Litchfield enquirer., 1848-09-14
POLITICAL CONSISTENCY,


 oretical and practical axiom of a ce,'a ain class politicians who have greater regard ftr the spoils of victory than far ,he welfare of their country. Personal aggrandErneah Is the great rnoving-spring oi all their efuis-lhr pole star towards which all their movements tend Patriotism, Is a word not [, und in their p"liiI cal vncal,uarv-an nbsnletp word, they think, whic h brl"ngetl to Ihe revolutionary era! Wuh the willy arts "f the deina .''gur. they tell the dear peope" how much th-v love lhrm-h"w unal,+rably they are welded |" heir special interests and how much they would sa6 Iif'e to promote shrir general and individual pros perity! Now this sounds very well aud ihe masses have often thou! Int such men sincere. aud have rewarded them abundanily. Ze ,l' us professions of principle have been too often taken upon trust, without the requisite fore thought on the part of the people: and hence, the mos, noisy and selfish polite ans have applause, and won the h"n"Is which should have been bes"wed upon better men. | Time and ci,cnm stances" however. n'ten
 test lhe motives If such me", a'd reveal thei'
 charac ters in their nne light.
 | And. first, fest us turn t,tir attention To rcr- 1 tain prominen, ci,Iz'ns f "n. c"SnI'y a' the l present day. The reader need ,A he inf''rm-
 ed that many |" ultra Whigs" b0ifei "n the
 nomina'ion of Gen. Taylor by the National Convention at Philadelphia. because. (as they claimed):
 let, He is no, Whig!'
 2d, '.He is not sound on the Slavery Cues ton !''
 On the 22i of June. l64e, the Boston Wbig published an Address fiom which the following paragraphs are cx'racled.
 To the People of Massachusetts.
 The Whig National Convention have nominated Gen. TAYLOR, fr President "t ihe Unued States. ln S,' d.'i"g ,h y have exceeded ,he,r just authority. and havr pr"- posed a candidate whom no Northern W hig IS bound to support
 HE Is NOT X WHIG, when tried hy the standard of our par'y organization. He Las never voted for Whis c'ndid r', has de- ca fred that th~ patty "usi no! lM k 'n him as an exponen, of it's principles. iha, he would accept the nom nation o' he D' n"- cratic ,riy, and that he wOul: not summit his claims to the dersion ot the whigs. arl. ing through their regular constituted Con yen,i0n.
 HE IS NOT A VvHIG. ir judged hy the opinions he "n,ertain> upon public 'l'ry Upon the great questions of uIremcy aud Finance. of lnlernal Improvements, of Pros lection .o American Industry, \" Gar from agreeing with the WhiSs, he has distinctly avoweL that he has formed no opinion at all.
 To make room for him, the trusted and faithful champions of our Cause have all been s>taside.
 The address then goes on to say. that THE WMIGs "F THE LEeI,LATurE HAVE RECENTLY pEcLAsED TO THE cnu>TRY that if success can attend the P"r'y only hy the sacr fee of Wh g principles er some of them they do no, mean iu be thus succesSfui.''- And having asSer,e this as principle of action, i, is immediately arPl cd 10 the sub> ice, of Slavery. The :ocument is signed by Charles Francis Adams. Charles Sumner, $. C. Phillips, E. R. i'o'r. Charles Allen, aad o,hers. all of whom believe that. for the above reason. the >uppor, ot Gen. T"yIor'S nomination is required by no obligation Q! party fidelity, and they therefore secede from it. l oe ,ra aI l1t
 Now when a man, seeding from party organizs,i. n. gives as rea>an inrh his de- ! uoaency that the person nominaied will uo, stand the lestof party requirements, and ,heo procredsao s,a,el shens, the dissea,er i,eaves sso rocm Sor1 doah, aS,o his sen,i- men,s, whatever ambiguity may ens selors ,h.,se ofi the person he declines to support. If the above resolutions .de noe commit Char,es Francis A.lsma anaihis clique of parasites .o Wlds p'ineipars, why then, in aheir case. lanesaee has no cO.ce, and shey never can be committed tc any thiGR. s Now. be is bosne in, mind. that ,hese ''Ui'sa AEAigs.' whose eOSscieaces would nUt pesmis