Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1848-05-16

emf OF party warfare. no partisan appeal
to prejudice or passion will be spared 10
avoid climax to Clay's repeated fail.
ures. Hitherto only defeat has attesded
his ambition. Yet The whia party
clings TO him with grasp which iigbrens
with defeat and is only confirmed by fail.
ure. Having DO other man whose CON.
handing talents and energetic .pirii can
hold them together AS party. they know
that the moment the bond of Loyalty 20
him is withdrawn. they will be resolved
INTO their original discordant elements.
and sink into insigniicsnce. 10 all hu.
man probability this is The last effort he
will ever make, this is the last defea, We
will ever he called upon to give him. This
victory won and the democratic party will
ne permanently the comprehensive whiR
party will crumble 20 dust, and the march
ofdemocratic principles will be steady and
forever unImpeded.
The same fortune which he's attended
our efforts hitherto, will assn, eddy 90 with
us henceforth. Every indication of the
sge, in all parts oflhe world. points to tho
certain triumph OF democratic principles.
In Europe tbroaes and monar chies are
tumbliDg headlong to the dustin Amer.
lea the sun Of repubIicanism shines with
widening radiance. In the old world
ieuGal aristocracy is melting away in tie
new its softened tints are becoming blen.
ded with the prevailing color of demecra.
cy. The force of one great name is ell
that holds the whig party together. OIe
more effort, then, and we will no longer
be clogge1 by timid or designing coun.
sels-one firm charge and the victory il
ours-one bold advance and the legions
OF federalism will be. as the vaRaries Of
their leaders have already been, routed
and destroyed. Fors ard then, and IL, The
trumpet sound, for before us is the enemy.
above US waves the flag Of our country.
and victory perches upon our eagles!
The grounds upon which the coming
contest is to he decided, are hut sliph,IY
different from those upon which we have
always battled. In Al we contended for,
and carried, measure demanded By ius.
lice, humanity, and national expediency.
The men elected then, in the exercise Of
their functions as officers Of government,
have since found themselves reluctantly
involved 10 war. which by the repeated
ag4ressiOns of Mexico became necessary.
eHpedient, unavoidable. In the course Of
that war our arms have been uniformly
victorious. our enemies have been pros.
'rated and our soldiers have covered them.
selves with immortal renowu. Amid the
enthusiastic h"nors paid by the sponiane.
Gus movement Of the public sentiment Of
the country. to both the living and the
dead, the voices Of few have been heard.
almost drowned in the tumult of feeling.
condemning the war and encouraging our
enemies. These men now seek to pre-.
sent an issue, which they think will in ito
decision. disgrace the government of the
country, and in our defeat divert attention
from their iniquiiy. Their political eXis.
tence depends upon success for if they
fail now in inducing the people to sane
ton their past course, they may fold their
scarlet robes abou. their dishonored forms
and prepare for their final political crit.
They have stood in the path OF our coun.
try and endeavored to obstruct ils career
they have attempted to brand our prog.
ress urhOly. The defence of our nation.
al honor rs u'justifiable aggression. our
armies a. plundering hordes of marauders
and incendiaries. And now, 10 order 10
save themselves for the present from the
merited 'mputation of domestic treason.
they are compelled to stand upon the
ground they have chosen, and 10 seek n
verdict of acquittal from the charge which
their acte have brought upon them. This.
Nth its incidental vagarles and hallu,u.
atoms from the ieeming brains of fanatics
ami partisans, is the only open issue they
now present; but shuuId they succeed in
deluding those to whom they have always
proven themselves false, the victory will
he made the prete1t for introducing the
same odious aud repeatedly condemned
measures upon watch they have SO often
been defeated.
As measure Of open canvass nation.
al bank is virtually. abandoned. Blu, asa
measure to be enacted, should the sine of
this nation ever induce Providence 20
throw the reins of government into whig
hands. il is yet held by all who lead the
wing party. The people are now ifpos.
sible more certainly convinced than ever,
that such an institution cannot result In
good. and mus, inevitably produce q train
ofInterminahle and destructive evils. And
it is because defeat certainly awaits them
upon the issue. that it 10 no longer openly
advocated.
The effects Of the democratic revenue
tariff the prosperity of our manufacturers.
and the general healthy condition of tho
country under its operation, have almost
'''enced them upon The exploded idea ofal
protective tariff. But Obsolete 90 Il has
become, having ceased to be IN effective
instrument Of delusion, 10 is still cherished