Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-08-22
COL. WYNKOOP ON rHg STUMP-WHY
az RENDuNCED WHIGGERY.

On the 5'h instant there was tremendous
Democratic meeting at Doyleslown, Pa. Gene
raj Patterson, Coils. Wynkoop and Black, Capt
Davis, (lale oil Mass. Vols.) Robey. Tyler, A. II
Reeder aud G. c. Collins, Esq!s., were The speak
ers. Col. Wynkoop delivered, indeed. power
Eul speech, from watch we take the following ey.
tract, which brands the federal party as it de-
serves 10 be branded:
"Ai my country's cal, marched as prvae
sol !ier 10 sustain her honor. | WeGl ou. Wing
with my muskel on my shoulder and my KNAPP.
sack on my back. thought my country wanted
me. Come back 10 yon lcllow-c:zens, Dem
ocrat! A full blovded Democrat! (Cheers.)-
And as The Wigs in deIi>;or say, red mou he'd
yenomous Democrat. (Great applause) And
| thank the Mexican war Tor nv conversion. |
learned there the difference of heart The differ
eoce Of leeling-ot soul, that existed between The
Two parlies | learned there lesson that cannot
be rejected. In the moment Of peril and danger,
while in the a.tuous service Of my country, my
mind wandered back 10 my Tar distant native
land, and mingled with the cheering recollecons
of a Whis. held on 10 The faith. But learn
ed that while the army oil the republic was en-
Gagged in its defence, my own Wing parry nflu.
enced by expediency, had engaged IN encourage
ing those VINO we're destroying The army which
had beea sent abroad 10 represent them in the field
OF balle | saw party in the United States bu.
sily engaged in condenung the var, when knew
and eli il 10 be Just. | knew lha! blood -eood,
rne. red American hood-had been she'd upon
American soil and il was that feeling that indu
ced me 10 take up my nusket. ! have never
doubted the business OF this war. Cheers. /
And yielding TO the influence and force OF mo-.
lives could not resist, | gave in my adhesion 10
The Democratic parry, with heart and SOUL
(Checrs)
| can trace back to the Wing party most of
the carnage that Redeemed the plains Of Mexico
| can point to them as the cause OF the guerilla
system, with all $ enormily and blood th'rsl-
ness. heard the arguments the Wig o's'ors
addressed TO the popuace. and -6ne%. s u
and desperate resistance. ! knew, too, their
influence upon my poor men, some OF whose
bones are now bleaching upon the plains of
Mexico. ! point TO The Mexican party in the
United States, with Henry Clay at their head,
as the cause Of all this evil.
Taking the hint from him and his party,
Salas, the originator of the guerilla system,
urged tina, they should hunt them down, worry
them out and proioDg The war. You can't
overcome them he said "when you meet them
face TO face, AID thousand 10 thousand = 1.-THE
Democratic party" hc said, you'd insist upon
prosecution Of the war. and would have an in.
demnity; but if the Wing party comes into
power, we will have pc &C without any sacri
fee Of territory" How this plan If Salas, sug
gested by the Wing par in the United States,
succeeded, let The bones OF the Americans now
in Mexico testify; lei the gallant spirits who
were manned, and are now lying in the hosp
tails, speak out; and let the dead officers who fell
along the National Road utter their voices.
And these men were lhef' Struggling inr their
coun rvs honor no; Tor one Sac, hut The whole
Union. And what was their posilion2 Surround
cd by an enemy, Numerous enough 10 crush Them
and eat ihem-they found party al home, where
they should look fo' succor, mundng The ball,
preparing The pnwder ani sharpening The knife,
10 assass,aaie Them. What was The reward Tor
which they lookeil The approval OF their cour.
ymen-nolhing else-hey ca -ncstly eazed three
thousand miles back II their native land Tor ha
approval. Where they should have fund asst.
'arce, and indeed Appreciation, they found nnih-
ing from the Wing party hu! hostility. Ttcy
turned back TO the work with broken hearts-rhey
felt that their biack-heartrL smoo't ted skinned
politicians al home wee encoura ling he Mexi.
can blood hounds To seek after their blood. But
the cr,wnine Act OF all. and thai which drove out
Of my heart the last ves,ige Of Whig affection.
was Henry Clay's speech aud resolutions Al Lex.
ing'on tell you, and lspeak in honesty lha
tears rolf down my cheeks when read hcm
and that loo published in good Spanish. found
Them Circulating in every stree, and corner OF
Puebla Where hen were my Wing principles
10 The dust; and 50 help me God, hope forever.
(Greal cheerng.)
Another Circumstance must allude 10; a few
weeks Afterwards received the Monitor Ameyi,
eano. 1t contained he proceedings of The Pbiian.
ihrophc Society, composed Of men standing high
in Mexico, in which were resolutions commit
men.ary OF Messrs. Clay, Corwn Gid.,ings. Bots,
&c, ami stating that these "illuslriuus friends o,
humanity have been elec'ed honorary members Of
the Phlsnhrophic Society,"" and fellow citizens,
lei them remain there forever. (Cheers)