Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1849-07-19
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Wing advises his political brethren Of
the south.wes, not to be entrapped by
the appeals ofei,her faction of the loco
foco party. We make an extract from
his communication, which contains
sound advice to the Wings of all sec.
lions. Read
"Are you to be caught with such bal,
as this, and drawn into the the meshes
of Hardism or Softism, and TO your
own shame and folly enac, DER again
the scenes of the Congressional can.
vass between Phelps and Campbell, or
the Gubernatorial race between Ed
wards and Allen? For the sake Of your
own honor trust not. Let me invoke
you by the principles Of our party, TO
pause and contemplate calmly the polit.
ical drama enacting around you. Play
no part in the comedy or tragedy, as
the case may be, but profit by the les
son you may read in the scenes as they
are shifting before you. Above all,
take no part in deed, word, or action,
with either wing of the Democracy,
for assume whatever name it may, come
in whatever shape it pleases, it is al.
ways questionable and suspicious. Re.
pudiated at once and forever; that sys-
tenn of political ethics that teaches pol
icy to be an adjunct to principle. Moth
ing in Philosophy or political economy
is more false than this. Principle is
something having in Itself an inherent
quslity--an intrinsic value and beauty
which pleads its own merit and needs
no auxiliary to sustain or strengthen it.;
and any assimilation, which, in poll.
tics. is no more nor less than policy by
another name, must always be assumed
at the sacrifice of principle. Are you
prepared wings of the South. west, to
incur the disgrace of such a charge as
this2 hope not. Then let the past be
a warding to you for the future. The
softs in the Congressional and Guber-
material elections above alluded to had
your sympathy, and large majority Of
your votes. They wooed you with
syren song till they had used you for
their purposes and then left you and re.
turned, like the sow, TO their old wallow
Leaving you biting your finger nails,
and returning with hanging heads to
your true fold. Arc you willing to un.
dergo the humiliation again. For one
| protest. 1t true, l too was caught
in their cage then mo thanks by the
way to the Ozark policy but l have
long since repent ed deeply, and if ever
l am caught again, you may do me as
Senator Benton did Gen. Cass, "cut me
for the hooks and bore me for the sim.
pies" yea, you may clip my wings, pluck
my tail, turn me loose in tho farm yard
for every cock to pick and crow over
me. l was fooled once and il was
their fault, if / am fooled again it will
be my fault. Thus have I formed my
resolution, and would call upon every
true and good Wing TO 60 and do like.
wise.
What sympathy can Wings have for
either wing of party that has exhaus-
ted the vocabulary of our language in
heaping upon them abuse-stigmatizing
them in the affair of the Mexican war
as traitors to their country, when their
best blood was enriching the plains of
Mexico? Charging them with giving
"aid and comfort" 10 the enemy, when
the gallant Hardin and the chivalrous
Clay lay side by side in their own gore
wien the honest old chieftan whom you
have elevated TO the highest gift in the
nation, was charg,.c.se upon the enemy
in front their emissariss we trInIg at
him from the rear-what symparny; !
say, can wings have for either tactic
of party that has thus treated, vilified
and abused US and ours. None! None
None!!
My motto to all such shall ever be
"Procul oprocul profani-hence far
hence ye profane. If you wish our
sympathy and our confidence. purge
yourselves of the old leaven. Dip YOUR
selves seventy times seven in the puri.
flying pool of Whiggery and be cleans.
ed of your old leprosy-at least wash
off the supper crust of your poltica
nastiness," and then we may receive
you on probation or for good behavior.
This is the respone of every good whig
who abhors all temporising milk and
water policies, and stands up firmly 10
his principles through good and evil re.
port. Thus wings of the south west
let us be found standing and battling.
Preserve your name and identity. You
hold name around which clusters the |
dearest associations of our republic, and
when read il upon our banner my DO.
som swells with the transports of pat.
rio'ism. The name of Whig-its pa
ternity is not of yesterday. 1t comes
TO us down Longtime of noble progen.
itors as far back as the Hampdens, the
Sidneys, the Vanes, and the Millions
from those who first secured the re.
sponsibility of Kings by bringing the
iyrant Charles TO the block, and The in