The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-04-26
The Wing Party.

The Wing Party.
There seems most extraordinary difference OF opn'
ion just among the wing journals as TO the condition.
and prospects of their party Such papers as the Louisville
Journal and the Nashville Banner reject with scorn all
idta of dsbanding the wing organization urge every
wing TO nail his paryfag to the mast to denounce inc
administrations and to wait patiently fora wing victory
Our neghbors OF the National Iategeneer appear 10 oc
cupy somewhat similar position and though refrain
ing from any very active hostility TO the administration,
vet intimate clearly enough that they TOO are waiting fora
time when. in their own phrase wiser and better men"
NAV take it's place. But the Fredericksburg Herald
strikes boder key To that favored organ of the wings
il s given 10 that the wing party is now in position
Of Unprecedented prosperity and good fortune Here is
its language:
"The wing patty has out of the late presidential
contest In better condition, and with fewer drawbacks to
lis ultimate success than has ever before been its fortune
happily rid oil all the mere hange-on and camp
followers whose come xion with any party is always
dependence upon its capabiy to distribute patron
age. 1t is now the metal purified by the last cam.
pgn othe oss which served but TO diminish Its ecen-
cy and acknowledging its members but these who
are thoroughly and radically grounded in It's established
faith. 1t needs but proper presentation OF It's pfincires
and lis policy to the people oil this country TO attract 10 It's
banner all who love country than party, and who are
disposed throw off the calling yoke which selfish leaders,
Tor their private ends, have imposed upon them
We do not cite this absurdity for the purpose OF re-
fu,ing it, II is its refataton. We design only 10
contrast il with the language of another more numerous
and more influential class OF whig journals. These
agree that the mission OF the wing party fully over,
and tina, the party itself belongs only history On
this point we cite first the candid declarations OF the New
York Tribune;
I'VE consider the WING party no. only defeated, but
DONE We contemplate its history with all the Phlo.
sophie cando that could bring bear the history Of
the English War OF the Roses. the rise and fall OF the
Girondsts in revolutionary France We believe that the
only effect Of keeping up the wing organization and stand
ard the perpeuaon of abuses and inquities like those
rampant the government OF our city As nurses appeal
70 some fabulous dwelers in darkness quetus 10
troublesome children the wing party will be used,
while holds toge ther and instrument of
discipline by leaders and fug emen OF the democracy
In the same strain the Newburyport Herald-a whig
Journal whose party featy has been questioned
thus poclams the day of the wing party to be
sos careful review of all the points of controversy. it
seems unwise to maintain any longer the wing or
ganzation national party. As TO the wisdom oil the
leading points of the wing policy, have not changed
opinion Judiciousy administered. we believe them
highly conducive the honor and the welfare Of the peoples
bat would act towards the people would towards
a friend and while counselling him u line of policy
which deem for mutual welfare yet If he discards
IT, either from a simple belief that it unwise, or because
he preudced against and believes we advocating
for selfish purposes, will leave him to follow the
sells OF others, or work out course for himself
ITO wing friends would now apply the :
marks and advice which have heretofore given free
sellers and abolioniss We say the objects you propose
accomplish in themselves good aud wise, but the
in which You have sought effect them has not
been wise and prejudice exists against you among the
people such extent that the is really injured by
your advocacy than 1t would be by your silence
opposition. you should abandon your efforts, hi.
prejudice would gradually become extinct. and the most
though and rejecting minds among the dominant party
would gradually be led adopt the best portions Of
creed and the nation would receive 1t better from them
and probably also, taught by experience, they would be
able carry successfully than you have done
Nothing is in the world than for a
be blasted and destroyed by the suspected motives the
nludcious Of its friends, when. had it been in
uoduced alta proper time, and pursued in proper
by suitable advocates, would have been successful"
These are but specimens. Similar renunciatons oil
the whig party abound in the wing press and wba,
most extraordinary in them is the sweeping admission
thai the repus Of the wing organization is so bad,be
character OF the wing party is so anpopulartha no de-
gree Of excellence and wisdom in it's creed can save il
from popular condemnation. Let man be or believe
what he peascs"-such is the argument Of these whg
journals" If he call himself arhig, the people will vote
him down." Now. we submit that such language as this
from the wing organs requires explanation What is
hba has made the whg party confessedly odious in
zoe vie" Oh the people upon tneesboWing oil these
whig organs, il cannot be the wing doctrines, because
these their judgment good need only 10 be
known in order to be cordially approved single alter.
native remains The wing party has become so odous
as 10 make its disbandmen OF prudence sim
ply by Of the in which applies lis pin.
elples TO the management OF public affairs In other
words, the wing party, according TO it's acknowledg
ment has perished through it's habtusl maadminis,ra.
hon II the s'rangest confession in which great party
i osanza,ion ever admitted its doom.
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