New-York daily tribune., 1844-04-06
Tb. Charter Election and the American
Republican Party.

In our article of Thursday, we considered the
general characteristics of the new party and ITS
claims on the support and confidence Of our Clti-
zens. We propose now to consider IT'S claims on
the support Of the Wing party and the policy
OF giving ii Wing support.
There are great many among US who say, Let
us vote the Native ticket this Spring; the Char
ter Election is Of no Political Importance: the
Wings don't care who rule the City, so that 1t
rs well governed the Loco Natives viii be
thoroughly ahenatcd from Tammany If IRE sup
Dor, them and their old party asSails them; and
they Will nearly all vote with US in the Fall
To this we say. For the Wings To act in that way
with however little intention Of permanently sns
tanning the Native bigotry and prescription. IS
to reoeI that considerable and increasing pro
portion Of the Adopted Citizens who have detect
ed the frauds covered by the ca,cli-words De
mocral and Democracy and are daily becom-
ing convinced that their own true Interests with
those OF the Country, require the maintenance Of
the Wing policy. and especially the Wing Tariff.
Whether these are more or less IN number than
the Loco Foco Natives we do not stop 10 caicu-
late because we consider man gained 10 our
side by intelligent and Independent, convection Of
more value TO us, even IN the narrowest business
view than ten who may chance 10 act with
from hatred or resentment toward portion of our
opponents The former class you know where 10
find they viii not merely vote with Us, but every
day exer, an influence in our favor; the latter
- I'D apI ,,tI
ing when most wanted. 1t would be poor specu.
laton 10 throw of five thousand Wings who are
such from conviction, and gam thereby the tenn
porary countenance of five times many oppo
nents who, out of hatred to our Immigrant popu-
lation, would abandon for time their old Tam
many standards And besides, we could never
make the public at distance understand 1t the
Adopted Citizens would every where be told that
the Wings of New.York mad adopted the pro-
scriptive Native principle, and they would have
reason TO believe it. They could not see that we
had for a moment gwen way to tins party sim.
DIV to secure City Reform. to PROSTATE Tamnany,
or any other Independent consideration. They
would perceive in ii only the beginning of uni
vor~,l movement of the Wing party. intended. II
successful, 10 deprive them OF the common privil-
eyes OF citizenship. Many would understand or
disregard II; but the have been so often and
so long harangucd on the hostility of the Wing
party TO Foreigners they are incorrectly
termed, that they prone to suspect that there
cannot be so much smoke without some fire.
The triumph of Nativism here, manly by Wing
votes would be cited and by many regarded, as
proof positive of the correctness OF the charge
Ii would resound every where, be talked OF every
where, be played upon every where, and The
few votes we should gam here would be greatly
overbalanced by those we should lose from Name
10 Illinois As mere matter Of calculation,
them for those who VIII not stand with US on the
jus;er and higher ground, we INSIST that the Wing
party shall not lower It's fay 10 the black banner Of
Nativ!sm
Bu, this is not all They greatly mistake who
suppose that we might encourage this new party
lusl 50 far as would subscrve our purpose, and
there stop it. Beggars on horseback are not
reined in 81 easily. The first ntima.ion that
| New-N ork had been earned by the new party
would raise up host OF similar patriots, emuIou.
Of lie sacking of Cities, in every part Of the
uuion A motley combination OF the political
bAukrupts Of the last half century would rise INTO
existence and consequence on the instant, vocif.
erous of Bunker Hill and Yorktown-ravenous
for power and punder Would star, Do We
not see them already g, work TO subyert the long
settled Wing ascendancy in Newark and other
Cities where there can be no JUS, prete1t that
Foreigners have ever been unduly favored De
pend on II. their victory here would be signal
for CONFUSION and disorganization every where.
And is tins time Tor such operations Can the
Wing party afford to encourage them Are our
prospects SO desperate tina, we should wish to
throw every thing INTO confusion We think
not.
Let Nativism carry our City, and It wiIl have
It's special candidates Tor Congress and Legsla-
ture, II no, for Governor and Lieutenant, at the
Fall Election, very probably ensuring The defea,
OF the Wing candidate IN our City, and in every
District Oft. And what II we should lose the
|. ). Senator and the ascendancy IN the mex;
House Of Representatives through is means =
Remember that ,wo-lhirds OF the States are badly
Gerrymandere6 agains, Us for the choice OF Con-
gressmen, and tina; a Wig majority OF One
Hundred thousand N the mon vii De requisite
to secure Us both Houses. Can we afford, then,
TO hazard, and perhaps throw away. Members Of
Congress Does any one imagine tha, Sub
Treasury Free Trade Locos, In any considerable
number, VIII vote ior Bank Ta-if Wings for Con-
gress because they are called American Reyub-
Leans > Is :, not childish TO expect any thing