The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-05-22
Important Political Movement.
ADDRESS TO THE WIGS OF NEW YORK CITY.

In WING GENERAL COMMITTEES,
CONSTITUTION HALL, May 10, 1855
The primary MEETINGS, called, of the city Of New
York. having long since ceased to represent the wing
the ctmocratic party but the contrary become
ssbulies ssuckers" 's,rkers," &c., offer up nomina.
tons for SALE the wings of New York have organized
way, in concord, peace and quist-without blows or
bloodshed-And for the present they have estssshsd
the mselves at Constitution Hail.
Ii has become the thus to organize be-.
cause, elsewhere, class OF men, usng the honorable
., SDgRg 0 By
wien scarcely principle that they maintain is anything
but loco foco principle Of the worst kind and
and rotous mode of self organization. Their mo-
limitations for Office have notoriously been sold
their D oos, on primary election days. is as notori
Gus, the price of beef at Bulls Head To win Office
hitting to the stg,.daton the Health Officer and
p,ople Of the duties of their sinecure offices here.
Without remcpstrsnse II not with encoursgemsnt,
tered land traffcked away in Albany, and they have
often manifested disposition to sell out any and every
Outraged thus as wings, and seeing the wing banner
trailed in the husband mirewe have felt il duty to
maintained the undiscovered character OF the whig
party, to come to the rescue, and to elevate it
Of the the nard sasds Of 14 and
1s48 We recognize the DAD whig principle, Of the
morabie contest from 1870 to 1852, and upon those
prDcplesand in the true spirit and meaning Of them
we invoke now your organization and s1 action;
Chairman Of the Wing General Committee,
s1S G f aaaD,ss, Secretaries.
TO THE WIGS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
In WING GENERAL COMMITTEE,
CONSTITUTION HALL, May 16, 1855. :
The wings of New York in General Committee having
organized themselves upon the and long
honoIed principles OF the wing party see with regret
and alarm, certain political leaders, in whom confidence
has been hitherto misplaced, atten ptirg to lead of
worst kind, unter the name Of " fus:on"-for which
purpose already several Offices in the State have d.
viced among soft she hard shell democrats as well
wings. Indeed in the Senate Of the State, have
already hard shell cemccrat making wing State
printer, and whig health officer in New York. office
worth SOS O00 per snnum suspicously confirmed BY the
absence of soft shell Senstor-for which, in return
hard shell democrat and distinguished soft shell ex-
upon OF the most important and valuable "Comms-
sions ever created in this State, viz the Harbor Com
tor not only making Thu,low Weed State printer with
sratuty worth some $4,000 or $4,000 per annum,
takers and giving to the regency ia Albany the
distribution Of their :, GOO petty Offices
last winter, attempt was made through this hard
SHE'LL soft shell, and called whig combination to lay
down a railroad in great thoroushfsre Of Broadway
al oppa na m ro
the citizens Of New York. passed the Assembly OF the
impose upon fusion set Of Albany created Police
rs take from us the of our
fusion created to take money from the peo
pe and to put into the pockets of adventurous who
wish 70 live upon the people without work. but through
The growing act of this fusion combination was the
attempt to take from the State the ordinary repairing Of
the canals and to make close contract job of 100000
per arnum for ten years. for pets and favorites
work. which costs the state now extravagaDty as the
short corrupt, rotten all the action Of this
fusion legislature that all breathsd freer when they
The history Of the men, who have done or attempted
to DO these things this year. is history Of fraud upon
the or
at time by ~ fraudulent and corrupt silettngsD
They then Sancp.sd the state By their psogass
tertaI, amounting 10 more tssn 81 They pua
which the courts q he unsd sases s.c lS9Ss
TO 10 ur collected from posr emigrants
@ TO sa Ter s,ss 81
among the lobby politicians Of the State They have
give, away valuable waite, y rights on eur EAST river
politicians here. Their consolidation Of the great Gen.
trail Railroad was made job Of hundreds Of thousands
round Albany In the winter. In short It has been mo-
orous that necessary and useful Legislation can
that sell certain members of the Legislature as sheer
are sold in market.
the State to separate themselves frem this Corruption
which works with and eoalesces with loco focesm Ia any
scheme Of tufon' to punder-and to organize with US
upon platform, Independent Of rotten primary cleo.
tons-the creations of these wire pulers and political
plundereIs. Our principles are the whig principes
known and promulgated such from 1886 to 1852 in
national and State conventons-in the high and palmy
and honest Gays Of the good old vhg party We have
nothing to take from there principles and nothing to
add to them. They are American now, as they ever
beenior home labor la preference to foreign labor
for hsme men instead Of foreign men, or in the more
oppressive words Of old. but now, aas buried whie
sour country, whole country, and
North no East West. but embracing in one frater.
nifty the whole American people. We invite all whigs
who think with TO act with us, and through soms
hnown wing friends respond In county orvanzations
by correspondence with Secretaries We mean TO res
cue the whis name and the wha flag fran any coalition
With "fufior." or "r'under" rather Aud II the yhio