
, We are for the Distribution of the Lands.
and among the several States in the Union.
E Nevertheless, it is the duty Of The wings to
! preserve IN the effort to reclaim the precious
} fund from the hands of the hoilers and to
/, restore j, TO the several States for the pur.
: pose of Internal improvement, and Uniyer.
D sal Education.
e We go for the resu mplion Of our Public
: Works and the gradual completion of our
3 internal Improvements. The Barn. Bur
G ncr' dynasty which has won n special tri.
: umph in the late election and has come in.
S to power by Silas Wright, are the sworn
e foes to all Improvement. They are OPP
| posed to any resumption ofihc public works
7 and to any extention of our Internal I'm
D ?rovement system. They would throw
e away the fifteen millions already invested
n in these Enterprises and continue 10 tax the
$ People TO pay damages for suspended or
4 violated contracts.
We go against The Annexation OF Texas
= and The exlention OF Human Slavery
b These will be the engrossed questions
e under the next administration. The South
2 VIII strain every nerve TO force Texas into
e the Union, and thus extend the limit and
e charging the power Of It's peculiar insilu.
h. tons. !" II will be for the wings, now, as
S ever, the friends Of Liberty and the enemies
: ofOppresson, to resist the ullermos the adj
e vance and encroachmtnl Of the Slave Pow.
2 err. And who can doubt but that in this
8 rightcousl cause. the wings will secure the
+ earnest cooperation Of thousands Of North.
q efn iireemcn who have heretofore voted and
e acted with our opponents.
J. Such then are the prominent points in the
$ wing creed. These are he principles
e which we advocaie--ihls the platform
e which we take our stand We call upon
+ our Whig friends every where 10 stand fast