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NEWPORT.
OrrIoE 1913, THAMEs-sTREET,
NEWPORT

UP We commend to our reader the fol-
lowing extract of speech from that whole
souled Whg, Mr.. Senator CoRwN,-I
Cor,vin, as the People Of Ohio, fondly call him,
delivered at a meeting of some two thousand oi
the Sovereign People held in Greene county
Ohio, on the 3O,h ultimo. After some prclim-
mary remarks, he said -
THAT he found but one Whig candidate III
the field for the Presidency and, believing
Whig principles to be necessary for the pros
perty Of the country, he should be recrcant to
that country if he deserted those principles
now for the sake of men. Is Gen Taylor
Wing, [Cries of Eyes," loud and long,
with few FAINT " noes.'l | am glad TO hear
those has,y "noes." am here 10 testify /;
listen to me ten minutes, and then say " no.
if you can Wha. are Wing principles Are
the tariff, the currency, internal improvements
are such questions Of policy, which are mu-
table and liable to change with the changing
circumstances of the country-correct to-day,
and nexpedicnt tomorrow, perhaps-are these
the principles of the party' These form the
policv of tho Wings; but the principles upon
which that party is founded are older than all
these. Wing principles did not originate with
Gen. Taylor. No. Look back for centuries
and across the water, and you will find that
John Hampden was the first Wing, and lad
down his life in defence of their prlnciples-in
opposition TO the one man po'cer. The king
wanted his ship money, but John Hampden
and the Wings said he should not have 1t un-
al voted By Parliament. This was the prnci-
ple brought across the water by the Pilgrims ;
and our fathers in '76 declared that because
the King withheld his consent from laws
wholesome and necessary, they, as Wings,
would no longer consent to be governed by
him. What is Gen Taylor's position upon
this queston-this Wing principle Is he not
a Whg' Docs he not say the people, by
their representatives, must make the laws, and
he, if elected, will execute them' What do
the Wings want of a President suppose
YOU want a President TO act under the constl-
luton I'D TeCOHHHfuu W Cohb'So'
he may deem necessary; to recommend ap-
pointments to office and to stop THERE, let
ting the law-makine power created by the con-
s,itution do its duty within the boundaries
marked out by that instrument. Is this so =
Well, this is the position occupied by General
Taylor. Like you, my brorhcr Wings, l
wanted to know, when Gen. Taylor became
the candidate, his opinions ] wanted not his
pledges wanted to know his opinions upon
vetoes: for, while the People rule, our Con-
stitu,ion and our Government are safe against
corruption, money, and power; not even the
movers of darkness can overthrow them. We
have his opinions-we may thank the Demo
Gratis for that, for their published fasehoods
drew him ou,--and those opinions are such as
The Whips have entertained from the time OF
Hampden till the present day. But, says
some brother Wing, Gen. TAYLOR is no
politcian--he never made any stump speech
cs, No but he is equal to every emergency,
wherever placed and the plain, honcs'-heart-
ed old soldier will not be found wanting in
judgement even in the White House, rhere he
takes ND his residence on The ih Of March
ueH"