Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1848-06-28
THE WING RALLY on WEDNESDAY
NIGHT

THE WING RALLY on WEDNESDAY
NIGHT.
Those who hsd fearcd aud thus who bod
hopei. that the whig fire was exfiuzuishrt d.
non the altar where it hsi long hun~i -
brightly. were alike, though Tor very dIhrrent
reasons, disappointed hy the grand rally mtie
by the Wing party on Wedncsiay night
never did we see enthusiasm m0re clearly ~
the ascendant-never the resolution tndn ana
dare all that it might be in the power OF man
to accomplish-neve did the stern ana $50
lutte determination to sacrifice al tor TIE love
Of country-appear more manifest than u dih
on that occasion. The weather wasihtensely
hot,-the building not calculated TO ac-
comodaie a large crowd Of such a season.
the interior felt like a huge vapor b~ath-yetm
spite OF il all, the church was ulled to over
flowing. What would it not have been had
1t been calculated TO ensure even a moderate
degree Of comfort to those who were within
the building.
Bat it was not the size of the meeting alone
that rendered it delightful to every Wing 10
behold 1t was the spirit which spread like the
electric spark, from one to the other. until 1t
pervaded the whole mass and bound 1t toge-
Their in the bonds of a common cause, as one
man. There was no jedlousy-no heart porn
ing--no m%istrust. The discussion upon which
our adversaries have founded 50 largely, were
buried, and the ploughshare passed over their
grave. Wing met Wing, like men bent on
one great objtct-bound TO one great end
about to embark in the same great enterprise
and having but one heart, one mind,
one soul, and only one aspiration to ill heart
mind and soul. That aspiration, need we say.
was for the good Of their common country.
A preat blbXy has uplnuhtellv kapp struck.
Richmond has shown that she means TO pre-
sent an undivided front 10 the common foe at
the ensuing election. The bail has been put
fairly in motion. We now know cur strength
we have told off by battalions and we know
how many men we can bring into the field.
Ii l. now time TO employ that strength to some
purpose. Wec call upon the Wings now to be
active and yigllant. ScoGr the wards find
odt all The votes,--reason with those who are
against yVu-give confidence TO the weak
confirm the wayering-do all that active, in
deistigable patriots, laboring in a cause which
is dearer to them then their very existence,
eau be expected to do. Conciliate your enc
mes. political we mean)-use no harsh terms
with item, for by surh you cannot persuade.
Remember The liable of the Sun and the Wind.
The .wo were boastnig OF their respective
strength, without being able to decide which
was { g stronger. AT last they determined
to decide The question by the test.--They
saw a traveller passing with a cloak on. 1t
was agreed that The party which could make
him lay aside that cloak, should be account
ted the most powerful. The Wind had the
hfst trial. tie clustered, stormed and raved,
hut all to no purpose. The man only wrap
ped The CLOAK closer around him.. At last he
gave over ~ despair. Now, said the Sun, Is
my turn. lie darted his powerful rays imme-
dialely on The traveller. The heat instan-
ianeously became overpowering, and he laid
aside The cloak.
The moral OF this is, that you may persuade
You may operate noiselessly, but powerful.
y anJ eifettually like the Sun, aud you may
relax the opinions OF a man who holds to them
most stubbornly. But once begin TO rail-
once begin TO bluster-and you will find that
he will wrap his prejudices around him like
a garment which he cherishes with peculiar
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