New-York daily tribune., 1844-07-29
rbe prosucc, In Neyv-Yorie.

During the past week have been taking a re-
spite from Editorial labors, in some OF the Cen
tral Counties OF our State, meeting and address
ing large asscmbages of the People in Wing
gatherings at Watervillc, Oneida Co. on Tues
dav; at Utica on Wednesday evening; at Syra-
cuse on Thursday evening and at Rome ON
Friday evening. | had the pleasure also at those
meetings and in my travels, OF meeting and con-
versing with intelligent and candid citizens OF
Albany. Montgomery, Heriimer, Otsego, Madi-
son, Chenango and other Counties. The tidngs
1hcy gave cuncurred with the size and spirit OF
tho meetings 10 assure me that the Wings will
do better than in 1910 in each OF these Counties,
with the possible exceptions of Madison and
Chenango. ONEIDA is gloriously waking up,
and will give noble account OF herself. ONoN-
pAcA is nearly all alive, and what little torpor
remains is rapidly disappearing. Even LEWIS,
30 seldom thoroughly stirred up, IS thus early IN
the field, and her recent Mass Convention was
unprecedented in numbers and enthusiasm. She
has one moIc TO hold in September, which Gov
Seward has agreed to attend, and 1t wall call to-
rcthcr at least half the voters of the County and
thousands ocslue. tuitiCui huo'tIui WIN Nhoe'
less for the cause of Polk and Texas this year
than il has done for Van Buren in the two last
years in each OF the before mentioned Counties
except possibly Herkimcr. Oswego and Jeter-
son. appreheud, are not doing quite as much
therefore rot quito as wcll-as the more Central
Counties, but they are beginning 10 do, and will
come out right in the end Wcmay lose ground,
as compared with 1870 i'll the Lake Ontario and
ST Lawrence frontier Counties, where the Patrio,
question helped Gen. Harrison; but, aside from
these, we shall gain on the vote OF lSi0 in nearly
every County.
Yet we must consider nothing safe till all is
over. We shall gam in every section person
ally visited, because the Wings are there at work
II there is any County IN winch they remain
asleep, we shall there lose ground. The despera-
,;on Of the old Bourbons-lhc Safety Fund Fu-
lers of our State from 1928 to lSSS-lcadS them
In do and dare what in their St,nnief days they
would not have attempted. They hate Texas,
vet. whea screwed to it, they swallow Texas all
the while protesting that Immediate Annexation
is not an issue before the People In many IN
stances, they have made their followers believe
that Clay is as much committed 10 Texas rs
Polk So on the Tariff; they assert that Clay
betrayed or surrendered the Protective System by
the compromise; that he is not now so favorable
TO it as they arc, and tha, Polk. hein. for Incl
dental Protection, stands On the same ground
with Clay They pick flaws the present
Tariff, complain that it is not Protective, and DO
their best to set the Farmers against 1t, as par
t;al and adverse 10 their interests in this way,
their game is carried on, by skulking or ialsiiy-
ing all the great Issues before the Country
Every Free Trader and Annexationist goes with
them of course, and gives them disPcnsatoa 10
say whatever is necessary to gull Tariff and An
ii Texas men to their standards. Those who
7cant TO be deceived readily are, with few Of
the uniformed friends of Protection.
Now the industry, unscrupulousness and des
pera,e zeal with which the battle is waged by our
opponents their Interpretations of Mr. Clay'S
nosition and concoalmtr' y Gr, Poik's-impose
on the friends OF the trae H4;onal policy double
duty. We need ten times as many documents in
circulation, four times az many speakers IN the
field, as we should need IL our opponents adhered
to the issues made up by the respective National
Conventions at Baltimore. We must to-day DC
tcnd the Tariff and the Protective policy against
their assaults, and tomorrow we are required TO
prove that they are opposed TO either One day
We have to show that Texas ought not to be an
nered to us, and the next that Polk and Dallas
are in favor OF Annexation, and Clay and Ere
,npbuysen are not! So the work must bs pressed
forward; and, il faithfully prosecuted, a Wing
victory is inevitable. But leave the field TO our
opponents, and they will convince hall thef ole