The Democratic pioneer. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1845-1853, 1848-09-29
EQUALITY.

r. tic advocate and supporter Of
j. EQUALITY.
q or The FLOWING is an extract from
}. speech made by DR.. Samuel A. CAR twrighI
It at Natchez: a. asi4
Q "Let Mr.. Clay himself be called on Il
/. bear witness, and why he talked early il
+. the war, as if lie would like TO have SUM
r nook or corner assigned where he con
j. serve his cunnlry by killing a Mexican.
i His favori'e son,ihe gallant Col, Cla,shnr'
/. ed to the field and eloriously fell at B''ep'
:. Vista. The loss of that favorite SOD iht
a apple of his eye no doubt had much efec
10 souring Mr.. Clay's mind against the
war. When we consider the warm feel
ipgs Of an ardent temperament in tnr-
moil OF grief, it is some apology for 50
!, great and good mau joining he Cor"in
wings, who were making the Justice and
necessity of the war an Issue in the sp.
; pro aching Pres deDtial election. Lately
J Mr.. Cla)'s party has proved faitiless to
him by nominating Gen. Taylor, upon trua
as their candidate for the Presidency
not because Gen Taylor is a better ~ hig
or more beloved By the wing party, but
becanso il was enormously supposed that
military hero. without any political ex-
4 perience or definite poll ical DotioDs.
W would be a more available candidate than
the greatest whig statesman Of the age
But he star Of Henry Clay was not ecips.
ed and made TO disappear from the poliIi
cal borizon, by the wing wire workers.un-
ill the war-wb,ch the wings opposed
caused a new star to appear in tAe fr'na.
meni--the star Of the patriot suo of Hen
ry Clay, never to be eolipsed or to GO
down. but 10 shine forever in the galax4 f
American pa'riuts--pRovlDED the people
| at the coming election decide that he fell
ican lancers who repeatedly speared the
dying hero after he had fallen and became
helpless from his wounds are not the yir
tuous ana innocent people the wings rep
resent them 10 be. If the wings can 6ud
no better complaint against democratic
role than il had such a barbarous people
who had robbed American citizens oil
many millions o: dollars and then Invaded
American soil, whipped and wei whipped
and employed wings 10 help in The whip,
ping, then indeed they are hard tun fpr ar,
gum' nts against the continuance Of demo-
cratic power.
] have come back to the democrats
because love Gen. Taylor, SCOTT, Bot
Ter, Quimau, Twiggs, Worth, ShieIds,
smith, Price, Lane. and CuIs. Doniphan
Harvey, JEFF Davis, McClung, Bradford
and all those who have won fame, honor
and laurels in the Mexican war, want
them to be regarded heroes, as Amer,
lean dei,ies, or household gods, mud pla-
ced side by SIDE with the heroes of the
revolution and the heroes Of the war of
1912. But they cannot be there placed
and regarded as heroes, ii The An erlcan
people give verdict at the approaching
election, against the justice aud necessity
Of the war in which ,hey have fougn, anu
bled. No man can become a hero, prop.
eIly so called, by shedding blood IN an
unrjghteous cause. II the American peo.
pie are betrayed into the error Of pro.
nouDclng the war unjnst and uDrighleous,
10 SATISFY the CorwIn wings, they viii
strip Gen. Tay Ior and his brave compat.
riots in arms, of all the laurels that he
and they have so deseivedly won. 1ha,
40 iaurels can be gained in an uL.
righteous cause, is one of those primar,
laws of morals unaltered and unal terable.
and which no soPhis,ry can conceal from
the plainest understanding, If party pref,
nd dices be cast aside Tue democrats are
Gen. Ta,lor's best friends. His laurels
are worth more than the Presidency.
] have come back to the democratic
party because the whig leaders disregard
ing the solemn warning of sshiugton.
are making 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
s a southern man. they Hy in the face oi
Washington's Farewell Address, aud we
sre bound II we love Washington and he.
heve M his wisdo ON aud patriutism, to Jio,oa
doUn all such appeals to our local pryu.
dices, as unPatrIouc, and unbecsming the
leaders Of any party-whig or democrat.
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Hot and cold.-sPledaed and unp' edged.
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