The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-09-09
PoLITIC Al
'iVh the LoulsNiHe N.Y. DEMOCRAT
THE WING PARTY.

This interesting universal, harmonious party
show signs Of dissolution not 10 be mistaken. IL
New York the party divided into hye six fac,
ons contending for all sorts Of opinions, and ire
eoncilaby opposed to each other They are trying
different names, carried away with the idea tina
there is something in name, and 80 there is; foI
nothing else holds the heterogeneous mass of the
wing party together but there is not enough in .
name TO get hold Of the Offices Of the general gov.
eminent. IL has been tried and can't succeed
What phases will the opposition take next A
kingdom for name! Il would be well to advertise
for one. We forcsee that some honorable appea
tive IN the English language is to suffer before long
by being attached to an odious party What more
honorable name than that Of whgl but il has been
worn out, so that patriot would now regard il
with suspicion. We may have for time expert
ments Of various kinds; democratic whig," Ina
tlyes," republican whlgi" and We should not be at
all surprised to find locofoco wings. The old whig
parry is dissolved virtually; they have nothing to
put forward as a measure that can hold respecta-
Die minority together. The glorious tariff is gone
the last and only monument Of whgery. This tariff
has fed the hungry, clothed the naked, increased
capital, and paid the laborer II has been the direct
and indirect Of all the health and happiness in
this country for the last four years Il ought TO have
saved the universal party from annihation, but II
would not do. The wings have told uniformly thai
the people have been on their side; the people have
been greatly alarmed and deeply grieved the
uuSt Oh ucmOCful5, Dut, bOmchow OF Otncf, Whcn ~
comes TO voting and the wings Just going to do
wonders, some fraud is perpetrated, and the hopes
Of whgery are dashed. Then IL requires a long
time satisfactorily for the discontinue
so much wisdom and benefeence. The people are
ignorant, The poor creatures are deceived by loco
foco demagogues and thus all the good designs that
whgery had in store for the dear people are frus.
trated. We pity the condition Of whig editors
Their last hope is in a panic, and its an uphill
business 10 get one up in this latitude. Our neigh
Dor began to cry lusuly--wool, WOOL but he sudden
ly shut up tight as a fresh water clam-not a word
can be got out Of him. Yesterday we had a visit
from wing in the country who is a wool grower
He said wool was down to nothing, and had been
under the tariff Of 1912 that he supposed the
tariff had benefited some people, but that Il had
done more harm than good. He was still wing,
however, but could not 60 the panic. Can't the
Journal give touch or two more on wool for his
benefit As 10 the wages Of labor, IL is admitted tina
they are on the rise in this region. In fact, the
workngman has begun to think about "the two
dollars day and good roast beef"
We see il announced by the coon press that the
foreign market for wheat and -four, &c, is falling
They to be delighted at the idea that -four is
selling in England at only 81 or IS per barrel, and
that locofoco predictions as to the benefit Of
free trade with England, are not verified. The
may gull themselves, but they can't gull the peo-
pie with such folly The latter will point them
TO the much-auded home market. Flour 50 IS
per barrel at ST. Louis; 50 so at New Orleans; from
So to 81 at our eastern ports. What would the
price have been in this country had 1t not been for
he vast quantities shipped to England The truth
is, the late in England in favor Of free trade
has stultihed the poor coons. The great argument
addressed to mere prejudice is gone. Writer'S on
political economy have presented a united voice
against WING policy; but heretofore the protection.
lists would say, England will not take our produce
why should we take hers Shallow as this is il
had its effect with those who would not examine
the question. That weapon of party warfare is
gone. The protectionists in fact endorsed anG
disarmed. Which ever way they turn, they meet
with little consolation. The cry Of alarm falls up
on incredulous The unkindest cut Of all IL
that Mr.. Clays avowed principles are against them
The wings may try to deny il, but il can't be dis
guised II stands out in his published opinions too
plainly and palpably. We say we pity the whig
party. We should have hopes of them, If they
were not sefconceited. But a ludcrous notion
they have, that they have all the intelligence and
all the decency-a notion which has fasten ed itself
on every small WING editors brain, and literally
up ali his, cerebral organs, will be the death OF
the whole Of them, depend upon it. They will
hang to it, until they are past remedy. Most OF
them viii feod op the idee that they wise, and
the people e orant, until thcy totally used up
like the lunalic who was confined in an asylum.
He gave graphic accoun, of his misfortune, as he
thought it, Of being confined. 81" said he, "be.
lieved the world crazy, and they insisted that
insane. They had the majority, and here am"