Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1853-12-03
NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER.

M Boris, of Virginia, received from the Wings OF
Newark, New Jersey, few weeks ago, the compli-
ment Of a public dinner. As an able, fearless and
consistent Wing, few members of the party better
deserved the honor, or would have been more capa-
BILE of explaining and indicating the principles upon
which il is founded Mr. Boris made speech on
the OCCASION which was noticed briefly in our paper
at the time Since then the entertainers of Mr.. b.
have issued handsome edition of his speech in
pamphlet form, copy of which we have received;
and though we have little hope that any thing which
can be said will stop the desoatng torrent OF pro-
yressve Democracy yet we think Improper for the
qualification of our readers to give copous extracts
from this excellent speech can find room for, re-
GREETING that we are not able to give the whole of it.
Extracts from, The Speech Of the Hon, JOHN NJ.
Boris, delirered al Nepark, September -, 1888,
at public dinner gipen 10 him Iy the Wings Of
that city.
Understanding, trust you do, that it is only in
the character of unaspring citizen that speak, will
proceed with the several topics that have suggested
:. The first inquiry is when did the Wing party die
If dead it died the second day of November 1882
and on that day it recorded million three hundred
and eightyve thousand true, genuine undsmayed Wing
votes such vote as given before for that
or any other party since the foundation of the Govern
ment and it only required about thirty five thousand
votes properly distributed to have secured its
candidate Never was party surrounded by many
adverse circumstances that day. With
patched up peace and harmony between all sms and
schisms and factions Of the country in support of
teman that nobody knew and that it but
Of the factions 1.-THE Freesoers understood and with
prejudice deep-rooed and immoveable in ranks
that lost thousands and Of thousands for the
w
fuence Of many Of the most prominent of party
position and out of position actively secretly
ed against US, still cast that vote Of million three
hundred and eighty thousand for General Winfield
Scott and wanted but the thrtyfve thousand have
said properly distributed to have secured triumphant
victory whicht In the power of c occupying prom
positions In the Government to have given us such
points they most needed but which they did
think proper do but in point of fact by their influence
withheld from And yet told that this extra
ordinary strength, thus exhibited furnished the ndca-
Of weakness and the necessity our dissolution
Yet these the circumstances under which we went
5nto that struggle and this our condition when we
came out of it; and now, when the evidence of
decay In the ranks OF those by whom defeated
when every where around old hostilities and
dissensions breaking afresh and with increased ran
cor in the Democratic ranks in general scramble for the
spois, gravey told that the Wing party is no
more, and advised to work to get up new
organization. FIR one say am satisfied to stay where
am adhering with true and strict fidelity my prin-
cpies my country and my party under its present
Mr.. Chairman, have been member of the Wing
party from the day it was first organized may claim
to be one of the fathers of the party of that
old National Republican party which constituted the
cleus upon which the present Wing party formed,
and which first chrstened the Wing party by John
G. Calhoun, who then belonged TO it. because il had for
Its basis opposition to Executive power, which in
conflict with the power of the people expressed through
their Representatives in Congress This the origin
Of the party these the circumstances under which
it unfortunately changed in name from that Of Ma
m af thaf ~ han
the removal of the deposes the celebrated protest of
Gen jackson, expunging resolutions, &C. 1t had ma
tonaty and popular rights then its basis and foun
dalton; it has maintained both in its supersructure
this day. and the day that drops its nationality
to vndcate the rights and the power of the people,
day drop IL and abandon it forever until then through
good and evil report, in adversely aud success, shall
always be found in my place and in the time moth
ing could be ridiculous than the attempt made
TO identify the great national Wing party with the local
politics of New York
TO il into manhood. have it grow up and
colossal stature, and while have reoiced in its
riumphs have never been dsheartened discouraged
by its defeat, by n succession of defeats
isThe great Of the Wing party has been its tint
dty, its willingness to lay down its and surrender
at discretion upon every of fortune There
too many Of our leading who cannot live in mno
y who cannot breathe easily unless they sustained
by power; and upon each successive defeat adj
monshed by them Of the necessity Of abandoning this
measure and that, because they say, never get
Of power; tits question Of right and Of propriety.
ask myself the question: is this proper for the
Government adopt? VIII it advance the general pros
perity VIII it benefit the peopleI Will it promote the
arts Of peace Will the great agricultural commercial
manufacturing and laboring interests of the country be
advanced by its adoption! And il these questions
answered in the affirmative, why should you any
OF surrender them because happen to be beaten
political contest involving thousand other minor issues
rs well as these
"Whe defeats in a great measure to this
practised midty opponents largely indebted for
their occasional to different system of tactics
have always admired them for their bodness and
age IL for nothing else; the you whip them to-day
the reader they for the fight and that is
Just what want to the Wing party do How else
did they succeed in fastening that contemplate humbug
the Subtreasury (which never and never prac
tcay executed without immense loss to the Government
and injury to the people upon the country When they
were SO badly beaten upon that issue in 1840 did they
abandon it, Did they give it up And il by their per-
severance they could thus succeed in establishing bad
measure, why could not by similar perseverance
succeed in establishing good And this moment
when we know that there is sensible and well in
formed in the country, whether Wing Democrat
who believes in the wisdom practicabty Of the law
rs II now stands, all submitting to il, and the
whip party afraid to throttle the monster and
crush its enormities But something Of this Sub
treasury hereafter.
tended for twenty years. by one and If any good
reason exists for abandoning them If upon fair trial
they shall proved be injurious to the public good
let them go but surely man be convinced Of
their injurious tendency because cannot always retain
the power Of the Government in our hands and
have decided against them in 1874 and 1852, they
surely decided ia their favor in 1910 and S4s and
most likely to do again in 1856
GLOW is it with the question Of protection to home a.