Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1844-12-12
Fight on, Fight Ever I.

lfon. j. p. Kennedy, high-minded
Wing, and a distinguished citizen Of
Maryland, has addressed letter to X.
G. Campbell, President Of the Young
Mems Clay Club Association Of New
York, which contains noble sentiments,
and spirited appeals to the Wings to
maintain not only their principles, out
their organisation. Read Mr.. kenne.
dy's letter. We agree with the New
York Tribune, that 'for purity of senti-
menl, elevated patriotism, and classic
elegance of style,it has been excelled by
no political document that has fallen un-
der our notice since the election"
BALTIMoRE, Nov. 81, 1874.
II DEAR SIR: have received your note Of
the Both ult., informing me that i had tbeeD
unanimously elected an honorary memberi OF
the Young Mems Clay Association of the
City and County Of New York. l desire
TINT you will express my thanks to the As
soclallon for this compliment, aud assure
them that set The highest value upon their
esteem, so kindly rendered to me by your
letter.
This manifestation of the good opinion Of
the Young Wings of New York, is not the
less grateful for reaching me at a moment Of
unexpected disappointment to that noble
party Of which it is our pride to be members
We may all gather consolation in this disas'
ter, from the generous alacrity with which
every true Wing in the land renews his
vows Of devotion to his country, in this her
moment OF peril. We have los! our battle it
is true. Our prosen, hopes have been crush.
ed in great national calamity, but the spirit
Of The Wings has not been crushed; and we
look s,eadiastly forward TO the dawnlng of a
brighter day, when the still perseverng
energy OF our friends may retrieve the shat
| tered fortunes of the Republic. The whole
land, not the Wing party alone, is likely to
suffer under the scourgc Of tho recent elec.
ton. The tribe of demagogues may rejoice
few political leaders may rejoice f; some
chosen seekers of office, out OF the thousands
who hunger and thirst for govcrnmen emolu-
ments, may rejoice the tens Of thousands
who have been duped may rejoice, perhaps,
for little while but the great body Of the
1 American People, even those who have won,
T,
will mourn over triumph that, it will event
ually be found, has struck down the integrity
| and prosperity Of The nation. II will turn out
! TO be triumph only gained by the teinpora.
| ry alliance Of dIscordant factions, who can
come to no reckoning with each other of The
true issues for which they strove, without a
mutual scorn for the discrimination by which
each has deceived the other.
4 In the midst Of this general sorrow which
| pervades the ranks of the Wings, we are not
without topics Of Joy and congratulation.-
| We have n joyful pride in the consciousness
| that the great mass Of the worthy, the patri
otc, and The intelligent Of the land arc uni
| ted, strong, and true to our cause.-the more
united, stronger, and truer, in this its adversl
| ,y because they feel that it now invokcs n
! still more earnest proof Of their attachment
10 the country. Never has there been n
! more visible demonstration of The hazards tu
which popular representative government is
exposed, than that exhibited in the elevation
of James IS. Polk, with all the impedments
Of his undsllnguished history, and of his
equivocal principles, which no zeal Of inves
tigaton has been successful TO explore, ovel
/ Henry Clay, the most eminent of living
statesmen, the purest and brightest ornamen,
| has mos, thoroughly Identified bis name
with whatever, in the public annals Of bis
| time, has made our Union a powerful and
! happy community. " hen such man as the
\ first is deliberately preferred to the latter
we may cease to boast of that distinctive ex
ceence in our scheme Of government, whicI
attributes to the selection by suffrage the
certainty of an abler chief than he WHO sue
ceedS to mags,racy by the accden, OF birth
The history OF this CANVASS has proved to US
that, IN an unhappy emergency, men Of re-
nown, Of known service, of accumulate,
honurs and Of long avowed political sentl
menls, mist needs be thrown aside for on,
whose whole strength is found in his destltu
,ion of all these, and in the uneXplored medi
ocr,y O! his fame and talents in The ON
tagonism between these two opponents, th'
wiser and the better has been overthrOwn.-
What true lover of his country would no
count 1t a greater honor 10 fall with llenr,
Clay, than rise with such an adversary? II,
fall with all those who haze slriven TO pro
mote the great American arms emblazone,
upon his banner, than rise with the shif,in,
eqniv0calons which, on the opponent flag
have huttered in tho rot less variable bIeez
to which it has been flung Ashamed of it.
, H false pretenccs, its concealment and lis dis
cords, Loco Focolsm made no proclamation
to the people of its designs. Its May Con
lventlon practlsed The rusc Of appointing
committee to prepare an address of exposition
of principles but November came wi,hou
I that document. No committee had the hard
hood to venture upon the ordeal Of such
proclamation. The labors Of the canvas
were found to be more proftably directed L
The coinage OF local tcnets, adapted to pre-
: vaing local opinions, and, still more effect
ively, TO the task of eliminating, by tn
basesl compost Of falschoods, the most i!rs
, I ,rous man Of the republic. By such ar,
have we lost the day. Glorious defea, hon
: orablc disaster How much more proud
r may we take its burden upon rs, than sufle
The blight of victory which has wen nothing
but The day!
:. Happily, it liz not often our lot to wi,ncs
n political contest which leaves behind
more than n remembrance OF its excitements
1t is the misfortune of the late struggle, abov
b ah others that our country has ever engage
u in, that the victory leaves no space for TN
cancellation Of the good will OF the vaDquish
A ed. IL the strife had bcen TO establish a sys
Il ten Of administration, which was oppose
from difference of opinion as 10 its value
/. the ascendancy Of one set Of statesmen ba
been contested against the effort To- cevat
!, another sct i; if il had been in any point wa
u Of conflicting principles, the popular judg
# mcnt might aud would have challenged dc
. ercnca and respect, and all asperi,y woul
have subsidcd with the subsldng ardor @
contention. But this has not been the char
actcr of the fight. Oar opponents have foun
\ IN, A nd ain.