New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-02-04
The WbIe, and the Presidency.

The series OF idle falsehoods put forth by the Her
aid in reference to the course ofthe Wing members
Of Congress respecting the Presidency have nj
length, embodened by mpunity, assumed so definite
and circumstantial form as to require some notice
A letter from Baltimore in yesterdays Herald
pumply asserts that
al learn from Washington that mt informal meeting
Of the Wing members of both Houses of Congress- held
on Friday night whilst each and all shed tear 10 the
memory and unevailabiy of Henry Clay 1t was finally
resolved. nearly unanimously support General Win
feld Scott for the Presidency in 1913 The Vice Pre
dency left open question until the campaign ac
tually commences.
The Wings OF the Country have right 10 feel
perfectly assured Of the fact-and we know it to be
a fact-that their Representatives nj Washington,
in the present crisis of our National affairs devote
their time and energies exclusively TO purposes en-
tirely foreign from the the manufacture of candidates
for the Presidency. Individuals among them doubt
less entertain preferences for this that distinguish
ed Whig but very few are disposed 10 commence
Presidential agitation for many months yet. There
has been no meeting of Wing Members OF Congress
in reference to the Presidcncy-there was no meet
ing of the Wing Members at all on Friday evening
iast-and at the only meeting they have held during
the last month"; the subject of Presidential eandi-
date was not even remotely alluded to. We pre-
tcM be no meeting of Wing Members of Congress to
unite on candidate for the Presidency, The Wings
are not exactly the party TO have their candidates
selected after such fashion nor are our present
Members of Congress the men 10 attempt it. Let
the Country rest assured of this however abundant
the positive the assertions coniravening IT,
~ The Express we fear will do something
dreadful before long unless somebody holds it,
Such passion as il works itself into over the letter
of Frederick Douglass is frightful to contemplate.
The attentions bestowed upon Douglass in Great
Britain, where the prejudice against color is I'M
known, are as gall and NORWOOD TO its sensitive
and finely strung constitution and it can see In his
letter nothing that is noble, nothing that shows the
Slave to be Mani In the simple and natural eN-
preston OF his feelings as he reflects that by the
highest law of his native land, he is regarded Us
.ohattei personal, il nothing but the evidence
of a disposition to caumniate our country and lis
institutions He is only glib.tongued scoundre'
mounted on the sympathies of Others Good sirs
think Of the figure you mako in throwing mud al
one 30 far beneath your notice-a mere niSgcr
But we are sick OF this disgusting cant about
our institutions which certain presses are always
sure 10 utter whenever bold and manly word is
spoken against Slavery! Slavery an institution
OF the United States So is fungus-so is splitting,
as Dickens has ap,ly said. Wewiil tell the Express
why its equaninity is disturbed by the letter OF
Douglass Ii is because il utiers unwelcome truth
which cannot be gaiusayed, Wife, said buster
ing patriot who had just returned from town meet
ing neighbor Plainspeech had the audacty 10 call
me liar day in the presence OF the whole town.
.Ihope your equanimiiy was not disturbed by such
charge replied his spouse. Faith, responded
the patriot. it would not have been if the scoundrel
had MT proved it! There is philosophy in this
story which We commend to all those ihin-skinned
patriots whose love of country is sure TO exhibit IL
aef most prominently when Slavery, their pet in
stitution 10 touched, however gently, by any body
in Great Britain.
One word farther: 1t is doubtless true that
thsre are men in England whose hatred of Repub,
hcsnism would be gratifed by seeing our free in
situations overtbrown; but ii is not from this class
only or mainly that hear denunciatons of Ameri-
San Slavery. Such denunciations come far more
frequently from men who love Repubicanism aud
whose labors in It's behalf arc greatly embarrassed
by the bad example Of the United States When
'neif arguments In favor of Free Institutions st
home are met by the friends of Despo,ic Govern.
nen' WIN uhe teant' Behold in slaveholding
America Inc result Of that freedom you so much
oovet it is quite natural that they should be anx.
Gus to have it understood tina, their love of Repub
ioanism does not involve the love of Human Slave.
ry Surely that is no, the purest patriotism nor the
only genuine love Of country which refuses to do
justice to the motives of men under such circun,.
stances and explodes in a tempest Of abusive cpl
thess when our Nations shame and disgrace are
alluded to- 1t will answer very well for the small
fry of Loco, Focosm to snuff treason in every earn
est word uttered in Grea, Britain agains. Slavery
and to cry out on every occasion,
81 smell the blood of an Engishman!
Dead or alive will have some;"-
ut Wings and Wing journals should soar above
bis silly and disgusting cIap-uap.