New-York daily tribune., 1845-05-17
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| ,eco.,-.x,rox- Sa6ical portion OF the Wing
- ,h .h I'D of the burners and ant-feh'ess
have at length achieved riu nph IN 'ne ,n n
sacceeaed passing law =. a'Ua And nore n,ao-
/ f. anne Tor the STATE VI ~
ela.I ooInor Is one Of the mos. Iadsa measures
n this radical ase and has rs ergii as VIC sFe
tre stated in desire OF the ottce-seeklhs fto u VIC
wing party to Obtain power and place. by proving - @
peopIe thar they more radical, more oeihoca.e u
more ultra than their opponents via u' VIZ ' =.
proclaim from the houseteps, that they are IA s'o VI
riy,pg To the pcoaie largest liberty iue' e
sdr eaeet1,ee the peoples retd4; aic 'at "sg'
more conrecuce In the dear people man u' %
ng opponents. pS,rt1.af! anSie1s 20 conner ", VA
them the riyh. OF eec.tng the Chancellor aud every Juoi-
cis officer IN the Stale. -, :
An ;hey care for, is power-all they tc.iTe IS
MACE Give them power and place and ity care no, what
bucones Of the principles OF ;he M2g party Us
or ts prosperity Ii must be borne Ia mind however mat
although This the act Of the Representatives oi tue
marty IA The state Legislature r oy nc means the act oi
the Ps.ty The peopiehe conservative people OF the
state o, New York VINO constitute the Wing pary-hase
never called for, III any way whatever, inatea oe
sire have Convention TO CHANGE their ofsuc ia" !.
is the isolated act OF men VINO seek power ao pdee a
rot the act OF the peopewo n-t VINO s In office 50
long as the faithfully I'D m!istced AMI The pm
c!pes hey advocate triumphant. - raica MEASURE II
canno possibly receive the sanction OF the great mass oi
the Whs party and the plea constantly urged ia private
that will bng The Wings tc power, Is utterly ana Ao-
soutey false -
what then is 10 be done To rs tc is at hand
and Our course plain Il is the duty oil every honest
VIII, IN the City and State, to repudate this act OF theii
representatives, radical and more dangerous III
its tendencies than any thing which the Loco-t oco party
mas dared % perpetratc IL Is their duiy-a duty which
they owe 10 their prlncipesto rally rs one man. 2u III
concert with the conservatives N the ranks OF our orp
nents vote down at the polls this attempt 10 cot tn'
Whs party act foreign 10 their principles! Tor noothe
eArthy than because ew delnaso in our rank
are dcsrous of being considered e peoples irehI anu
horde f oce-seekers, anxious 10 divide the lucrative
places which happen to be Ia The possession OF our op
nents.
rs Such is the language In which proiesseoly
Uhfg paper assails the great mass of the Whis
party, including foriy-sir OF the fonpe'gh VIII:
Members of the Legislature, The representative
in the Senate and House ct tie glorious EIGHTH
DlsTR1cr which rolled W lis TWELVE TnoUsANI
antl.J acts son majority when itCouner and lis Edi
tor were hail fellows al Tammany Hall and ioremos
among the champions OF Jackson, Van buren ant
the Regency-have voted as one man ior Conven
| ton. OLD WESTINGHOUSE County OF intellsen
and conservative Farmers, Wing and nothing else
| now as when the Courier was wallowlng IN 1t
original depravity and demagogueisn, has no
merely given solid vote for Convention, but he
last Wing County Meeting unanimously recon-
mended it, And are all OF us who were free born
in Whiggery-the original aud distinctive Toes
Anarchy and Jacobinisin-to be turned out OF IN
Wing party by James Watson Webbi
The Courier prides itself on It's rule Of never glvin
the lie or accusing all adversary Of talsehood w
deem it of far greater consequence not 10 accus
another falsely, nor attribute TO him base acts o
motives unjustly. What shall we say to the charg
of the Courier tha, the Wing friends of Conven
tion are "particuarly anxious TO confer upon tn
People the right If elecnng the Chancellor ant
every Judicial officer in the State % Is there
single fact in existence which counenances thl
calumny? How can we repelit Otherwise than b,
pronouncing ii the villainous coinage iii
Whether tue Wing Members OF the Lesisla
ture were ilnpeled by sordid and factious motives
and have mis.epreseAted and betrayed 'helr consll
tuents in voting for Convention, is matter to b,
determined at the Ballot Box. We do not feel any
necessity for interposing any defence in their be
half Time proves all things, and we confidently
| await its decision.