Ypsilanti sentinel. [volume] (Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co., Mich.) 1843-1900, 1844-06-20
A WORD TO THE WINGS.

have made up their minds to unite upon
Mr.. Polk, and make desperate effort TO
recover the power they have lost, and
we therefore take occasion 10 warn the
Wings of the Union against being lulled
into security OF supineness by the suppo-
sition that Mr.. Polk is a mere man Of
straw.
Mr.. Calhoun truly characterized the
party to which he afterwards reattached
HIMSELF when he said that it was held
together by the cohesive power Of plum
DER" Such is the bond that ever has and
ever will unite it. The intensity of their
love Of power and " the spoils." is such,
that, quarrel as they may among them
selves for these, when the contest comes
on between them and the Wings, no mat
ter who their leader may be, or what emf.
nent men may have been sacrificed by him
and his immediate friends to clear his way
10 the post of leadership, once there, they
unite as cordially as If he were the right
full heir, and there had been no division
or diversity of opinion in regard to the
succession. In monarchical countries.
it matters not whether 4 wise man or
fool, a military chieftain or man devoid
Of military knowledge, fills the throne, the
people are equally loyal and submissive !;
and thus it is with the Loco!ocos, or, if
they prefer to be so styled. the Democra-
ey, of this country. Let any man be no.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., honest man, knave,
or fool, whether by fair means or foul, is
all one TO them, md he is. for the time be-
ing, the embodiment Of their party; as
the King or Queen is, in a monarchical
Government, the embodiment of the SOW.
ereign,y, and the object of the love and
devotion of good and loyal subjects.
The nomination Of James K. Polk as
a candidate for President of the United
States, was received with laugh of de-
rision throughout the United States, even
by the party by whom he was nominated.
So incredulous, indeed. were the sensible
men of the party in the interior that upon
first hearing its annunciation, they declar-
ed it a hoax---" Wing lie 5" they did
not believe it possible the Convention
could have been SO regardless Of the great
interests Of the country, and of the digni-
ty Of the station. as to nominate so insig-
nifcant man.one Of whom many of them
had never heard at all, and others only as
the twice defeated candidate for Govern
or in his own State, where the office of
Governor is one of so little power and
consequence, that few prominent men in
the State can be induced to accept a no
mina.ion for it.
| But Notwithstanding the manner in
which the nomination was received, and
the very low estimation in which MIR.
Polk was held by the great mass of the
party, the word has gone forth, that it is
a most glorious nomination that NJ.
Polk was very grea. man, the greatest
in the ranks OF the Democracy, thai he
has claims superior to those Of Mr.. Van
Buren,, Mr.. Calhoun, Mr.. Cass, Mr.. Bu-
chanan, Col. Johnson, Commodore Stew
art, or, last and least, General Towson
though never before thought of; that Pro.
whence itself guided and directed the
choice. and that upon him the party must
unite as man. This order of the lea.
ders to the rank and file will be obeyed
except by those who have sufficient indie.
pendence to think and act for themselves
and who see in this union upon Mr.. Polk
two objects; namely, to ,oin the spoils
and to break doacn the PROTECTIVE policy,
We, therefore, repeat to the Wings Of the
Union the language used to us few day:
J ago by prominent free trade man" 4
is not Mr.. Polk that you have got to beat
but The Locofoco party"
AT the South Mr.. Polk will be urged
UPON the people as the anti tariff candi
date, while at the North his free trade
doctrines, and his hostility to that policy
which fosters and protects American in
dustry will be kept out of view as much
i as possible, and plasiered over by the as
sertion that he is in favor of the compro
mise act. If put to the test, however, j
| will be found that he is not in favor Of
the compromise act even, because he j.
not in favor of home valuation and casl
duties provided for by that act, and which
make it protectaUe act. s ..,...
| The real issue presented to tho Amer,
lean people in the approaching Presiden
tial election is, whether the tariff of AZ
which has restored prosperity to the coun
try. shall be preserved, or whether il shall
be repealed. The Texas question has
been thrown in to divert the minds and
attention Of the people from this issue
but we think they have too much sagacl.
ty in regard to their own interests toabe
drawn off from the great questions they
have to decide.
| If any evidence were wanting to prove
that the Wing party are in favor Of foster
ing and encouraging American labor, ant
that the Locofocos are opposed to the po
j Iicy which does that, the votes in the H
Of Representatives upon Mr.. Mckay