The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1845-02-14

sat down to avery elegant supper. No liquor pre-
sent, or thought Of This over, retired 10 my box
OF ROOM 70 prepare this ep.slle l. is now late,
'ay ii I. M The President Is an early riser ; we
shall probably breakfast at Z A. M. tomorrow
morning, and Immediately after be on our way
eastward over the high ridges of the Alleghanies,
aow man,led In deep white snow.
Don nun, SANDY nooA
The FIRST MOVEMENT OF THE WIG PARTY FOR
THE SPRING ELscTIoN.-The wing committee
have issued declaration Of their presen. prlnci-
pies and position, and call for general meeting
IN all the wards on Wednesday the 10Th instant,
for the purpose of electng delegates 10 the whig
Mayoralty Convention. They seem determined to
enter very earnestly into the work, and to over
throw at least the natives" thereby repaying
them for the kindness which they manifested to-
wards the wing party last fall.
We have word or two to say about the doc
trlnes and principles put forth in this wing deca
ration. Ofsome Of them we altogether dsapprove,
md others we regard as worthy OF support. A
great deal is said about frauds in elections. Now
We do not think at all that these frauds are of the
magnitude which is represented. That frauds are
committed we know, but they are committed by
both parties, and do not at all affect the general
sult when nearly three millions of votes are cast
occupy quite false position. In this part of the
country both parties are in favor of the tariff and
protection, whilst in the south both against it.
II is, therefore, quite preposterous for the wings in
this region for either ofthe parties to appropriate
the title of exclusive friends of the tariff All the
defamation on this point is easily met. 1t is not
true Sc also it may be said with regard to one
term in The PresIdency-the veto power-economy
opposition to the control Of elections by office
holders-and all that-both parties are quite agreed
Both propose to be in favor Of economy, justice,
and righteous administration of the government
Every party il always in favor of this.
But this wing "address" contains a general
charge against the locofoco party of tendency to
Jocobinlsm and Reorganization OF society. Here
again both parties are on the same footing Before
the election both parties presented similar ten.
dency. For instance, with regard to the anti-ren-
ers in this State, both parties favored them in or.
der to catch their votes, in the different counties
where they were setting the laws at defence. And
in all great political parties there is always Ger.
tain portion favorable to social anarchy. The last
campaign furnished us abundant evidence of that
truth. We therefore, on this point, disagree with
the wing committee. But we are quite agreed with
them when they declare that there should be no
distinction in politics on the ground of religious
faith or place of nativity. This is the doctrine OF
,mmon sense. This is the American doctrine
All intelligent and enlightened men of both parties
must agree with this Then again we are quite in
favor of registration law to prevent ilegavoting
and we are also in favor of judlclous and reason
able reform of the naturalization laws We also
coincide very warmly in the declaration OF the
wings that the government of the city is greatly in
aeed of REFORM and that the present party in power
has been the most worthless, inefficient and corrup,
that has ever had the rule in the city.
The wings may, therefore, be regarded as now
fairly in the field, determined to stand by their
men and principles, and no doubt they will succeed
so far as leave the natives in poor and misera
Die minority. In the present state Of parties in the
city, it is not likely that the wings will elect their
Mayor, but we trust and hope that they may elect
sufficient number of members Of the Common
Council, as will give them the power of intro
ducing economy, energy, and righteousness, into
the city administration And if they present good
men as candidates, and encourage US to expect
this result, we will certainly support them.