New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-10-27
TIE STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEES APPEAL
WINGS OF NEw-YORk (.


election. canno; permit The occasion 70 pass
addressing you IN relation - the great and 'o'eH
imposed upon you BY the position
you occupy 81
The Wing. Of this State have lons seen An'
knoyzu that the SLAVE Power Tas the governing
Power ofthis Union. They have seen and ie' tnA'
tina. poser was exerted aud directed In hostility 20
the Free Men and Free Labor q the North Ihey
have seen that Power make aud n0wse Il making
mos, extraordinary Efforts % extend It's dominion
and increase It's strength They have seen North
ern Politicians and Northern Statesmen irucAi'Ds'
bending Welding to that Power tor tue sake o.
participating in is patronage, feeding upon the
losve. and fishes which it mad 70 besto1, aud en-
owing the spoils with which usurpers and tyrans
m ali ages reward the instruments they use 70 &C
complish their ends ,.
ce.. aud YOU have labored, but hitherto you have
I.hored in vain to avert them. But now more
yloriou. prospect opens 10 your view lou nave
before Won a renewed and striking instance OF that
grest and cheering truth that the Almighty, m MS
infinite wisdom, has provided and ordaines tna'
the indulgence OF an evil and vicious course "heth
er In moral or political action carries win II DOT
ONLY its own punishment. but also its own correct
i've Elated with its unexampled success, the
save Power has become so exactlng, lmperous
and tyrannicai that the " endurance Of q" 80 nnrt"
ero ally" has ceased TO be virtue, ana no" ioI
the first time In the history Of our government our
ewes behold and our ears are greeted WIN lhe s'an
rulings that large and overwhelming majority oil
the Free spirits Of the North are determined az
once and forever To fix and limit the bounds OF
Slavery within our glorious Union and " say % IT,
Thou has gope thus far, bat mn shait no taT,Aef
go' A Democrat from the North, during the last
Winter introduced resolution 10 mat erect in'o
Congress and It was supported with lew excep-
lions by the entire Northern Democracy dis
tingnished and leading Democrat introduced reso.
utons into the Senate Of this state sustaining ana
approying the course Of their friends IN congress
nnon this subject which were adopted by an over
whelming ma iority OF the Democratic votes OIL the
members of both branches OF the Legislature
Wings OF New York upon yov and y0fr acfiOR
at the ensuing election. IN great measure, de
pends the question, whether these glorious pros
pects these golden promises, shall yield TAR and
savory fruit or whether they shall turn 70 ottef'
ness aud ashes IN the taste. You have every IN
centive 10 great and extraordinary exertion. You
have presented for your suifrages a most unex-
centionable State ticket Oar adversanes nave
Welded II the homage Of their praise, by an ex
nressive silence When they ial % complain, de
mend upon 1t that your selections are JodlclOus 81"
proper. In our own ranks not murmur OF coh
plaint has been heard. not dIscordant note hss
sounded.
union are strong while their adversaries are 10
distracted and discordant state. They not only
differ about men bat what is OF far more unusual
occurrence with them they are divided upon great
and fundamental principles IL is the hrst time IA
their history when they have been so much ana 30
seriously divided upon questions OF prnc'pie'-
Hitherto they have been contentto share and divide
the spoilsn without much apparent sohcituue
about the weighfer matters Of principle
Wings this is your position these are the adv An
tages by which you are encompassed. Ana yet
we cannot forbear 70 express the opinion thh' a.
though surrounded by the elements oil success tnstn
those very elements turks the danger vi your defeat
Constituted as the Wing party Is, the prospect OIL
an apparent easy victory IS calculated 10 lead 70
rernissness and relaxation in the use Of the means
which alone can secure 1t.
A large portion of the Wing party are, as poll
tcians naturally ind0ent and apathetlc IL - oniy
upon great occasions, when inspired ny reasohA
Bile hope OF success, not unmixed with some apPre
tensions as TO the result that their entire strength
can he called into vigorous action. We beseech
yau lot tho bright prospects by which you are
surrounded inspire you with confidence which
shall lead To a relax alton OF effort. and n fatal re-
suit OF what avail will 1t be that two hundred
and fifty thousand Wings unite IN strong des"c
and firm belief that the Wing ticket will succeed,
Il some twenty or thirty thousand Of that number
contribute nothing but their faith toward It's accom-
plishment7 OF what avail will it be to the success
of our cause that twenty thousand OF our political
opponents, disguised with the clubbing uuckllne,
dough faced policy of their associates, wlthhoiu
their votes, If twenty live thousand luxe" arm
Wings, relying upOnour position ana the easy 0on
quest within our reach are lulled into ialse sc
curity and INDUCING an inglOrious and shameful
inactivity omit 10 make those exertions when can
alone secure il We say to you IN all sooer sc
riousness-we exhort ou IN all earnestness III int
appropriate language Of inspiration, St0N rs y0"
fdith By your acorks.
To arouse you to a true and realizing sense o.
the absolute necessity for resolute and vigorous &c
ton we have only to call your attention 10 'he re
suit of last Falls election. Then, as now, our Hu
versaries were divided aud distracted. Then We
| had an advantage which we do not now possess
A Governor was to be elected, an occasion "h'0l
| always creates more excitement, and calls Ou'
more Wing votes than can be obtained under ordi
nary circumstances: and yet the result was the de
/ feat Of the entire Wing ticket, except our uo'er
nor Nor can we expect that the eXertlons OF Oh
adversaries at the coming election, Will ial shor
/ of those made by them one year ago. On the con
tra-y they will, like men in desperate circumstan
ces, resort to desperate means % sustain them
selves.
The Whig who calculates upon an easy victor,
over that ancient portion OF the Democratic party
now presenting themselves to public notice unde
the Imaginative cognOmen OF 81 er men, who
however Hctc are old enough o. have govern
ed the State. except for shor, periods for the las
quarter Of a century-men who have controlled an'
distributed its power and patronage for their Owl
sggrsud zement-calculate without reflection an'
81 cckons without his host
b e assured that the 'OLp HUSKEHs have dranl
too deep at the fountain Of power--have been ie
aud psmpered too long upon the sPolls, and relis
them with too Keen appetite, 70 allow this thei
last opportunity to pass without desperate an
tremendous struggle to regain aud once more en-
JOY them. All experience shows that men loog 4
the enjoyment OF patronage and power bold o.
with tensciiy rs unyieiiDg as the grasp Of Death
upon his doomed victim. TIE effort 70 regain
when lost is never relinqgished. and the hope @
accom- shias ~ mover Psros Gaze ~ ~ an tue ca
plrng breath OF the aspIrant.
I Politicians who, At the age OF sfrfy or screaf,
can rejuyenste themselves into "Hsr ncn, for th
, sake OF regsinins lost power depend upon II vi
be most untiring and INSCRIPTIONS ln the use
means calculated 10 aid them IN the accomplish
ment OF their object They also WELD and contn
the enormous power aud patronage u the FedeIi
b Government aud the appliances which can b
brought To bear from that corrupt and corruptin
fountain. will not be omitted 10 this great crisn
when the voice OF the EMPIRE STATE - 70 b
. heard in faror Of or against the extension OF IN
Empire OF Slavery