The Whig standard. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1843-1844, 1844-10-19
TO WINGS AFFAIR.
From the New York Tribune.


thousands OF our subscribers before the great con-
test is decided, and HENRY CLAY or james K,
Polk elected President Of The United States.
Allow US to address few words to you, then,
brethren in the Wig cause We entreat you,
by every Consideration dear TO Freemen, to
l. BE sure that fvery Viii, role in your to,cn
IS pail d for Electors If President Do net trnn-
Bile yourself loo much about other Counties aud
States do not run off 10 distant Conventions and
Mass Meetings bat take care ut things rigit
at home, and trust your brethren elsewhere t. do
likewise Do moi ask whether your Stale is cet-
tain or doubtful we want all the Wing votes for
Henry Clay. II you live in State as safe as
Vermont or as dark as South Carolina, just do
your whole duty and trust consequences 10 the
Dispnser of events.-l 1t is not enough that we
barely eject Mr.. Clay; we must show decided
Wing preponderence IN the popular vote ot the
Union, and to do this every Wing vote must come
out. A vote in Alabama will count just as much
toward the aggregate as one in New York.
2. Be ready for Rain.--'rhe day of Election
may be stormy--lhere may he a driving, binding
snow storm in some scclion,, and Northeast
rain in others this must not reduce the Wing
vole--if you are prepared for it, it uiH not But
you must be ready, know where the carriages are
to be had, and who is to bring TO the polls each
remote voter who has no conveyance Of his own.
Arrange this al once, and be sure that the men
appointed can be relied upon.
3. Be wide a,oake far electioneering Hes-You
will very likely have news, just on the eve of
Election, that Mr.. Clay is dead, or has done some
horrible thing, or that the Wings 10 some section
have abandoned hun. There i, nothing loo in
credible, nothing too monsIrous, TO be fabricated
by portion OF our adversaries. The villains who
can persist in assuring the people Of .Pennsylva-
MIA that Polk IS friendly 10 The present Tariff, or
at any rate to Protective Tariff, will not hes-:
tate to forge Mr.. Clay's name 10 any document
which might seem calculated to subserve their
nefarious purposes. n.4 sss.. H.
T" 4. You have organized, we trust, the Wing par
ty in your township and precinct you have sup
piled every man Of both parties who will read
with Wing documents on the great questions Of
the day. Now will you just see that no foul
means are used to deprive the Wing cause of
votes that fairly belong TO it :! If man is set
against Us, that is enough. But there are thou
sands even now opposed to us who would vote
for Mr. Clay, if the tariff and Texas questions
were clearly set before them. Thousands are
now supporting Polk in the full belief that he will
not attempt to destroy the tariff, nor 10 annex
Texas al the hazard Of war with Mexico. Press
the facts home on their understandings, on their
consciences, and they will, if not vote for Mr.
Clay, withhold their votes from Polk. Will you
each try to Impress one candid, conscientious
neighbor with such truths
5. BE on The aoatch for secret les Wherever
naturazed citizen is a Wing, he will be a
special mark for Locoloco deception and vile.
Such were told in 1910 that if Gen. Harrison
should be elected, they would all be sent out of
the country; now they are told that The Wings
burnt the Catholic Churches in Philadelphia
thatthe Wings have adopted the Native principle
Of requiring I'll years residence before naturali-
cation Of all foreigners who shall hereafter come
into the country, &C., 81. To ignorant men the
tariff viii be grossly beed and naligned in Sc
cret whispers. Are you ready fo- all such de-
vices $50 as#E r. .t.a .e s5gatM .a ,.Lr s..E# 5,
3 6. Be sure to devote the day before election to
making the last preparations fJr the contest.
See every man in your ncighbori,ood; know that
he has not been secretly tanpcreh with and dis.
affected knew that he viii start for tile polls
early on the evenful morning, and has the means
OF getting there. Do not lay your head on pill
low hat ght until every thing is ready.
Wing reader /! do not understand us as speak,
ing to4some one else-to some esquire, or cap
tain, or head man--Wc mean you! Con you
not afford few days to your coual,y! they
may save you and your children, peril suffering,
taxation to sustain unjust, aggressive war-,hey
may secure you years Of prosperity. o be not
uutaittful to the Cause of true reedon of liberty
guarded by law--ol genuine national honor ard
national we'll being 'i@ ".sE
The October elections have not been so de-
cislve as either party expected. The four States
c|aned by both. parties have given nLecisye
maortes. ONO and New Jersey lave gone
clearly Wing yet apathy and luatlenlion Illgi'
lose either OF them; Pcnn~y lvauia has given jl>
about as much against as in the State eectn>m !
OF 1910 and may he carried for Precedent now as |
she was then; Georgia gives SINAI majority
against us OH the popular vote. but our friends |
assure us that she VIII go Wing in November.
All is 10 be decided by HE energy, The ardnr, the
wcll-direcied effort Of the next thee weeks. In |
ore regard we rejoice that this is We wonId
not have it said that Henry Clay was elected be
fore New York could participate in H. Ii we are
not grossly deceived she is fully prepared to ren-
der noble account Of herself on, the 9th of No
venber. Glorious will be the reflection that, uu-
ilnpelled by the momentum OF other S;ales--un-
influenced by Pennsylvania sr Vrginia--New
York saved the Tariff and the Union by giving
her potential vote for Henry Clay! Wings Of
the distant States you may trust her! Do but
your duty, and rely the performance of hers