The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1848-09-12
THE WINGS 81 THE WAR.

\ Al d recent celebration Of the
Democracy Of DoyIeston, Pa, the
gallant Col. Wynkoop, who went
10 Mexico q strong whig, and, be-
came 50 disgusted with the toryism
of that party, that he it was cal
led upon for a speech, to which he
made the following eloquent res
ponse:
4 Old Friends aud Playmates:-
Associates of my youth compan-
ioes ,ofmy boyhood's sports ! Twas
born among you-drew my first
breath in your midst -6shed in your
streams--and gunned in your woods
II have been abeent for a long
time. I have been far separated
from you, but my native home has
ever been warm in my recollection,
never forgotten. AS the infant
pines for its absent mother, SO have
Ipined to see your faces once again!
L. behold before me now the good
yeomanry of my natal country, upon
whose hearts the finger of God has
written that honesty of purpose
which has always characterized
you. Your country's honor, her
dignity, and her welfare are at
stake in the coming contest. | was
a whig. I came from a long race
Of wings, and there is scarcely a
democrat in mylong line of connex-
ions. AT my country's call / mar
ched as a private soldier to sustain
her honor. ! went out whig with
my musket ON my shoulder and my
knapsack on my back. / thought
my country wanted me. / come
back to you fellow-citizens a dem
ocrat! [Cheers A flll-blooded
democrat. Cheers. And as the
wings in derision say, a red-mouth-
ed venomous democrat! Great
applause.1 And ! thank the Mcxi-
can war for my conversion. !
learned there the difference of heart,
Of feeling, Of soul, that existed be-
tween the two parties. | learned
there lesson that cannot be re]ec-
ted. During the moment Of peril
and danger, while in the arduous
service of my country, my mind
wandered back to my far distant ma
tive land, and mingled with the
cheering recoIlections Of a whig.-
L held on to the faith. But | learn
ed that while the army of the re-
public was engaged in its defence,
my own wing party, influenced by
expedience had engaged in encour-
aging those who were destroying
the army which had been sent a.
broad to represent them on the field
of battle. / saw a party in the
United States busily engaged in,
condemning the war, when | knew
and felt it to be just. | knew that
blood d-good, true, red, American
blood, had been shed upon Ameri-
can soil--and it was that feeling
that induced me to take up my mus
ket. Ihave never doubted the just
ness of this war. (Cheers.) And
yielding to the influence and force
Of motive, I could not resist; gave
in my adhesion to the democratic
party, with my heart and SOUL
Cheers. / can trace back to the
whig party most of the carnage that
Redeemed the plains Of Mexico! l
can point to them as the cause of
the guerilla system, with all its enor-
nifty and Iood-thirstiness. Iheard
the arguments of the whig orators
addressed to the populace, and l
knew their influence in melting the
Mexicans to an obstinate and des-
perate resistance. Iknew too, their
influence upon my poor men, some
whose bones are now bleaching
upon the plains Of Mexico. l point
to the Mexican party in the United
States, with Henry Clay at their
head, as the cause Of all this evil
Taking the hint from him and his
marty Salacs tho nri0inafor nf tho