Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1848-06-22
confdeuce in the sincerity Of the professions of,h

leaders of that party | have known them from
the very beginning of my political existence, and
through my whole career, have found them taking
step after step downward, and still downward, to
the lowest depths of ruin. (Applause.) have nc
affinites for that party But, sirs. concede tc
the mass that honesty which claim for the mass
Ies of our own. would not be understood as
yielding in the slightest degree sanction to the
principles of that party. What are their princi-
pies! shall not trespass upon the intelligence
of this assembly by attempting description ol
them. They are ndescribable They are non
descript. They mean cverything-they mean
nothing at ALL (Appause) We have principles,
as we profess. why are we the advocates OF
these principles! haze advocated them because
believe in their justice, their purity, and their
adaptation to the wishes and necessities of great
and growing people, as we are have fought
under the Whig banner would not have. this
night, obliterated from that banner one solitary ar
ticle of the Whig creed. believed in it in 1910;
believed in it in II believe in it in lS4S ;
and, by the grace of God, expect to adhere to it
as long as live. [Appause.]
Some have said-our enemies have said---that
these principles are passing away,-that they have
become obsolete. Not so. AS soon expect the
pillars of the Universe to give way, as to expect
that the principles of the Whig party can ever fall
They are indestruc,ible. Expediency may change;
but principle is permanent and immutable.
But, sir, there is something more in the Wing
party than the mere profession of its principles.
There is enough quite enough in the prn-
ciples Of the Wing party to elicit my admiration
and to command my affection. Take them as they
have been presented to by our fathers, and they
stand out in bold relief, bearing upon their front
the impress Of experience, of wisdom and of age.
But, sirs, suppose all these were to pass away.
every solitary doctrine,---l mean so far as the
pediency is concerned ---still sir permit to say
there is an impossible gulf between the Wing and
the Democratic party. say, srs. strike out all
the doctrines of the Wing party---strike out the
Tariff and insert in its place the destructive doc
trine of Free Trade--strike out the National cur
rency and institute in its place the Sub treasury
still the gulf remains. These doctrines are but
the outposts that surround the citadel-they are
but the materials of which thc-casket is composed
while the jewel is within Great applause
That which belongs to the Wing party, and
which commands my admiration and not only my
admiration, but my profoundest reverence, is the
spirit of Whiggery--that essential element, that
influence, which looks to the const-
tuition and the laws for the preservation and main
tenance of the rights of man. Tremendous ap-
plause. 1t is that spirit-that divinity of the
Wing party-which commands my admiration.
And strike out at one unhallowed blow all the
doctrines---the measures of policy of the Wing
party, and still, but inscrbe upon its banner the
one, isolated principle, the constitution and the
law, and under that banner am ready to fight for
ever. (Great applause.)
Fellow citizens---I did not meet you here to-
night for the purpose of discussing questions of
political economy---I did not come to the city of
to enlighten you upon any of the
oaf of ho Il hav mn pltv
Il would be guilty of no such presumption ;---but
came here tonight for the purpose of looking on
his mass | wished to see the faces ofthe Wings
Of the city and county of Philadelphia. Zap
olause) | wish to be able, when | return home
% the far west. to tell your brethren there that |
nave seen you, and that the same spirit that ami
mates the Wings beyond the mountains, still burns
lpon the alter of the hearts of the Wings of Penn
'ylvania (Great applause.)
Sirs, had another motive for desiring to visit
his assembly to-night-a motive perhaps personal
o myself--for thank God | have no DISCUSSES,
10 concealments. l desired to meet you here
est some might suppose that my affections had
cooled towards the Whig party. He that thus
me, knows nothing of the heart within.
Applause. 1t is true came here desiring the
of another illustrious American citizen.
Great applause. | came here resolved to dedi-
;ate all my humble energies to the selection of
mother individual as the candidate Of our party.
came here honestly pledged to the accomplish
nent of that event. SO far | had the ability.
lave done all that could do; and being as frank
Is | am fearless, only regret that had not the
power to do more. (Applause.) came here de-
ring to secure the nomination of Henry Clay, of
kentucky. Enthusiastic demonstrations, lond
md long continued applause--ihree cheers for
Henry Clay-three cheers for old Zach And
ny friends, am free to declare to you that pre-
er him to any man, and to all men, fol that Office.
had rather fight under his banner than that of
my other chieftain that lives under the burning
Jun of heaven. | have fought under his BAN
Ter from the earliest period of my political exis-
ence down to this good night.
But sir, while came here loving Henry Clay
With all the ardor-perhaps with the infatuation
# youth, and with the constancy of middle age, |
owe my country more. ELong continued applause II
And, sirs, desiring, did, to fight under that an
ent standard believing that our safety was there,
et when the majority of the great Wing family |
o which belong and with whcht is my pride |
md my pleasure to act, had declared otherwise, it
nly became me to bow, with profound Difference,
0 the fiat ofmy friends. [Applause.1 And. sirs,
n the presence of this vast multitude, am
rec to declare that shall give my support to
General Zachary Taylor. Tremendous applause
| should be vain indeed, should be presumptu-
us indeed, should do violence to that divinity of
he Wing party to which have alluded-I near
he essential spirit of conservative infuences--if
could hesitate one moment in determining upon
he course of duty for me to pursue. Sirs, | |
hould do violence to the heart of that great
nd glorious spirit that have sought to serve -