Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1849-07-23
Whjr PrinctDIeS and Policy.

exerting themselves 10 heal The breach IN
their party made by the nomination oil
Zachary Taylor a, the Philadelphia con-
ven,ion, and by total abandonment OF all
those principles and issues which, in years
past have been the Distinguishing charac-
.eristics of the old whg party-while they
are beseeching those who have cut them
selves loose from the whig party, to return
and re-enlis, themselves under the banner;
they have so recently deserted, claiming
that they are all true wings. and all
alike interested in securing the ascendency
of the principles of the whig parly-the
inquiry naturally arises in every mind
what are the darling principles which they
are so anxious to maintain? and what the
great measures which they desire to es'ob-
lish? AT the Philadelphia Convention, no
platform of. principles was laid down, ono
during the Presidential canvass, no course
of policy was marked out Bank, Protec'
tive Tariff, Distribution OF the proceeds of
the Public Lands and kindred measures,
which had been the pride of whiggery in
former times, were abandoned; and they
even denied that they were contending for
the sspoils Of office as,hey declared that
Gen. Taylor had mo friends to reward or
enemies to punish and that, as Democrats
and Wings had stood shoulder TO shoulder
upon the bloody field of battle, no man
should be proscibed for his political princi-
pies, be he whig OF be he democrat. And
since the accession Of the whig party to
power, neither the party, nor The admins.
tra.ion has ventured to define its princi
Piles, in any other manner, than by sys-
TEN of wholesale prescription, to show its
hatred of all other parties, and its. extreme
attachment Tor the sspoils.' What, then,
are the great measures which the wings
manifest so much anxiety to establish!
Is not the country at this time more pros
porous than at any former period in its his
tory ?-its laws as equal, business ms thriv-
ing. industry as fully rewarded? For
what then, is a change of policy demanded!
what advantage is to accrue TO the coun-
try by abandoning that policy which has
brought about the present state of prosperi:
ty? None. Ye, it is evident that the whig
leaders are desirous for the establishment
Of the old measures and policy Of their par
ty, and they only lack the power, not the
will, for the accomplishment OF their de-
sires; and to obtain that power their whole
energies are directed. They know it can
not be done by an open advocacy of the
ofi-rejected principles Of their party, and
for that reason they observe becoming
sIerce in regard to them.
We frequently hear people talk about
the ''obsolete" principles of whiggery, their
''dead'' doctrines. But they are not dead,
they only sleep, awaiting the arrival of
the day when. the people shall allow them
to obtain the power, when they will attempt
to fasten the whole Of the old policy and
measures of that party upon the country.
Ample evidence of this fact is furnished in
the course pursued by them before and
since the Presidential contest last fall
They went into that contest with their prin-
cples and policy concealed, and in many
sections their old political creed was deni-
ed; and this means and the division of the
Democracy they triumphed. No sooner
was the fact OF their triumph announced,
than many of the whig papers through the
country proclaimed the triumph Of the old
measures Of their party. Embodened by a
victory achieved by fraud and duplicity, they
| openly announced their intention to rein.
state the protective tariff system of 1912,
to abolish the Independent Treasury, and
revive the pet bank deposi,e system, to es'
tablish wastelul system of general inter-
nal Improvements. and to inhict upon the
country all the curses of the oft.rejected
wbig policy. But ere the glare of their
bonfres had faded on their loud huzzas had
died awny, the thunders Of the ballot box
from Connecticut and Virginia silenced
their batteries, and from that time the still
mes of death has reigned in their camp
But let not the Democracy be deceived by
the false cry Of "obsolete" whig doctrines,
and ssdead issues" II is but the means that
the arch enemy employs to obtain power,
and the only means by which they have
ever succeeded. To accomplish their pur-
pose, they are now attempting to marshal
their distracted forces. ard beseeching the
recusan,s to return to the fold Let the
Democracy be prepared to meet them, and
battle for their time.honored principles,
nor yield the field till the enemy shall have
made an entire and unconditional surren.
der. -
SEALING LETTERS WITH SEALlNG.WAx.
The following letter, from the Postmas.
ter of New York, to Mr.. Munson, the
Postmaster Of New Orleans, may give u
useful hint 10 letter writer's in general: