Daily American telegraph., 1852-06-24
our Candidates and Our Ca use.

The tenacity with which the trien" = ~
several Wing candidates for the noiniha'io'
70 their respective favorites might wen pr'Sp'.'
no n witness their tardy and reluctant acl'ui-
ooooreo in the selection of any other person
ona we accordingly find in several localities good
ond trne Wings whose regrets could not subside
with the setting sun Of Monday evening To re-
gard these instances as important indications Of
the weakness of the Wing cause, however, is to
err most egregiously and the politicians who
build their hopes upon such grounds are but pre-
pairing for themselves disappointment both sur
prising and vexatious The Wing party never
entered upon campaign with better-grounded
hopes of success than those by which they are
now animated, and their opponents never more
dreaded leader OF their choice! "SooTT, Ora
HAM, and the PLATFORM" is q cry that is des-
tined to arouse to action and success the Wings
of the entire Union; while it will both inspire
with awe the designing leaders Of the opposing
party and win from their ranks the truthful,
honest, and patriotic of the toiling thousands
these would delude as followers in their train
The orators and writers Of the Democratic
party have for many months labored without
cessation to prove to the Wings and to the coun-
try that the Wing party would prove false to
itself and to the republic, if it should adopt for
its candidate any person not firmly planted upon
certain principles Of the constitution, to which
the Wing party has throughout its existence
been known to be steadfastly devoted. They have
with perhaps a few discreditable exceptions) al
ways admitted the high reputation, the exa tied
worth. and the illustrious services of Gen eral
Winfield Scott, but, in the blindness of stub
born spirit, they have appeared to adopt the
thought, to which the wish was father, thai. he
would not occupy the high position that has aver
been SO eminently his own upon the require
ments of the constitution of his country.
But the Wing Convention assembled, and, dis
regarding the example of their opponents, first
laid down the principles of their government, and
then selected the man who was worthy to lead
them to victory upon those principles; and, " it'll
out stutifying themselves, it is impossible for the
Democrats to oppose either the man or the plat
form upon which he stands
But acouiescence even in what they cailnot
honestly oppose is not the policy of the managers
of the Democratic party. Regardless OF both
men and principles, their eyes are fixed with IN
tensity upon the executive department Of the
government, with all its honors, ecat and cntotu-
nne,tst Their hearts are fixed upon success, and
thew are determined that no conscientious scru-
pies shall stand in the path between them and
the goal of their desires. Unable to denotmce,
before the American people, either our candidates
or their principles, they seek by the most paltry
strategy, to excite prejudices against them from
the fact that men Of sentiments on the slavery
question to which the South cannot assent are
found among the supporters Of the Wing candi-
dates
This, the great and only basis of hostility, can
not survive the careful examination of any un-
preiudced mind or, if it be found to have any
weight, it must fall with oppressive and destruc-
tive force upon the candidates Of our opponents.
For by whom are they supported? Firstly, by
Governor DOR, who, to achieve purpose in
directly unconstitutional manner became
traitor to his State and took up arms in hostility
to her legal government. Next, by the Demo
CRITIC party (how the term is prostituted y Of New
Hampshire, who have in the most disgraceful
manner perpetuated the oppression Of their fellow.
citizens Of the Roman Catholic faith. Then, by
Messrs Rantoul, Sumner, Wilmot, et omnes who
are every one of them just as inimical to the
loud-talkers and managers Of the Democratic
party as can possibly be either Governor Seward
or Governor Johnson, aChose aid they coret nth all
their hearts and souls And then they have the
aid of all the extremists of the South, whose dis
union, secession notification, and balance-of-
power trickery have for years disturbed the peace
and harmony Of our government.
The party that have all these aids and
adjuncts beneath their protecting wings, are
not the men by whom the Wings may be
rebuked for permitting sectionalism to expire,
and awaken to new and more beautiful life be-
meath the standard of the American Union
The Wing party stands upon national grounds.
The preservation Of the Union, the independence
Of the States, the protection Of commerce, of
agriculture, and the mechanic arts, nre the
measures to which our party is devoted; and in
the prosecution Of them, viii follow the noble
leaders of our choice, and, under the smiles of a
benifcent Providence, march on to conflict and to
victory
R3ys The spontaneous and enthusiastic turn
out of the Wings on Monday night is described
by the Union as n ludicrous affair. The Aexan
dria Age echoes the Unions song, but introduces
as grace notes some sayings about Fuss ant
Feathers" "the Baltimore Pow WOW" and "Ton
Corwin." The Trenton IN. j. Republican Priya-