Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1848-09-06

the Pennsylvania volunteers from the pro-
ceedings Of Democratic Harvest-Home
Celebration at Doylestown, Bucks county,
Pa. The speech explains itself, and needs
no remarks from us. Among those who
addressed the meeting we notice the name
of ROBERT TYLER, son of the ex-Presi-
dent.
Col. F. M. WYskoop then appeared
before the audience, and was greeted with
the most enthusiastic applause. He pro-
ceeded to address them as follows:
Old friends and playmates Of Bucks!--
for | was born among you'll have wan
dered long from you, but never have for
gotten you, and my heart has yearn-
ed towards you as | have sojourned in dis
tant lands. The same impulses which
influenced you to send your soldiers to
fight your battles, for your country's hon
or and glory, influenced me. CHEERS.
| went out from among you Wing, and /
can count hundreds Of my Wing kindred
among you-but | come back to you full
blooded Democrats the Wings say, a
red mouthed, venomous Democrat! And
| thank the Mexican war for my CONVEX
sion. cloud and prolonged cheers. j.
From the moment Of my entry into Next
co until this time, the conviction has been
pressing upon me, of the falsity, the rot
tenness Of that party. Iclung to that par
ty with all the ardor of an educated Wing.
But | saw, when there, a party opposing
a just and necessary war, because blood
good, red, American blood-hsd been
shed upon American soil. When l saw
their disgracelul opposition, l became dis
gusted; and | now trace back to them the
great burden of the war. They caused
its prolongation, and | charge upon them
the authorship Of the whole guerrilla sys-
tem--that vile system which has laid so
many Of my brave men in foreign graves
salas pointed to the great Mexican party
in the United States, led by Mr.. Clay,
and urged his fellow citizens to adopt the
guerrilla system and to hold out against
the United States until this Mexican par
ty obtained the ascendency, and then they
should have an honorable peace, without
loss of territory. Let the bodies of the
brave officers and men who fell along the
National Road sustain me in what | say
of the terrible destruction which this hor-
rible system caused. Our brave men
looked to their friends at home for approx
al and encouragement for the sacrifices
they made. What did they find? Instead
of approval, bitter hostility and fierce de-
nunciations-almost preparing the gum
powder which was to destroy us. But
the browning act of all which drove the
last drop of Wing blood from me was
Henry Clay's Lexington speech. Il Loud
cheers.) And where did read it? In
good Spanish, in Spanish newspaper at
Puebla. And from the moment l read,
my Wing principles were trampled in the
dust, SO help me God, forever. (Great
cheering.) A few days after, saw in a
Mexican paper the proceedings of the
Philanthropic Society in Mexico, consti-
tuting Clay, Giddings, and other Wings,
honorary members of that society for their
exertions in behalf of Mexico. and may
they remain, fellow citizens, honorary
members of that society until the end Of
time. Loud and prolonged cheering. J
| know both your candidates. l know
them both to be gallant soldiers and hon
est men. l know General Taylor well,
and feel withyou all, that he is entitled to
the gratitude of the American people for
his conduct as soldier. The very men
who, six months ago, talked of bloody
hands and hospitable graves, have thrown
away Mr.. Clay the representative of their
feelings, for expediency, and have taken
up Gen. Taylor, the head and front of this
unrighteous war. Gen. Taylor has re-
ceived, and is now receiving his reward,
and you might as well expect blacksmith
to make a good watch as Gen. Taylor to
make good President. l give way to
my friends, Gen. Patterson and Col. Black,
who are better able than l am to address
you.
A. R. Robinson, president of the late
wing convention in Illinois, and Enoch