Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1855-10-13
The Wing Party.

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Some few years since, ere the wing party lost it
| bower, while it had such leader as Henry Clay
nothing too vile or violent could be said against il
Mr.. Clay was himself held up as a gambler,
Sabbath breaker, a duclist, and murderer! a
the embodiment of everything base and infamous
But he is dead-he was prosecuted by his reviler
to the grave. Yet we see some who were the pro
fessed friends of Mr.. Clay, who sympathized witt
him in his prosecutions and defeats-now turf
around and aid his revers to retain their lgotter
power, By putting down the American party. Have
they considered Who is to be benefited by such {
course? Are they anxious to save the foreigner:
who have been base and seryilc instruments of per
scouting and overthrowing Henry Clay and the
wing party from the hands Of the Americans
What are Wings to gain by such course9 Are
they willing to remain prescribed and prosecuted
party, to be used for the purpose Of elevatng to
power such men as Pierce & Co., Or Bob Wickliffe,
the reviler of Willard Fillmore
Have wings so long borne the burdens put upon
them by the democracy that like the serfs of Russia
they cling to their chains If not, for what reason
can they be found in opposition to the American
movement? What is there in it, that they cannot
as a body assent to? What principles that are
hostile to those sustained as the cardinal principles
of the wing partys That party was emphatically
an American party, and Henry Clay was the au-
thor of an American system of government policy,
which we believe is now mainly embraced by the
American party, and which has now the cheering
indications that the public pulse beats high, and
that the people are with it. We have not the least
doubt that if Mr.. Clay were now living, he would
cordially unite with and assist in the establishment
of the American party. Its moving spirit seems to
be love of country. Its members unite in most
effectual way to preserve our country and wrest
our government from the hands of the imbecile,
the base, the corrupt, the unprincipled. They
wish to maintain the permanency of the Union and
its republican institutions, unswayed by foreign in
fuence. The hopes of liberty rest here, in the
hands Of the Americans; and it is believed that
the policy of the new party is well shaped by wis
dom as truly American as is the genius and des-
tiny Of our country.
Miserable and disappointed demagogues may
sheer at it ambitious asprants for Office and plumber
may denounce it /; defeated spoil seekers may howl
at it; political rascals and sneaks may try to crush
It under foot; bitter partisans may wage furious
war against it, but all to no purpose Its march
IS aroused; its genuine, pure true, liberty-loving
principles are thoroughly imbedded in the hearts of
lie American people. And as sure as truth is
nighty-as sure as the great body of the people
owe their country-the American party will live
md sustain our glorious institutions. The assump-
ion Of its enemies, that the safety Of the country
depends upon the foreign element that is sl1rgng
Upon our shores, is as baseless as the fabric of
7ision. 1t is upon Americans alone, that the per-
nanency Of our institutions depend; and their
blessings will not be perpetuated to posterity save
" them and their descendants. Around this BAN
Ter Of the American party, then gallant wings, let
is rally; and when the conflict deepens, let us all
esolve with united hearts that as these inestimabe
blessings of freedom which are secured to us BY |
,ur republican institutions, were from our fore
athers handed in trust, we to our children will
transmit or de-"