Holly Springs gazette., 1845-02-08
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% watch over the public interest, and as slndara
bearers for the great Whig party. | would call
YOUR, and their attention tothe injunction con-
tained in The motto with which | have beaded
this article: That now in the calm. AMI gentle
Tine OF peace, when the fierce stlife OF great po
;itcal contest has just blown over, and when al.
have leisure to read, and examine for themselves,
We should be industrious in spreading cur prin-
cipIes with copious arguments, and illustrations,
before the people, and The country. Ia time OF
peace like the present, this can be done only By
The periodical press. Il is principally 10 this
source, that The great mass of the party are to
look for those resistleSs weapons of reason aud
argument with which to fight the approaching
battles. Look at the conduct of the Locofoco
party even in the hour of unexpected success.
Even when elated and flushed with victory, they
continue with unabated zeal to publish, and dis
seminate their baneful doctrines throughout ev-
cry section Of the country Their presses are
every where daily teemiDg with the letters, and
speeches of their orators, and the voluminous e
diets, bulls, orders, ana decTeals from the pc
rennial Council at Washington. Yet we who
are defeated and should therefore ever be on
the 'qaa rjre.' are content to lie suPineiy idle,
without making scarcely any, and no concerted,
effort TO oppose the propagation of the disorga-
nizing tenets Of modern democracy.
In the late struggle we were beaten-sgnally,
bat as God is my Judge, believe, fra@daleaHg
beaten Is it the part of patriotic soldiers 10 be
content to remain so? Ts it the part of men, who
on the one hand have been warring against doe
Ill, r FoIf., ft,1l
sway viii prove ruinous 10 the country, aud on
The other, have been defending principles which
fbev are convinced if adopted into tie admins
tra,ion Of the government, will rebound 10 the
honor. the prosperity, and the peace Of the
whole countrv,-is it the part OF such men en-
gagged in so holy a cause, to give up the fight
famefy 10 surrender? I am well assured that no
such intention exists in the breast of the Whi2
party; bat equally well assured am |, that
Whigs--the press especially-are not taking
these steps which are necessary to secure Us 4
gaiDst another overthrow. The conductors OF
the yyhig press do not seem to be alive to the
paramount importance Of bringing political in
formation and the truth, and beauty OF the WhiS
creed, home 20 every mans door. Who will
deny that the surreptitous appropriation, and
felonious use Of one Of our most cherished prir-
cipeS, by the opposite party was one, and by no
means the least of the causes which brought a
bout our defeat. Our antagonists especially at
the North claimed TO be as good Tariff men as
we ourselves were In Pennsylvania they
claimed to be better, and "James K Polk and
Protective Tariff was inscribed upon all their
banners. They also stole from US the One
term principle, and it is hard to tell when, or
where they will cease their depredasions upon
The Wing creed If orr Edilors and writers do
net speedily arouse themselves from their leth-
arsy. OF course, Mr.. Editor, I do not accuse
yo@ of a want ofacIviy or energy, in upholJing
&c good cause; that mastery letter from Mr..
Crawford recently published in your paper rela-
ting 10 the operation OF the Tariff on the inter
ests Of the South, and other subjects, together
with your own efforts from week to week, were
alone amply sufficient 10 exonerate you from
any such charge. But think every attentive
observer win bear me oat when, [ charge that
large majority Of he Whig press. have been
guilty of the most unPardonabIe imbeciiity ever
since the late elections. Our arsenal has been
broken open by the enemy, and plundered of
some Of lis most valuable stores, and yet we hear
warning-cry from the sentinels on the watch
tower. rshores are continually Delayed by
The worst population OF Europe, and yet we sell
dom hear more than a simple protest from those
whose duty il is, to keep watchfu eye over the
public veal. 1t is shrewdly suspected, and dark
ly hinted, Chat the Jesuits-those JanizarieS of
the Pope, and others Of tie Roman priesthood
with an activity, and secrecy, and detergnna-
tion to succeed worthy the projectors Of the
'Gunpowder plot" undermining the foun-
dations of our republican institutions; and vet
the only alarm we hear from the Press, is the
low, and stiaed cry of men who are afraid to
come out boldly, because there is danger of in
censing sect The form ofthe murdered Sub
Treasury has lately beea resuIrected from its
unhonored grave where it was permitted to lie
uudsturoed throughout the whole of the late
canvass, aud is about to be fastened upon the
country; and yet we hear little or nothing from
the Whig Press to prevent a consummatIon so
much opposed to the wishes of the people.
What | would propose, then is, that the press,
should exert itself even in these piping times
Of peace, to spread useful political knowledge. |
and all our principles in all their rami6cations
and bearings before the Country, and Sho1y to The
people that their principles righttuIfy belong to
as. Let us show to the people of Pennsylvania |
and New York. and to the whole Union, that We
originated, and promulged the true principles Of /
Tariff that We adjusted, and nicely balanced /
he two great features Of revenue and protection
in The Tariff Of -, and that to US belongs what
eFercredit nay attach 10 thai measure. In 6ne,