The Democratic pioneer. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1845-1853, 1848-08-25
Col. wynko'p on the stump-.-why he
RENOWNED WHIGGERY.

On the 9th instant there wasa tremen-
dons Democratic Meeting at atDoyles'own
Pa. General Patterson, Coils Wynkoup
and Black. Capt. Davis, (late Of Mass.
Vols. Robert TYLER, A. II. Rceder and
&. G. Collins, Esars., were the speakers,
Col, Wynkoop delivered, indeed. pow
erful speech, from which we take the fol-
lowing extract, which brands the federal
party as it 'desersesto be branded:
"At my coun,ry's call | marched as a
private soldier to sustain her honor. !
went out aewhig, with nv musket on my
shoulder and my kDapsack on my back,
thought my country wanted me. ] come
back to you, fellow cinzens. democrat!
! A full bio ooded democrat! Cheers And
as the wings in derision say, a red-mouth>
cd yenemous democrat lGreat applause.
And | thank the Mexican war for my con.
version. learned there the difference
/ of feeling--of soul, that existed between
the two parties. | learned there Lesson
that cannot be rejected. In the moment
|
service of m country, my mind wandered
back TO my far distant native land, and
/ mingled with the cheering recollections o {
whig. held on to the faith. ButI
learned that while the army Of the repnb-
lie was engaged in it's defence, my own
VII party, Influenced by expediency had
engaged in encouraging those who were
destroying the army which had been sent
abroad to represent them in The field Of
battle. saw apsrty in the United States
busily engaged in coudemning tile war
when knew and felt i, to be just. KNEW
that blood--good. true, red American
blood--had been shed upon American soil,
and twas tha, feeling that induced me to
lake up the musket. Ihase neverdoub,, !,
ed the business Of this war. [Cheers ]
Aud yielding to the influence and force
o f motives could not resist, gave inmy
adhesion TO the democratic party, with
heart and soul. [Gheers.l
Ican trace back 10 the whig party, mos,
of the carnage that Redeemed the plains of
, Mexico! lean point othem as the cause
of tile guerilla system, with all its enormi-
; ty and blood ,,hirstiness. heard the ar
gumapt the whig orators addressed 70 the
lpopMacs. aad knew their influence
in inciting the Mexicans to an obst-
nste and desperate resistance. knew
FOO, their influence upon my poor men,
some of whose bones are now bleaching
upon the plains of Mexico, point to the
Mexican party in the United States with
Hepry CLAY at their head, as the cause Of
all this evil
Taking the hint from him and his party
Salas, the orig g,nator Of the Guerrilla, nrg-
ed that they should hunt them down, wor
nv them ont and proIong the war. You
can't overcome them lie said when you
meet them face to face, and thousand to
thousand The democratic party he
said 'would insist upon prosecution of
the war. and would have an indemnity;
but if the whig party comes into power we
} have peace without any sacrificed of ter
rtory.' How this plan OF SaIas', sngges,ed
by the wing parry succeeded let TIE bones
of the Americans now in Mexico testify
let the gallant spirits who were maintain
ed, and are now lying in the hospitals
speak ont: and let the dead officers who
fell along the National road, utter their
voices.
And these men were struggling for their
, country's honor-not for one State but the
whole Union And what was their post
tioD! Surrounded by an enemy numer,
Gus enough TO crush them, and eat them
they found a party. a, home, where they
preparing the powder. and sharpening the
knife TO assassinate them. What was the
reward for which they looked! The ap.
proval of their countrymen-- no thing else
they earnestly gazed three thousand
miles back to their native land for iha t
approval. Where they should have found
assistance, and indeed appreciation, they
found nothing from the wIig party but
hostility. They tnrned back TO the work
with broken hearis--they felt that there
were black hearted, smooil, kioned pol
! iticians at home, encouraging the Mex
ican b!nodhounds to seek after their blond.
! But the crowning act of all, and that
which drove out o my heart the last YES
iige Of whig affection, was Henry Clay's
speech and resolutions at Lexington. ]
tell you and, speak it 10 honesty, that
te ars rolled down my cheeks when | read
them; and that too 10 good Spani.h. L
found them circulating in every street and
c"rnef OF Pnebla. Where then were my
wing principles! In the dust; and so help
me God hope forever. (Great cheering.
Another circumstance ] must sllude TO;
few weeks, afterwards. received the |
Monitor amerieaao. ] cont aioed the pro-