Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-11-12
From the Pitts. Gu=.
THOUGHTS FOR WINGS.

W0 'Vu"v.'o 'uc wings oil New York in
the late election, which we wish could la read
10y every Wing throughout the Union. and
burnt INTO the souls of those who, ALWAYS az.
KNOW Lodging their duty, are ever too sordid,
or Indifferent, or lazy to do il.
Inc Tribune says, that the Wings might
nave elected their whole ticket ID they had Ia
Ken sufficient interest in the cause they pro-
less TO support, to have used The proper eAer-
non. lhey had The best cause aud the best
ucket, and II they had shown a proper spirit.
they would have rallied to their ranks hundreds
of men who threw their votes away. The ed.
itor then proceeds:
And tins brings us right to the point we
meant To discuss-thc Duties of Citizen of a
hepuolc with respect to Politics and Parties.
we say citizens OF a Republic fer we deem.it
clear that those who see fit TO live i'm Repub.
lie do, by that very fact, tacitly assume and
morally pledge themselves To discharge. the
proper aud iuli responsibilities of citizenship.
We hold that every conscientious
man. Whatever might be his abstract notions
OIL government, Is morally bound. if he choose
to reside in a Republic, to discharge faithfully
and thoroughly those Political Duties which
are devolved upon him by the Law of the
Land. III the Constitution has invested him
win the Right oi Suffrage, he cannot innocent
~ neglect or refuse TO vote at a lawfully an
pointed Election, any more than he can refuse
to pay his taxes or disregard the most impem-
tive injunctions Of Law.
But let us look at the matter in the liybt of|
Good Faith or in view of the requirements of
that Honor which is said to be deemed ga
ctco even among thieves A large portion
oil our People profess to regard the principles
oil the Wing Party as sound lust. and eminent
ly calculated to promote the political. moral
and general well being of the Country. In
tins iaith they are landed together and have
struggled through many a contest. At length
III a season OF depression and political languor.
an admirable ticket Is selected and presented
to the Wing party. Ina dition to It's positive
Claims, which are conlcssedly great, it is COM
mended by the utter absence OF merit and iii
ness IN the principal ticket opposed to il. The
twenty Thousand Wings of New York are
called upon TO decide whether they will be
represented and legislated for by DAvIpB. Oc-I
DEN or Jonathan d. Stopcuson. And what is
their response? A faithful few answer as
Wings and Patriots should; but u far greater
number turn upon their heel at the ouerist.
and exclaim, 90 TIE done mith Politics
hang all yonr Wings and Locoiocos! How's
Flour to-day? Is Cotton lively? What's the
look Tor Morris Canal or Canton?"
Now we beg leave most respectfully to as.
sure these gentlemen that they haze not done
WIN folucs, and cannot so renounce the OBJ
OF Freemcn. The coward who in
uhe neat oil battle jumps into a pit and lies
TIL the contest is over-the traitor
VINO guides an invading army through the in
irlcate mountain paths which lead across the
barriers oil his country-the catir who sells
MS friend or his wife Tor a bag of convenient
Just as good a right tn act as he does ,
aging he has ''done with Patriotism or Hon :
Dr. as any Elector in a Republic has to neg :
ect or decline the discharge of his Electoral :
luiies ON the plea that he has done with Poll !
les. '
The Tribune then dwells with just indigna- +
ION upon the t~reachcry of professed Wings TO :
heir highly respectable candidates, who had )
n r"f~S@ISd IN nm against their will. for \
ne sake OF inc party, and of The cdWSc-and =
hen men calling themselves Wings, would y
take the trouble to 20 To the polls. These
questions are asked: .
Why rs II that a poor ignorant foreigner, -
My a few years among us, is willing to give :,
I least a days faithful service TO that cause
which he sincerely believes the cause of Free =,
om and Right, while the intelligent, thrifty, q
veli-placed American born citizens, who .
'wn lands and houses, and, as the world :,
avs, has a deep stake in the welfare of the !,
can hardly be induced TO spend the =
lali hour required barely TO ride or walk to r
he Poll, put In his vote, and be off to his :.
edger or his dinner2 Is it not clear that, =.
While the more fortunate class manifest so y
title Patriotism, as this, they not only ,uiH be :.
i'll directing the policy of the Coun- !.
but that they ought To be? What right :,
ave they TO complain OF the ignorance which :,
hey have done nothing to dispcl, or the per- :,
.erseness which their apathy has done so 2
n Ich to C%onli1n? u
The Tribune not only complains OF the in
and apathy of the Wings of that
lty but OF their parismony i'm supplying mon :;
Y Tor necessary expenses. This can be said =
I other cities besides New York. The Edi- !
or says that the Wing General Committee,
| that city after the most urgent aud extern =
i've appeal, in preparing for the election, col ),
,cted only some 5000, not enough To pay the v
OF printing: r
In most instances where they applied for a =
altry 50 or 10 to dciruy these inevitable cx- +,
enses, they were treated as importunate beg |
airs, and IN one case in particular, where a :,
cry rich and flourishing Wing house. largely .
ngagcd in the Domestic business, was asked l.
D contribute a %triilc, they replied, vcry grunlv. =
we arc too busy-we can't attend to YOU. Il
hat house has seen the time when il was not u
too busy To listen respectfully To a Wing :,
neral Committee, and If the Wings should ::
hoose to act as it does, and let Loco Focoism =
ave its will of the Country, it will soon be y
OF a whit too busy to do 50 again. The "
We wings nave only To follow It's example, + ~
to their own private affairs and let the =,
nuntry take care of itself. until the Tariff is y,
cast on the Carolina anvil and thc Nation "
lungcd III a villdinous war for Oregon and :
Mexico, aud the neighbohiood Of Wall Il
nd Pearl streets will probably be not too :,
usy to manifest interest IN the Wing Cause. =
liter the stecd is stolen. there NAV be- a gold %
Tor the stablc-dOor il it is desired. =,
These are sober truths. Will Wings take ~
to think of thcml ~
The Tribune closes the article i'm the follow :,
* remarks, which we beg every person who "
friendly TO Wing principles, and who be- =,
they arc necessary to the welfare of the /
TO ponder in the deepest recesses of :.
IS heart. They are as applicable in Pitts "
urgh as New York. We are glad to see hat