Holly Springs gazette., 1844-04-13
THE WHIGS AND THEIR
PRINCIPLES.

PRINCIPLES.
Read the following stirring appeal from
the eloquent address delivered by William
Fl. Seward, al mass melting Of the wings
Of Cayuga and Cortland counties, n Y. on
the 22i February last
The inhabitants Of the banks orthe Nile
/ have tradition that the greatest orthe T.
! eyptian Pyramids vas built bv he Antede.
! luyians, aud veaerste that great obelisk as
| the only work Of that mighty race tha, IA.
withslood the foods that changed and de-
/ formed lbe face of Nature Something like
/ tins il the reverence 4 feel towards The WHO
party. L. was erected not this year, nor 4
/ few years ago. lis foundations were laid.
and It's suPerstructure reared by the mighty
| men OF ages now reniote-byfhe Hamdenx,
/ he Sldneys. the Vanes. and the Millions
/ BY the Pfesbyterans. the Puritans. the Re
pubiicans, the wings of Engand-those who
hrst secured ,;he responsibility of Kings By
| bringing he tyrant Charles to the block !:
and the iDvi0ia5ility OF Parliaments; BY e
fecting even IN England, Scotland, and ire
land Comm0Aaoeakkb. Thtn aud there
arose the Wig party that! party which
now, under whatever name, Ia every civil.
zed country, advocates the cause Of constitu-
tioaal representative Government with
~aichful jealousy of Executive power. OF
that race who feared only c. d aad loged lib
erty, We're the founders OF Virginia and Of
New Eng land, and the Catholic founders Of
Maryland ana the peacefa! settlers Of Penn-
lsylvania were worthy of them Here thev
estabhshed governments ef yLich Europe
vas not worthy, and to pefpetnate them they
| founded institutions for the worship of God
and for the education of children
Thus early was promulgated the pure
whlg creed equal popular representative
governments, jealousy Of Executive power.
the worship of God, and the education oil
children When the prosperity Of these CO.
lonies excited the cupidity Of The parent
state, and the KING and Parliament invaded
the rights of the American people, there
were two parties, as there always have been
since, and always will be hereafter. One of
them adhered 10 the colonies through perils
Of confscalion and death-the other clunQ
to the throne Of England. The one was
wing, and he other was-I will no. call a
name that the error of ultra loyalty then
rendered odious. and theuceforth and foreY.
er infamous. [Great applause ! | desire TO
be understood. [ by no means impute u
our opponents that they have succeeded to
the loyalists of the Revolution | aver sol
emnly my belief that, as a general truth, all
men of all parties are alike honest and pr
triot.c citizens, and seek their countrv's good
alone. Political life would have been IN
profitable indeed, if it had not taught me the
virtue of candor in Judging others. as well
as the great error of always expecting can
dor in their Judgments on myself
! Bot [ maintain that, let other parties oro-
| TESS what they may. and assume TO them
selves what name they may, and while the
pFincip pies OF all parties assimilate often, aud
| their policy still more frequently, yet the
whig party always IS found and known bv
these marks Jealoasly of Executive pow
er and striet adherence to a system of firm
and equal repTes tentative legislation The
Veto, the strongest brlwaTk o. Executive
power. has always bad an admirino party,
bat it was not the wing party. The veto
has been Upheld by the Royal party in En-
gland as steadily Us BY our own opponents
here, & has been defended with the same ar
guments. Il has been practically abolished
there BY the wing patty. and will ultimate
IL be restrained Or abolished by the whig
party here Legislative records have been
expuuged to allay Executive anger. and
there was party 10 jastifythe sacriIege-
bdt It was never the wing party. Judges
have been censured, and their judmenis vir-
tnally obliterated as an Offering to Execn-
live ambition; but never by wings Equal
It's of representation is destroyed when ma
ny Representatives are unnecessarily elected
by plurality of suffraoes. instead of dele
es being elected in single districts of
equal population. This fundamental prin.
eiple has been abrogated by Congress. and
there Is party that approves the deed; but
it is notthe whig party Legislatures have
usurped the power ofchoosing the electors
for President and Vice President ofthe Uni
ted States, and party among US has canon
lied the usurpers; but it was not the
whig parry. There has been limitations of
popular suffage,and the exclusion of classes
| from the ballot-boxes. and there has been a