Wisconsin herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1846-1849, 1847-09-04
FOR CONGRESS.
JOHN III. TW EEDY,
as OF MILWAUKEE. 89a@
Defaming the Read.

mark that when the Republican was first es.
iablished in polosi. "there were many reasons
operating and combining. and forming good
aud weghty reasons why we deemed il better
to adopt q non political course" Now il is
matter Of nooieiy, tina, while large major.
~ Of the stockholders of that press were
Wings, and that the Republican press owes
its very existence 10 potosi, 10 Wing capital,
and was under most sacred pledges Of neu.
ualiy, il had no sooner got into operation
than il unmashed It's political battery upon
the Wings. Thus shamefolly betrayed, the
Wing Stockholders Of course shook of the
scorpion they had warmed into life. and the
design Of locofoco clique. conceived from tie
inception IF lie enterprise, Of establishing
locofoco press 10 Polosi. was consummalod.
We should not noS notice the Republicans
1abinal vilifcalion Of living Wings; bu.
when il ventures 10 invade the ssncit!ty Of the
5Isve and distUrbs the sshes Of the dead. when
siamalizes The patriot Wings Of the Revo-
ion, who laid down their lives 10 achieve
nee 90 British power and drew their swords
,5e side Of tyranny. We are al loss for
apguage 10 describe The baseness Of false
God so unblushing. or the vileness oi It's
4u'hor. That we may not BIO accused OF mis-.
representation. we here quote tho precise
language Of the Republican. The libel is in
reese words
/" The Whigs Of tho American Colonies
long 10 aud fought. whilst there was hope
4 success, for the domnapoy Of foreign
aower on this continent. They sough, no
nancipaiion from their own fe,iers, bot
uauld have rivetled Monarchy on tho limbs OF
erhofn generations. Have the Wings Of the
srirriean States cheneed 10 ,heif naturel--
dave they become entirely regenerated from
hu fuulness of that old leaven which prompt
ID their ancestral party 10 bend the knee TO
ito British Nero, and dtOw their swords on
his sidel"
We call upon all good men, to stamp this
foul libel upon our noble ancestry, with the
eal of reproba,ion and especially do we call
aon Wings. who trace their principles as
ell 80 their geneaoey back through an On
ilisd line TO those times when the Wings OF
j banded together 10 rests, tho stamp act and
TODD shoulder TO shoulder through the war Of
Independence and who remained and whose
children still remain firmly united IN asserting
American rights, to brand this hbeller with
lasting infamy. This defamer has the as
suraocs 10 talk about subpunaing history 10
prove his outrageous ISLANDERS upon The Nhiss. /
He would have first TO subUrn history; for |
every page Of II proves him TO be a celomnia.
or Before ibis foreign m.soreaut calls CT
pbrnnas, he had better being non resi-
dent, 'he seeurl,y Tor costs" To atone for
presenting 10 the minds Of our readers these
'oul nspersioas of the Republican. ard 10 re.
,.ve tho Sc glorious "reminiscences which every
coed Wing loves TO cherish. we make The
following quotation from Boua's history. de.
scdp,ive OF the ardor Of the eolonisls just be.
fo-s the revolution:
Meanwhile, the horizon became every day
more lowering, In AMERICA aud civil war
seemed only waiting the signal 10 explode -
he Congress Of Massachusetts had passed a
0soution for the purchase Of all the gun.
,aUder tina, could be found, and Of every
+ot' of arms aud ammunition requisite for an
sTmy Of fifteen thousand men. This decree
Nas executed with the Utmost solciuds. and
there objects abouuded principally in Bos
q, tie Inhabitants empjoyed ail lheit I'd 4
rs 70 procure and transport them 10 places
safety 10 The county, by deeciving the
RUee Of lhe guard stationed upon the
nus. Cannon, balls, and other lpsttu.
Of war, were carried through the Eog
ootis, IN carts apparently loaded with
are powder, in the baskets or psuniets At
ho came from the Boston market, and
ses were concealed IN candle boxes.
"ln the meantime. the news
= Of ,he kings speech a, the opening OF
nenl; Of lhs resolutions adopted by TINT
and. finally, OF The act bv which the
ianis Of Massaehossus were declared
An the province flew "a arms, iudir.
became fury--ehsiinacy. despetadon.-
of reconciliation had become cbimer
rsssiiy stimulated the most umid:
rnaeanee fired evety breast. The
'iskied--,he materials disposed
aren impsnds. The ehidtsa are
rtn hat sgslusi their fathers; CHI
cluzens; and, as the Americans
he friends Of liberty against It's
-sgairs, the founders Of tyranny.
,imrs.' ssid they. in our right
placed The hope Of safety. The ex.
Ivy. The defence of property,
1ei Of our wives and daughters. With
'r7a can we repuse ieen,ious sol. I
protect what man holds dearest upon 4
!, and nninnsiied transmit cor rights 10