Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1848-08-23
Col. WynkoOp on the Stump-Why ne
ren0unced Whiggery.


On the 9th instant there was q tremen
dous democratic meeting at Doylstown, Pa.
General Patterson, Coils. Wynkoop and
Black, Capt. Davis, Cate of Mass. Vols,
Robert Tyler, A. II. Reeder, and G. c.
Collins were the speakers. Col. WynkooP
delivered, indeed, powerful speech, from
which we take the following extract, which
brands the federal party as it deserves 10 be
branded: d:-Statesman
eat my country's cali, I marched as d
private soldier TO sustain her honor. went
on. n Mhig, with my musket on my shoul.
der and my ,knapsack on,my back 11ho't
my country wanted me. come back.te
you, fellow -cstizens, a democrati A full
bloodea demodrat! (Chcers.) And as the
wings in eerisen say, red-mouthed ven'
imous democrat. (Great applause. And l
thank the Mexican war for my conversion.
learned there the difference Of heart, the
difference Of feeling-of soul. that existed
between the two parties. learned there
lesson that cannot be rejected, In the mo.
ment Of peril and danger, while in the ar
duous service Of my country, my mind wan
dered back to my far distant native land,
and mingled with the cheering recollctions
of a whig. | held on to the faith. But |
learned that whilo the army of the republic
was engaged in its defence, my own whig
party, influenced by expedicncy, had en-,
gased in encouraging those who were de-
slroying the army which had been sent n
broad to represent them in the field Of bat
tie. saw a party in the United States bu-
silly engaged in condemning the war, when
know and felt it to be just. knew that
blood good, true, red American blood
had been shed on American soil, and il was
that feeling tha; induced me 10 take up my
musket. | have never doubted The business
of this war. (Cheers.) And yielding 10 the
influence and force Of motives | could not
resist, | gave in my adhesion 10 the demo-
cratic party, with heart and soul. [ heers }
can trace back TO the whig party most
of MeSico! c,n point to them Us the cause
Of the gaerilla system, with all its enormi.
tv and blood-thirstness. heard the argu
ments the whig orators addressed TO the pop
ulace, and knew their influence in incit-
ing tho Mexicans TO an obstinate and despe-
rate resistance knew, too, their influence
upon my poor men, some Of whose bones
are now bleaching upon the plains of Mex
leo poin: to the Mexican party in the u
nited States, with Henry Clay at their
head, as the ca::se Of all this evil.
Taking the hint from him and his party,
Salas, the originator Of the guerrilla sys.
tem,urged that they should hunt them down,
worry them out, and prolong the war.
| You cant overcome them,' he said, when
you meet them face to face, and thousands
to thousands '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 will
have a peace without any sacrifice Of terri
tory How this plan of Salas', suggested
by the whig party Of the United States, sue.
ceedcd, let the bones Of the Americans now
in Mexico testify; let the gallant spirits who
were manned and are now lying in the hos
pitals, speak out; and let the dead officers
who fell along the National Road utter
their voices.
And these men were thcro struggling for
their country's honor-not for one State,
but the whole Union. And what was their
position! Surrounded by an enemy, nu.
merous enough to crush them, and eat them
they found a party at home, where they
should look for succor, moulding the ball,
preparing the powder, and sharpening the
knife to assassinate them. What was the
reward for which they looked! The up.
prova! of their countrymen-rothing else
they earnestly gazed three thousand
miles back to their native land for that ap.
proval. Where they should have found
assistance, and indeed appreciation, they
found nothing from the whig party but hos.
tilty. They turned back to the work with
broken henrtss-they felt that their black
hearted, smooth.skinned politicians at home,
encouraging a1e Mexican blood hounds TO
seek after their blood. But the crowning
act Of all, and that which drove out Of my
heart the last vestige Of whig affection, was
Henry Clay's speech and resolutions at
Lexington. I tell you, and speak it in
honesty, that tears rolled down nv cheeks
when read them; and that too published
in good Spanish. L found them cirulating
in every street and corner of Puebla.-
Where then were my whig principles! In
the dust; and so help me God, hope for.
ever. (Great cheering.)
Another circumstance must allude TO;
Il few weeks afterwards, | received the
Monitor Anaeracano II contained the pro.
ceedngs of the Philanthropic society, COM
posed ofmen standing high in Mexico, in
which were resolutions complimentary of
Messrs. Clay. Corwin, G Giddings, Bolts, &C.,
and stating that these "illustrious friends of
have been elected honorary
members ofthe Philanthropic Society,"" and
let them remain there for,
aver. (Cheers.)
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