New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-09-17
THE USE OF A WING PARTY.

"History is philosophy teaching by example"
There are great many plain people who can
be taught in no other way.
The Wings of our State are appealed to by
Gov. Hunt and other, to stick to the Wing par
ty-its name its organization, its banner, as
well as its leading ideas and purposes. The
value and wisdom of this counsel are fOrclbly
illustrated by what has just taken place in
Maine.
There is Wing party in that State-or
rather, the remnant of one-which, under the
influence of such exhortstiOns as Gov. Hunts,
has stood out against FusOn-with the Repub-
licans The consequences of that stand are now
the theme Of general exultation or regret, &C.
cordirg to the various tastes of individuals.
There are in Maine, as elseShers, four par
ties: The Republican, Democratic, Wing, aud
Rum parties. OF these, the Republican Is
strongest II il is not so strOeg AS all the others
and never has been. Last yea, however, 1t tri-
umphed, because most of the Wings while
voting their own candidate for Governor, &C ed
with the Republicans in tie Legislative cleo
tions, giving them decided ascondency. The
Demo cratic ard Rum parties also went together
on everything except Governor, but they f'll
away behind the Republican and Wing strength.
This year q new leaf was turned over. The
wings were vebemeDtly sxhorted by George
Evsns, John A. Poor, L. W. Farley, and other
old leaders of the Webster stripe, to stand by
their IN fsg, la Hunt and not coalesce with
the Republicans. Some ten thousand of them
considerably fswer than the Wing votes for
Governor last yesI-dd so.
Having got their followers fairly on the anti
Fusion platform, the next effort of these
d" straight Wig" leaders was to fuse them with
the Democrats. To this end, Wing tickets for
Senators were nominated in most of the Counties
bearing the names of Democrats and Democratic
tickets bearing the names of particularly
" straight " Wings. Thus the Democratic
ticket in Lincoln County had two eminent! anti
Fusion Wings upon it, and the Wing ticket
had likewise the names of two Whigs-the four
being lust the ssme on both tickets. In Ken
nebsc, frO Wings and but one Democrat com
posed alike the " Democratic and the Wig"
ticket-bOth intensely hostile to Fusion"
These tickets were elected, and very decided
msisTity OF Liberals " in both Hone. secured
by Ike means. These combined " Liberals
viii in January elect Samuel Wells, the Dem
ocra'ic and Rum candidate, TO the Office OF Gov
era0r, when the shti.fusion triumph will be-
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