Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1848-09-27
Ample Reasoasfor Being a Democrat.

: The Statesman says we cordially invite
; attention to- the extracts given below from a
} mastery speech recently delivered in Match
lez, Mississippi, by DR.. Samuel A. Cart
wriht, who zealously supported Clayin "A, ;,
but now is fighting even more valliantly
under the banner of Cass and Butler We
find the speech in full in that staunch and
spirited champion of .democraoy,"The Mis-
ssfssippian,' . and regret that the demands
ttuponseaE, space fprbid.the publication Of the
! whole. It is a noble effort, and worthy
even of the well deserved fame of its au-
thor. DR.. Cartwright is one of the strong
est of the strong minded men of our g lori
Gus west. Upon him, in connection with
Stevenson, of Virginia, and the lamented
Wright, of New York, devolved the prepar-
alton of the resolutions passed by the Ma
tional Convention Of 1896, and which still
form the platform of the democratic party
some pillars only added as the events of
: the times demand. Dr. Cartwright, con-
Tossing the error under which he labored in
Al. which deprived us Of his assistance
then, gives his reasons for the reunion with
the democracy, and, which should be sufi-
cient to rally every patriot in the land
every man of whatever party, not blinded
by fanaticism or the lust of ofice-to fol-
low his example.
After stating that he left the party in IA, !,
under mistaken impressions as to the kind
Of fa'ry the democrats proposed to adopt,
and finding out his mistake when that splen-
did monument, the ad valorem tariff of
1916, was adopted, DR.. Cartwright says:
Il have come back to the democrats, be-
cause the party has adopted 81 judlcaous
tariff the very thing | wanted-a tariff
which brings in more revenue than that of
1912, ard is better calculated to encourage
every branch of American industry, reliev-
ing the consumer OF all taxes heretofore paid
to the monopolist, and placing our manu-
featuring system on a more durable and
solid basis than it has ever before rested
upon.
Il have come back TO the democratic
party because l want to belong to a party
which is whole and entire for its country,
and no fragment for the enemy; party not
only fighting, bat acting, talking, writing,
and voting for its country. Voting Mexico
in the RIG hit and the United States in the
wrong, would not be voting for my country,
unless lived on the other side Of the Rio
/ Grande. A verdict at the polls against
those who advocated the war, would be e.
ouivalent to a declaration by the American
people that they had been waging an un-
necessary, aggressive and blood y war "a
gainst an innocent and unofending sister
republic to despoil her of territory. So far
is this from being true, that if MIR. Clay
had been elected in 1914, instead Of Mr..
Polk, the wings have much less exalted
opinion of that statesman than the demo-
Gratis, if they believe that the Mexican inva-
ders of American soil would have Jared
much better under his administration than
under Mr.. Folks. He would have sent the
same generals to drive them back and pur-
sue them-Taylor and Scott When lie
found the Mexican forces advancing upon
Texas, Mr.. Clay is too wise and too much
of patriot to have cooped up his warriors
at Corpus Christi until the Mexicans had
occupied all the favorable positions on the
Rio Grande, but like Mr.. Polk, he would
undoubtedly have given Gen. Taylor Or
ders to advance to that river; telling him at
the same time, that it was the boundary OF
Texas according to Mr.. Jefferson and all
the best authorities, including HIMSELF
In proof that the question Of the justice and
necessity of the war is only an after thought,
not up for political effect, let the wings
themselves be called On to bear witness.
For when the war first broke out they were
on fire as well as the democrats to avenge
their country's wrongs.
I have come back to the democratic par
ty because love Gen. Taylor, Scott, But
ler, Quitman, Twiggs, Worth, Shields,
Smith, Price, Lane, and Coils. Doniphan,
Harney, Jef. Davis, McClung, Bradford,
and all those who have won fame and hon
or and laurels in the Mexican war.
II the American people are betrayed into
the error of pronouncing the war unjust and
unrig ighteous, to satisfy the Corwin wings,
they will strip Gen. Taylor and his COM
patriots in arms, of all the laurels he and
they have SO deservedly won, That
no laureIs can be gained in an unrighteous
cause, is one of those primary laws Of NOR
ais, unaltered and unalterable, and which
no sophstry can conceal from the plainest
understanding, if party prejudlces be cast
aside. The democrats are Gen. Taylor
best friends. His laurels are worth more
than the Presidency.
have come back to the democratic party
because the whig leaders, disregarding the
solemn warning of Washington, are max
ing geographical distinctions party test to
catch votes. When they call on US of the
South to vote for their candidate for the
Presidency because he is Southern man,
they fly in the face of Washington's Fare
well address, and we are bound, if we love
Washington and believe in his wisdom and
patriotism, to troaon do10u all such ap-
peazs to our local prejndices as unpatriotlc,
and unbecoming the leaders of any party
whig or democrat.
have come back to the democratic par
ty because Gen. Taylor, the whig candidate,
has in a good degree given up the veto
power, and is willing that despotic major
1ty in Congress may do as it pleased, if it
does not break the Constitution Gen