The Whig standard. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1843-1844, 1844-08-02

that his disparagehent of Col King will add no.
thing to the polilica! capital of Gov Polk"
But if he will convince me that there il a
we-foundod suspclon--a reasonable doubt--of
the personal courage of Col King, pronounce
him. without hesitation or qualification, totally un-
fit for the office OF Vice President Of the U. S.
care not hcw honorable man may be, if he is
coward he cannot maintain his honor; and hence
it is, such man is disqualified Tor the office of
Vice President"
snow, sir, Col. King has never been nsulted,
day after day; and, above all, he was never
caught roughly by the arm, when escaping from
the Capitol, pulled round, and told that he was
the contemplate tool of petty tyrant = pledge
my head, if he is ever so treated, he will resent
the insult in the' proper way. Will "A Tennes-
see democrat do the same in regard to Mr.. Polk!"
"The truth is, it will not do Gov. Polk has
no greater claims upon the people of this Union
than any other man of equal ability, who has
faithfully maintained the principles OF his party
There are now at least one hundred men in The
Union who have served their party as long, as
ably, and as faithfully as Governor Polk; whose
claims are fully equal in every respect 10 his, but
whose names have never been mentioned in Cons
nexion with the Vice Presidency, and possibly
never will be. 3M
81 therefore respectfully suggest to "A Ten-x'
nessee Democrat to abandon that system Of pNff2#
ing, blowing, and swelling, by which a toad may
be magnified into the dimensions Of an OK; Or, ii
he still wishes TO persevere, let him do SO upon
the merits of his own subject, and not upon the
dement's of Others"
Mr. George w. Brent, Of Alexandra, came
next in order. He had good deal to say about
bargains and coalitions and other hunbugs, which
we have no room to detail
Samuel Hambleton, jr, the Wing Electoral
Candidate for the 9th Congressional district, was
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an hour with great eloquence and ability, and in
the name of the Wings of that glorious Wing
district, he promised a larger majority for Pratt
in October, than any Wing candidate has ever
before received.
After him came Col. Thomas G. Pratt, the
Wing candidate for Governor. His speech Was
confined to matters of State concernmenl, and
the charges which the Locofocos are secretly aud
circulating against him. One of
these Is, that he voted against giving TO lhe peo-
pie the election of Governor and Senator'S. After
declaring that he was not in the Legislature when
the new Constitution was passed, he showed that
the very Wing Senate, for which as Senatorial
Elector under thesold Constitution, he had voed,
passed the new Constitution and moreover, that
Is of the II Locolocos in the Legislature--theIr
whole straightforward against the Constitution,
by which the people are privileged to elect their
Governor and Senator'S.
In conclusion. he reminded the w hIgs that
mass meeting of the Wings of the lst Congress
sional district was to come off at Benedict On The
10Th Of September to that he invited them. He
told them to be there by thousands, with their
music and banners, and to show to the other parts
of the State that they regarded the cause of their
Gubernalorial candidate as the cause of Henry
Clay and the Wing party.
After spirited Wing song, the days proceed
ing were closed with nine cheers for Henry Clay
and three cheers for Thomas G. Pratt-and never
was claiborne shou; given in better earnest or
with more hearty good will. The Wing speak,
ers were af heartily cheered by the crowd, both
at the commencement and conclusion of Their
and the Locolocos also were Warmly
greeted and applauded by their friends.
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