Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1848-10-17
"a CALL TO THE CONTEST

II n 0Abb ~ III u OONt EDi
Heris a sP,ri,-stirriug appeal to the Wings
otsthe United States. BY the New York En-
press. Read it, all you who are friends OF
Taylor aud Fillmore. and finding yourself
moved by the spirit which animated the wri-
ter, resolve that henceforth you will neither
turn TO the right nor the eft-but looking on
ly forward TO the great duty Of electing the
man of your choice, 20 on TO do your duty:
The Wings Of the United States are now
50 well aroused, and We may adj now 81 well
united. that it seems harjly necessary TO roll
the drum any longer; but action aud concord.
though indIspensabIy necessary Tor success.
arc yet not bali enough Cf what is wanted
| Action must be turned To useful account
There must be energy, enthusiasm. wdtchiul-
ness, and, above all. organization. Is the
Wing party every where organic " That Is
the question. No Is the answer, we ven
| ture To say, III most quarters; but 'no must
| be The answer no longer; for where there Is ~
| organization there Is no certainty oi success.
Htsuidrs are as important Ia politics as IN
war; and discipline l. as Necessary Tor success
al the ballCtbox as in the field. Oraiions,
addresses, resolutions, speeches, &c. are all
important, but not much more important Than
the band OF music in an army. The bug-
inspires. the file orouses. the drum wakes up;
tn" band tDen makes even towards Grave, but
II is the silent host moving shoulder to should
er, step 10y step, tina, dues the work. Ora
tons, addresses, resolutions, speeches. &c,
are all well enough, nay very necessary, but
the true captain, IN COMM day, must know
his men, apd where to find them. OIganiza-
ton aud discipline ensure him success. no
matter what the host ausyed against him
He counts three, who adds two votes TO his
own.
ave apprehend that the business classes
OF society are not yet sufficiently awake to the
way in which this election touches their IN
tensls. We tear they do not yet sufficiently
portray the dangers involved in the election OF
Cas- and conquest. One war improbable
enough we have had under the deinsgogue
Polk.-How many we NAV have under the
spirit which would elect Cass, who can fore
see Or ioretellf We think that merchants, ira
ders, and farmers are not yet wide awake e.
Dough TO the importance ol opening the way
OF our great Western lakes aud rivers tor all
the outlets and inlels oil commerce. They do
not remember always that Polk has stopped
all Internal Improvements by the Feieral
Government III the face OF all the precedents
OF precee ding Presidents, aud that Cass is
pledged 10 luIiow III his footsteps. They may
just now here IN New York. under severe
pressure in the money market, ponder enough
upon the mschIets. corruptoDs, aud peris of
the SUB treasury act, but do they think enough
oil the dangers OF excessive inporlaions2 DO
they see how the manufacturing interests are
depressed? Are they aware OF the conseqaen-
ces OF buying from Europe more than Europe
will take iron u.s. These are all great bust
ness questions Tor business men TO settle: and
i'll less than mon h the policy OF the Gov
erns, eDt is TO be fixed Tor Iour years, and it
may be twenty.
Energy, organization, and rtaeeiion be
then the Watchword Of Wigs hence till the
election day is oper The time is short, and
the cork must be rupid."