Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1853-07-12
The WING Party. &c.

Our nelgh0Or OF lne Argus Is OUT III q very
kind article on the ewing party of Ohio county,"
in which he states that 1t is wthout energy, with
out organization and without an object" and
gravely enquiries whyl We need but remind him
in answer to his interrogatory of DR.. Franklin's
question when required to explain why it was
that fish, placed in bucket brim full Of water,
did not cause the water to flow over. The DR..
very coolly asked if such were the fact. So will
we ask of the editor of the Argus. But suppose
our neighbor correct in his views, it is still not
difficult TO give him answer, which we can do
in very few words. Time was when the grave
question of making some disposition of the public
lands, other than let them sink as mere nomi.
nal item in the public Treasury, was a Wing
measure, and one necessary to be advocated as
such, and upon that issue s'none responded with
more alacrity than the Wings of Ohio county"
Time was when the great question ofinternal i'm
provement by the Federal Government, of extend
ing its great highways from ocean 10 ocean, deyel-
oping the wealth and resources of the country
and binding together in the golden chains ofcom-
merce and industry all portions of the Union;
was measure necessary to be advocated by the
Wing party of the country, and then ..none re-
sponded with more alachty than the Wings of
Ohio county"
Time was when the great estion of opening
upthe naIigable rivers of the Union, of Deepen
ing and making secure the harbos of the Lakes,
and Gee ms of the county, thus affo1ding safety
and security for the growing products oft. Gland,
was measure necess ~ to be advocated by the
Wing, party and "none responded with more alac-
1ty than tie Wings of Ohio county, The same
may be said of other and smaller issue formerly
pressed by the Wigs of he Union. Now, Will.
the devotion of the Wings of Ohio county and the
Union, to the great national ! rinciples with
which the Wing party has cen so long Identified
remains the same; while they wi l ever be ready,
when occasion calls, TO march as heretofore under
tn banner on which are inscribed the5t reat prin
cipl, necessary TO the development dpreserva-
tionof the Union, yet when we re these great
principles practically carried out under other
names by the Democratic party Itself, the most
casual observer will at perceive that re-itera-
ted advocacy by the Wing party, such, is Ion
ger necessary. That party has ever aimed at the
good of the Union. 1t has no: warred merely for
the name, but from the deep and settled convic-
ton that with tie success Of their principles de-
pended the prosperity and advancement of our
coGntry. -zrsr=--.
The rose by another name is still fragrant, and
the hig Wparty, desiring only that the county
should prosper, is perfectly willing that the
Democratic party should monopolze their meas
ures under other names, even though thereby the
Wing party should fail to receive the credit of the
action. They are willing that the democratic
party should pass River and Harbor bills, that it
should distribute the public lands for purposes
of internal improvements, and they also will
ling that that party should cause surveys to be
made evea TO the Pacific, and that ultimately
that same party should construct great Railroad
from the Atlantic to the placid Ocean. We even
hope that the Democratic party will ultimately rec
Ognize the claim OF the old States to some
share of the public lauds, and that even we may
live to see the day when all the public lands un-
der Democratic auspices. will be- equltably appor-
tooed,in the great cause of internal improvements
and universal education. We need not now then
manifest so much "alacrty,'' as our Democratic
friends ofthe North and West are relieving us of
that necessity, and as we wish only for the pros
perity ofthe country, perfectly willing thai
the Democracy shall carry out our principles in
letter ant in spirit.
tits true that he who was once the proud leader
OF the Wing party has passed away, it is true that
sill of Clay that could die, has been consigned to
the final abode of all the living; it is ruethat his
trumpet tones of patriotism, which once rung tike
clarion through the land, calling the sons of
America 10 the development of the true princi.
pies of America, are heard no more among us and
are huShed forever, and it is with pride, that the
Wings of Ohio county acknowledge their devotion
to him III times pastor favors personal and POLITICAL
shat they recognized in him all that the purest
patriotism and the most elevated character could
command, and that since he has been gathered to
his fathers, there is to fill his place. But they
claim that it is equally true that since their great
leader has been taken from the political arena,
, his fame, his character and his principles have
been more widely extended, and that they have at
length silently worked their way into party which
was too much occupied during his life in raducing
him, 10 pay even respectful attention TO the
great national principles which he Advocated
Thus 1t ever IS with great principles and their
advocates. Wycklitfe was burned for his II ligious
principles and his ashes cast into the Avon. OF
that it was said
"The Avon to the Severn runs,
The Severn to Ike sea,
&, And wyckliG's dust shall spread abroad
Wide as the waters be.'' y
And the result has given 10 poetic prophecy the
sanction of fulfilment. A Virginia poetess allu-
ding 10 Mr.. Clay's defeat, beautifully said that
ever from the mar yrs blood.
The seeds Of truthare scattered wide,
And he who sank beneath the flood
ofdark corrupdon's swelling tide,
sshallrule the mind in coming hour;
Our shall animate AMI warm,
And teach them calm in conscious power
To guide tho whrlwinJ in the Storm
And there has hardly been a period in the his
tOEyOf our country, when the national principles
of Clay, imperceptably it may be. cxerted a more
successful influence in the politics of the country
than they do at the present time.
AS to the element of State Rights to which the
Argus alludes, we need only say, that in the days
of Jackson, State Rights belonged pnncipallyto