The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-12-02


despair Defeated are, but not dsmayed" Whether
Gen Taylor be ''ultra whig' not, he is placed in
such position that we have nothing expect from his
administration He is elected by the whigs-is in wing
hands-in the hands OF the most decided wings, and
will carry out their measures He is no politician He
has no experience in government and will have to rely
upon those who have been most active in his election.
Circumstances make him auomaton in their hands.
Let us, therefore, look TO the crisis value the
principles of the republican party Let not deceive
ourselves by false and delusive hopes Let us look
danger boldly in the face, and clay not the atering
ton souls" that the President elect will carry on,
principles, instead of those who contributed the most
to elect him He elected, IT true by the odds and
ends of all parties and factons-bank men, natvsts, abo
tonss, the military fever the mlionaires OF manufac-
turing monopoly some misguided democrats; but the
main part of his army consists of wings twas the wings
who organized the campaign-their leaders who con-
Quoted the army it is they who will control him. they
who demand the spols; they who will guide the admin
sraton and will share its benefits Their principles are
now emerging from the veil which has been dexter
ously thrown around hem--the principles which will
direct the measures that will be attempted.
Long has been the organization of the wing party
their Observation-Disclosures in their results. Who
suspected, until he saw the revelations in Mr. Gddngs's
reply to Mr. Truman Smith, that " the chairman OF
the wing executive committee Gn this city, he,
Mr.. S. paid the expenses of members of Congress who
were absent from their seats for political purposes
Who could have supposed that, far back 1910, Mr.
Giddings Maine at your (his) request, and
absent twice long as was in Massachusetts, prornul-
eating the same doctrines; that you (he) then approved
of my absence, and pad my (Giddngs's) expenses"
Who would have suspected as is now confessed by
wing of this city, that assessment OF 100000 was
made by the wing organizers many months ago. and that
the apportionment of $4,000 laid upon the wings of this
city raised in thry-sx hours This was the agen
cy of the wing leaders. The other part of their organ
zauun doubt in the same proportion. These
secret and gigantic efforts made by The whgsand
it is to them that General Taylor is principally indebted
for his election His administration will be necessarily
whg unless by species OF political miracle inexpe
renced soldier should be able control the arts and
abilities of wing disciplinarans.
1t is no time therefore, for us to lay down our arms
We beaten, but mol principles The people have
not decided against them. And they about 10 be
attacked by those who have temporarily humbugged and
deceived the people-by those who have not dared TO
avow their principles, Except the veto power I'VE
must rally to the rescue dis soon they are attacked
1t becomes duty, therefore, to stand 10 arms and
await the onslaught. We must preserve and improve
organizations and struggle at every election for every
member of Congress and OF the State legislatures whefe
have the slightest prospect of Dependency
much less despair, is not to be found in vocabulary
We must "keep watch and ward" And happy are
to from all correspondence, and 10 hear
from every democratic member of Congress who has
arrived in Washington that were our party more
determined to stand by their and defend their
principles Had we been fairly beaten-had the wings
displayed their principles their banners-had they
frankly told the people, I" Here principles
these the true issues in the conest-choo5e
ye between them and had strong popular MAORI
ty decided against us, feelings would have been
different; and might But, defeated as we
are, neither disnayed shaken in our purpose
to stand by We say now, what we said on our
defeat in $780, 1--WE quote our language of November u,
ls4D for the events of the periods wonderfully
parallel in the causes in the result and in the moral
which they teach us Not exactly the same in result,
for defeated much worse in 1910 than now
and yet then rallied Immediately, and achieved our
glorious triumph of 1874 With like spirit, we shall
achieve like result in 1882
! '1he indomitabls sprit-that quaiieth not!
There is not republican around Us, not one, with
heart faer., whose hand rembles whose spirit is not full
y determined rally around the banner of 49, and
ser his Staterghts prime pies AS evidence Of the
bic and buoyant spirit of the democracy everywhere
continue TO lay farther extracts from the republican
nails before our readers.
Gould the wings expect a different from Nv
| Could they expect that will cover beneath them
that would lay down at their feet and submit
after such defeat, to the large majority which they
have obtained in many of the States We tell them
fankly, that if they had beaten fairly, would have
yielded more quietly. But beaten have BEEN by
such candidate, in such by such heterogeneous
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where they have been aaid their opinions and
with the prospect of such mscheis they about
bring upon country. we only the determined
to adhere to principles, and to arrest every assault
which we have to apprehend
"Iad Gen Harrison forwa I'd like a man, and like
responsible candidate-had he either concealed his
opinions. given indications different quar-
te for the purpose OF soliciting votes-had his friends
nounced their common principles il they had any, and
thrown themselves upon the suages of free people
had they appealed TO the understandings of fellow
citizens by fair and manly arguments instead of sut
them by nsdlous appeals the state OF the times which
Justly DO attributed the administraon-had
they sought humbug the country by all Of fun
merry and mummery, by songs and cider skins and
gourds log cabins in cities and canoes dry land bar
re poles, big balls wheels, and professions it'll
motley party; composed ofsuch discordanl materials
tuaed by such various and contradictory principles
mated by such motives; with leaders various with
Webster, Clay, Slade, Tallmadge and Rves leading
their several squadrons the field if instead of pub
lie benefits, we had apprehend from such Pres
ideni, and such party, the assault upon
the great principles OF Jefferson, and especially the esab
ishmen ola mammoth national bank this chaos of par
fell aboonis who will be only the more emboldenei
to enlarge the sphere of their operations, and make further
assaults upon IT, in addition their other
OF attack they had not had recourse to large expend
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