Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1840-10-01
From the Richmond Wing.
I" BRITISHn wings,

| This i. the Insulting epithet applied to the great
Wing party of this country, by the base tools OF a
corrupt Dynasty. Even in this city, report speaks
of the application OF This term to the Wings, by men
who enjoy Office solely from Wing tolerance and
| Wing hberaty This reptoach ut least, hy the
minions who make it, to be the most orprobous
which their imaginations and their insolenee can
suggest is levclled at Party which comprises IN
its ranks the surviving soldiers Of the Revolu-
ton, the large majority Of the surviving patriots OF
49, the lades almost enmasse, mhlary OF all the
learned professions Oh the United states, majority
Of the farmers, Flauters mechanic and merchants,
in fine an immense majority OF the whole Ameri-
can People. There are pa,tsans of rho Federal pow
er so weak as wellas odePFaved, - indecent as well
as SO malignant, thus to stigmaiize majority OF
thtir countrymen to gtatify lhci party spleen and
their party revenge
But should the Wings, after all, feel insuted By
the application Of this epthet, although the design
of The miscreants who employ 1t, be to insult them!
who ure British Wings" Do these vile retain
ers Of our Central Daspotsm know Ii they did
they would hardly honour the Wings Of America,
By comparing them to the most lGstrous names in
the whole tide Of time Their ignorance is on L.
vel with their insolence. They compliment, when
most they mean TO derogate and insult. Who are
British Whigsl The men who sought liberty Of
thought and sacrificed oil the advantages of ciyili
zed hfo to Oh ain il in the American wilderness,
planted this glorious empire, were British Wings.
John Milton, was British Wing, John Hau'7den,
John Selden, Lucius Cary, Algernon Sidney, John
Lilburn Henry Vane, d. Hollis, Jno. Pym, Jno Ell
liot,-the founders Of English Liberty and its mar
tyrs, were Bfilish Whigs Joseph Addison was
British Wing; John Locke was British Wing;
Lord Chatham ard Junius, Burke and Barre, Shcr-
idau and Fox, The illustrious champions OF the
Ii ghts AID Liberty OF man, were British Wings
British Wings for just 200 years, since the name
originated, have conquered, maintained, and still
maintain, that English Liberty which is, practical
ly more perfect than ours for opinion is not there
punished aud an English Monarch dare not do
what an American Monarch, styled President
does daily and does with impuniiy.
Do We then feel degraded by being compared
with British Whigsl Far from it, We could put
up no better wish for its Liberties through all time
than that It's councils may be directed and its des
TIMES controlled, by men Ike British Wings,
who, two centuries ago. established the Liberty of
Eng and and have since maintained it.
They have not called US Tories Let Us be CRATE
ful for that. With all their good will and their
good intention to insult u.s. tho menals of Federal
ism have not dared to call Wings Tories. Shall
thank their courtesy, or their consciousness that
they alone deserve the title, who but in loyalty
the lash OF power is Aourished their heads;
who praise the oppressOr the more, the more their
liberties oppressed; who never presume To find
fault, or finding it, atone 10 their masters for the
Standardization, ty increased zeal and increased
devotion ia his services Call us, gentlemen, Fee
dera Whigs--ca US British Whigs--cnll us Bank
Whgs-cail us what you please, but Tories the
acquiescng and submissive ard joyful slaves of
contemplate despatism, which in 60 days, we, the
Wings, will level with the earth.