The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1844-07-17
From the Easton Democrat---lately Whtg paper.
WHY WE LEFT THE WINGS.

From the EastOn DemOcrat--lGtely a Wdig paper.
WHY WE LEFT THE WINGS.
We have already given to our readers an out
line of our reasons for having embraced the good
cause of democracy. We are not ashamed of
this cause for truly it is the cause of the people,
II against partial and unequal laws, made for the
benefit of the few. However, we do not wish
10 disguise the fact, that three years ago we OPP
Grated with those who tried to trample this good
cause under their feet. In our youth, We, like
thousands of others, were deceived and imposed
upon by the good promises and democratic pro-
lessons of old federalists, who had assumed the
name Of whig, without having changed their prin-
ciples. In the contest of lS40, in order TO car
Try the elections, they profcssedto be "pure dem
ocratic republicans of the Jelfersonan school,
and, as we thought, faithfully and honestly pro-
missed "to rectfy all the evils under which the
country suffered, and restore the government TO
the pure democratic principles Of jefferson and
Madison" They loudly declared that we must
have change in our rulers, and inscribed upon
their banners that we must choose Harrison and
prosperity, or Van Bnren and adversely. Laying
their hands upon their hearts, and looking very
honest, they said if we voted " the democratic
1whig ticket" the people should be blessed 'wlth
high wages, plenty of work, good times, and
strict economy in the public expenditures. By
this, and such Ike MEANS thousands and tens Of
thousands of honest democrats were induced to
vote with the whigs-and we went with the
throng. The election came" Tip, Ty, and
Tom" were victorious The wings had Prcsi-
dent, Vice President, and cabinet Of their own
choice-a whig majority of forty-six in the House
=, TTbo ,r,ior
carried the elections their own way, according to
their desires. They thus obtained the power in
their own hands to redeem their good promises,
and prove that they were "pure democratic re-
Ipubljcans." But when they had obtained the
Offices, they forfeited their pledges. In fact,
they have shown by their acts that they are op-
posed to what they profess to bc--that they were
political hypocrites in lS40 We know Of no
way of judging tree but by its fruit.
During the mad campaign, Spectator, as we
heard stated, said he expected it TO be ten thou
sand dollars in his pocket, if the wings should be
victorious. We could not imagine upon what
foundation he built his expectations. Many men
smiled at the idea; they did not believe that
honest men would pass law to put that much
money in one mans pocket. But they were
mistaken. The wings, at their famous extra ses-
sion, passed bankrupt law, by which they au-
thorzed that man TO pay off much larger sum
Iwith-nothing. He had obtained the benefit of
that whig law. We have been informed that he
does not now feel himself under the least moral
obligation to pay any of his debts, because he
has paid them with the bankrupt law! He may
now sell dover rights in farms he never paid for,
accumulate riches, and ride in his fine crriage,
while his honest creditor suffers for the want of
what he justly owes.
ANOTHER REMUNERATION OF WHIGGERY---
The Perry Democrat of Wednesday says" The
wings of this vicinity were thrown into fits on
Friday evening last, by an announcement that
flew through the village like wild-fre, that |. N.
Stoddard, the big gun Of whggery-whg mem
Der of Assembly--and whose name has long been
and is at this time, on the list of the whig Cen
tral Committee for this Congressional District
that ISAAC N. STODDARD, Esq, was in the
Hickory Club Room, in the worry act Of address
ing meeting, and renoHnciag Whiggery. 1t
was even so. The house was crowded, and whg
after whg peeped in to hear the news. Mr.. S.
called TO the minds of his hearers the facts, that
he was never in favor Of National Bank, and
that during the Harrison campaign in 40, his in
structions were not to speak upon this subject
The first demonstration Of the wings after going
into Office, however, was TO espouse this very
measure, repeatedly condemned and rejected by
the people, and dangerous to the liberties of the
country; and Mr.. Stoddard, with thousands of
others, have ever since looked at the party with
apprehension and distrust--until now, the time
has arrived when the country demands that every
man should act for the preservation and perma-
nency of our institutions"
MORE REyUNcIATIoNs OF WHrGGERY.- The
Portland (Me.) Argus, in alluding TO the numer-
Gus renunciatons Of Whiggery which are daily
occurring in all sections Of the Union, adds the
following in the State of Maine, to the long lst
already published:
In our own State we hear constantly of indi-
viduals, who were strong TIP aud Ty' men in
1910, who 90 it with a rush for Polk and Dallas.
Those who left us then are coming back and
bringing others with them, They call for Polk