Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1848-05-24
Plain Questions for Whiggery to an.

PAIN Questions for Whlggery 70 an
SWeT.
Eli is true, .as stated BY whig orators
and by whig papers, that the present war
was commenced by the United States that
I Il IS war brought on by the unconstitu-
tionn acts Of M 4. Polk, why did Thomas
Corwin, C Crittenden, Of e y., m s. Clay-I
Ten Of Delaware, and every other federal
Senator in in Congress, but two--aIad Rob-
ert C. Schenck, Alexander Eanl,sf, Sam
uel F. Vinton, w inthrop The present
Speakers and esery bshess federal member
OF Congresa but fourteen, vote under the
solelnnity of their official oaths, that if was
commeneed~'by the act of the Republic Of
Mexico" &
If tits right to vote for Withholding sup
plies for money, food, clothing, arms and
ammunition from our brave troops in Mex
leo, as whiggery says it is,-leaving them
10 perish by the hand of cut-throat guerril-
leros; because the war On our part, is an.
unjust one, why did these federal Senators
and federal Representatives, vote to send
these brave men to Mexico-why did they
furnish them the means TO go to Mexico, 10
fight at al, if they were to be welcomed
with ssbloody hands to hospitable graves"
without the means ofdefending themselves?
lfthe present war is an uaaboly, an I'm.
just, and a dammable one, why does whig-
gerry now present as its prominent candid
ate, as the embodiment of its principles,
man who.openly boasted that he wished
some nook or corner in the present war,
that he, too, might "slay a Mexican?''
If the present war disgraces all concern
ed in it, why is it that large numbers of the
federal party and of the federal papers
take ground in favor Of Gen. Taylor or
Gen. Scott as the most available of all the
whig party, and place their adhesion to
these men solely on the ground fthe fame
they have gained by defeating the Mexicans?
iii is q praiseworthy act to take part a.
gainst the country in time of war, why is
it the tories Of the revolution and the blue
| light Hartford Convention federaiists of the
late war are held up as just objects for the
scorn and the contempt of the good and the
patriotic Of all parties.
fthe principles Of the federal party are
right, and would be beneficial to the coun-
try, why is it that the country has never
prospered under federal ruler
If the federal leaders and the chosen or.
Figans Of that nart sare.in fa5ors fdhesprin-
ciples of free government, why. did the
central organ Of the whig party Of Ohio''
aver that it had no confidence in the peo-
pie, and why did it endeavor to prevent the
people from rejoicing when France freed
herself from monarchial rule, by warning
them against synnpathising with 'agitators
abroad2o
lfwhiggery is not the bank party Of this
country why do their papers. their orators,
and their street -brawling politicians, defend
the banks in their swindling operations
defend them in their conspiracy in May,
1886, to defraud the people by wholesale,
and have since defended them for bringing
the irredeemable trash Of other states into
Ohio and paying it out ot their counters, as
was the case with the New Hope and Del
aware Bridge Company, and a 'few more
Of the same Sort" by which the.people were
plundered Of their hard earnings2
If the Wooster Bank was a loco:foco
concern, how comes it that it was first re-
ported in, and passed whig House of Rep
tresentatives, and how comes il that whig-
gerry opposed and voted down every at:
tempt made by democrats to guard the peo-
pie against its swindling operations.
If it was a democratic Bank, as charged
by the federal party, why did the democrat.
ic press of the State denounce it-warn the
people from time to time to be on their
guard, and when evidence was received
here that its owner had failed and that the
bank would, or had burst up, why did the
federal organ in this city, deny the asser-
ton until market was over, so that his
friends were enabled TO rid themselves OF
the trash, leaving the market women to be
the sufferersa
If Banking is right, why not allow eve
ry one to Bank--if Banking is wrong, why
not put it down!
II it is right to tax The people on their
money at interest, why not tax bankers on
the money they have at INTEREST,".
/ Ifitis right to tax mechanics, traders
and merchants on the capital invested, why
not tax the bankers on the capital they
| have invested2
If it is right to tax the banker only on
his profits, why not tax the farmer, the
mechanic and the merchant on their prof.
its, instead Of upon his land and s;ock-his
TCdPltdi luSCStCo3 anu uPot his booIS lAd
stock of materials on hand.
These are questions that we would like
much TO hear whiggery answer. 1t would
be rich scene to hear one of them at.
tempt it. The whig catechism does moi
provide answers for such questions. Ohio
Statesman.
THE RooRBAcKs IN a QUANDARY.-
Some federal papers having abused the
Secretary of the Treasury, the N. Y. Cou;
rier, [Col. Webb, thus hits the menda.
: cious papers of his own party vampires.
"Mr. Walker has CERTAINLY fnanciered
this administration through some very
tight places, and it must be conceded that
{ he has done it in manner which not only
$ greatly benefited the Government, but bore