Juliet signal., 1847-08-10
For the Signal.

wings OF VIII, arouse! cast off that
fatal apathy that has hung like a milestone
around the necks of our party.LTrue
Democrdt.Ho fuu aaiiat7 ssRs,ui dsus
A remark more Just and pertinent could
not have been uttered. There is an apa.
thy that hangs about the term Whig,-an
ambiguity in the word when applied to
political party; in a government like ours,
that mustepeE be fatal, as long as the
principles of, selfgovernfnent shall, be
cherished by its people. When our fore
fathers were about to declare themselves
absolved from the then existing govern.
ment. they assumed the name ofs.Whig;"
and why? because it was word,that sig
nifed opposition to the government under
which one lives. They were subjects of
Great Britain, and rebelIed; consequent.
~, according toths true interpretation of
language, were.. ..vdenonainatedo Wings.
And the term is appropriate to any party
who wish TO secede from, overthrow or
shaks OF ths existing government. And
does it apply TO the Federal party in this
country, who have Voluntarily assumed
the name? Yes. When General Jackson
vetoed the Bank of the United States, the
Federal party declared that the President
had subverted the "glorious" institutions,
and our government was nothing moro
nor less than a monarchy, with Andrew
Jackson at its. head; and they then took
upon themselves that name, which is rev.
erenced by the American people, only
from the glory Of the revolution that sew.
cred us from our then existing govern
ment, and openly declared themselves in
direct hostility with this government.
Whether General Jackson played the
Iyrant or not, has now become 8 matter
of history, and the conduct of the FEEDER.
al, now s. Whig' party, on that occasion,
has also BECOME, historical, and stamps
upon them as q political party, q tissue
OF fraud and MISREPRESENTATION, tnparal-
leled in the annals of this or any former
Republic. But did this warfare cease
with the administration of General Jack.
son. No. The same doctrine is advanced
The same system of fraud practiced,
and the same principle of misrepresenta-
tien is adheredto; and take them all in all,
they are the same old Coon, and as a
matter of course, they still continue, to
wage war against the present institutions,
ever hoping that they may meet with
equal success in discarding this beautiful
system under which we live, as our more
honored fathers did in shaking eoffthe iron
hand Of their government in l71& To,
every friend Of freedom and popular gov,
ernment, the memory Of the vetran
Whigs1of '76, is held sacred. They
,sobghtto discard a. system ofirule that
was oppressive; but modern Whiggery"'
seeks to subvert a government the very
best under the canopy Of heaven, and es-
tablish upon the ruins, a system modelled
after the British form, which Alexander
Hamilton, the father of federalism, de-
clared to be the hest form of government,
with all its corruption, that was ever de-
vised by the wit Of man. O. @'" - 5'' 3
A powerful monied oligarchy, in the
character of National Bank, was
among the cardinal doctrines advanced BY
the Federalists; as essential to give tone
to the financial character. of the nation.
Great Britain has National Bank, and
we must pattern after that powerful ma
ton; and we see the Federal Wings still
mounted on the sarne hobby. although be
little horse is rather jaded from long ri
ding; yet the creature occasionally win.
ces and strikes off under the ssgeneral
wellare, ,-thatTthe arts and sciences may
be advanced and honest industry reward.
ed. But, /" Wings do your duty!", and
since it was, the duty of our fathers, as
Wings OF '76, to shake off the then ex-
listing government, do ye even the same
now, that you may be worthy ofathe
name YOU assumst while in, a passion
with ths departed sage of the Hermitage;
but you must expect to be " shrouded in
Egyptian darkness" J" without "sOlitaiy
ray Of hope. But, believe me, themass
Of the American people wish to perpelu-
ate this government, and transmit its glo-
rious institutions las they now, exist TO
poste rity, uniinpaired: But the Whig
organ of Will, says, that the Democratic
watch word has been; Down with the
pestilent, rotten Whig benks-down with,
rnanufactories-a suspension Of our pub
lie works, &c. Nows this is that :. same
old Coon" again, and iunbibes the prin.
ciPles OF Henry Clay, when he was 'sdri-
wing the last nail into the edffin of Jack
.sonism."s When has the Democratic
party, cried down banks; save when they
were about being established, or their
charters renewed Who has heard q
Demoerax 5demandsthe downfall of the
manufacturer, or desire the suspension Of
our public works. Such bufoenery may
answer for the columns of q Wing paper,
under the ensign of True Democrat"
but honest, Intelligent people viii view il
with fhatulcontempt that misfepresenta-
tion ever merits. aiaW eli te ssilis tio =
Again. il is said, that ssssWhig meas,
,,ros . DC, nonilIar nd nn1sf tr;,,nnnb ., r.,