Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1852-11-18
The Wing Party Defunct.

- The Wing Party Defunct.
The recent overwhelming defeat of Scott
exhibits the condition of the wing party "as ii
is" 1t was always the party of sectionalities
with no element of national strength to bind it
together. Its successes, few and far between,
have ever been brought about by temporary d.
visions in the democratic party, or by forced
excitement agitating the nation on questions
of incidental Importance. A whirlwind of ex-
citement, where not political principle en-
tered into the canvass. elected Harrison in
ls40; and in 1S4S the party succeeded by TAX
ing man who declared himself "the candidate
ssofthe people, and repudiating all questions
of national policy. The two other instances
of the success of this sectional party. the cleo
ton of the Adamses, of whom it is not neces-
sary now to speak, make up four administra-
tiorssof ta,v years each under which the coun-
try has suffered by federal-whig management.
The history of the party shows that it is
destitute Of the true element of success, viz -
national political principle. And when it has
dared to go before the people on an issue well
understood, it has always failed, because the
people never believed it had any principle -
The party is superficial in calculation. 1t mis-
takes the people. Because Gen. Jackson was
elected tri lmphantly by the democratic party,
it became of the utmost Importance that the
wings should put up none but military men.
The agency in the success of Jackson, of his
high reputation as civilian, was lost sight of,
and the wing party was overjoyed to find out
that by taking military man there was a
prospect of success. Since that time they have
been throwing overheard their best men, and
hunting up epaulets and feathers. They have
greatly mistaken the sense of an intelligent
people, and never more so than when they
supposed Gen. Winfield Scott an available can
didate for the Presidency. Now, the party is
completely defunct. and according to Mr..
Websters prophecy it has ceased to exist as
national party. He might have said it never
did exist as national party. 1t was always
the party of factions and sectionalities.
For the proof of the result, we have but to
quote wing testimony. The n. Y. Tribune
says "Gen. Scott is overwhelmingly defeated,
and the whig party not merely discon!ftted but
annihilated. We have no prophetic ken, and
make no pretensions to reading the future bat
do not hO,c the 'ohg party as such, can euer
be rallied again"
The Albany State Register says "the great
hattie has been fought and lost. The wing
party is utterly overthroun. Its principles, its
policy are superseded, its candidates are all
swept away"
The Boston Transcript says tive hope that
the first thing the wings do will be to drop the
meaningless name by which the party has been
designated the last sixteen years. 1t has no
applicability in this country under existing
circumstances. 1t is obsolete. There must be
a new organization under new name
How the scattered and discordant materials
of the wing party are to come together again,
and in what form and under what name, may
now form subject of leisure and unimportant
inquiry to democrats. That the shattered an
tagonisms of democracy are to assume some
definite shape hereafter, we have not a doubt.
Our opinion is that the Union loving wings,
(there some of that description will come
over to the democrats. We believe the whig
party of the north will make an attempt to
ganze an abolition basis. That result is ind-
Gated strongly. The Albany Evening Journal
and other wing papers. since the election, de-
velop tendencies in that direction decidedly.
As the wing party has long desired to appro-
pirate the name of DEMOCRAT, the new party
will probably take the name of Independent
Democrat, or try again the old name of Demo-
cratic Republican. The free soil party will then
receive proposals, accept, and great NEGRO
wedding will take place preparatory to the
canvass of 1856. Never will the democratic
party be stronger than when that day comes.
For the Union always, then will it be emphati-
cally SO, The victory of 1856 will be as deci-
sive and overwhelming to the enemies of the
democratic party and the Union as the victory
just obtained, and new tangled whisgery and
abolitionism will thereupon experience fatali-
ty Of collapsion beyond resuscitation.