The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1848-10-21

their countrymen for their bravery and
patriotism. This proposition is true.
Either Gen. Taylor is a voluntary rob
ber and murderer, or as Horace Gree.
ly, one ofthe most celebrated whig edi
tors in the union, called him, ga jour
neyman throat.cutter," or as another
whig editor Of New Hampshire, called
him, San adroit throatcutter, skull
breaker, and child and woman slayer
or else he is patriot and friend ofhi.
country's rights and honor. IL he j:
friend Of his country and patriot
then did the wings in Congress vote o
lie when they said the war was ''unne'
cessarily and nconstitutionally begun
by the President" and were therefore
guilty of "Moral Treason, II on the
other hand the war was begun, as the
wings voted it was, then is Gen. Taylor
what their own friend Horace Greedy,
calls him. They may take which horn
Of the dilemma they please. If Gen.
Taylor is what the democrats say he
is, a good general and friend TO his
country, then the wings ought 10 be
willing TO admit that they have been
guilty of"Moral Treason for it is the
only way in which they can escape
making out their own candidate a "mur-
derer." No man can voluntarily engage
in an unnecessary and unconstitutional
war without subjec,ing himselfto be
thus charged. af
But the democrats claim that the wal
was not only necessary and unavoida-
Bile, but constitutional, and therefore
they make no such charges, and place
Gen. Taylor in no such dilemmas as
the wings do; and consequently those
who charge the wings with being gull.
ty Of "Moral Treason" are doing them
a favor, because they relieve Cen.
Taylor Of The foul aspersions cast upon
him by his own party friends.
We will refer briefly to another res
olution, and then bring this article to a
close. During the sitting Of the last
Legislature Of Ohio, when the wings
had majority in both branches, the
following resolution was passed, all the
wings OF both branches who voted at
all, voting for it:
"Resolued, That the course pursued
with reference 10 this war by the Hon.
Tho's Corwin, has in no degree lessen.
ed him in the esteem of the state he rep.
resents, but that the implicit confidence
in his craftsmanship, in his neral integ-
rity, his pure patriotism, his true loyalty
to the union and TO the state OF Ohio,
which was evinced by his election TO
the high and responsible office Of Sena-
tor in Congress, remains unimpaired
and unfaltering."
Here again has the whig party,
through their representatives in the
State Legislature, endorsed the sent.
ments of Senator Corwin. Now what
ought to be said of a party that calls
upon an enemy, in time Of war, to
''greet our soldiers with bloody hands &
welcome them to hospitable graves"
Is it moral treason, or is it treason in
fact? These questions we will leave for
the sober and rejecting of all parties
to answer for themselves.
In conclusion we would say that as
matter of course the term "Moral
Treason" can have no reference 10
those who, whether wings or demo.
Gratis, condemn the course of such men
as Corwin, Delano, and host of 9th.
ers we might name. 1t can have no ref.
erence to those wings who sustained
The honor and the rights of their coun-
try in the late conflict. 1t ltapplies to
those only who sustain Corwin and
others in their denunciations Of the war,
and who labored so necessarily to
prove their own country in the wrong,
and Mexico in the right.
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