Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1849-06-20
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We publish in this weeks paper the
sca.hing letter of GEORGE LIPPARD, Esq,
10 Gen. Taylor, and invite the atten.
ton Of our readers to it. s'The Tariff
the Tariff! the "cursed Locofoco British
Free Trade tariff of 46 p has been assign
ed, by the federalists, as the cause OF the
Democratic defeat in Pennsylvania, state
good for twenty thousand democratic ma
jority, in fair and honorable contest for
principle. This was the only way in which
the victors could give themselves joy over
victory achieved by means of falsehood,
fraud and hypocrisy. The success of Gen.
Taylor depended upon his adherence TO
the declarations of. repeated by him prior
to his snominaiion-that he would not be the
candidate, or the president Of party.
J, was upon his no party pledges and upon
the oft repeated declaration Of Gen. lay
lor and his friends, that no man should be
prescribed on account of his political O.
pinion, that thousands of Democrats rallied
10 his support, and secured his election.
The course pursued by Gen. Taylor since
his inauguration. in surrounding hmsel
with the most ultra and rabid whig ad isers,
in practicing system Of general prose rip
ton. for no other cause than difference
of political opinion, and in total surren'
der of himself into the hands of the wblg
party, has opened the eyes Of his Demo
cratic supporters, and called down their de-
nunciations upon the head Of their betrayer.
The Tariff the cause Of the defeat OF
the Democracy in Pennsylvania This
letter accounts for that defeat in more
rational way, and entirely strips whiggery
Of its glory of having triumphed upon Prln'
ciple. 1t iully shows up the lraud which
was 2racticed to deceive the people and ad-
ministers scathipg rebuke 10 the perPe-
traitor of that fraud. Let every one read
this le,ter-let every whig read 1t, and
Justify or excuse, If he can, the base and
infamous means by which they triumphed.
Every kind of construction has been
placed upon any document that might come
from his (Geil. Taylor's) pen, but the right
enc, and that intended by him to be con-
veyed. Portage Co. Wing.
The 'Whig,' we suppose, intends to be
understood as saying, that Gen. Taylor
was pledged to the whig party and its meas
ures prior to his election, and hopes to JUS
,iruy his course since. We respectfully
invite the attention Of the man oflhe Whig
to the letter of Mr.. Lippard, and ask him
TO furnish US with his construction of the
letter Of Gen. Taylor to Mr.. Lippard; and
in doing so, let him remember that Gen.
Taylor WIS requested to deny the enorse-
men. Of his whiggery, and was told that
upon his answer depended the votes of
hundreds and thousands Of democrats in
Pennsy ylyania-that if he was TO be run Us
whig, elected as whig, and under whig is.
sles,' the state Of Pennsylvania would be
lost to Taylor and the country If Gen.
Taylor did not mean that his adninistra.
tion should not be whig, will our sapient
neighbor tell US what he did mean? and if
bis administration is not whig, what is it,
10 confirm the people still more in the
belief that his would not be whig admin
istration, the old demagogue declared that
no man should be prescribed for opinion
sake. But lest we should be accused Of
relying upon wrong construction placed
upon his documents by the free democ.
racy" and ''Locofocos,n we choose 10 take
that construction furnished by the highest
'cAsg authority. During the campaign,
Gov. Johnston published on address to the
people OF Pennsylvania, in which he utter.
ed the following:
"Hs wiU prescribe no man for a con.
scientious difference of opinion: being q
torer Of the freedom Of thought himself
he can afford to tolerate it in Others"
Mr.. Crittenden, whe was the Sir Ori
Gle of Gen. Taylor, declared in a speech
at Pittsburgh last sammer, tha. he had seen
letter in Gen Taylor:s hand writing ir
which he declared that she would prescribe
no man because he was Denaocrat-tha
both Democrats and Wings stood by hin
Mt the battle of Monterey shedding thei
blood together for their country, and he
would be the last man to deny to the Dem
Gratis fair share Of the Offices Their.
can be no question about the promises o
Gen. Taylor in this respect, or the con
struction to be given to them. But til,
'Whig' claims that these charges of pro
scription are without foundation. Whil
the axe is plying incessantly, and at ever.
stroke head falls-while nearly ever,
day Democrats are made to walk the planl
for no other reason than that they are Dem
crats many Of them those who stood BY
Gen. Taylor at Monterey, TO give place tt
men who were the while denouncing then
as 'murderers' and sassasins,' the whis
press attempt to deny the charge of pro
-scription. They seem to have adopted as ,
motto, "Old Zack can do no wrongs" ane
nnopC III tI,a ,6,,oirars Of Gon T,yIor