Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1848-09-13
: CORWIN UPON TAYLOR.

mee"ng OF some two thousand of the Sove.
posi' .eoP'e heid IN Greene county, Ohio, on tho
~ n' "''or sound speech from Hon. John
Woods' IN favor or the Wing candidates for the
$50. Vnoes i" inc General Government. Nr.
Senator Corwin-1om Corwin. "a the b.:
iondiy call him-took tho stand. After so,,o eUplo
urinary remarks, he said that he found hn, P, n
wing candidate in the field for the Pres;d.,o..
and believing Wing principles to be necessary =,
he prosperity of the country, he should be recrenns
60 ma1 country he deserted those principles no..
Tor the sake Of men. Is Gen. Taylor a Wh;r ~
Cries Of YES" loud and long, with few n;n,
noos.I ] am glad to hear those has,y ssnoes.V
=, "h mere To testify listen to me ten minutes and
men say mo" you can. What arc Wbig min
ciPleS Are the tariff, the currency, internal inn.
P ro such questions of policy, which
are muable and liable to change with the cbsn.
ing circumstances of the country-correct ~ Jss
ana lneXpedIent tomorrow, perhaps-are these the
principles OF the party? These form the ,,o,;c,.
OF the Wings; but the principles upon which tia,
party are founded are older than all those. Whiv
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 frat
Wing, and laid down his life in defence of their
principles IL ,cas opposition to the Onc-rnon po,c
er. The King wanted his ship money. but John
!HamPden and the Wings said he should not have
IL un'il voted by Parliament. This was the prin
cIPle brought across the water by the PILGRIMS
and our fathers in '76 declared that becausa ,hs
Ming withheld his consent from laws wholesome
and necessary, they, Wings, would no LONGER
consent to be governed by him. What is General
Iayior's position upon this questionable Whig
prncpleF Is he not A WING? Does he not cav
that the people, by their representatives must msLs
the laws, and he, if elected, will execute them a.
What do the Wings want of President? sun-
pose you want President 10 act under the cons,;-
tuition; to recommend TO Congress measures he
may deem necessary to recommend appointments
10 once and to stop there, letting the law making
power created by the constitution do its DUTY win
IN inc boundaries marked out by that instrument
Is this soH Well, this is the position occuned bv
Zen. Taylor. Like you, my brother Who's
wanted to know, when Cen Taylor becams n.
candidate, his opinions; wanted not his nrdoes
wanted to know his opinions upon ve,oes for
while the People rule, our Constitution and M,
government are safe against corruption, money.
and power not even the powers of darkness can q,
verthrow them. We have his opinions-we nav
thank the Democrats for that, for their published
faisehoods drew him out-and those opinions are
such as the Wings have entertained from the time
OF Hampton till the present day. But, saws some
brother Wing, Gen. Taylor is no politician-he
never made any stump speeches! No; but he ia
equal TO every emergency, wherever placed and
The plain, honest-heared old soldier will not be
found wanting in judgment even in the White
House. 'chere he takes up hi, residence the 5th of
neat March.