New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-09-22

that of freedom and independence OF
thought. while in the so-called Democracy
the individual is subject to a discipline as
rigid and tyranny as intangible as that
of Russia. IL is the boast of that Democ-
racy that its ranks all march together at
the word of command. as one man; what
ever the edict Of is leaders. vhatev-
or the decree Of its Conventions. the
masses have no part to perform but that oil
absolnte and slavish obedience. But in the
Wing ranks such odious tyranny Is impos-
sible; there manly cooperation takes the
place of servile submission, and unless the
reason and the conscience of the citizen
are satisfied, he will not stir, though all the
leaders in the world should give the order.
The pseudo Democracy is an organized
force movable at the will Of It's generals;
the Wings are an aggregation of indie
pendent men. who think for themselves
and act for themselves. united by har-
mony of opinion on certain general sub
lects, while widely opposed on many
others. OF this essential there differ
ence between the two parties Is alum
dant evidence at every turn in their histo-
", but a recent and most striking proof
NAV lie found in their Presidential nomi-
nations. The Democrats have seen all the
eminent men whom The masses of the
party desired. thrown overheard, and
candidate hardly heard Of before, whom
none Of them desired. and whom
not one in a thousand of them had
thought OF, imposed upon them by
a gang of political trieksters, in whose
hands the entire control of this great party
of freemen aud - Democrats" happens 10
be placed. And vet such is the force OF
this tyraDnic party organization, and so
com. letey does it exclude individual indie
pendence, that we behold its masses sub
missiyely forgetting the men they know
and prefer to give their suitrages to one
they know not and would never have voted
for had their choice been free. Not so is
it with the Wing party. It's candidate is
the man whom, Of all others, its yo,ers
NEST desired. tie man who of all eminent
Wbigs alive has most contributed to the
honor and the welfare of the country, and
whose nan is most deeply and perma-
nently identified with lis history and its
renown. Thus it appears that the one is
a mere political organization, great ma
chine the other is party Of freemen
freely obey ing their own sense of duty,
whose leaders are not their masters but
their servants. Surely, for young men,
vet imbued with the Independent spirit Of
youth. who have pledged no allegiance and
given no hostages to the contem )ti0le
tyranny of mere paItisanship, it cannot be
difficult to choose between these two. Al
such, as they regard their own manhood
and their own independence, must vote
with the Wings.
>. The Wing party is that Of moral
principle and national honor, as opposed
TO national dishonesty and ruifianism. Ii
believes in the power and the aggrandize-
ment of the United States by peaceful
growth and the influences of natural
causes. 1t believes in the extension of
the Republic, not by conquest aud robbery
of other States, but by the sure attraction
Of freedom, security, prosperity, wealth,
industry, Intelligence, the fruit OF repub-
lican institutions, and of order guarded by
liberty. 1t believes that As this country
gains in population, in power, in all that
constitutes the glory and the happiness Of
nation, neighboring States will of their own
accord and in a peaceful aud natural way
hasten TO annex themselves to it and to seek
a share in that security and felicity. Bat
not such is the theory or the practice of the
Opposition. Like the impatient and tur-
bulent youth who Unexpectedly assaults the
executor Of his fathers will, and like an
assassin robs him of the treasures which
we've next day TO be regularly delivered to
the yillainOus spendthrift as part of his
inheritance. this party goes for seizing by
violence, q, the risk of war and with the
certainty of dishonor, islands and terri
tories and isthmuses, that BY adherence
20 Whig policy will, in due course of |
time. without cOnyulsion or difficulty, as
surely as the fruit ripens in the sun, become |
pats Of the American Federation.
Such are the characteristics and ten
denotes of these parties 10 this respect, |
and between the two we do not under
stand how any honest man. free from pre-